Seminar Series

October 8, 2025:

"Using Effort-Cost Decision-Making Frameworks to Better Understand Motivational Impairment in Psychiatric Disorders"

Adam Culbreth, PhD

Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
University of Maryland School of Medicine

November 12, 2025: Aditi Ringwala, MD – Assistant Professor, Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine (Presentation title TBD)

December 10, 2025: Amy Janes, PhD – Investigator, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Intramural Research Program (IRmP) (Presentation title TBD)

January 14, 2026: Malik Burnett, MD, MBA, MPH – Addiction Medicine Physician, UMMC Midtown Campus, Center for Addiction Medicine (Presentation title TBD)

February 11, 2026: Aaron Greenblatt, MD – Associate Professor, Family & Community Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine (Presentation title TBD)

March 4, 2026: Cassandra Gipson-Reichardt, PhD – Associate Professor, Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky College of Medicine (Presentation title TBD)

Mikhail Koffarnus, PhD – Associate Professor, Vice Chair of Research, Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky College of Medicine (Presentation title TBD)

April 8, 2026: Matthew Roesch, PhD – Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland College Park (Presentation title TBD)

May 13, 2026: Eric J. Nestler, MD, PhD – Interim Dean of the Icahn School of Medicine, Nash Family Professor of Neuroscience, Mount Sinai; Chief Scientific Officer for the Mount Sinai Health System (Presentation title TBD)

2025

March 12, 2025: Psycho-social and Behavioral Interventions

Marco Venniro, PhD – Associate Professor, Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Presentation Title: "The Role of Social Behavior on Substance Use Disorders"

Melanie Bennett, PhD – Professor, Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine; Division Director for the Division of Psychiatric Research Services
Presentation Title: "Supporting Behavior Change in Persons With Substance Use Disorders"

January 15, 2025: Substance Use in Pregnancy

Mary Kay Lobo, PhD – Professor, Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine; Co-Director, Center for Substance Use in Pregnancy; Associate Director, Kahlert Institute for Addiction Medicine
Presentation Title: "Using a Preclinical Model of Perinatal Fentanyl Exposure to Understand Long Lasting Biological Impacts"

Courtney Townsel, MD, MS – Assistant Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Director of Perinatal Research, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Presentation Title: "Opioid Use in Pregnancy: How Placental Transport and Metabolism Shape Neonatal Withdrawal Outcomes"

2024

December 4, 2024: Aging and Addiction Research

Bethea "Annie" Kleykamp, PhD – Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Presentation Title: "Addressing Addiction Among Older Adults: A Forgotten Population"

Michy Kelly, PhD – Associate Professor, Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Presentation Title: "Consideration for Conduction Drug Studies in Aging Mice"

September 11, 2024: Cannabis Research

Joseph Cheer, PhD – Professor, Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Presentation Title: "Endogenous cannabinoids and the avoidance of fear"

Katrina Mark, MD, FACOG, FASAM – Associate Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Chief of the Division of General Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Presentation Title: "Cannabis use in pregnancy: patterns, perceptions and problems"

February 22, 2024: Inaugural Seminar Series

Lorenzo Leggio, MD, PhD – Clinical Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Intramural Research Program (IRP)
Presentation Title: "Mind the Gut: Developing New Pharmacotherapies for Addiction"