School of Medicine

Alcohol & Drug Abuse Center of Excellence

What Every Parent, Counselor, Teacher, and Healthcare Provider

Should Know about Youth Alcohol Abuse

 

Hosted by LSU Health New Orleans

Department of Physiology

Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center of Excellence

Comprehensive Alcohol Research Center

 

August 10, 2015 1:00 - 5:00 PM

1:20 - 1:30 PM

Welcome and Opening Remarks
Patricia E. Molina M.D. Ph.D., Professor and Head of Physiology
NIAAA T32 and ADACE Director, LSU Health

1:30 - 1:50 PM 

Alcohol Use Disorders: A Preclinical Perspective
Peter J. Winsauer Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology, LSU Health-NO

1:50-2:10 PM

Alcohol Use Disorders: A Clinical Perspective
Megan L. Armstrong Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist, LSU Health-NO

3:00 - 3:30 PM

 

What do Basic Science Studies Tell Us About Causes and Consequences of Adolescent Alcohol Use?
Linda P. Spear Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Psychology; Director, Developmental Exposure Alcohol Research Center (DEARC), SUNY-Binghamton
 
3:30-4:00 PM Alcohol and the Teen Brain
Lindsay M. Squeglia Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Medical University of South Carolina
4:00-4:30 PM Adolescent Alcohol Use: Neurons to Neighborhoods
Tammy A. Chung Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Epidemiology
Pittsburgh University Medical Center
4:45-5:00 PM Conclusion & Action Items
Mimi Fleury, President, Community of Concern