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November 2024 Newsletter
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*Don't Forget the Annual Symposium!*
April 6th and 7th, 2025
More Info Below!
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Watch September's Recorded Seminar
Thank you, Dr. Marcelo Febo for a great seminar on September 18th AND thank you to all who were able to attend! Dr. Febo, Assistant Professor and Director of Translational Research Imaging, focuses his research on using neuroimaging to study the neural correlates of addiction in rodent models.
If you couldn’t attend, watch his recorded seminar "Neuroimaging in Animal Models of Drug Use: Brief Overview and What May Lie Ahead" on the UF CARE website, linked below.
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Dr. Freddyson Martinez-Rivera
Thank you, Dr. Freddyson Martinez-Rivera from the Department of Neuroscience for a great seminar on October 16th titled "Cellular Transcriptional Correlates of Drug-Associated Memories in the Nucleus Accumbens". We're embarrassed, but a technical difficulty prevented us from recording the seminar. However, his slides will be posted on the UF CARE website. Stay tuned.
We're delighted to announce that Dr. Martinez-Rivera also received the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) Young Investigator Grant! This grant enables promising investigators to either extend research fellowship training or begin careers as independent research faculty, with the goal of helping researchers launch careers in neuroscience and psychiatry and gather pilot data to apply for larger federal and university grants. Congratulations, Dr. Martinez-Rivera!
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Please Join the NIAAA For a Free Webinar, Emphasizing the Significance of Alcohol Use Among Older Adults
The webinar is December 3rd, please RSVP by Monday, November 25, 2024, to dana.west@icf.com.
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CATCHING UP
ANOTHER CHANGE! In a new column, we’ll periodically share conversations with UF CARE collaborators. This month, I talked with Dr. Michael Dunn at UCF. As we began to nurture a network of leaders at other FL institutions, Dr. Dunn was one of the earliest partners—and his involvement has greatly enhanced these efforts. I had the chance to catch up with him the other day. Below is our paraphrased interview. MED= Professor Dunn; AUD=Alcohol use Disorder.
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RECOGNITION AND ACHIEVEMENTS
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Tessa Frohe, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington
Congratulations Alumni Affiliate Dr. Tessa Frohe, who successfully co-presented "Sharing Experiences in Navigating Early Career Grant Opportunities" for the APA Society of Addiction Psychology (Division 50) Early Career Psychologist Research and Clinical Seminar Series!
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Jay McLaughlin, PhD
Professor, Department of Pharmacodynamics
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Dr. Jay McLaughlin (MPI, COP, Pharmacodynamics) is a Co-I on an R15 from NIDA entitled "Novel Cyclic Peptide Analgesics for Intranasal Delivery" and on an UG3 from NIDA entitled "Development of SBS-226, a MOR Agonist/DOR Antagonist for OUD". Congratulations, Dr. McLaughlin!
Dr. McLaughlin's former trainees have been involved in exciting new endeavors:
Dr. Thomas J. Cirino (Aug. 2015 - June 2020; PhD, 2020)
Current Position: Research Scientist, Innovative Medicines Accelerator, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Dr. Ariana C. Brice-Tutt (Aug. 2017 - April 2021; PhD, 2021)
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Dr. Lisa L. Wilson (Aug. 2017 - May 2022; PhD, 2022)
Current Position: Lead Researcher, Neurobehavioral Core, St. Jude's, Memphis, TN
Dr. Amy R Alleyne (Feb. 2019 - May 2023; PhD, 2023)
Current Position: Medical Science Liason, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Orem, UT
UF CARE Members: Let us know about your affiliates' successes here!
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Barry Setlow, PhD
Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Congratulations, Dr. Barry Setlow (Lord Farquaad) for being a recipient of a 2024 Exemplary Teaching Award! Given by the College of Medicine, this recognition is awarded to faculty based on their didactic and laboratory mentoring!
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Liana Hone, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Health and Human Behavior
Dr. Liana Hone (HHP, HEB) received the AI Learning Community's AI Across the Curriculum Funding for her proposed project titled, "Incorporating AI in Human Sexuality Education: Developing a ChatBot to Reduce Sexual interest Misperceptions". Congratulations, Dr. Hone!
Dr. Hone has also been invited to speak at the NASPA Strategies Conference in Boston in January 2025! Her session is titled "More Than a Feeling": Using Science to Guide Strategic Planning for Prevention Strategies. Click below to learn more and register for the conference!
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Does booze relieve pain? U researchers test inebriated Minnesota State Fair patrons to find out.
Former UF CARE Member Dr. Jeff Boissoneault was featured in the Minnesota Star Tribune for his recent research regarding alcohol use and pain perception. Click below to learn more!
