Agenda

2023 NIDA-NIAAA Mini-Convention: Frontiers in Addiction Research
November 7-8, 2023, Virtual Meeting
ALL TIMES EASTERN

Day 1: November 7, 2023


11:00 – 11:10 am

Introduction to the Mini-Convention
Nora D. Volkow, M.D., Director, NIDA
George Koob, Ph.D., Director, NIAAA
 
11:10 am – 12:10 pm Jacob P. Waletzky Memorial Award Lecture
 
12:10 – 12:20 pm Break
 
12:20 – 1:50 pm Scientific Session I. Using Neuroscience to Inform Prevention Interventions for Substance Use

Co-Chairs:
Alexa Romberg, Ph.D., NIDA
Vani Pariyadath, Ph.D., NIDA

Speakers:
Diana Fishbein, Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Title: A Translational Neuroscience Framework for Personalizing and Optimizing Preventive Intervention Models

Catherine Hartley, Ph.D., New York University
Title: Learning computations as potential neurocognitive mechanisms underlying developmental vulnerability to addiction

Catalina Lopez-Quintero, M.D., Ph.D., University of Florida
Title: Targets for intervention to prevent problematic cannabis use: Exploring the complex relationships between socio-cultural, neurocognitive, and behavioral factors

Christopher N. Cascio, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison
Title: Interventions targeting neural correlates associated with persuasion and social influence
 
1:50 – 3:20 pm Scientific Session II. Glial Cells and Neuroimmune Mechanisms in Substance Use Disorders

Co-Chairs:
Shang-Yi Anne Tsai, Ph.D., NIDA
Sam Ananthan, Ph.D., NIDA

Speakers:
Marie-Ève Tremblay, Ph.D., University of Victoria
Title: Effects of Cannabis and Psychedelics on Microglia

Shashank M. Dravid, Ph.D., Creighton University School of Medicine
Title: Astrocytic NMDA receptors in the regulation of synaptic function and addiction behavior

Anna Kruyer, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati
Title: Astrocyte Regulation of Neural Circuit Activity During Opioid Relapse
 

Day 2: November 8, 2023


11:00 – 11:15 am

Day 2 Opening Remarks
Rita Valentino, Ph.D., DNB Director, NIDA
Antonio Noronha, Ph.D., DNB Director, NIAAA
 
11:15 am – 1:00 pm Joint NIDAA-NIAAA Early Career Investigator Showcase

Awardees:
Luana Carvalho, Ph.D. Virginia Commonwealth University
Title: Conserved role for PCBP1 in altered RNA splicing in the hippocampus after chronic alcohol exposure

Khalin Nisbett, M.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse
Title: Opioid antagonism modulates oxytocin-induces anxiolytic-like behavior: Implications for Treatment of Substance Use Disorders

Meghan Flanigan, Ph.D. University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Title: Lateral Habenula neurons expressing the serotonin receptor 5HT2c drive sex-specific social and arousal disturbances induced by binge alcohol consumption

Hojin Shin, Ph.D. Mayo Clinic
Title: Investigating dopaminergic/serotonergic mechanism during synthetic opioid use

Valentina Vozella, Ph.D. The Scripps Research Institute
Title: Adolescent Social Isolation Increases Alcohol Drinking and Anxiety-Like Behavior: Role for Disrupted Endocannabinoid Signaling in the Central Amygdala.

Arlene Martínez-Rivera, Ph.D. Weill Cornell Medicine
Title: The inhibition of MAG Lipase reduces opioid reward via VTA CB1 receptors without altering analgesia

1:00 – 1:20 pm Break (Photo time for ECIS awardees and IC directors)
 
1:20 – 2:50 pm Scientific Session III. Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders and the Glymphatic System

Co-Chairs:
Kathleen Borgmann, Ph.D., NIDA
Shailesh Kumar, Ph.D., NIAAA

Speakers:
Helene Benveniste, M.D., Ph.D., Yale School of Medicine
Title: Role of glymphatic-lymphatic system in CNS fluid homeostasis and potential dysregulation in Alcohol Use Disorder

Iben Lundgaard, Ph.D., Lund University; Sölvegatan Sweden
Title: The effects of alcohol on CSF flow and the glymphatic system

Stephen Thom M.D., Ph.D., University of Maryland School of Medicine
Title: Morphine-induced elevation of glymphatic flow and inflammatory microparticles in mice
 
2:50 pm Closing Remarks