Dr. Jeremy P. Waletzky
The Jacob P. Waletzky Award of the Society for Neuroscience is given to a young scientist
(within 15 years of his/her Ph.D. or M.D. degree) whose independent research has led to
significant conceptual and empirical contributions to the understanding of drug addiction. Both
basic and clinical researchers are eligible for
the award. Future plans to continue to make
significant contributions to addiction research and treatment is one of the selection criteria.
Date:
November 9, 2017
Location:
NIDA-IRP, Atrium of the BRC bldg; Johns Hopkins Bayview Campus, Baltimore
Organizers:
Yavin Shaham, Geoff Schoenbaum, Andrew Holmes, Jenny Chou
Schedule:
8:50 – Introduction to the Waletzky event
Nora Volkow – NIDA Director
9:00 – Addiction and Neuropeptides in the Amygdala
Marisa Roberto – Professor, Scripps Institute
9:25 – From silent synapse to circuit remodel: a neural rejuvenation hypothesis of drug addiction
Yan Dong – Professor, U of Pittsbourgh
9:50 – Dopamine dynamics during the progression of substance use.
Paul Phillips – Professor, U of Washington
10:15 – Coffee break
10:40 – The prefrontal cortex in iRISA in cocaine addiction: lessons from neuroimaging in humans
Rita Goldstein – Professor, MSSM
11:05 – Alcohol: Pain, Pleasure and the Prefrontal Cortex
Andrew Holmes – Lab Chief, NIAAA-IRP
11:30 – Reward, Interrupted: Inhibitory control and its relevance to addictions
David Jentsch – Professor, Binghamton U
11:55 – Mechanisms of nicotine craving
Paul Kenny – Professor and Chair, MSSM
12:20 – Lunch
1:20 – New data on the effects of cocaine use on associative processing
Geoff Schoenbaum – Branch Chief, NIDA-IRP
1:45 – My excellent adventure: from behavioral pharmacology to epigenetics (co-starring cocaine)
Chris Pierce – Professor, U of Pennsylvania
2:10 – Acetylcholine-norepinephrine interactions and their role in behaviors related to nicotine addiction
Marina Picciotto – Professor and deputy-chair, Yale U
2:35 – Aggression addiction and relapse: a new frontier in psychiatry
Yavin Shaham – Branch Chief, NIDA-IRP
3:00 – Coffee break
3:25 – Anti-stress effects of kappa-opioid receptor antagonists: implications for neuropsychiatric illnesses
Bill Carlezon – Professor, Harvard U
4:15 – From Basic Preclinical Discoveries to New Addiction Treatments
Pier-Vincenzo Piazza – Scientific Director, Magendie Neurocenter, INSERM
4:40 – Concluding remarks (1)
Kay Jamison – Professor, Johns Hopkins U
4:40 – Concluding remarks (2)
Eric Nestler – Professor and Dean, MSSM, SFN president
5:00 -Award ceremony
Life-time achievement award to Dr. Waletzky
