The Addiction Grand Rounds (AGR) is a once monthly series facilitated by the Office of the Clinical Director (OCD). These meetings typically take place on the first Thursday of each month from 1pm-2pm. Following each presentation, the speaker will facilitate a discussion with trainees only, from 2pm-3pm . These meetings are offered in a hybrid format and take place at the NIDA IRP Biomedical Research Center (BRC). Speakers include a variety of clinicians and clinical scientists, working with alcohol and substance use disorders as well as those working in mental health and clinical neuroscience in general.
Sign language interpreting services are available upon request. Individuals who need interpreting services and/or other reasonable accommodations to participate in any NIDA IRP Hosted Event should contact Wendy Marshall. Requests should be made five (5) days in advance of the event.
For Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) call 711.
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Upcoming Seminars
August 1, 2024, 1-3pm Eastern Standard Time
Scott E. Lukas, Ph.D.
Director, McLean Imaging Center
Director, Behavioral Psychopharmacology Research Lab
Research Director, McLean Sleep Diagnostic and Treatment Center
McLean Hospital
Topic
The pharmacokinetics of alcohol in humans: Impact of other drugs and novel measurement strategies
Location
Room OC3219 – Contact Wendy Marshall for Zoom Link
Bio
Scott E. Lukas received his PhD in pharmacology and toxicology in 1979 from the University of Maryland. After a post-doctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins University, he joined the NIDA Addiction Research Center before moving to McLean Hospital in 1984. He was promoted to professor at Harvard Medical School in 2003, Dr. Lukas directs the McLean Imaging Center, the Behavioral Psychopharmacology Research Laboratory, the McLean Sleep Diagnostic and Treatment Center and a NIDA T32 Post-Doctoral Training Program (currently in its 23 year). He chaired NIDA-K study section for 10 years, was president of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence and has won numerous mentoring awards. He held both a NIDA K02 Award and a NIDA K05 Senior Scientist Award. He has mentored 39 postdoctoral fellows, many of whom earned a K award under his direction.
Dr. Lukas has been continuously funded by NIDA and NIAAA since 1985 to support his research interests in the neurobiological basis of drug and alcohol abuse, pharmacokinetics, polydrug abuse, sex differences, complementary/alternative medicine, and medication development. He uses actigraphy/biosensors and various imaging technologies like EEG and MRI/MRS to measure changes in brain function that reflect drug effects, consciousness, sleep, performance, mood states, and reward after drug administration or drug-related cues. He has led over 25 industry sponsored clinical trials and has had multiple SBIR/STTR grants working with small businesses to develop novel devices or medications to address the many issues of drug and alcohol abuse.