The Alan Hu Mental Health Lecture Series is partially funded by generous grants from Three Valleys Community Foundation, Tri-Valley Nonprofit Alliance and a City of Pleasanton Community Youth Grant.
Upcoming Webinars
OCD: A Broad Overview/Free Webinar by Nestadt, MBBCh, MPH, Rudolf Hoehn-Saric MD and Evanne Hoehn-Saric MD Professor of Anxiety and OCD Research at Johns Hopkins University, Simultaneous Spanish and Chinese Interpretation Available, April 22, 5-6pm PT
Gerald Nestadt, MBBCh, MPH, will give a talk via Zoom, “OCD: A Broad Overview,” as part of the Alan Hu Foundation Mental Health Lecture Series. Dr. Nestadt will cover the history, phenomenology (the study of consciousness and the objects of direct experience), epidemiology (the study of the distribution, determinants, and control of health-related states or events in populations), and treatment options for obsessive compulsive disorder. Alan Hu Foundation President Xiaofang Chen shared, “Many young people struggle with OCD. We want to offer help, hope, and support to them and their families. We appreciate Three Valleys Community Foundation for the generous grant to fund this webinar, and their commitment to mental health.”
Gerald Nestadt is the Rudolf Hoehn-Saric MD and Evanne Hoehn-Saric MD Professor of Anxiety and OCD Research at Johns Hopkins University. He completed his medical training in South Africa and his psychiatric training at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institution in Baltimore. He pursued additional training in psychiatric epidemiology. His primary academic focus is
OCD (genetics, epidemiology, and computational), and has led both university-based and national collaborative groups studying the genetics of OCD. In addition to research endeavors, he has directed the Hopkins OCD clinic and taught students and residents for the past forty years.
The free webinar will be held on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at 5:00-6:00 pm PT via Zoom. It will include 15 minutes for questions and answers following Dr. Nestadt’s presentation. Please RSVP by April 21, 2025, at: https://alanhufoundation.org/ to receive the Zoom meeting link. Participants may join beginning at 4:45 pm PT. The Mental Health Association for Chinese Communities at https://www.mhacc-usa.org will provide simultaneous Chinese interpretation. Simultaneous Spanish interpretation will also be provided.
Past Lectures/Webinars
