Welcome!

We invite you to attend the 2nd Minnesota Symposium on Addiction Neuroscience, to be held in Minneapolis on Wednesday, September 14th, 2022. The symposium is sponsored by the University of Minnesota's Medical Discovery Team on Addiction.

The day-long conference will bring together basic scientists, clinician-scientists, and others to discuss the latest, most exciting brain science on addiction. The scientific program will feature plenary sessions, poster presentations, and a keynote speaker, Dr. Rajita Sinha, Foundations Fund Endowed Professor in Psychiatry and Professor in Neuroscience and in Child Study at the Yale University School of Medicine. Presentations will emphasize how the neural circuits that control emotions, motivations, and decision-making are altered through addiction and recovery, with an eye towards how neurocircuit science might inform the creation of new, more effective therapies to treat addiction.

Looking forward to seeing you in September!

The Symposium Planning Committee:

Megan Brickner, Benjamin Clark, PhD, Stephanie Groman, PhD, Anna Ingebretson, PhD, Emilia Lefevre, PhD, Karrie Molitor, Mark Thomas, PhD (conference chair), Benjamin Saunders, PhD & Amelia Schneider

For any inquiries please contact MnSANsci@umn.edu