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Dr. Ben Lewis' First R01 and Florida Recovery Center Ranked No. 1 in Florida by Newsweek
Congratulations to Dr. Ben Lewis on his first R01 award for his project titled "Social cognition in AUD recovery: Understanding trajectories, consequences, and mechanisms of change for deficits in emotion processing."
Dr. Lewis is also the Director of Research at the UF Health Florida Recovery Center, which has been ranked the #1 treatment center in Florida by Newsweek! Click below to read more!
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Sabrina Zequeira
Congratulations to Sabrina Zequeira (mentor: Drs. Jen Bizon and Barry Setlow) who won second place in the McKnight Brain Research Foundation poster competition at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting in Chicago! (She's the Big Bad Wolf from Shrek!)
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Abigail Masterson
Congratulations to Abby Masterson! Abby passed her qualifying exams and is now moving on with her dissertation work with Dr. Liana Hone as her primary advisor.
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Welcome our latest Affiliate Members!
We welcome SIX new affiliates: Dr. Chuan Yu, a postdoctoral trainee in the Department of Psychiatry (mentor: Dr. Amanda Elton), Viktoria Galbava, a graduate trainee in the Department of Psychology (mentor: Dr. Marek Schwendt), and four undergraduate trainees in the Department of Psychiatry mentored by Dr. Sara Jo Nixon; Alexandra Santana, Kiara Pfister, Karina Quinones, and Tessa Mitzlaff!
If you are a UF CARE faculty member and are working with outstanding trainees in addiction science, click here to nominate them for affiliate membership. And if you are a UF CARE faculty member working with outstanding staff in addiction sciences, click here to nominate them for staff affiliate membership!
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Almog, S., Hone, L.S.E., Licata, C.M., Rung, J.M., & Berry, M.S. (2024). Naturalistic substance use before/during MTurk research participation is associated with increased substance demand and craving. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/pha0000743
Hone, L.S.E., Almog, S., Masterson, A.P., Berry, M.S. (accepted). High in the cloud: Alcohol, cannabis, and co-use before and during remote research participation. Substance Use and Misuse.
Hone, L.S.E., Boness, C.L., Helle, A.C., Kilmer, J., Morgan-Daniel, J., Chance, S.M., Rohleen, T.K., & Cronce, J.M. (2024). A scoping review of interventions for U.S. college students’ harmful cannabis use and a call for a college cannabis intervention matrix. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-024-01361-6
Li Y, Cotham WE, Eliasof A, Bland K, Pellechia PJ, Chen C, Fan D, McLaughlin JP, Walla MD, Liu-Chen L-Y. Conformational plasticity enhances the brain penetration of a metabolically stable, dual-functional opioid-peptide CycloAnt. Int. J. Mol. Sci., 2024, 25:11389-11400. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms252111389 PMID: pending.
Moran, J.B., Testa, M., & Hone, L.S.E. (2024). The relationship between sociosexuality, drinking intake, and blackouts. Substance Use and Misuse, 59(11), 1565–1573. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2024.2352097
Wilkinson, C. S., Modrak, C. G., Thompson, T. D., Conrad, R. C., Leon, I., & Knackstedt, L. A. (2024). Consumption of oxycodone prevents oxytocin from attenuating alcohol intake in rats. Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.), S0741-8329(24)00128-9. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.alcohol.2024.10.002
Wilson, S.E., Lavoie, H.A., Berey, B.L., Frohe, T., Rowland, B.H.P., Hone, L.S.E., & Leeman, R.F. (2024). Exploratory analysis of blood alcohol concentration-related technology use and drinking outcomes among young adults. Alcohol, Clinical and Experimental Research.
Zhu J, Cirincione AB, Strauss MJ, Davis SE, Eans SO, Tribbitt D, Alshakhshir N, McLaughlin JP: Impact of HIV-1 Tat protein on methamphetamine-induced inhibition of vesicular monoamine transporter2-mediated dopamine transport and methamphetamine conditioned place preference in HIV-1 Tat transgenic mice. Eur. J. Pharmacology, 2024 Oct. 2, 984:177030-177041. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejphar.2024.177030 PMID: 39366503.
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Collage Pictures (Top, Left to Right): Liz Taylor - marital changes (lots); Jackie Robinson - changed the structure of baseball; Cher (1 & 2) - frequent hair changes; Lord Farquaad - changed Fiona's life; John Lewis - advanced civil rights; Joe Manchin - changed political parties; Billie Jean King - changed stereotypes.
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Not yet a member?
If you are a UF Faculty member working in addiction science and would like to join UF CARE, click below for more information about becoming a full member of UF CARE.
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Stay in touch!
We want to know about and share with others your professional and personal success! If you studied addiction-related research at UF, please be sure your contact information is current and keep us in the loop!
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