Agenda

2017 NIDA-NIAAA Mini-Convention: Frontiers in Addiction Research

The Sciences of Astrocytes, Stress Response, and Translational Research

Friday, November 10, 2017
8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Rm 207A
Washington, DC

Three scientific sessions will explore: 1) techniques and approaches for studying astrocytes in neurological disorders and behavior; 2) stress reactivity and immune function in brain development, addiction, and depression; and 3) approaches towards treatment of substance abuse disorders and mental illness.

Agenda

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8:00 – 8:10 a.m.	Introduction and Opening Remarks Rita Valentino, Ph.D., NIDA and Antonio Noronha, Ph.D., NIAAA George Koob, Ph.D. Director, NIAAA and Nora D. Volkow, M.D., Director, NIDA
8:10 – 10:10 a.m.	Session I. Understanding the Role of Astrocytes in Nervous System Function Chairs: Roger Sorensen, Ph.D., NIDA and Anne Tsai, Ph.D., NIDA Baljit Khakh, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles - biography Astrocyte Structure/Microcircuitry and Function Kathryn Reissner, Ph.D., University of North Carolina - biography Astrocyte-mediated Mechanisms of Cocaine Seeking Congwu Du, Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook - biography Cocaine: Neuronal, Vascular and Glial Effect Alfonzo Araque, Ph.D., University Minnesota - biography Dopamine-evoked Synaptic Regulation in the Brain Reward System Requires Astrocyte Activity
10:10 – 10:20 a.m.	Break
10:20 – 11:40 a.m.	Jacob P. Waletzky Memorial Award Lecture Chair: Nora Volkow, M.D., NIDA and George Koob, Ph.D., NIAAA Awardees Garret D. Stuber, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – biography Dissecting the Neural Circuits that Mediate Motivated Behaviors Karen Ersche, Ph.D., University of Cambridge – biography Where there’s a Will, there’s a Way: The Changing Faces of Drug Addiction
11:40 a.m. – 12:40 p.m.	Joint NIDA-NIAAA Early Career Investigator Showcase [ECIS] Chair: John Matochik, Ph.D., NIAAA and Roger Little, Ph.D., NIDA Carolina Haass-Koffler, PharmD, Brown University – biography Development of Novel Corticotropin Releasing Factor Binding Protein Allosteric Modulators Leon Coleman, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – biography HMGB1 Immune Complexes Regulate Immune Responses to Alcohol Hsiao-Ying (Monica) Wey, Ph.D., Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School – biography Measuring Agonist-induced μ-Opioid Receptor Desensitization in Vivo with PET/MRI Kristen Pleil, Ph.D., Weill Cornell Medicine – biography Sex Differences in Limbic Circuit Modulation of Alcohol Drinking and Anxiety Cassandra Gipson-Reichardt, Ph.D., Arizona State University – biography Targeting Glial Glutamate Transport and Neuroinflammation to Inhibit Nicotine Relapse Alan Prossin, M.D., McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston – biography Placebo-induced Central μ-opioid Receptor Activation Modulates Plasma IL-18 Concentration in Pain States in Humans
12:40 – 1:30 p.m.	Lunch (on your own)
1:30 – 3:30 p.m.	Session II. Social Stressors, Immune Response and Substance Use Disorders Chairs: Da-Yu Wu, Ph.D., NIDA and Soundar Regunathan, Ph.D., NIAAA Susan Andersen, Ph.D., McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School - biography The Effects of Stress on the Developing Prefrontal Cortex: Parallels Between Humans and Animals and How Stress, Immune Dysfunction, and Timing Influence Psychiatric Disorders and Addiction. Nicholas Gilpin, Ph.D., LSU School of Medicine - biography Endocannabinoid (eCB) Regulation of Escalated Alcohol Drinking after Stress & Withdrawal Jeffrey Weiner, Ph.D., Wake Forest School of Medicine - biography Adolescent Social Isolation: A Rodent Model of Vulnerability to Alcohol Use Disorder and Comorbid Anxiety/Stressor Disorders Scott Russo, Ph.D., Mount Sinai - biography Influence of the Immune System on Reward Circuitry: Implications for Addiction and Depression.
3:30 – 3:45 p.m.	Break
3:45 – 5:45 p.m.	Session III. Novel Approaches for Translational Research and Drug Discovery Chairs: Changhai Cui, Ph.D., NIAAA and Steve Grant, Ph.D., NIDA Lihong Wang, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology - biography Photoacoustic Tomography: Omniscale Imaging from Organelles to Patients by Ultrasonically Beating Optical Diffusion Sarah H. Lisanby, Ph.D., National Institute of Mental Health - biography Non-invasive Brain Stimulation for Clinical Research and Treatment Christopher Evans, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles - biography Circuitry Involved in Opioid Reinforcement and Aversive States. Adron Harris, Ph.D., University Texas at Austin - biography Connecting Gene Networks to Drug Discovery for Alcohol use Disorders
5:45 – 6:00 p.m.	Discussion and Wrap-up George Koob, Ph.D., NIAAA and Nora Volkow, M.D., NIDA
6:00 p.m.	Adjournment