Breakfast

8:00 am

Opening Remarks

8:55 am Mark Thomas, PhD

Professor, Department of Neuroscience

Scientific Director of the Medical Discovery Team on Addiction

Director of the Center for Neural Circuits in Addiction

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN

Session I - Basic Science

9:00 am Pathological learning and memory as a core feature of substance use disorders and a path towards novel treatments

Mary Torregrossa, PhD

Associate Professor, Psychiatry

University of Pittsburgh

9:35 am Neural and behavioral factors determining the impact of alcohol exposure on compulsive alcohol seeking

Jocelyn Richard, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience

Medical Discovery Team on Addiction

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN

10:10 am Cocaine induced microglia pruning of astrocytes contributes to seeking behavior

Kathryn J. Reissner, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience

University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, NC

Session II - Posters

10:50 am - 1:00 pm

Lunch

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Session III - Translational/Clinical Science

1:30 pm Addiction states as dynamic changes in valuation

Anna Konova, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry

Rutgers University

2:05 pm Combining tDCS and cognitive training to modulate networks that support abstinence

Jazmin Camchong, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Medical Discovery Team on Addiction

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN

2:40 pm Gender differences in substance use disorders

Kathleen Brady, MD/PhD

Distinguished University Professor

Director, South Carolina Clinical and Traslational Research

Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, SC

Break

3:15 pm

Keynote Address

3:30 pm Stress-related motivation neurocircuits and addiction risk and relapse outcomes

Rajita Sinha, PhD

Foundations Endowed Professor in Psychiatry

Professor in Neuroscience

Professor in Child Psychiatry

Deputy Chair of Psychiatry for Psychology

Chief of the Psychology Section in Psychiatry

Yale University School of Medicine

New Haven, CT

Concluding Remarks

4:30 pm Mark Thomas, PhD

Professor, Department of Neuroscience

Scientific Director of the Medical Discovery Team on Addiction

Director of the Center for Neural Circuits in Addiction

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN

Adjourn

4:45 pm