2nd Annual Southern California Substance Addiction Research Training Retreat

2nd Annual Southern California Substance Addiction ResearchTraining Retreat

Introduction
Theodore C. Friedman, M.D., Ph.D.

Highlights of Basic Neuroscience / Drug Addiction Research
Juan Carlos Rivera, Ph.D.
David Sanchez, Ph.D.
Emily Marie Castro, Ph.D.
Lindsay Lueptow, Ph.D.

Highlightsof Clinical/Translational Neuroscience / Drug Addiction Research
Elisa Pabon, Ph.D.
Alexandra Donovan, Ph.D.
Alyssa Harlow, Ph.D.
Dylan Kirsch, Ph.D.

Keynote Address: “Drug Addiction Science andthe US Overdose Epidemic”
Wilson Compton, M.D.

Keynote Address: “Addiction Science: More Substance than You Might Think”
Adam Leventhal, Ph.D.

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Breakout Sessions A
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Emerging Pharmaceutical Targets for Substance Use Disorder
Liana Asatryan, Ph.D.
Steven Shoptaw, Ph.D.
Larissa Mooney, M.D.

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Medical Use of Psychedelics
Brad Conner, Ph.D.
Harriet De Wit, Ph.D.
Conor Murray, Ph.D.

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Breakout Sessions B
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Health Disparities of Substance Use Disorders
Angie Otiniano Verissimo, Ph.D.
Shervin Assari, M.D., M.P.H.
Andrew Subica, Ph.D.

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Detrimental and BeneficialEffect of Cannabis
Linda Richter, Ph.D.
Daniele Piomelli, Ph.D.
Scott Hunter, M.D.
Elisa Pabon, Ph.D.

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Hybrid Event
In-Person: Event Registration – California Endowment (1000 N Alameda St, Los Angeles, CA 90012)
Virtual: Event Registration – Zoom Mtg ID: 881 5771 2788

For more information, please contact Ana Elias at AElias@mednet.ucla.edu.