The campus community is invited to attend a symposium on “Addiction, Neuron, Brain and Society” April 25 from 1:30 to 5 p.m. in School of Medicine E501. A reception will follow in T501.
Speakers will include Eric J. Nestler, the Nash Family Professor of Neuroscience and chair of the Department of Neuroscience at Mt. Sinai Medical School; George F. Koob, chair of the Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders, director of NIAAA Alcohol Research Center at The Scripps Research Institute and adjunct professor at University of California, San Diego; and Linda Bauer Cottler, Dean’s Professor and chair of the Department of Epidemiology in the College of Public Health & Health Professions at University of Florida.
The public event is sponsored by the neurosciences, microbiology and molecular biology and psychiatry departments; the program in cell biology; The Center for Proteomics and Bioinformatics; The Center for Aids Research; The Cleveland Alcohol Center; and The Addiction Initiative Group.
For more information, contact Richard Zigmond at Richard.zigmond@case.edu.