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2025 NIDA Summer Seminar Series – Behavioral Pharmacology and Emerging Technologies in Addiction Research

July 23 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Free

Are you an early career scholar interested in learning more about NIDA research areas? NIDA’s research training and career development team will be hosting a 5-part series of virtual webinars this summer called the “NIDA Summer Seminar Series” every Wednesday in July from 1:00pm – 2:00pm ET and all are welcome to attend!


Tristan McClure-Begley

Seminar #4 on July 23, 2025 Dr. Tristan McClure-Begley from NIDA’s Division of Neuroscience and Behavior (DNB) will introduce behavioral pharmacology approaches used to study the effects of psychoactive substances, examples of commonly used addictive and therapeutic drugs, and how new technology is changing how we measure drug effects.


Lorenzo Leggio

Seminar #5 on July 30, 2025 Dr. Lorenzo Leggio from NIDA’s Intramural Research Program (IRP) will provide a presentation exploring emerging basic, translational, and clinical evidence supporting the role of gut-brain neuroendocrine pathways (e.g., glucagon-like peptide-1) in addictive disorders, highlighting these pathways as potential targets for the development of novel treatments.

Join using this Microsoft Teams webinar link!

Details

Date:
July 23
Time:
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Cost:
Free

Venue

Virtual

Organizer

National Institute on Drug Abuse