Training
Seminars
The Advanced Alcohol Research Seminar, offered during the fall and spring semesters through UC Berkeley as course number PH 202G, is part of the training program's core curriculum and presents current studies and lectures on the basics of methodology, prevention, and epidemiology. This seminar, currently taught by Lee Kaskutas, DrPH and Sarah Zemore, PhD of ARG also features presentations by nationally renowned scientists in the field of alcohol research. "Brown Bag" lunch seminars are also offered where fellows have the opportunities for informal discussions with speakers.
Location:
Alcohol Research Group
6475 Christie Avenue, Suite 400
Emeryville, CA 94608-1010
(510) 597-3440
Date & Time:
Tuesdays, 12:20 - 1:50pm
January 19
Howard Fields, MD, PhD
Professor in Residence
Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center
UCSF
Topic: How to build a better Naltrexone: a Biological approach to treating alcoholism
January 26
Dieter J. Meyerhoff, Dr.rer.nat
Professor of Radiology and Biomedical
Imaging, Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases, UCSF and SF VA Medical Center
Topic: Neuroimaging of substance use disorders: effects on brain biology and cognition and implications for treatment
February 2
David E. Presti, PhD
Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology
UC Berkeley
Topic: Psychedelic medicines: history and current research
February 9
Alexandre Todorov, PhD
Research Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Washington University in St. Louis
Enrichment Speaker
Topic: Genetic epidemiology of alcoholism in the era of "big" (genome-wide association, copy number variation and methylation)
February 16
Discussion
February 23
Madhabika Nayak, PhD and Rachael Korcha, MA
Alcohol Research Group
Topic: Drinking and partner violence perpetration by men: Examining links in survey data from India
March 2
Denis M. McCarthy, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Missouri
Department of Psychological Sciences
Enrichment Speaker
Topic: ADH/ALDH variants, alcohol response, and racial/ethnic differences in alcohol use
March 9
Sarah Zemore, PhD and Kate Karriker Jaffe, PhD
Topic Ethics - Ethical Dilemmas of Authorship - Plagiarism
Mar. 16
Lee Kaskutas, DrPH and Sarah Roberts, DrPH
Topic: Ethics
- Scientific Misconduct
- Human Subjects
March 23
Spring Break
March 30
Jennifer Ahern, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
School of Public Health, UC Berkeley
Topic: Multilevel analysis and beyond: increasing the relevance of research on community characteristics to intervention
April 6
Discussion
April 13
Nina Mulia, DrPH and Yu Ye, MA
Alcohol Research Group
Topic: Racial/ethnic disparities in alcohol problems and treatment utilization: Findings and methodological issues
April 20
Norman A. Constantine, PhD
Senior Research Scientist and Director,
Center for Research on Adolescent Health and Development
Public Health Institute
Topic: Improving school-based sex education: Research, evidence, policy, and politics
April 27
Kate Karriker-Jaffe, PhD
Alcohol Research Group
Topic: Beyond disadvantage: Understanding The contribution of inequality to alcohol and drug use
May 4
Discussion