Calendar of Events

Current Sponsored Seminars > Past Sponsored Seminars: 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002

Sponsored Seminars: 2004

Date: January 7, 2004
Speaker: Rajita Sinha, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Title: Neural correlates of emotional stress in healthy and cocaine dependent individuals

Date: January 21, 2004
Speaker: Susan F. Wood, Ph.D., Affiliation in FDA, Washington, D.C.
Title: FDA Policies and Perspectives on Gender Differences in the Approval of New Drugs

Date: January, 28, 2004
Speaker: Carolyn Easton, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Title: A Therapy Approach for Substance Abusing Domestic Violence Offenders

Date: February 4, 2004
Speaker: Ann Rasmusson, M.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Title: A Surprising Negative Correlation between CSF allopregnanolone levels and PTSD Symptoms: How can we understand this?

Date: February 25, 2004
Speaker: Wendy Lynch, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Title: Sex, Stress and Cocaine Self-Administration in Rats

Date: February 25, 2004
Speaker: Marc Potenza, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Title: Women's Health Seminar: Gender Differences in Gambling & Substance Use Behavior

Date: March 24, 2004
Speaker: Ray Li, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Title: Behavioral tasks to study attention function and response inhibition

Date: March 31, 2004
Speaker: Helen Fox, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Title: High-frequency and binge-pattern of cocaine abuse enhances drug-craving and biological responses to stress and drug-related cues.

Date: April 7, 2004
Speaker: Sherry McKee, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Title: Do Women Smoke to Manage Affect and Weight: Evidence from implicit priming

Date: April 14, 2004
Speaker: Joe Cubells, M.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Title: Pharmacogenetics of disulfram response in treatment for cocaine dependence

Date: April 28, 2004
Speaker: Mehmet Sofouglu, M.D. , Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Title: Influence of sex hormones on cocaine addiction

Date: May 26, 2004
Speaker: Ray Li, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Title: Sex differences in brain activation during stress imagery in cocaine dependence

Date: June 2, 2004
Speaker: Scott Hyman, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Title: Gender-specific associations between types of child maltreatment and psychiatric disorders/drug use in cocaine dependent individuals

Sponsored Seminars: 2003

Date: January 10, 2003
Speaker: Jill Becker, Ph.D., University of Michigan
Title: Sex, Drugs, and Dopamine: A New Look at How Estrogen Influences Behavior

Date: January 15, 2003
Speaker: Maria Mouratidis, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Title: Neuroimaging with the Stroop in Cocaine Users

Date: January 29, 2003
Speaker: Ismene Petrakis, M.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Title: Teaching Opportunities/Requirements for DSA Faculty

Date: February 12, 2003
Speaker: Jaakko Lappalainen, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Title: Linkage Disequilibrium Mapping of Susceptibility Genes for Alcoholism

Date: March 12, 2003
Speaker: Therese Kosten, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Title: Early Life Stress has Differential Effects at Various Stages of Addiction in a Sex-Specific Manner

Date: March 28, 2003
Conference: Women's Health Research at Yale University, All Day Conference on “Impact of Estrogen on Mood and Memory in Women”
Speakers
Barbara Sherwin, Ph.D., “Estrogen and Cognition” Professor, Departments of Psychology and Obstetrics and Gynecology , McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Farida Sohrabji, Ph.D., “Estrogen's Effects on the Aging and Injured Forebrain: Implications for Alzheimer's Disease” Assistant Professor, Graduate Advisor, Department of Human Anatomy and Medical Neurobiology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center

Meir Steiner, M.D., Ph.D., FRCPC, “Estrogen, Reproductive Cyclicity and Mood in Women” Professor of Departments of Psychiatry " Behavioral Neuroscience and Obstetrics " Gynecology, Director of Research, Department of Psychiatry and Director, Women's Health Concerns Clinic, St. Joseph's Healthcare, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada

Date: May 9, 2003
Yale Psychiatry Grand Rounds Lecture
Speaker: Rajita Sinha, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Title: Specialized Center of Research on Women Health: Sex, Stress and Cocaine Addiction

Date: May 14, 2003
Speaker: Turhan Canli, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, SUNY at Stony brook
Title: fMRI Studies of Emotion Regulation: Sex Differences

Date: May 21, 2003
Speaker: Paul Lombroso, M.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Title: The Regulation of MAP Kinase by the Tyrosine Phosphatase, STEP

