ADARP Fall 2009 Seminars

Thursday, September 3
4:10 p.m., Wegner G-1
Dr. George Koob
"The Dark Side of Addiction: Neurobiological Mechanisms"
Chair, Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders
The Scripps Research Institute

Monday, November 16
12:10 p.m., CADD 218
Dr. Janis Kupersmidt
"Media Literacy Education for Substance Abuse Prevention: Results of Randomized Efficacy Trials of Elementary and Middle School Programs"
President and Senior Research Associate
Innovation Research & Training (“iRT”)resident and Senior Research Associate
Innovation Research & Training (“iRT”)e

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Previous Seminars

Thursday, September 11
4:10 p.m., Wegner G-1
Dr. Danny Winder
"Modulation of Glutamatergic Transmission in the Extended Amygdala by Drugs of Abuse and Stress"
Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Director, Vanderbilt Murine Behavioral Core
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Thursday, November 6
4:10 p.m., Wegner G-1
Dr. Brendan Walker
"The Role of Kappa-Opioid/Dynorphin Systems in Alcohol Abuse"
Department of Psychology
Washington State University

Thursday, January 17
4:10 p.m., Wegner G-1
Dr. Gabor Maté
"The Addiction Process and the Addiction-Prone Personality:
A Biopsychosocial Perspective"
Staff physician, Portland Hotel Society, Vancouver
Family Practice Consultant, Department of Psychiatry, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver

Thursday, February 21
4:10 p.m., Wegner G-1
Dr. Catherine Hagan
"How to Measure Brain Serotonin Uptake and Why"
Department of Comparative Medicine
School of Medicine, University of Washington

Thursday, March 20
4:10 p.m., Wegner G-1
Dr. Tung Fong
"Discovery of Novel Anti-obesity Agents"
Merck Research Laboratories

Thursday, April 10
4:10 p.m., Wegner G-1
Dr. Mark Bouton
"Context and Memory Processes in Extinction: Some Implications for
Understanding Relapse"
Department of Psychology
University of Vermont

Thursday, April 17
4:10 p.m., Wegner G-1
Dr. Charles Chavkin
"How does Stress Increase the Risk of Drug Addiction?"
Allan and Phyllis Treuer Professor of Pharmacology
University of Washington

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