| Time |
Event |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Welcome
Antonio Noronha, Ph.D., Director, Division of Neuroscience and Behavior,
NIAAA |
| 8:35 a.m. |
Opening Remarks
Kenneth Warren, Ph.D., Acting Director, NIAAA
|
| 8:40 a.m. |
Overview on Neuroimmune and Alcohol Related Disorders
Changhai Cui, Ph.D., Program Director, Division of Neuroscience and Behavior, NIAAA
|
Session I:
Chair: |
Neuroimmune Signaling and CNS Development:
Lindsey Grandison, Ph.D., Program Director, Division of Neuroscience and Behavior,
NIAAA
|
| 8:55 a.m. |
Role of Neuroimmune Molecules in Neurodevelopment
Paul Patterson, Ph.D., Professor, Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology
|
| 9:30 a.m. |
Impact of Early Exposure of Inflammatory Stimuli on Adult Brain Function and Behavior
Quentin Pittman, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Hotchkiss
Brain Institute, University of Calgary
|
| 10:05 a.m. |
Break
|
| 10:20 a.m. |
Neuroimmune Changes in Human Alcoholic Brains and a Binge Drinking Animal Model
Fulton Crews, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Director, Bowles Center
for Alcohol Studies, University of North Carolina
|
| 10:55 a.m. |
Role of Neuroimmune Signaling Molecules in the Neuropathology of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum
Disorders
Cynthia Kane, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences,
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
|
Session II:
Chair: |
Neuroimmune Function in Neuroplasticity and Neuroadaptation:
Changhai Cui, Ph.D., Program Director, Division of Neuroscience and Behavior, NIAAA
|
| 11:30 a.m. |
Immune Genes and Brain Circuit Tuning During Developmental Critical Periods
Carla Shatz, Ph.D., Director of Bio-X, Professor of Biology and Neurobiology, Stanford
University
|
| 12:05 p.m. |
Lunch Break
|
| 1:05 p.m. |
Alcohol-Chemokine Interactions and Neurotransmission
Donna Gruol, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Molecular and Integrative
Neurosciences, The Scripps Research Institute
|
| 1:40 p.m. |
Neuroimmunology of Behavioral and Mood Disorders
Keith Kelley, Ph.D., Professor of Immunophysiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
|
Session III:
Chair: |
Neuroimmune Factors in Neuroprotection and Neurodegeneration:
Antonio Noronha, Director, Division of Neuroscience and Behavior, NIAAA
|
| 2:15 p.m. |
Innate Immunity Links Neuroprotection and Neurodegeneration
Serge Rivest, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Laval University,
Québec, Canada
|
| 2:50 p.m. |
Break
|
| 3:25 p.m. |
Stress and Glucocorticoids Potentiate Neuroinflammatory Responses to Drugs of Abuse
Steven Maier, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor and the Director of the Center for
Neuroscience, University of Colorado
|
| 4:00 p.m. |
Neuroimmune Gene Expression, Alcohol Consumption, and Potential Intervention Targets
Adron Harris, Ph.D., Professor and Director of Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction
Research, University of Texas, Austin
|
| 4:35 p.m. |
Panel Discussion
|
| 5:00 p.m. |
Closing Remarks
|