| Moday, Jan. 9th
Bondurant Hall G100 |
Post-doc Seminar:
Dennis Lovelock, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow (Besheer Lab), Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “Alcohol Relapse and Interoceptive Circuitry” Laura Ornelas, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow (Besheer Lab), Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “Stress Reactivity and Alcohol Drinking: Corticolimbic Activation and the Role of Endocannabinoids in Stress Reactive Behaviors” |
| Monday, Jan. 30th
Pagano Conference Room- Lineberger Cancer Center
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Zoe McElligott, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “Excitatory and Inhibitory Signaling in Models of Substance Use Disorder” |
| Monday, Feb. 13th
Pagano Conference Room- Lineberger Cancer Center |
Victoria Macht, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow (Crews Lab), Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “Long-Term Effects of Underage Binge Drinking: From Neurogenesis, to Neurocircuitry, to Behavior” |
| Monday, Feb. 27th
Pagano Conference Room- Lineberger Cancer Center |
Regina Carelli, Ph.D., Stephen B. Baxter Distinguished Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “Negative Affect and Addiction: Preclinical models, circuits, and treatment” |
| Monday, Mar. 6th
Bondurant Hall G100 |
Aqilah McCane, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Behavioral Neuroscience, Oregon Health and Science University. “Effects of adolescent alcohol exposure on cortico-striatal dynamics” |
| Monday, Mar. 13th
Pagano Conference Room- Lineberger Cancer Center |
Vijay A. Ramchandani, Ph.D., Senior Investigator and Chief, Section on Human Psychopharmacology, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. “High Intensity Binge Drinking (or Why Some People Drink Too Much Too Fast)” |
| Monday, Mar. 27th
Pagano Conference Room- Lineberger Cancer Center |
Verica Milivojevic, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine; Director of Medication Research Projects, Yale Stress Center; Director, Neuroactive Steroids, Addiction and Stress (NAS) Lab, Department of Psychiatry. “Pregnenolone effects on alcohol use and stress-induced craving, HPA axis and autonomic response in individuals with substance use disorder” |
| Monday, Apr. 10th Pagano Conference Room- Lineberger Cancer Center |
Orrin Ware, Ph.D., MPH, MSW, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “Ketamine Infusion Therapy Availability for Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders” |
| Wednesday, Apr 19th
MBRB G202 Co-sponsored by Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, UNC School of Medicine. |
Troy Roepke, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Animal Sciences, Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, School of Environmental and Biological SciencesRutgers University. “Challenges Faced by LGBTQIA2S+ Scientists and Opportunities for Inclusive Practices and Research” |
| Monday, Apr 24th
Pagano Conference Room- Lineberger Cancer Center |
Andrew Holmes, Ph.D., Senior Investigator, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. “Neural circuit substrates of emotional regulation” |
| Monday, May 8th
*BOWLES AWARD* Pagano Conference Room- Lineberger Cancer Center |
Rajita Sinha, Ph.D., Foundations Fund Professor of Psychiatry and Professor in the Child Study Center and of Neuroscience; Deputy Chair of Psychiatry for Psychology; Director, Yale Interdisciplinary Stress Center; Chief, Psychology Section in Psychiatry; Yale School of Medicine. “Stress Neurocircuit Disruption Rescue to Improve Alcohol Binge and Relapse Outcomes” |