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Clinical Psychopharmacology Institute Faculty

The APNA Clinical Psychopharmacology Institute Program Committee has curated a lineup of nationally recognized speakers in psychiatric-mental health nursing, neuroscience, and psychopharmacology for the 2026 program.

This prestigious faculty brings together cutting-edge clinical insight, scientific depth, and holistic nurse perspective.

 

Full program coming soon, and registration opens soon!

2026 CPI Faculty Selected by Nurses for Nurses

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Wilson Compton, MD, MPE

Deputy Director
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) of the National Institutes of Health

Keynote Speaker

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Anyi Atabong, DNP, PMHNP-BC, FNP-C, PMH-C

CEO & Co-Founder, Capital Multi Health Group; Adjunct Faculty, Georgetown University Berkley School of Nursing and Co-Founder of The Society of PMHNPs of Color

Timing, Treatment, Trust: Shaping the Trajectory of Bipolar Disorder

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Lee Cohen, MD

Director, The Ammon-Pinizzotto Center for Women’s Mental Health; Associate Chief of Psychiatry for Philanthropy and Department Communications, Massachusetts General Hospital

Women’s mental health

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Oliver Freudenreich, MD, FACLP

Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Co-Director, MGH Psychosis Clinical and Research Program
Massachusetts General Hospital

Treatment as Prevention: Stage-Based Schizophrenia Care

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Lyons Hardy, MSN, PMHNP

Associate Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University

Dementia types and psychopharmacology

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Laura Leahy DrNP, APRN, FAANP, FAANB

Board Certified Psychiatric & Addictions Advanced Practice Nurse; Founder, APNSolutions, LLC

Revisiting older medications

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Jeremy Mills, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC

Clinical Assistant Professor, Coordinator, Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program, University of Tennessee

Treatment for nicotine cessation, including vaping

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Anthony L. Rostain, MD, MA

Chair, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health, Cooper University Health Care; Professor of Psychiatry & Pediatrics, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University

ADHD & neurodevelopmental disorders across the lifespan

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Natalie Taylor, PMHNP-BC

Medical Director, Wild Oaks & Richmond Creative Counseling

Eating Disorders

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Tony Thrasher, DO, MBA, CPE, DFAPA

Medical Director of Crisis Services, Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division

Emergency room psychiatry

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Glenn J. Treisman, MD, PhD

Eugene Meyer III Professor of Psychiatry & Medicine, Director of AIDS Psychiatry Services, Director of the Pain Treatment Program, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Co-Director of the Amos Food, Body & Mind Center

Psychopharmacology in underserved populations

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Jared Vega, JD, FNP, Psych NP

Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Prescribing with Protection: Legal Implications and Documentation for PMHNPs in Psychopharmacology

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Kirby Williams, MSN, PMHNP-BC

Founder, The PMHNP Source & Beacon Behavioral Health and Consulting; Co-founder, The Society of PMHNPs of Color

Drug-Induced Movement Disorders: From Recognition to Real-World Management

Thursday, June 4

Up to 4.0 Pharmacology Contact Hours

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Wilson Compton, MD, MPE

Deputy Director
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) of the National Institutes of Health

Keynote Speaker

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Anyi Atabong, DNP, PMHNP-BC, FNP-C, PMH-C

CEO & Co-Founder, Capital Multi Health Group; Adjunct Faculty, Georgetown University Berkley School of Nursing and Co-Founder of The Society of PMHNPs of Color

Timing, Treatment, Trust: Shaping the Trajectory of Bipolar Disorder

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Lee Cohen, MD

Director, The Ammon-Pinizzotto Center for Women’s Mental Health; Associate Chief of Psychiatry for Philanthropy and Department Communications, Massachusetts General Hospital

Women’s mental health

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Oliver Freudenreich, MD, FACLP

Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Co-Director, MGH Psychosis Clinical and Research Program
Massachusetts General Hospital

Treatment as Prevention: Stage-Based Schizophrenia Care

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Regular Conference Program

5:30pm-7:30pm Eastern | 2 Pharmacology Contact Hours
Prescribing with Protection: Legal Implications and Documentation for PMHAPRNs in Psychopharmacology 

Jared Vega, JD, FNP, Psych NP

Have you ever wondered what really happens when a prescribing decision gets looked at by an attorney or your state board? Explore real-life malpractice and State Board actions, review legal pitfalls in psychopharmacology and prescribing, plus documentation best practices to help you protect your license.

Kirby Williams

Product Theater Dinner

8:00pm-9:30pm Eastern | No Contact Hours Provided