2026 USASOC Behavioral Health Symposium
Monday, February 2
Time | Event |
08:30 - 09:00 | Welcome |
09:00 - 10:00 | Session 1: Larry Royer – Senior Leader Cumulative Stress |
10:00 - 10:15 | Break |
10:15 - 11:15 | Session 2: Lance Chamberlain - Managing Cognitive Resources with Intention |
11:15 - 11:30 | Break |
11:30 - 12:30 | Session 3: Joe Mansfield - RTF Dual Diagnosis-Alcohol Use Disorder |
12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch |
14:00 - 15:00 | Session 4: Mercedes Driscoll - Women's Health and Mental Health |
15:00 - 15:15 | Break |
15:15 - 16:15 | Session 5: Chance Reynolds – Suicide Awareness “Lethal Means” |
16:15 - 16:30 | Day 1 Close up and Housekeeping |
Tuesday, February 3
Time | Event |
08:30 - 08:40 | Welcome |
08:40 - 09:40 | Session 6: Kent Werner - Military TBI and Sleep Disorders |
09:55 - 11:25 | Session 7 (90 min): Art Miller & Heather Miller - Ethics |
11:25 - 11:40 | Break |
11:40 - 12:40 | Session 8: Robert Graziano - Predicting Reactions Following Trauma Exposure: Stress or Growth? |
12:40 - 14:00 | Lunch |
14:00 - 15:00 | Session 9: Andrew Lammy & Adam Bumgardner- ADHD Cognitive Decline and Stimulant Use |
15:00 - 15:15 | Break |
15:15 - 16:15 | Session 10: Ashlee McKeon - Sleep: SOF Trends and Strategies for Improvement |
16:15 - 16:30 | Day 2 Close up and Housekeeping |
Wednesday, February 4 (Double Track)
Time | Track 1 | Track 2 |
08:30 - 08:40 | Welcome | |
08:40 - 09:40 | Session 11: Sofia Matta – Multi-Domain Brain Health Strategies for SOF | Session 12: Daly/ Hahn /Slep - BH Tech IOS Toolkit |
09:40 - 09:55 | Break | |
09:55 - 11:25 | Session 13 (90 min): Amy Adler - Ukraine BH Lessons Learned / iCover | Session 14 (90 min): Chris Wilson & Jenna Brown-Morgan - Reacting to Traumatic Loss in a Unit |
11:25 - 11:40 | Break | |
11:40 - 12:40 | Session 15: Rachel Prokop - Healthy Lifestyles. Exercise. Expectations, Emotions, Environment | Session 16: David Tubman – Using the Process-Based Assessment Tool to Guide and Assess Embedded BH |
12:40 - 14:00 | Lunch-KBR | |
14:00 - 15:00 | Session 17: Victoria Mans & Julia King - Beyond the Baby Blues Perinatal Presentation | Session 18: Natalia Cardona - Bias Under Pressure: Applying Cognitive Science to Large-Group Decision-Making in Post-Isolation Support Activities (PISA) |
15:00 - 15:15 | Break | |
15:15 - 16:15 | Session 19: Kathleen Curtiss – Medical Board Process | Session 20: Jessica Strong - The Ripple Effect: Sustaining Military Child Behavioral Health in the Context of LSCO. |
16:15 - 16:30 | Day 3 Close up and Housekeeping |
Thursday, February 5 (Double Track)
Time | Track 1 | Track 2 |
08:30 - 08:40 | Welcome | |
08:40 - 09:40 | Session 21: Monisha Batra Sanabria - Embedded Ethics in High Stakes Environments | |
09:40 - 09:55 | Break | |
09:55 - 11:25 | Session 22 (90 min): Aaron Wolfgang - Emerging Therapies: what's out there? What's the evidence? What to recommend. | Session 23 (90 min): Dr. Russin & Amber Oliver - Psychopharmacology for the Non-Prescriber |
11:25 - 11:40 | Break | |
11:40 - 12:40 | Session 24: Scott Killgore - Optimizing Sleep by Modulating the Circadian System with Light | Session 25: O’Min Kwon – BH Training to Medics |
12:40 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
14:00 - 15:00 | Session 26: Diane Nguyen – Blood to Brain: Nutrition-Related Biomarkers and Mental Health | Session 27: Alyssa Fry & Alexis Bonn - Trauma Informed Leadership |
15:00 - 15:15 | Break | |
15:15 - 16:15 | Session 28: Liby/Lopez/Graziano - BH Technician Roles | Session 29: Dr. Hart & Faith Belt -SOF Unique Families, Divorce and Children |
16:15 - 16:30 | Day 4 Close up and Housekeeping |
Friday, February 6
Time | Event |
08:30 - 08:40 | Welcome |
08:40 - 09:40 | Session 30: Mark Staal - Communication and Establishing Rapport: Building connective tissue |
09:40 - 09:55 | Break |
09:55 - 11:25 | Session 31 (90 min): Elizabeth Johnson - Psychological Survivability in Large Scale Combat Operations |
11:25 - 11:40 | Break |
11:40 - 12:40 | Session 32: Ben Paul -Suicide Prevention Proposal: Leveraging real-time suicide surveillance, using a health program evaluation |
12:40 - 14:00 | Lunch |
14:00 - 15:00 | Session 33: Daniel Hart - Sexual Health: It’s time we had “the talk” |
15:00 - 15:30 | Day 5 Close up and Housekeeping |
How to claim CE/CME credit
Credits are awarded by session. Enter the access code, then proceed to enroll in the event. Once enrolled, click on a session you attended and proceed to take the evaluation and posttest to claim your certificate for that session. Repeat the process for each session that you attended.Evaluations open immediately after each session ends.
Note: On Days 3 and 4, two tracks were offered, resulting in several pairs of sessions that were delivered simultaneously. For those pairs, you will be permitted to obtain CE credit for only one of the two sessions. See the Program tab to identify these sessions.
You have until Feb 20, 2026 to claim credit.
For additional technical support, email [email protected].

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