Description:

A National Institute of Drug Abuse funded (NIDA; P50 DA044121) Center of Excellence regarding Chronic Pain and Drug Abuse

Tuesday, September 28, 2021
9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Keynote: Epigenetics, Extinction, and the Problem of Persistent Memory in Rodent Approaches to PTSD and Addiction 

K. Matthew Lattal, PhD
Associate Chair and Professor, Department of Behavioral Neuroscience
Oregon Health & Science University

Schedule

9:00 – 9:45 am CT -- Welcome 
A. Vania Apkarian, PhD
Director, Center for Translational Pain Research
Professor of Physiology, Anesthesiology, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
 
9:50 – 10:35 am CT -- Marco Martina, MD, MSc, PhD
Associate Professor of Physiology and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
 
10:50 – 11:35 am CT -- Talia Lerner, PhD
Assistant Professor of Physiology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
 
11:40 am – 12:25 pm CT -- Rajeshwar Awatramani, PhD
Professor of Neurology (Movement Disorders) and Neurobiology
Scientific Director, Transgenic and Targeted Mutagenesis Laboratory
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
 
1:30 – 2:30 pm CT -- Keynote Seminar: Epigenetics, Extinction, and the Problem of Persistent Memory in Rodent Approaches to PTSD and Addiction
K. Matthew Lattal, PhD
Associate Chair and Professor, Department of Behavioral Neuroscience
Oregon Health & Science University
 
2:45 – 3:30 pm CT -- James Surmeier, PhD
Nathan Smith Davis Professor and Chair, Department of Physiology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
 
3:35 – 4:20 pm CT -- Marwan Baliki, PhD
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Research Scientist, Biologics Lab
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab