Seminar Series
The CAS Seminar Series hosts speakers from all over the world, representing many different areas of research relating to addiction medicine. These experts share their findings and methods, and exchange scientific viewpoints with faculty and students.
Seminars will be held on Mondays in Taylor Hall, Room 124 (map), from 12:30-1:30 pm unless otherwise noted.
Monday, January 7, 2013
Ryan Vetreno, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
“Adolescent Binge Ethanol Exposure Persistently Increases Neuroimmune Signals and Receptors in the Adult Prefrontal Cortex” |
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Monday, February 11, 2013
Elyssa Margolis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Ernest Gallo Clinic & Research Center at University of California, San Francisco
"How Endogenous Opioids Control Alcohol Consumption" |
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Monday, February 25, 2013
Kirk Wilhelmsen, MD, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Genetics and Neurology, Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
“The Genetics of Addiction” |
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Monday, March 4, 2013
Henry R. Kranzler, MD.
Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine
“Pharmacogenetics of alcohol dependence treatment" |
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Monday, March 11, 2013
Kristen Pleil, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral, Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
“Dissecting the role of neuropeptide Y in alcohol drinking behavior"
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Monday, March 25, 2013
Paul E. Phillips, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences & Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington
"Transducing value to actions: dopamine, decision making and substance abuse" |
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Monday, April 8, 2013
Bowles Lectureship Award
Adolf Pfefferbaum, Ph.D. & Edith V. Sullivan, Ph.D.
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine |
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Monday, April 29, 2013
Johann Eberhart, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin
“What's behind the screen? Identifying and characterizing gene/ethanol interactions in zebrafish.” |
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Monday, May 13, 2013
Klaus A. Miczek, Ph.D.
Moses Hunt Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Tufts University
"Escalated Drinking and Fighting: Alcohol Action on CRF, GABA and Serotonin" |
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Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill