Eliot Gardner received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Drug Abuse Research Society at its most recent meeting in Casablanca, Morocco. The award was presented to Dr. Gardner by the Prime Minister of Morocco, Saadeddine Othmani. Dr. Gardner was honored for his lifetime of groundbreaking research in the field of Neuropsychopharmacology at The NIDA… [Read More]
Awards
Amy Newman Wins the 2019 Ruth L. Kirschstein Mentoring Award
On July 15, 2019, Dr. Francis S. Collins presented our own Dr. Newman with the 2019 Ruth L. Kirschstein Mentoring Award. The Ruth L. Kirschstein Mentoring Award is given to individuals who have demonstrated significant leadership, skill, and ability in serving as mentor to one or more individuals. It was initiated to give formal recognition,… [Read More]
2020 NIDA IRP FARE winners
Congratulations to our 2020 FARE (Fellows Award for Research Excellence) winners! They will each receive a $1500 travel stipend to attend a meeting next fiscal year to present their research. They will also give a talk at the Baltimore Fellows Symposium on October 10, 2019. Congratulations to our 2020 FARE winners (left to right): Alessandro… [Read More]
Christopher Blackwood selected for Society for Neuroscience Neuroscience Scholars Program
Christopher Blackwood has been selected into the Society for Neuroscience (SFN) Neuroscience Scholars Program (NSP) 2019. The two-year training program supports neuroscience trainees’ scientific and professional growth through mentoring, networking, and professional skills development and works toward the Society’s objectives of supporting the professional development of scientists from all backgrounds and increasing diversity in the… [Read More]
Marco Venniro wins NIH Matilda White Riley Behavioral and Social Sciences Award for Early Stage Investigators
Marco Venniro has been chosen the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) as a winner in its Early Stage Investigator paper competition. Marco is a postdoctoral fellow at the NIDA IRP and he was honored for his paper Volitional social interaction prevents drug addiction in rat models, published in Nature Neuroscience. Marco… [Read More]
2019 NIDA IRP Women Scientist Advisors Awards
The NIDA IRP Women Scientist Advisors awards ceremony is held annually to recognize the accomplishments of outstanding women scientists. The 2019 awardees are: Robin Keeley, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral Fellows Ida Fredrikkson, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral Fellow Emily Simons Wires, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral Fellow Congratulations to this year’s winners! Click here to learn more about the Woman Scientist Advisors… [Read More]
Marco Venniro receives the 2019 Young Investigator Award by the European Behavioral Pharmacology Society
The winner of the 2019 European Behavioral Pharmacology Society’s Young Investigator Award is Marco Venniro, Ph.d., for his research examining the influence of social cues on behaviors related to drug addiction which was recently published in Nature Neuroscience. Marco is a CCB Postdoctoral Fellow in the lab of Yavin Shaham, Ph.d. Prior to this award, Marco has also been the… [Read More]
Lorenzo Leggio given the ACNP Eva King-Killam Research Award
The American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) has named Lorenzo Leggio, M.D., Ph.D. as the winner of the Eva King-Killam Research Award. Dr. Leggio is a Clinical Investigator and Section Chief for the NIAAA and NIDA Intramural Research Programs (IRPs). He also serves as Associate Director for Clinical Research for the NIDA IRP Medication Development Program…. [Read More]
Kenner Rice, Ph.D. wins Chemistry and Pharmacology of Drug Abuse Conference Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Kenner Rice received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 3rd Annual Chemistry and Pharmacology of Drug Abuse Conference, held in Boston on August 2-3, 2018. Pictured from left to right are: Amy Newman, Alex Makriyannis, Kenner Rice and James Bean, Provost and Senior Vice President of Northeastern University where the conference was held. The Chemistry and… [Read More]
Kenzie L. Preston, Ph.D. wins 2018 CPDD Award for Excellence
Kenzie L. Preston, Ph.D. was given the Marian W. Fischman Lectureship Award by the College on Problems of Drug Dependence as part of their 2018 Awards for Excellence. Dr. Preston was awarded on the basis the treatment research she conducts as the Senior Investigator and Chief of the Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Research Branch at… [Read More]
