Seminar Series

Presentation Title: Novel Approaches to the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder and Overdose

Presented by:
Sandra Comer, PhD
Professor of Neurobiology, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University;
Research Scientist VII, New York State Psychiatric Institute

Presentation Title: Using Effort-Cost Decision-Making Frameworks to Better Understand Motivational Impairment in Psychiatric Disorders

Presented by:
Adam Culbreth, PhD
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Presentation Title: Opioid Use Disorder: Inpatient Management

Presented by:
Aditi Ringwala, MD
Assistant Professor, Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Presentation Title: Neuroimaging Insights Into Substance Use: A Focus on Nicotine Dependence

Presented by:
Amy Janes, PhD
Senior Investigator, Deputy Chief, Neuroimaging Research Branch
Chief, Cognitive and Pharmacological Neuroimaging Section,
National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program

Presentation Title: Maryland's Opioid Ecosystem: System Interactions and Opportunities to Improve Opioid Related Outcomes

Presented by:
Malik Burnett, MD, MBA, MPH
Addiction Medicine Physician, UMMC Midtown Campus Center for Addiction Medicine

Presentation Title: When Studies Don’t Fit Patients and Patients Don’t Fit Studies: Methadone Stories Highlighting the Challenges of Translational Addiction Research

Presented by:
Aaron Greenblatt, MD
Associate Professor, Family & Community Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Seminar Topic: Nicotine Data Blitz

Presentation Title: Progesterone Sex-Specifically Reduces Nicotine Use and Ameliorates Nicotine-Induced Transcriptomic Changes in the Female Nucleus Accumbens: Implications for the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis

Presented by:
Cassandra Gipson-Reichardt, PhD
Associate Professor, Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky College of Medicine

Presentation Title: Effects of Remembered Nicotine and Cannabis Withdrawal on Demand for Cigarettes and Marijuana in Experienced Users

Presented by:
Mikhail Koffarnus, PhD
Associate Professor, Vice Chair of Research, Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences
University of Kentucky College of Medicine

Presentation Title: Nicotine Pouches: A Newer Means of Rapid Nicotine Delivery

Presented by:
Wallace Pickworth, PhD
Formerly of the National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program and Battelle Memorial Institute

Presentation Title: Cocaine Alters Neural Coding of Reward-Based Choices in Rats

Presented by:
Matthew Roesch, PhD
Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park

Presentation Title: Transcriptional and Epigenetic Mechanisms of Addiction

Presented by: 
Eric Nestler, MD, PhD
Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean,
Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Chief Scientific Officer, Mount Sinai Health System

Seminar Topic: Cannabis Research

Presentation Title: "Endogenous cannabinoids and the avoidance of fear"

Presented by:
Joseph Cheer, PhD
Professor, Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Presentation Title: "Cannabis use in pregnancy: patterns, perceptions and problems"

Presented by: 
Katrina Mark, MD, FACOG, FASAM
Associate Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Chief of the Division of General Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Seminar Topic: Aging and Addiction Research

Presentation Title: "Addressing Addiction Among Older Adults: A Forgotten Population"

Presented by:
Bethea "Annie" Kleykamp, PhD
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Presentation Title: "Consideration for Conduction Drug Studies in Aging Mice"

Presented by:
Michy Kelly, PhD
Associate Professor, Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Seminar Topic: Substance Use in Pregnancy

Presentation Title: "Using a Preclinical Model of Perinatal Fentanyl Exposure to Understand Long Lasting Biological Impacts"

Presented by:
Mary Kay Lobo, PhD
Professor, Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine;
Co-Director, Center for Substance Use in Pregnancy;
Associate Director, Kahlert Institute for Addiction Medicine

Presentation Title: "Opioid Use in Pregnancy: How Placental Transport and Metabolism Shape Neonatal Withdrawal Outcomes"

Presented by:
Courtney Townsel, MD, MS
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Director of Perinatal Research
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Seminar Topic: Psycho-social and Behavioral Interventions

Presentation Title: "The Role of Social Behavior on Substance Use Disorders"

Presented by:
Marco Venniro, PhD
Associate Professor, Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Presentation Title: "Supporting Behavior Change in Persons With Substance Use Disorders"

Presented by:
Melanie Bennett, PhD
Professor, Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine;
Division Director for the Division of Psychiatric Research Services

Presentation Title: "Mind the Gut: Developing New Pharmacotherapies for Addiction"

Presented by:
Lorenzo Leggio, MD, PhD
Clinical Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Intramural Research Program (IRP)