2008 Joint Scientific Meeting of theResearch Society on Alcoholism and the
International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism
Symposia Session I
Ethanol and Receptor Gated Ion Channels: A Memorial to Dr. Maharaj Ticku
Organizers/Chairs: Fulton T. Crews and Antonio B. Noronha
New Findings on Alcohol Use Disorders in the U.S. General Population
Organizer/Chair: Deborah Hasin Co-Chair: Bridget Grant
Cytokines and Signaling Pathways in Alcoholic Liver Disease
Organizers/Chairs: Bin Gao and George Kunos
GABA(B) Receptor: A New Target for Effective Pharmacotherapies for Alcohol Dependence?
Organizer/Chair: Kimberly A. Leite-Morris Co-Chair: Giancarlo Colombo
Ethanol and Brain Function: Relieve, Damage, and Repair
Organizer/Chair: Eri Hashimoto Co-Chair: Kimberly Nixon
Mechanisms of Change in Brief Interventions for Young Adult Drinking
Organizer/Chair: Scott T. Walters
Epigenetic Approaches to the Study of Alcoholism and Alcohol Effects
Organizers/Chairs: Feng C. Zhou and Subhash C. Pandey
Genetic Determinants of Subjective and Physiological Responses to Ethanol and the
Risk for Alcohol Use Disorders in Asians
Organizers/Chairs: Susumu Higuchi and Victor Hesselbrock
Symposia Session II
Towards an Individualized Treatment in Alcohol Dependence: Results from the US-COMBINE
Study and German PREDICT Study – In Honor of past work of Dr. Jack Mendelson
Organizers/Chairs: Karl F. Mann and Raymond F. Anton
Progression of Alcoholic Liver Disease
Organizer/Chair: Steven Dooley Co-Organizer: Katja Breitkopf
Alcohol and Injury in the Emergency Room: International Findings from the ERCAAP
and WHO Collaborative Study
Organizer/Chair: Cheryl J. Cherpitel
Endocannabinoid Participation in Alcohol’s Effects on Neurophysiology and Behavior
Organizers/Chairs: Loren H. Parsons and Marisa Roberto
Systems Biology Approaches to the Study of Alcohol-Induced Tissue Damage and Repair
Organizers/Chairs: Jan B. Hoek and Samir Zakhari
Symposia Session III
Understanding and Treating Patients with Alcoholic Liver Cirrhosis: An Update
Organizers/Chairs: Giovanni Addolorato and Lorenzo Leggio
Molecular Nuggets Mined from INIA-West Transcriptomes: Determinants of Excessive
Alcohol Consumption
Organizer/Chair: George Koob Co-Chair: Adron Harris
Acetaldehyde-Induced Cancer Risks: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms
Organizers/Chairs: R.K. Rao and Helmut K. Seitz
Translating Research into Practice: Evaluating Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention
Demonstrations in Large Population Areas
Organizer/Chair: Thomas F. Babor
Ethanol and Glia-Neuron Interactions
Organizer/Chair: Suzhen Chen Co-Chair: Michael E. Charness
Alcohol-Induced Brain Damage: New Findings from the Asian-Pacifi c Region
Organizer/Chair: Toshikazu Saito Co-Chair: Ting-Kai Li
Alcohol Dependence: Integration of Neuroimaging and Genetic Approaches
Organizer/Chair: Kent Hutchison
Pre & Post Treatment Interventions for Youth with AOSUD: Is the Whole Greater than the
Sum of Its Parts?
Organizers/Chairs: Yifrah Kaminer and John F. Kelly
Symposia Session IV
Effects of Smoking Interventions on Alcohol Drinking: Preclinical through Public Policy
Investigations
Organizer/Chair: Stephanie S. O’Malley
Ethanol Actions on the Glycine Receptor: No Longer GABA’s Little Brother
Organizers/Chairs: Daryl L. Davies and Luis G. Aguayo
Parent Involvement in Preventing High-Risk College Student Drinking: Emerging Evidence
from Etiological, Efficacy and Effectiveness Studies
Organizer/Chair: Rob Turrisi
Neurobiological Mechanisms Contributing to Alcohol-Stress-Anxiety Interactions
Organizer/Chair: Jeff Weiner
The Role of Dynorphin and Kappa Opioid Receptors in Alcohol Abuse
Organizers/Chairs: Brendan Walker and Rainer Spanagel
Innate Immunity in the Progression of Alcohol-Related Organ Injury
Organizers/Chairs: Kenichi Ikejima and Gavin E. Arteel
Alcoholic Cardiac Injury: From Basic Research to Cure
Organizer/Chair: Emanuel Rubin Co-Chair: Alvaro Urbano-Marquez
Brain Banking for Alcohol Research: Past, Present and the Future
Organizers/Chairs: Clive Harper and Therese Garrick
Symposia Session V
Current Findings on Gender and Alcoholism: Biology, Epidemiology and Treatment
Organizers/Chairs: Michie N. Hesselbrock and Susumu Higuchi
Emerging Targets at the GPCR Signaling Complex: Implications for Ethanol Reinforcement?
