The Addicted Brain and New Treatment Frontiers: Sixth Annual Aspen Brain Forum
Wednesday, May 18, 2016 - Friday, May 20, 2016
The New York Academy of Sciences
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Substance and alcohol-use disorders — characterized by continued, compulsive, stimulus-seeking behaviors despite serious negative physical, emotional, and social consequences — impose significant human health, economic, and legal burdens on society. Although research suggests that addiction is strongly related to neurobiological changes in the brain, implementation of neuroscience-based therapeutic strategies to address addiction is a relatively nascent development. As such, patients in need of treatment for addiction may not be receiving short- and long-term care that considers neurobiological, molecular, and/or genetic aspects of addiction.
This 2.5-day conference will convene a multidisciplinary group of researchers, clinicians, government and industry representatives, and non-profit leaders to explore the latest scientific advances in the field of addiction, with the end goal of improving treatment. The event will feature sessions and presentations focused on the neural circuitry of addiction, neuroplasticity, the susceptibility of the developing adolescent brain, and new horizons for treatment strategies, and will draw on speakers from the fields of neuroscience, behavioral physiology/medicine, cognitive and clinical neuroimaging, pharmacogenetics, neurobiology, psychology, epigenetics, genetic medicine, criminal justice, policy, and economics. The conference will conclude with a session dedicated to improving social and government policies so that neuroscience research can be more effectively applied to addiction treatment.
The conference will begin with an evening public lecture and panel discussion, followed by a networking reception. Scientific sessions over the next two days will feature keynote addresses from National Institute on Drug Abuse Director, Nora D. Volkow, MD and National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Director, George F. Koob, PhD, along with two interactive poster sessions, invited lectures, and short Hot Topic presentations selected from submitted abstracts.
Public Lecture Information
Registration for this conference includes free access to the Public Lecture, Arrested Development: The Teenage Brain and Substance Abuse, and Reception on Wednesday, May 18, 2016.
Registration Pricing
| By 4/18/2016 | After 4/18/2016 | Onsite | |
| Member | $295 | $350 | $395 |
| Student/Postdoc Member | $195 | $250 | $295 |
| Nonmember (Academia) | $395 | $450 | $495 |
| Nonmember (Corporate) | $495 | $595 | $650 |
| Nonmember (Non-profit) | $395 | $450 | $495 |
| Nonmember (Student/Postdoc/Fellow) | $220 | $275 | $320 |
Registration includes a complimentary, one-year membership to the New York Academy of Sciences. Complimentary memberships are provided to non-members only and cannot be used to renew or extend existing or expiring memberships. A welcome email will be sent upon registration which will include your membership credentials.
Webinar Pricing
This event will also be broadcast as a webinar; registration is required.
Please note: Transmission of presentations via the webinar is subject to individual consent by the speakers. Therefore, we cannot guarantee that every speaker's presentation will be broadcast in full via the webinar. To access all speakers' presentations in full, we invite you to attend the live event in New York City where possible.
| 5/19/2016 | 5/20/2016 | 5/19 – 5/20/2016 | |
| Member | $75 | $75 | $145 |
| Student/Postdoc Member | $40 | $40 | $90 |
| Nonmember (Academia) | $100 | $100 | $195 |
| Nonmember (Corporate) | $125 | $125 | $245 |
| Nonmember (Non-profit) | $100 | $100 | $195 |
| Nonmember (Student/Postdoc/Fellow) | $50 | $50 | $110 |
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Agenda
* Presentation titles and times are subject to change.
Day 1: Wednesday May 18, 2016 – Public LectureTo register solely to attend Day 1, please visit www.nyas.org/TeenAddiction | |||||||
5:00 PM | Registration | ||||||
5:45 PM | Welcome and Introductory Remarks | ||||||
6:00 PM | Public Lecture
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7:00 PM | Reception | ||||||
7:45 PM | Public Lecture Adjourns | ||||||
Day 2: Thursday, May 19, 2016 | |||||||
7:30 AM | Registration, Continental Breakfast, and Poster Session Setup | ||||||
8:30 AM | Opening Remarks | ||||||
8:45 AM | Keynote Address | ||||||
Session I: Mechanisms of Neuroplasticity in AddictionSession Chair: | |||||||
9:30 AM | Synaptic Plasticity and Circuitry Mediating Relapse to Drug Use | ||||||
10:00 AM | The Neural Basis of Learning Mechanisms Underlying Addiction | ||||||
10:30 AM | Deconstructing Aversive Brain Networks that Drive Addiction | ||||||
11:00 AM | Networking Coffee Break | ||||||
11:30 AM | Tolerance and Dependence: Neural Adaptations to Chronic Drug and Alcohol Exposure | ||||||
12:00 PM | Optical De(Re)construction of Neural Systems: Applications to Research on Addiction Neuroscience | ||||||
12:30 PM | Networking Lunch | ||||||
1:00 PM | Early Career Investigator Mentoring Workshop | ||||||
Session II: Adolescent Brain Development and Susceptibility In AddictionSession Chair: | |||||||
2:00 PM | Transcriptional and Epigenetic Mechanisms of Addiction | ||||||
2:30 PM | Alcohol's Dynamic Effect on Neurodevelopment | ||||||
3:00 PM | Cannabis and Neurodevelopment in Adolescence | ||||||
3:30 PM | Networking Coffee Break | ||||||
4:00 PM | Neurobiological Underpinnings of Adolescent Drug Abuse and Implications for Prevention and Treatment | ||||||
4:30 PM | Electronic Cigarettes and Adolescents | ||||||
Session III: Hot Topic Talks from Submitted AbstractsSession Chair: | |||||||
5:00 PM | Neural Predictors of Initiating Alcohol Use during Adolescence | ||||||
5:15 PM | Perceived Susceptibility to Nicotine Addiction as a Predictor of E-cigarette Use | ||||||
5:30 PM | Networking Reception and Poster Session | ||||||
7:00 PM | Conference Day 2 Adjourns | ||||||
Day 3: Friday, May 20, 2016 | |||||||
7:30 AM | Continental Breakfast | ||||||
8:15 AM | Keynote Address | ||||||
Session IV: New Horizons for Treatment StrategiesSession Chair: | |||||||
9:00 AM | Optogenetically-inspired Deep Brain Stimulation Reverses Cocaine-evoked Synaptic Plasticity | ||||||
9:30 AM | Immune-based Therapies for Substance Dependence | ||||||
10:00 AM | Networking Coffee Break | ||||||
10:30 AM | Pharmacologic Approaches to Resolving the Opioid Epidemic | ||||||
11:00 AM | Personalized Treatment Using Genetics: An Illustration from Tobacco | ||||||
Session V: Hot Topic Talks from Submitted AbstractsSession Chair: | |||||||
11:30 AM | Temporal Discounting as an Individualized Computational Marker of Treatment Efficacy for Opioid Use Disorder | ||||||
11:45 AM | Accumbens nNOS Interneurons Underlie Cued Relapse to Cocaine Seeking | ||||||
12:00 PM | Networking Lunch | ||||||
12:30 PM | Poster Session | ||||||
Session VI: Neuroscience to Action: What's Wrong and What Can We Fix?Session Chair: | |||||||
1:30 PM | State of the Science of Cannabis Research: Update from the NIH Marijuana Summit, March, 2016 | ||||||
2:00 PM | Translational Overview of the Neurobiology of Addiction and Societal Implications | ||||||
2:30 PM | Neurobiology of Decision-making and Willful Choice in the Context of Addiction | ||||||
3:00 PM | Networking Coffee Break | ||||||
3:30 PM | Optimizing Public Health and Safety in the Face of Addiction | ||||||
4:00 PM | Healthcare Systems and Policy in the Management of Care for Addiction | ||||||
4:30 PM | Introduction by Susan R. B. Weiss, PhD Closing Lecture Keynote Address: My Journey—Making Mental Health Essential Health | ||||||
5:00 PM | Closing Remarks | ||||||
5:15 PM | Conference Concludes | ||||||
Keynote Speakers
The Honorable Patrick J. Kennedy
Former United States Representative, Rhode Island; Co-Founder, One Mind; and Founder, Kennedy Forum
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George F. Koob, PhD
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, U.S. National Institutes of Health
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Nora D. Volkow, MD
National Institute on Drug Abuse, U.S. National Institutes of Health
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Any reference to NIDA or the NIH, or Dr. Volkow, should not be viewed as an endorsement of The New York Academy of Sciences, its products, or services.
Organizers
Melanie Brickman Stynes, PhD, MSc
The New York Academy of Sciences
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Joseph Dial
Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, The Aspen Brain Forum Foundation
David R. Gastfriend, MD
Treatment Research Institute; American Society of Addiction Medicine
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Staci A. Gruber, PhD
McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School
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Peter W. Kalivas, PhD
Medical University of South Carolina
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Katrina L. Kelner, PhD
Science Translational Medicine
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George F. Koob, PhD
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, U.S. National Institutes of Health
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Orla M. Smith, PhD
Science Translational Medicine
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Erick T. Tatro, PhD
The New York Academy of Sciences
Rachel F. Tyndale, PhD
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health; University of Toronto
Nora D. Volkow, MD
National Institute on Drug Abuse, U.S. National Institutes of Health
website
Any reference to NIDA or the NIH, or Dr. Volkow, should not be viewed as an endorsement of The New York Academy of Sciences, its products, or services.
Additional Confirmed Speakers
Michael R. Bruchas, PhD
Washington University School of Medicine
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Honorable Gregory P. Canova, JD
King County Superior Court (2000–2015); King County Drug Court (2012–2015)
Meaghan Creed, PhD
University of Geneva
Ronald G. Crystal, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College
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Thomas Eissenberg, PhD
Virginia Commonwealth University
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Barry J. Everitt, ScD
University of Cambridge
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Diana H. Fishbein, PhD
The Pennsylvania State University
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Cheryl Healton, DrPH, MPA
College of Global Public Health, New York University
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Yasmin Hurd, PhD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital
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Thomas L. Kash, PhD
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
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Mark A. R. Kleiman, PhD
New York University, Marron Institute of Urban Management
Silvia Lopez-Guzman, MD
New York University
David M. Lovinger, PhD
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, U.S. National Institutes of Health
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A. Thomas McLellan, PhD
Treatment Research Institute
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P. Read Montague, PhD
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; University College London
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Eric J. Nestler, MD, PhD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital
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Olusegun Owotomo, MD, MPH
University of Texas at Austin
Emma J. Rose, PhD
The Pennsylvania State University
Michael D. Scofield, PhD
Medical University of South Carolina
Lindsay M. Squeglia, PhD
Medical University of South Carolina
Susan F. Tapert, PhD
University of California San Diego; Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System
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Jeremy Waletzky, MD
The George Washington University
Claudia Wallis
Scientific American Mind
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Susan R. B. Weiss, PhD
National Institute on Drug Abuse, U.S. National Institutes of Health
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Sponsors
For sponsorship opportunities please contact Erick T. Tatro at etatro@nyas.org or 212.298.8648.
Bronze Sponsor
Academy Friends
Addiction Technology Transfer Centers
Grant Support
Indivior Inc. has provided unrestricted funding to support the program.
This event was supported by the National Institute On Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R13DA041813. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
Media Partner
Promotional Partners
8th Annual Mississippi Addiction Conference
College on Problems of Drug Dependence
Greater NYC Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience
International Journal of Drug Policy
International Society of Addiction Medicine
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
NAADAC – The Association for Addiction Professionals
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc.
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Abstracts
Day 1 — May 18, 2016
Arrested Development: The Teenage Brain and Substance Abuse
Although rates of adolescent alcohol and substance use have declined in recent years, both remain a pervasive problem in the United States. Underlying youth addiction is a complex network of neurological, psychological, social, and political factors that interplay with one another. Changes in the brain’s inhibition and reward centers that promote the transition from voluntary to compulsive drug use, psychosocial influences that shape both the process and treatment of addiction, personal family perspectives, and the therapeutic role of the drug courts will be explored in this evening event by a panel of experts in neurobiology, psychology, and criminal justice.
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