Date | Guest Speaker | Seminar Title |
1-6-05 | Jane Stewart, PhD
Concordia University | "Expanding the circuitry for drug-induced sensitization: Implications for relapse" |
1-20-05 | Yavin Shaham
NIH/NIDA/IRP | "Relapse to heroin and cocaine: Recent findings" |
2-3-05 | William J. McBride, PhD
Indiana University School of Medicine
Dept. of Psychiatry | "Neurobiology of Alcohol-Seeking and Relapse in a Rodent Model of Alcoholism" |
2-17-05 | Dorothy Hatsukami, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota | “Tobacco Addiction: Treatment of Special Populations” |
3-3-05 | Ann E Kelley, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School | “Corticostriatal Plasticity in Relation to Learning and Addiction” |
3-17-05 | Harriet de Wit, Ph.D.
University of Chicago
Dept of Psychiatry | “Individual Differences in Subjective Responses to Drugs in Humans” |
4-7-05 | Gary Aston-Jones, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania | “Brain Mechanisms of Drug-Seeking During Protracted Withdrawal: Roles for Old and New Neurotransmitters” |
4-21-05 | Charles Mactutus, PhD | “Crack Babies: Beyond the Myth vs. Reality Controversy” |
5-6-05 | Antonello Bonci, PhD
University of California, San Francisco | "Synaptic plasticity in the mesolimbic system: implications for substance abuse" |
5-19-05 | Dace Svikis, Ph.D.
Virginia Commonwealth University | “Perinatal Addiction” |
9-15-05 | David Self, PhD
Southwestern University | "Regulation of Addictive Behavior by Neuroadaptations in the Mesolimbic Dopamine System" |
10-6-05 | Igor Elman, PhD
Maclean Hospital/Harvard | "Emotional Numbing in PTSD: Neuroimaging of Reward Circuitry" |
10-20-05 | George Kunos, MD, PhD
NIAAA | "Alcoholism and Obesity:Is There A Link?" |
11-3-05 | Ivan Diamond, MD, PhD
University of California, San Fransico | "Molecular Mechanisms of Alcoholism and Heroin Addiction: From Cell Biology to Therapy" |
12-1-05 | Michael F. Miles, MD, PhD
VA Commonwealth
University | "Defining Brain Region-Specific Gene Networks Relevant to Ethanol Behaviors" |
12-15-05 | Sherry Stewart, PhD
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia | "Lab-Based Studies on the Impact of Mood on the Drinking Cognitions And Behavior Of Coping- And Enhancement-Motivated Drinkers" |
1-5-06 | Charles R. Goodlett, PhD
Indiana University at Purdue | "Animal Model Approaches to Prevention and Treatment of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders" |
1-19-06 | Michael Davis, PhD
Emory University | "Neural Systems Involved in Fear, Anxiety and Extinction" |
2-2-06 | Klaus A. Miczek, PhD
Tufts University | "Social Stress, Anhedonia and Cocaine Binges" |
2-10-06 | Zachary N. Stowe, MD Emory Univiversity School of Medicine | “Maternal Mental Illness: The First Adverse Life Event” |
3-2-06 | Markus Heiling, MD, PhD
NIAAA | "Discovery, Validation and Development for Novel Alcoholism Treatment Targets: A View from the Dark Side" |
3-16-06 | David Sulzer, PhD
Columbia Univ Medical Center | "The AM and FM of central dopamine neurotransmission" |
4-6-06 | Shelly F. Greenfield, MD, MPH
Harvard Medical School
McLean Hospital | "The Women's Recovery Group Study: A Stage 1 trial of women-focused group therapy for substance use disorders vs. mixed gender group drug counseling" |
4-20-06 | Adolph Pfefferbaum , MD
Stanford University School of Medicine | "Alcohol and the Brain: A Neuroimaging Perspective" |
5-4-06 | Charles O’Brien, MD, PhD
Univ of Pennsylvania | "Using Animal Models to Develop New Medications for Alcoholism" |
6-01-06 | Kenneth Perkins, PhD
Univ of Pittsburg School of Medicine | “Sex Differences in Factors that Acutely Promote Smoking Behavior” |
6-15-06 | Ming Xu, PhD
University of Chicago | “Molecular Mechanism of Cocaine-Induced Neuronal Changes” |
9-21-06 | John Marshall, PhD Univ. of California at Irvine | “Cocaine memories: ERK signaling provides a crack into relapse prevention” |
10-5-06 | Marilyn Carroll, PhD Univ. of Minnesota | “Influence of Sex and Ovarian Hormones in Several Aspects of Drug Abuse: Animal Models” |
10-19-06 | W. David Bradford, PhD Medical Univ. of SC | “Economic Methods for Assessing Time Preferences and Applications to Medical Decision Making” |
11-2-06 | Mark Thomas, PhD Univ. of Minnesota | “Cocaine Experience Drives Bidirectional Synaptic Plasticity in Nucleus Accumbens” |
11-16-06 | Linda Dykstra, PhD Univ. of NC at Chapel Hill | Opioid/NMDA Interactions: A genetic, pharmacological and behavioral approach” |
12-7-06 | Marlene A. Wilson, PhD Univ. of South Carolina | “The Role of Amygdala Neuropeptide Systems in Anxiety and the Actions of Anxiolytics” |
12-21-06 | Michael Morgan, PhD Washington State Univ, Vancouver | “A New Approach to Understanding the Neural Mechanisms Underlying Morphine Tolerance” |
1-4-07 | Charles Bradberry, PhD Univ. of Pittsburgh | "Cognitive Consequences of Chronic Cocaine Self-Administration in Rhesus Monkeys" |
1-18-07 | Kathleen Grant, PhD Oregon Health Sciences University | “Addressing Sex Differences in Alcohol Consumption with Non Human Primates” |
2-15-07 | Rebecca Craft, PhD Washington State Univ. | "Sex Differences in Pain & Opioid Analgesia" |
3-1-07 | Robert M. Anthenelli, MD Univ. of Cincinnati | "The Role of the Endocannabinoid System in Nicotine Dependence" |
3-15-07 | Mark Packard, PhD Texas A&M | "Amygdala and Affective Modulation of Multiple Memory Systems" |
4-5-07 | Sharon Allen, MD, PhD Univ. of Minnesota | "Hormonal effects on nicotine dependence and relapse in women" |
5-3-07 | Donald M. Kuhn, PhD Wayne State University - Detroit | "Microglial-Neuronal Crosstalk: How the Innate Immune System of the CNS is Tricked into Damaging Neurons" |
5-17-07 | Suzette Evans, PhD Columbia University | “The Role of Hormones in Modulating the Effects of Cocaine in Men and Women” |
9-20-07 | Jeff Steketee, PhD - Neuroscience Institute University of Tennesee, Health Science Center | "Mechanisms of Cocaine-Induced Sensitization: Involvement of the Medial Prefrontal Cortex" |
10-4-07 | Mark Von Zastrow, MD, PhD UCSF, Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences | Regulation of Neural Signaling Receptors by Endocytic Membrane Traffic |
| 10-18-07 | Mehmet Sofuoglu, MD, PhD, Associate Professor Department of Psychiatry, Yale University | Progesterone Effects on Stimulant Addiction: Human Laboratory and Clinical Trial Findings |
| 11-1-07 | Andrea King, PhD, Associate Professor University of Chicago, Department of Psychiatry | Alcohol Response in Binge Drinkers |
| 11-15-07 | Therese A. Kosten, PhD, Associate Professor Baylor College of Medicine, Dept. of Psychiatry | Early Life Stress has Sex-Specific Effects on Addiction and Memory Processes in Rats |
| 12-6-07 | Michael E. Charness, MD, Chief of Staff VA Boston Healthcare System | Alcohol and the L1 Cell Adhesion Molecule |
| 12-20-07 | Jack Bergman, Ph.D., Dept of Psychiatry Harvard Med School/ McLean Hospital | Medications for Stimulant Abuse: Preclinical Evaluation in Nonhuman Primates |
| 1-3-08 | Wayne C. Drevets, MD NIH/NIMH-Chief, Neuroimaging in Mood and Anxiety Disorders | Neural circuits implicated in the pathophysiology of depression |
| 1-17-08 | Linda Spear, PhD, Distinguished Professor State Univ of NY at Binghampton, Department of Psychology | Adolescent-Typical Alcohol Sensitivities and Intake |
| 2-21-08 | Warren K. Bickel, Ph.D. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences | Tyranny of Small Decisions: Biology, Culture and Pathology. |
| 3-6-08 | David Oslin, M.D. Geriatric and Addiction Psychiatry University of Pennsylvania | Treating Addiction: Translating Neuroscience into Practice |
| 3-20-08 | Robert Edwards, M.D. UCSF | Multiple Pathways to Regulated Exocytosis |
| 4-3-08 | Wendy Lynch, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychiatric Medicine UVA | Sex Differences in Vulnerability to Addiction |
| 4-17-08 | Andrew Holmes, Ph.D. NIAAA Behavioral Science & Genetics Section | Genetic Shapingof Emotional & Cognitive Flexibility |
| 5-1-08 | Kristin A. Keefe, Ph.D., Associate Professor Department of Pharmacology& Toxicology, University of Utah | Long-term Consequences of Methamphetamine-Induced Neurotoxicity on Cellular Systems and Behavioral Functions of the Rodent Basal Ganglia |
| 5-15-08 | Carl W. Lejuez, Ph.D., Associate Professor Director of CAPER University of Maryland | Positive and Negative Reinforcement Processes Underlying the Development and Maintenance of Adolescent Risk Behavior |
| 6-12-08 | Gerald Zernig, Professor University of Psychiatry - Innsbruck, Austria | Drug Reinforcement - Beyond Accumbens Dopamine |
| 9-4-08 | David Baker, PhD Department of Biomedical Sciences, Marquette University | Probing Outside of the Synapse: Extrasynaptic Glutamate & Addiction |
| 9-18-08 | TBA | TBA |
| 10-2-08 | TBA | TBA |
| 10-16-08 | Richard Beninger, PhD Professor Dept of Psychiatry Queen's University, Ontario Canada | TBA |
| 11-6-08 | TBA | TBA |
| 12-4-08 | Jane Stewart, PhD Professor - Department of Psychology Concordia University Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology | TBA |
| 12-18-08 | TBA | TBA |
| 1-15-09 | Marina Picciotto, PhD Yale University | TBA |
| 2-5-09 | TBA | TBA |
| 2-19-09 | Linda Porrino, PhD Wake Forest University School of Medicine - Department of Physiology & Pharmacology | TBA |
| 3-5-09 | TBA | TBA |
| 3-19-09 | Jill B. Becker, PhD Professor of Psychology University of Michigan | TBA |
| 4-2-09 | Hans Rudolph Berthoud, PhD Professor Neurobiology Louisiana State University - Pennington Biomed Research Center | TBA |
| 4-16-09 | TBA | TBA |
| 5-7-09 | TBA | TBA |
| 5-21-09 | TBA | TBA |
