BPRU will host a seminar series focusing on research in the fields of behavioral pharmacology, epidemiology, and drug abuse treatment. Scientists from within the Hopkins community as well as throughout the United States will be featured. Seminars are held on Wednesdays, unless noted, at 2:30PM in the Asthma and Allergy Center Auditorium (AAC) located on the Bayview Medical Center Campus. The seminars are open to everyone. Light refreshments will be available.

Date Location	Speaker	Affiliation	Topic
September 2, 2009 AAC Auditorium	Robert Schwartz M.D.	Friends Research Institute	Methadone Treatment in the Community and in Prison: Impact on Arrest
September 22, 2009 AAC Room 4B44	Susan Murphy Ph.D.	University of Michigan	Exploratory Analyses Aimed at Generating Proposals for Individualizing and Adapting Treatment
September 30, 2009 Carroll Auditorium	Yih-Ing Hser Ph.D.	UCLA	Longitudinal Drug Abuse Research: Implications for Treatment
October 14, 2009 AAC Auditorium	Jonathan Katz Ph.D.	NIDA IRP	Studies of Reinforcing and Neurochemical Effects of Sigma Receptor Ligands
October 28, 2009 AAC Auditorium	Colleen Hanlon Ph.D.	Wake Forest University	Imaging
November 11, 2009 AAC Auditorium	Peggy Compton Ph.D., R.N.	UCLA	Alteration of Pain Responses in Opioid Dependency: Clinical Relevance
December 9, 2009 AAC Auditorium	George Bigelow Ph.D.	Johns Hopkins University	Why naloxone should be over-the-counter and how can we get there?
January 13, 2010 AAC Auditorium	Peter Morgan M.D., Ph.D.	Yale University	Effects of Modafinil on Sleep in Chronic Cocaine Users: Implications for Treatment
Januray 27, 2010 AAC Auditorium	Paul Soto Ph.D.	Johns Hopkins University	Ligands at the Benzodiazepine Binding Site on GABA-A alpha5 Receptors as Potential Cognitive Modulators
February 10, 2009 Rescheduled for May 12, 2010	Bill Latimer Ph.D.	Johns Hopkins University	Cognitive-behavioral and Couples' based Intervention to Prevent Drug Dependence and Infectious Disease: Epidemiologic and Randomized Trial Study Findings
February 24, 2010 AAC Auditorium	Jesse Dallery Ph.D.	Univeristy of Florida	Contingency Management in the 21st century: Internet-based Interventions to Promote Smoking Cessation
March 10, 2010 AAC Auditorium	Grant Smith	Drug Policy Alliance	The Inner-workings of the Drug Policy Alliance
March 24, 2010 AAC Auditorium	Drake Morgan Ph.D.	Univeristy of Florida	Cocaine Self-administration in Non-human Animals
April 7, 2010 AAC Auditorium	Henry Kranzler M.D.	Univeristy of Connecticut	Pharmacogenetics of Alcohol
April 21, 2010 Cancelled	Jack Cornelius M.D., MPH	University of Pittsburgh	Double-blind Fluoxetine Trial in Comorbid Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and Cannabis Use Disorder (CUD) Youth
May 5, 2010 Carroll Auditorium	Kevin Volpp M.D., Ph.D.	University of Pennsylvania	Financial Incentives and Health Behaviors
May 12, 2010 AAC Auditorium	Bill Latimer Ph.D.	Bloomberg School of Public Health	Cognitive-behavior and Couples' Based Intervention to Prevent Drug Dependence and Infectious Disease: Epidemiological and Randomized Trial Study Findings
May 19, 2010 AAC Auditorium	Jon-Kar Zubieta M.D., Ph.D.	University of Michigan	Brain Imaging: Substance Abuse Disorders and Pain

Note: Highlighted items reflect schedule or location change

For additional information contact:
Dr. Erin McClure, 410-550-2696 emcclur4@jhmi.edu
Dr. Andy Tompkins, 410-550-5953 dtompki1@jhmi.edu