Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs Seminars
ADDICTION RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES
These seminars, hosted by the Alcohol Research Center (ARC), Neurobiology of Addictions Research Center (NARC), and the Women’s Research Center (WRC), are held on THURSDAYS from 12:00p.m. to 1:00p.m. in the Institute of Psychiatry Auditorium unless otherwise indicated. Seminar speakers present a formal lecture and then meet individually or in small groups with interested faculty and trainees. Although intended primarily for the enrichment of the faculty and trainees, the presentations of these prominent scientists are advertised to the MUSC academic community, as well. UPCOMING ADDICTION RESEARCH SEMINARS | Date | Speaker | Seminar Title | | 9/1/2011 | Judith E. Grisel, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology and Chair, Neuroscience Program
Furman University | B-endorphin and Alcohol: a Role for Sex and Stress | | 9/15/2011 | Michael Mugavero, MD, MHSc
Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases
University of Alabama, Birmingham | Navigating the Continuum of HIV Care | | 10/6/2011 | Scott Russo, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Mount Sinai School of Medicine | Inflammatory Signaling Pathways in Stress-Related Disorders | | 10/20/2011 | David M. Lovinger, PhD
Chief, Laboratory for Integrative Neuroscience
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism | Dorsal Striatal Roles in the Neural Actions of Alcohol | | 11/3/2011 | Mark Bouton, PhD
Robert B. Lawson Green and Gold Professor of Psychology
University of Vermont | Relapse Processes in Instrumental (Operant) Learning: Implications for Addiction | | | | | | | | 12/15/2011 | Sari Izenwasser, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine | Environmental Effects on Drug Reward: Sex and Age Matter | | 1/5/2012 | Jerry A. Stitzel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Institute for Behavioral Genetics and Department of Integrative Physiology
University of Colorado UCB | Genetic Variability in Nicotinic Receptor Genes: Influences on Nicotine Intake, Reinforcement and Aversion | | 1/19/2012 | Selena Bartlett, Ph.D.
Director, Pre-Clinical Development
Gallo Clinic and Research Center
University of California, San Francisco | Developing Medications for the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorders: The Role of Neuronal Nicotinic Receptors | | 2/2/2012 | Michael A. Nader, Ph.D.
Professor of Physiology, Pharmacology and Radiology
Wake Forest University School of Medicine | SEX DOES MATTER: Nonhuman Primate Models of Cocaine Addiction | | 2/16/2012 | Lakshmi A. Devi, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology, Neuroscience & Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine | G Protein-coupled Receptor Dimerization in Analgesia and Addiction | | 3/1/2012 | Danielle M. Dick, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Human and Molecular Genetics
Virginia Commonwealth University | Genes, Environment, and Development: Understanding Pathways of Risk for Alcohol-Related Problems | | 3/15/2012 | Warren K. Bickel, PhD
Professor
Director, Advanced Recovery Research Center
Virginia Tech | TBA | | 4/5/2012 | Stan Floresco, PhD
Associate Professor, Psychology
University of British Columbia | TBA | | 4/19/2012 | Edith V. Sullivan
Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Stanford University | Alcoholism and the Brain and Pathways for Recovery of Function | | 5/3/2012 | Laura E. O'Dell, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Texas, El Paso | TBA | | 5/17/2012 | Charles Chavkin, Ph.D
Professor, Department of Pharmacology
University of Washington, Seattle | TBA |
NEUROSCIENCE SEMINAR SERIES
These seminars are part of the Neuroscience course education/training. These seminars are held on FRIDAYS from 3:00p.m.-4:00p.m. in 402 BSB unless otherwise noted. Seminars are usually based on Neuroscience research. Although intended primarily for the enrichment of the Neuroscience faculty and students, these presentations are open to the MUSC academic community, as well. For a complete listing of the seminar speakers, please click on the Neuroscience Seminar Series link.
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