ISAM Monthly Lecture Series: I'm in Love with Addiction Neuroscience - August

External Event - 20th Aug 2020

When: Thursday August 20th 4-5.30p ET

Speaker: Rita Goldstein, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United States.

Host: Jean Lud Cadet, NIH/NIDA, USA

This event is part of a talk series. 

The International Society for Addiction Medicine Neuroscience Interest Group (ISAM-NIG) has started a talk series in which addiction neuroscientists from across the world share their personal stories and experiences. Find out how and why they have decided to dedicate their scientific life to this field. ISAM-NIG hopes this talk series encourages and supports a new generation of young and passionate addiction neuroscientists in different countries to revolutionize the field of addiction medicine. Talks will be recorded and archived for public access on the ISAM NIG YouTube channel. Lectures will be held monthly, from August 2020 through July 2021. 

Other speakers will include: 

• September: Judson Brower, Brown University, United States
• October: Jean Lud Cadet, NIDA Intramural Research Program, United States
• November: Alex Baldacchino, University of Saint Andrews, United Kingdom
• December: Antonio Verdejo-Garcia, Monash University, Australia
• February: Silvia Cruz, Cinvestav, Mexico
• March: Marc Potenza, Yale School of Medicine, United States
• April: Kathleen Brady, Medical University of South Carolina, United States
• May: Anne Lingford-Hughes, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
• June: Min Zhao, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
• July: Yasmin Hurd, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United States 

The lectures are sponsored by the International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM) Neuroscience Interest Group, with support from the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO).