School of Medicine

August 31

12:00 - 1:00

Ursula White, PhD
Assistant Professor
Clinical Sciences Division
Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Physiology of Humans and Adipose Tissue in Obesity, Health, and Disease

September 7

12:00 - 1:00

Elizabeth Kovacs, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair of Research
University of Colorado Denver

Inflamm-aging and the Multi-Organ Response After Traumatic Injury

September 14

12:00 - 1:00

Amanda Pahng, PhD
Research Health Scientist
Southeast LA Veterans Health Care System

Investigating the Intersection of Chronic Inflammatory Pain and Opioid Use Disorder

September 28

12:00 - 1:00

Xiaolin Tian, PhD
Assistant Professor - Research
Neuroscience Center of Excellence
LSUHSC-NO

Unmasking Mask: The Dosage-Sensitive Functions of Mask in Neurons

October 5

12:00-1:00

Bradley Taylor, PhD
Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Pittsburgh

Behavioral Pharmacology and Neurophysiology of Chronic Pain and Endogenous Opioid Receptor Analgesia

October 12

12:00-1:00

Eric Ravussin, PhD
Associate Executive Director
Clinical Sciences Division
Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Influence of Heterogeneity in Energy Metabolism on Body Weight

October 19

12:00-1:00

Amy Lasek, PhD
Professor of Phamarcology and Toxicology
Virginia Commonwealth University

Neuroimmune Transcriptional Mechanisms in Alcohol Use Disorder

October 26

12:00-1:00

Bryan Mackowiak, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Laboratory of Liver Diseases
National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Peripheral Ethanol Metabolism Regulates Drinking Behavior and Organ Injury

November 2

12:00-1:00

Brendan Walker, PhD
Professor & Vice Chair of Research
Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience
Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida

Dynorphin/Kappa Opioid Receptor Dysregulation in Alcohol use Disorder

November 9

12:00-1:00

Ethan Anderson, PhD
Assistant Professor
Louisiana State University

Targeting Cell-Type Specific Epigenetic Mechanisms of Drug and Alcohol Addiction

November 16

12:00-1:00

Alyssa Hasty, PhD
Professor of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Vanderbilt University

Immunologic Memory to Weight Cycling

November 30

12:00-1:00

Harold Haun, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of North Carolina

Septohypothalamic Nociceptin/Orphanin-Fq System Modulates Binge-Like Alcohol Consumption

December 7

12:00-1:00

Jessica Higginbotham, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Washington University School of Medicine

Estradiol Protects Against Pain-Facilitated Fentanly Use Via Suppression of Opioid-Evoked Dopamine Activity