Date: May 21, 2003
Speaker: Sherry McKee, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Title: Mood and Memory as Sex-Specific Determinants of Smoking Behavior

Date: May 28, 2003
Speaker: Mehmet Sofouglu, M.D. Deptartment of Psychiatry, Yale University
Title: Progesterone Treatment for Cocaine Dependence

Date: June 11, 2003
Speaker: Charles W. Bradberry, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Title: Differences in Acute Neurochemical Tolerance to Cocaine Between Individual Rhesus Monkeys

Date: June 25, 2003
Speaker: Ann Rasmusson, M.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Title: DHEA, Stress Adaptation, and Resilience: Data from Women with PTSD

Date: July 23, 2003
Speaker: Bob Malison, M.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Title: A Novel Paradigm of Cocaine Self-Administration Based on Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) Pumps

Date: June 11, 2003
Speaker: Charles W. Bradberry, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Title: Differences in Acute Neurochemical Tolerance to Cocaine Between Individual Rhesus Monkeys

Date: July 12, 2003
Speaker: Bob Malison, M.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Title: A Novel Paradigm of Cocaine Self-Administration Based on Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) Pumps

Date: September 24, 2003
Speaker: Mehmet Sofouglu, M.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Title: Women's Health Research Seminar: Effects of Progesterone on Cocaine Responses in Humans

Date: September 24, 2003
Speaker: Maria Mouratidis, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Title: Assessment of Depression in Substance Abusers

Date: October 1, 2003
Speaker: Ann Rasmusson, M.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Title: DHEA, Stress Adaptation, and Resilience: Data from Women with PTSD

Date: October 15, 2003
Speaker: Andy Parrott, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of East London
Title: Nicotine Dependency: A Cause of Increased Stress and Depression

Date: October 19, 2003
Speaker: Kathleen Brady, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Medical University of South Carolina
Title: Psychiatry Grand Rounds: Trauma, Victimization, and Substance Use Disorders

Date: November 11, 2003
Speaker: Peter Morgan, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Title: Cocaine Binge Restores Sleep Dependent Learning in Cocaine Dependent Persons

Date: November 12, 2003
Speaker: Neill Epperson, M.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Title: Neurobiological Effects of Sex Hormone Variability Across the Menstrual Cycle

Date: November 19, 2003
Speaker: Therese Kosten, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Title: Neonatal Isolation Alters Estrus Stage Effects on Behavior and Ventral Striatum Neurochemistry

Date: November 19, 2003
Speaker: Rani Desai, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Title: Women's Health Seminar: Gender Differences in the Correlates of Violent Behavior Among Inmates

Date: December 3, 2003
Speaker: Marc Potenza, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Title: Research from the Women and Addictions Core

Date: December 17, 2003
Speaker: Jan Glover, Educational Services and Reference Librarian, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Title: Using the Digital Library Effectively

Sponsored Seminars: 2002

Date: September 11, 2002
Speaker: Wendy Lynch, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Title: Binge Cocaine Self-Administration in Male and Female Rats

Date: September 19, 2002
Speaker: Rajita Sinha, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Title: Role of Gender in the Association between Stress and Cocaine Relapse

Date: October 2, 2002
Speaker: Sonja Batten, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Title: Applying ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) to Substance Abusers

Date: October 23, 2002
Speaker: Kelly Brownell, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Yale University
Title: Obesity Epidemic: Public Policy Change is Our Only Hope

Date: November 6, 2002
Speaker: Tom Kosten, M.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Title: Clinical Correlates of MRI Findings in Cocaine Abusers

Date: November 13, 2002
Speaker: Hilary Blumberg, M.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Title: The Study of Gender Differences in Mood Disorders: Challenges for Neuroimaging Research

Date: December 4, 2002
Speaker: Amy Duhig, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Title: Maternal and Paternal Psychopathology in Families with Adolescents: Major Depressive Disorder and Alcohol Dependence

Date: December 11, 2002
Speaker: Julie Staley, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Title: Sex-Specific Alterations in Serotonin Transporter Availability in Major Depressive Disorder

Date: December 18, 2002
Speaker: Robert C. Lange, Ph.D., Chair, Human Investigation Committee II., Deptartment of Psychiatry, Yale University
Title: Ethics in Scientific Investigation and the Role of Internal Review Boards