Addictions and Gender: Research Symposium
- Starts: 3:30 pm on Wednesday, April 24, 2013
- Ends: 5:00 pm on Wednesday, April 24, 2013
New research with human and nonhuman participants has confirmed that gender differences are manifested differently in the addictions. Leading BUSM and VA investigators will discuss: Neuroimaging research illuminating gender differences that contribute to the differential impacts of chronic alcoholism on men and women; Sex differences and the effects of ethanol binge drinking during the female estrous cycle; Gender differences in response to cocaine; and themes and interventions in women’s substance abuse recovery. FREE AND OPEN TO THE BU COMMUNITY.
- Speakers:
- Irina Zhdanova, MD, Ph.D.; Kimberly Leite-Morris, Ph.D.; Susan Michelle Mosher Ruiz, Ph.D.Joni Utley, PsyD; Marlene Oscar Berman, Ph.D.
- Audience:
- bu
- Address:
- BU School of Medicine main building (72 E. Concord St)
- Room:
- Bakst Auditorium
- Fees:
- free
- Registration:
- More information
- Contact Organization:
- Office of Professor David Rosenbloom / SPH
- Contact Name:
- Eric Helmuth
- Contact Phone:
- 617-638-0109