 |
||||
 |
 |
|||
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
||||
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
| Free Seminars Offer Information on Variety of Addictions Topics |
Date: March 6, 2009 Contact: Kathleen Weaver Phone: (716) 887-2585 Fax: (716) 887-2252 |
| BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The University at Buffalo’s Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) is presenting a spring seminar series on addictions-related topics featuring national experts beginning on March 20, 2009.
The four-part series is free, open to the public and held on designated Fridays at 10 a.m. on the first floor of the RIA building at 1021 Main Street, on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. The opening presentation by Charles W. Mathias, Ph.D., on March 20 is entitled “When Everyday is Friday: Behavioral and Cognitive Performance in Adolescent Marijuana Use.” Mathias is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He is currently conducting research about development psychopathology among adolescents. On April 17, Andrea Hussong, Ph.D., will present “Evidence For and Against an Internalizing Pathway to Substance Use Disorders.” Hussong is a professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. She is currently investigating the internalizing pathway to substance use disorders in children of alcoholic parents. The seminars continue on May 8 with a presentation entitled “Drug Discovery for Nicotine Addiction” by Linda Dwoskin, Ph.D. Dwoskin is an endowed professor in Pharmaceutical Education at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy. Her major research focus is the development of novel therapeutic candidates for the treatment of psychostimulant abuse, specifically for nicotine and methamphetamine abuse. The series closes on May 15 with a discussion of “Drinking in Bars: The Risks of Girls Just Wanting to Have Fun” by Kathleen A. Parks, Ph.D. Parks is a senior research scientist at RIA whose expertise focuses on women’s substance use and related negative consequences. For more information about the seminars contact RIA at 716-887-2566. The Research Institute on Addictions has been a leader in the study of addictions since 1970 and a research center of the University at Buffalo since 1999. The University at Buffalo is a premier research-intensive public university, the largest and most comprehensive campus in the State University of New York. UB’s more than 27,000 students pursue their academic interests through more than 300 undergraduate, graduate and professional degree programs. Founded in 1846, the University at Buffalo is a member of the Association of American Universities. |
|
| Back to Top. |