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Monday, August 19th

Location: MacNider Hall 321
Alison Roland, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow (Kash Lab), Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies
“Mapping alcohol’s effects on the brain: An emerging role for the cortical amygdala in alcohol dependence”
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Elena Vidrascu, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow (Boettiger Lab), Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies
“Unveiling the Impact: Adolescent Binge Drinking Predicts Altered GABA/Glx Ratio and DLPFC-Striatum Coupling in Adult Heavy Drinkers”
Monday, August 26th

Location: Pagano CF- Lineberger Cancer Center
Todd Thiele, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
“Unpacking the neurocircuitry that modulates the aversive properties of alcohol”
Monday, September 9th

Location: MacNider Hall 321
Daniel Castro, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biophotonics Research Center, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Washington University – St. Louis
“Non-canonical roles for endogenous opioids in affect, motivation, and metabolism”
Monday, September 30th

Location: Pagano CF- Lineberger Cancer Center
Rita P. Cervera-Juanes, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Translational Neuroscience, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
“Longitudinal epigenetic analysis of the primate brain identifies risk and consequences of excessive alcohol intake”
Monday, October 14th

Location: MacNider Hall 321
Stephanie Gorka, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health, Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, The Ohio State University College of Medicine
“Uncertain Stress, Anxiety, and Addiction: A Path Forward for Precision Medicine”
Monday, October 28th

Location: Pagano CF- Lineberger Cancer Center
Sara Faccidomo, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry; Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
 “Is TARP g8 a shared molecular mechanism for AUD and SUD? Implications for targeted therapy and opportunities for science outreach”
Monday, November 11th

Location: MacNider Hall 321
Laura E. O’Dell, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Vice President for Research, Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at El Paso
 “Neural mechanisms that promote nicotine use in vulnerable populations”
Monday, December 2nd

Location: Pagano CF- Lineberger Cancer Center
Nabarun Dasgupta, Ph.D., MPH
Senior Scientist, UNC Injury Prevention Research Center, Innovation Fellow, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
 “What’s actually in street drugs? Implications for Lab Science”