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 12:00pm to 1:00pm in the Institute of Psychiatry Auditorium unless otherwise indicated.

Date Speaker Seminar Title
2008
Sept. 4, 2008 David Baker, Ph.D.
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Marquette University
Probing Outside of the Synapse: Extrasynaptic Glutamate & Addiction
Sept. 18, 2008 C. Fernando Valenzuela, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of New Mexico

*Seminar in Storm Eye Institute, Room 809

Letting the Genie out of the Bottle: Modulation of Cerebellar Circuits by Alcohol
Oct. 2, 2008 Yvette Tache, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Director, CURE: Digestie Diseases Resch Cntr
Co-Director, Center for Neurovisceral Sciences and Women’s Healtha
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
Sex Differences in the Gastrointestinal Response to Stress: Interaction Between Estrogen and CRF Signaling System
Oct. 16, 2008 Richard Beninger, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Psychology
Queen’s University, Ontario Canada

*Seminar in Storm Eye Institute, Room 809

Dopamine Signaling and Incentive Learning: Pathways to Addiction
Nov. 6, 2008 Adron Harris, Ph.D.
Professor
University of Texas

*Seminar in Storm Eye Institute, Room 809

Alcohol Actions on Brain Proteins: Molecules, Mutants and Mice
Nov. 20, 2008 Barbara Sorg, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of VCAPP
Washington State University
TBA
Dec. 4, 2008 Jane Stewart, Ph.D.
Professor,Department of Psychology
Chair, Behavioral Neurosciences
Concordia University
TBA
Dec. 18, 2008 Matthew P. Galloway, Ph.D.
Professor
Psychiatry/Behavioral Neurosciences
Wayne State University of Medicine
TBA
2009
Jan. 15, 2009 Marina Picciotto, Ph.D.
Yale University
TBA
Feb. 5, 2009 Kent E. Hutchinson, Ph.D.
Professor
University of New Mexico
TBA
Feb. 19, 2009 Linda Porrino, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
TBA
Mar. 5, 2009 Mark Willenbring, M.D.
Director, Division of Treatment & Recovery Research
NIH/NIAAA
TBA
Mar. 19, 2009 Jill B. Becker, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
University of Michigan
TBA
Apr. 2, 2009 Hans-Rudolf Berthoud, Ph.D.
Professor, Neurobiology
Pennington Biomed Research Center
Louisiana State University
TBA
Apr. 16, 2009 Loren Parsons, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
The Scripps Research Institute
TBA
May 7, 2009 Teresa R. Franklin, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor of Neurosciences
University of Pennsylvania
VA Med Center Treatment Research Center
TBA
May 21, 2009 TBA TBA