Organizer/Chair: Wolfgang Sommer Co-Chair: Boris Tabakoff
Pharmacological Targets for Treatment of Alcoholism: Basic Studies
Organizers/Chairs: Kalervo Kiianmaa and Jorgen A. Engel
Genetics of Alcoholism: Recent Findings Add More Pieces to the Puzzle
Organizer/Chair: Mary-Anne Enoch Co-Chair: David Goldman
The Role of Calcium-Dependent Small and Large Conductance Potassium Channels in Ethanol
Tolerance and Plasticity
Organizer/Chair: Judson Chandler
Adolescent Brain Development: Ethanol Induced Cellular and Molecular Changes
Organizers/Chairs: Antonio B. Noronha and Fulton T. Crews
Theory-Based Prevention Interventions with Alcohol-Using Adolescents at High-Risk for HIV
Organizers/Chairs: Wendee M. Wechsberg and Robert C. Freeman
Optimizing Treatment for Alcoholism Complicated with Bipolar Disorder: Current Advances
and Future Directions
Organizers/Chairs: Ihsan M. Salloum and Conor K. Farren
Symposia Session VI
New BeginnINGS: Diverse Roles of Growth Factors (BDNF, Insulin, IGF, NGF and GDNF) in
Ethanol’s Actions in the Brain
Organizer/Chair: Dorit Ron
Drinking and Symptom Trajectory Classes: The Next Step Drinking Phenotypes
Organizer/Chair: Robert A. Zucker
Neuroimaging of Animal Models of Alcoholism: Second Report from the Integrative
Neuroscience Initiative on Alcoholism
Organizers/Chairs: Edith V. Sullivan and Kathleen A. Grant
Alcohol and Retinoic Acid-Dependent Stem Cell Growth Control
Organizers/Chairs: William F. Bosron and Svetlana Radaeva Co-Chair: Abraham Fainsod
HIV and Alcohol: International Perspective
Organizer/Chair: Jeffrey H. Samet Co-Chair: Evgeny Krupitsky
Involvement of Infl ammatory Mediators in Alcohol-Induced Liver Injury
Organizer: Carol A. Casey Co-Chairs: Patricia Eagon and Amin Nanji
Implementation of Alcohol Interventions in Surgical Patients: Interdisciplinary Challenges
and Opportunities
Organizers/Chairs: Peter Miller and Claudia Spies
The Importance of Glucocorticoids and Alcohol Dependence and Neurotoxicity
Organizer/Chair: Hilary Little
Symposia Session VII
Doctors Will Do This: Strategies for Motivating Physicians to do Brief Interventions
Organizer/Chair: J. Paul Seale Co-Chair: Daniel C. Vinson
Ethanol and Lipid Rafts
Organizer/Chair: Cynthia F. Bearer Co-Chair: Consuelo Guerri
Alcohol and Risk Taking Behavior: A Bi-Directional Relationship
Organizer: Anna E. Goudriaan and Joris C. Verster Chair: Kenneth J. Sher
Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis Resulting from Alcohol Consumption
Organizers/Chairs: P.J. Brooks and Helmut Karl Seitz
Stress-Induced Negative Affect Associated with Withdrawal and Abstinence from Ethanol:
Contributing Sites and Mechanisms
Organizers/Chairs: George R. Breese and Rajita Sinha
Alcohol Biomarkers: Guidelines for Their Measurement and Use
Organizers/Chairs: John Whitfi eld and Anders Helander
Methylation Reactions in Alcohol-Mediated Organ Damage
Organizer/Chair: Kusum K. Kharbanda Co-Chair: Cheng Ji
Factors or Policy Measures that May Cause the Changes in Alcohol Consumption and Related
Harm: Experiences in the Asian-Pacifi c Region
Organizers/Chairs: Dongyul Oh and John B. Saunders
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