Iliyan Ivanov, MD

AACAP Annual Meeting 2026

October 26–31, 2026 · Atlanta, GA · Full program

• LectureNeurobiology of Adolescent Substance Use: Unique vs Common Features in Relation to Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) in Adults

  October 28, 2026, 15:30–17:30

  Compares the neurobiology of adolescent substance use with that of adult substance use disorders, highlighting features that are unique versus shared.

  Child & AdolescentNeuroscience & MechanismsSubstance Use Disorders

• SymposiumChairNeuroimaging Predictors of Future Addictive Behaviors: Reward Incentives vs Inhibitory Control

  October 28, 2026, 15:30–17:30

  Symposium on neuroimaging markers of reward processing and inhibitory control that may predict later addictive behaviors in youth.

  Child & AdolescentNeuroscience & MechanismsSubstance Use Disorders

• PosterEffects of Stimulant Treatment on Behaviors and Brain Activation Relevant to Substance Use Disorder Risk

  October 29, 2026, 13:00–15:00

  Poster on how stimulant treatment affects behaviors and brain activation related to risk of substance use disorder.

  ADHDNeuroscience & MechanismsStimulants & ADHD MedicationsSubstance Use Disorders

• SymposiumNeural, Cognitive, and Biological Correlates of Transdiagnostic Compulsive Behaviors

  October 30, 2026, 11:30–13:30

  Symposium on neural, cognitive and biological correlates of compulsive behaviors that cut across diagnostic categories, with a focus on youth.

  Child & AdolescentNeuroscience & MechanismsOCD & Related Disorders

• LectureDevelopmental Perspectives of the Prospect Theory and Mechanisms of Risk for Substance Use Disorder (SUD)

  October 30, 2026, 11:30–13:30

  Talk applying prospect theory from a developmental perspective to mechanisms of risk for substance use disorder.

  Child & AdolescentNeuroscience & MechanismsSubstance Use Disorders

• PosterGLP-1 Receptor Agonists and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Adolescent Mood Disorders, Obesity, and Substance-Use Vulnerability: A Focused Review

  October 30, 2026, 10:30–12:30

  Focused review of GLP-1 receptor agonists and transcranial magnetic stimulation as approaches for adolescent mood disorders, obesity and substance-use vulnerability.

  Child & AdolescentGLP-1 & Metabolic PsychiatryNeuromodulation (ECT, TMS)Substance Use Disorders

• PosterNew Research Poster Session 6

  October 31, 2026, 10:00–12:00

  A new research poster session at AACAP featuring multiple child and adolescent psychiatry studies from various institutions.

  Child & Adolescent

• PosterMalocclusion, Sleep-Disordered Breathing, and ADHD: Is There a Causal Relationship?

  October 31, 2026, 10:00–12:00

  Poster examining whether dental malocclusion and sleep-disordered breathing are causally related to ADHD.

  ADHDChild & AdolescentSleep & Insomnia