4th Annual Drug Abuse Research Symposium

"Drug Addiction is a Brain Disease"

Friday, September 26, 2008

and Science Keck Lecture Hall

UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs/ Pacific Southwest Addiction Technology Transfer Center
Co-Sponsor

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

The Neurobiology of Drug Addiction: Shedding Light on the Dark Side
   
    George F. Koob, PhD
    Research Professor
    The Scripps Research Institute
    gkoob@scripps.edu
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BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES RESEARCH SUBSTANCE ABUSE

How Goes the War on Drugs?      

    Martin Iguchi, PhD
    Senior Behavioral Scientist
    RAND Corporation
    Professor of Public Health
    University of California, Los Angeles
    iguchi@rand.org
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Impulsivity in Addiction: Causes and Consequences

    David Jentsch, PhD
    Associate Professor
    Psychology, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
    The Brain Research Institute at UCLA
    jentsch@psych.ucla.edu
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BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES TOP STUDENT/TRAINEE PRESENTATIONS

The Impact of In-custody Treatment on Recidivism: Phoenix House’s New Start Program at Theo Lacy County Jail, Orange County, California

    Geoff Henderson & James Cunningham, PhD
    Phoenix House & University of Arizona
    jkcunnin@email.arizona.edu and gghenderson@phoenixhouse.org
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Peer Leaders Matter: Effects of Peer Leaders’ Substance Use Behavior on the Substance Use Behavior Of Students In Alternative High Schools

    Patchareeya P. Kwan, MPH, CHES
    Keck School of Medicine
    pumpuang@usc.edu
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Enhancing Substance Abuse Treatment for Individuals Living with HIV/AIDS in South Los Angeles: Findings from the Passport to Care Program
   
    Charles L. Hilliard, PhD
    Clinical Director, SPECTRUM
    Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science
    charles.hilliard.drewu@gmail.com
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Prevalence of At-Risk Drinking Among a National Sample of Medical Students
   
    Ameet Shah, MD
    Family Medicine Residency
    Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center   
    Los Angeles, CA
    ameet25@gmail.com
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Substance Use and HIV Prevention for Youth in Correctional Facilities

    Donnie W. Watson, PhD
    Research Scientist
    UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
    watsondonnie@aol.com
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BASIC SCIENCE RESEARCH SUBSTANCE ABUSE

Gene Expression Profiling Following Short-Term and Long-Term Morphine Exposure in Mice Uncovers Genes Involved in Food Intake   
    
    Adrian Anghel, MD
    Staff Research Associate II
    Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
    aanghel@mednet.ucla.edu
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The Neuronal Circuitry Activated By Cocaine-Associated Cues in an Animal Model Of Cocaine Craving: Involvement of AMPA Glutamate Receptors

    Arturo Zavala, PhD
    Assistant Professor?Cal State University Long Beach
    arzavala@csulb.edu
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Nicotine Self-Administration with the Tobacco Constituent, Norharmane

    Monica Arnold, PhD?
    University of California at Irvine
    marnold@uci.edu
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Neuroactive Steroids and Opioid Receptors

    Victor Chaban, PhD
    Assistant Professor?College of Science and Health
    Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science
    victorchaban@cdrewu.edu
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TOP BASIC SCIENCE STUDENT PRESENTATIONS

Longevity of Behavioral Sensitization in the Young Rat: Regional Differences In Fos Immunoreactivity

    Sergios Charntikov, M.A.
    California State University, San Bernardino
    sergioschr@gmail.com
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NMDA receptor blockade increases locomotor behavior in zebrafish larvae

    Kevin Jones, Ph.D.
    Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science
    Western University
    ksjones@westernu.edu
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Endogenous Opioid Regulation of Goal Directed and Habitual Behavior   
   
    Kate Wassum, PhD
    Program for Neuroscience, UCLA
    kwassum@ucla.edu
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