Featured Speakers
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Miyoung Suh, RD, PhD, University of Manitoba, Canada
Title: Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder-can prenatal nutrition strategy make a difference for brain development?
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Ghazaleh Sadri-Vakili, MS, PhD, Mass General Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, USA
Title: ADAR2-dependent GluA2 editing regulates Cocaine seeking
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Gabriela Ilie, PhD, St. Michael’s Hospital, Canada
Title: Mental health and substance use correlates in a population sample of Canadian adults with and without a history of traumatic brain injuries
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Maria de Fatima Padin, PhD, Federal University of Sao Paul, Brazil
Title: Family members affected by a relative’s substance misuse looking for social support: Who are they?
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Maryse Lapeyre-Mestre, MD, University of Toulouse, France
Title: Medication abuse in Europe: which pharmacoepidemiological ressources?
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Jung-Seok Choi, MD, PhD, Seoul National University College of Medicine, South Korea
Title: Similarities and differences in neurocognitive and neuroimaging findings among internet gaming disorder and alcohol use disorder
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Timothy D. Brewerton, MD, LCC, Medical University of South Carolina, USA
Title: Are eating disorders reward deficiency syndromes?
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Tatjana Petrova, PhD, Chicago State University, USA
Title: Motivational interviewing - patient-centered communication in brief health care encounters
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Jane E. Joseph, PhD, Medical University of South Carolina, USA
Title: Greater mesolimbic loss-sensitivity in young adult social drinkers at risk for alcohol dependence
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Alexander Moler, MS, The Coalition Against Drug Abuse, USA
Title: An assessment of outcomes measure implementation in the addiction treatment space
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David Baron, DO, MSEd, USC University, USA
Title: Reward Deficiency Syndrome in Sports Psychiatry
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Peter Banys, MD, MSc, The University of California, San Francisco, USA
Title: The Evolving Landscape of International Drug Policy Reforms and Cannabis Legalization in California
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David E. Smith, MD, University of California at San Francisco, USA
Title: Process addictions and addiction transfer
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Rajendra Badgaiyan, MD, MMSc, University of Minnesota, USA
Title: Dopamine Neurotransmission In Reward Deficiency Syndrome
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Deborah Matteliano, PhD, RN, FNP, University at Buffalo, USA
Title: Promoting epigenetic networks using biopsycho-spiritual approaches for treating prescription opioid addiction
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Panayotis K. Thanos, PhD, University of Buffalo, USA
Title: Dopamine D2, Obesity and Reward Deficiency Syndrome
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Dieter J. Meyerhoff, PhD, University of California San Francisco, USA
Title: Polysubstance use and brain function. Why bother?
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David Nussbaum, PhD, University of Toronto, Canada
Title: Expression of Reward Deficiency Syndrome depends on more than Dopamine
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Brett C. Ginsburg, PhD, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, USA
Title: Modeling recovery
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Therese K. Killeen, PhD APRN BC, University of South Carolina, USA
Title: Integrating substance use and eating disorder treatment: Adapting evidence based treatments
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Valentina Bassareo, PhD, University of Cagliari, Italy
Title: Role of mesolimbic dopamine in food and drug reward
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Tais de Campos Moreira, PhD, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre /UFCSPA, Brazil
Title: Quality of life of users of psychoactive substances, relatives and non-users
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Zainab Samaan, MSc, PhD, MRCPsych, McMaster University, Canada
Title: The concerning state of Opioid addiction trials and guidelines: To whom does this evidence apply
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Edward Modestino, PhD, Boston University, USA
Title: Reward Deficiency Syndrome: Attentional/arousal subtypes, limitations of current diagnostic nosology, and future research
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Judith Van Sant, PhD, RN, CNE, Our Lady of Lourdes School of Nursing, USA
Title: Getting in and out whole: Connecting with patients' emotional pain in the Psychiatric setting
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Rouba Kozak, PhD, Pfizer Inc., USA
Title: Role of α5 subunit containing nicotinic receptors in key circuits involved in nicotinic addiction and beyond
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Bryan Yamamoto, PhD, Indiana University School of Medicine, USA
Title: Interactions between Methamphetamine and stress: A dangerous combination
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John J. Giordano, CCJS, MAC, CAP The National Institute Of Holistic Addiction Studies, USA
Title: Comprehensive holistic approaches in addiction medicine
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Marisela Morales, PhD, National Institute on Drug Abuse, USA
Title: A Glutamatergic Reward Input from the Dorsal Raphe to the Ventral Tegmental Dopamine Neurons
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Alexandra L. Carlin, PhD, The Coalition Against Drug Abuse, USA
Title: An assessment of outcomes measure implementation in the addiction treatment space
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Kenneth Blum, PhD University of Florida, USA
Title: “Dopamine Resistance” in brain reward circuitry as a function of Genetic Addiction Risk Score (GARSPDX) polymorphisms in RDS: Synaptamine complex variant (KB220Z) induced “Dopamine Sensitivity” as a Pro-Recovery Agent
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Gjumrakch Aliev, MD, PhD, University of Atlanta, USA
Title: The oxidative stress induced nitric oxide dependent mitochondrial DNA over proliferation and deletion in the context of the Cancer and Neurodegeneration: Recent challenge
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Irini Giannopulu, PhD, IHU-A-ICM Prisme Virtual Reality, Paris
Title: Interactor Toy Robot Encourages Verbal and Emotional Expressions in Autism
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Norman S. Miller, MD JD PLLC, Bear River Health at Walloon Lake, USA
Title: Opioid Medications:Efficacy and Risks
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Giulio Maria Pasinetti, M.D. PhD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA
Title: Novel prophylactic and therapeutic interventions for stress-induced depression
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Thersilla Oberbarnscheidt, M.D. PhD, Central Michigan University, USA
Title: Mechanisms of Pain and Opioid Pharmacology
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Meera Vaswani, PhD, FRSC, MNAMS All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Title: Dopaminergic Pathways in Alcohol Dependence: First data on Indian population
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Sion Kim Harris, D.Phil, Boston Children's Hospital, USA
Title: "This is your brain on drugs": Adolescent substance use prevention through neuroscience education
Session Chairs
![Harold C. Smith](images/speakers/23.jpg)
David E. Smith
University of California at San Francisco, USA
University of California at San Francisco, USA
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Dieter J. Meyerhoff
University of California San Francisco, USA
University of California San Francisco, USA
![Ram Samudrala](images/speakers/51.jpg)
Norman S. Miller
Bear River Health at Walloon Lake, USA
Bear River Health at Walloon Lake, USA
![Nikolai Zhelev](images/speakers/45.jpg)
Deborah Matteliano
University at Buffalo, USA
University at Buffalo, USA
![Steven LaPlante](images/speakers/40.jpg)
Edward Modestino
Boston University, USA
Boston University, USA
![Krishnan Chakravarthy](images/speakers/33.jpg)
David Nussbaum
University of Toronto, Canada
University of Toronto, Canada