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. |
| Speaker(s): Irina Zhdanova, MD, Ph.D.; Kimberly Leite-Morris, Ph.D.; Susan Michelle Mosher Ruiz, Ph.D.Joni Utley, PsyD; Marlene Oscar Berman, Ph.D. |
| When |
Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013
at 3:30pm
until 5:00pm
on Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013
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| Where |
BU School of Medicine main building (72 E. Concord St)
(Bakst Auditorium)
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| Who |
Open to Boston University:
Admission is free
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| More Info |
More information
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| Contact |
Office of Professor David Rosenbloom / SPH
Eric Helmuth
617-638-0109
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