"Community, Behavioral and Molecular Sciences in Addictive Disorders"
Thursday October 2
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7:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. |
Registration |
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8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast & Networking |
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8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. |
Drug Use among Latino Youth in the Juvenile Justice System |
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Chairs: |
Hortensia Amaro, Ph.D. Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, M.D., Ph.D. |
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Presenters: |
Linda A. Teplin, Ph.D. Maria Elena Medina-Mora, PhD. William Arroyo, M.D. The Honorable Robert J. Totten |
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Abstract: |
This panel will examine the changing illicit drug use patterns and mental health service needs of Latino high-risk youth in preventing youth with mental health/substance abuse conditions from entering the juvenile justice system, as well as increase understanding of processes that juvenile justice courts utilize when working with Latino youth who have substance use issues and their families |
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10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. |
Beverage Break |
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10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. |
Drug Markets and Criminal Justice Systems |
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Chair: |
Avelardo Valdez, Ph.D. Joe Martinez, Ph.D. Nelson Tiburcio, Ph.D. |
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Presenters: |
Warren K Bickel, Ph.D. Francisco A. Villarruel, Ph.D. Jorge Chabat, Ph.D. |
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Abstract: |
Previous studies have investigated the national and international etiology of drug markets and their relationship to drug use patterns, dependence, interventions, criminal justice (courts, incarceration) and security systems. Existing research in this area vary from the individual level (often street based) to more macro (national and international) level. This panel examines these issues as they relate to U.S. Hispanic populations. Dr. William K. Bickel’s presentation applies a behavioral and neuroeconomic model to better understand drug purchasing behaviors, temporal discounting and dependency. Neuroeconomics combines the discipline of neuroscience with economics and psychology to examine brain function in decision making and choice. Dr. Francisco A. Villarruel addresses the connection between enforcement of drug laws, disparities in sentencing and incarceration of Hispanics, and how this sustains the “drug market-prison connection.” U.S. - Mexico relations, drug trafficking and public security will be the focus of Dr. Jorge Chabat’s presentation. Participants in this panel will acquire a greater understanding of the association of drug markets, criminal enforcement systems and drug use patterns among U.S. Hispanics. |
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11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. |
Transition Break |
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12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. |
International Featured Speakers |
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Chair: |
Dr. Antonio Cepeda-Benito |
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Presenters: |
Fernando Fonseca Maristela Monteiro Marya Hynes-Dowell This lunch-working session will feature three presentations followed by questions and commentary by the audience. The speakers will present recent scientific breakthroughs they have achieved in collaboration with their international teams of Hispanic investigators. Dr. Rodriguez-Fonseca will explain how current pharmacological advances have linked the endogenous cannabinoid signaling system to alcoholism and how modulation of this system arises as a promising tool to treat alcohol abuse and relapse. Dr. Monteiro will present findings on alcohol consumption patterns in the Americas along with an in depth analysis of the interrelationship between gender and culture in the effects of alcohol on partner aggression. The session will be closed by Ms. Hynes, who will show the latest data on trends and patterns of drug use across the Americas in both secondary school students and the general population. (Lunch provided gratis—courtesy of Texas A&M University). |
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1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. |
Lunch on your Own |
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2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. |
New Investigators in Drug Abuse Research |
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Chair: |
Nelson Tiburcio, Ph.D. |
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C0-Chairs: |
Laura Elena O’Dell, Ph.D. |
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Presenters: |
Luis Natividad, B.A. |
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2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. |
New Investigators in Drug Abuse Research (Continued) Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, Ph.D., M.P.H., RN. Juan Peña, Ph.D. Jennifer Syversten Kaliris Salas-Ramirez, Ph.D. TBA International Speaker (Intl. Research Collaborations Committee to identify) |
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4:30 p.m. |
Adjourn for the day for dinner non-attendees |
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6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. |
Annual Awards Dinner & Dance |
