Research Seminars
January 2017
Specialized Sodium Channels in Nociception
CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401
Theodore R. Cummins, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Biology
Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
Host: Lingle
Optogenetic Silencing of CGRP-expressing Sensory Neurons Implicates a Role in Neuropathic Pain
CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401
Cheryl L. Stucky, PhD
Professor
Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy
Medical College of Wisconsin
Host: Mohapatra
February 2017
Sonic Hedgehog: It’s not just a video game!
CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401
Howard Gutstein, MD
Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Pittsburgh
Host: Evers/Gereau
Synaptic Mechanisms Maintaining Persistent Cocaine and Methamphetamine Craving
CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401
Marina E. Wolf, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Neuroscience
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Host: Bruchas/Moron-Concepcion
March 2017
Autism and Pain
CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401
Ru-Rong Ji, PhD
Professor of Anesthesiology and Neurobiology
Chief of Pain Research, Anesthesiology
Duke University Medical Center
Host: Liu
Chemical Regulation of Breathing: Neuronal Sensors and Molecular Detectors
CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401
Douglas A. Bayliss, PhD
Professor and Chair of Pharmacology
Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Host: Cao
Opiates: Entering and Exiting the Roundabout
CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401
Christopher J. Evans, PhD
Stefan Hatos Professor
Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences
Director, UCLA Brain Research Institute
UCLA
Host: Bruchas/Moron-Concepcion
Peripheral Mechanisms Underlying Headache
CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401
Dan Levy, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Harvard Medical School
Host: Cao
April 2017
Chronic Pain: A Clinical Psychologist’s Approach
CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401
Matthew S. Herbert, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Center for Excellence for Stress and Mental Health
VA San Diego Healthcare System
Mechanisms of Drug Addiction: The Medial Habenula-IPN circuit
CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401
Mariella De Biasi, PhD
Associate Professor of Neuroscience
Department of Psychiatry
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Host: Bruchas
Going in Circles with Opioids for the Treatment of Pain
CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401
Frank Porreca, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology and Anesthesiology
The University of Arizona College of Medicine
Host: Moron-Concepcion
May 2017
The Neurobiology of Cancer Pain
CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401
Brian L. Schmidt, DDS, MD, PhD
Professor
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Director, Bluestone Center for Clinical Research
New York University College of Dentistry
Host: Mohapatra
The role of distinct extended amygdala corticotropin releasing factor neurons in addiction
CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401
Dennis R. Sparta, PhD
Assistant Professor
Departments of Anatomy and Neurobiology
University of Maryland School of Medicine
June 2017
The Upside to Opioids: How opioids protect from myocardial injury through TRP Channels
CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401
Eric R. Gross, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Stanford University
Modulation of the endogenous cannabinoid system yields opioid sparing analgesic effects in mice: Clinical Promise and Potential
CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401
Jenny L. Wilkerson, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Virginia Commonwealth University
Medical College of Virginia
Evaluation of risk-assessment models for predicting clinical drug-drug interactions mediated by CYP3A4 inhibition
CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401
Hisham Qosa, PhD
ORISE Research Fellow
Division of Applied Regulatory Science
Office of Clinical Pharmacology
Food and Drug Administration
September 2017
Synthesis of Opioid Receptor Probes with Biased Signaling and Mixed Agonism/Antagonism
CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401
Susruta Majumdar, PhD
Assistant Attending
Department of Neurology
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
December 2017
Dynamic Neural Mechanisms of Pain Perception, and Molecular Remodeling by Opioids
CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401
Gregory F. Corder, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
Neurosciences Institute
March 2018
TBA
CSRB - North Tower Addition, Conference Room 401
Elizabeth Whitlock, MD, MS
Postdoctoral Fellow and Instructor
Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care
UCSF School of Medicine
Thinking about cognition: Research challenges and opportunities
CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401
Elizabeth Whitlock, MD, MS
Postdoctoral Fellow and Instructor
Department of Anesthesia & Perioperative Care
UCSF School of Medicine
May 2018
General Anesthesia, Sedation and the Concept of Biomimetic Sleep
CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401
Oluwaseun Johnson-Akeju, MD, MMSc
Assistant Professor
Massachusetts General Hospital
Nociceptors to Neural Networks: Mechanisms of Chronic Pelvic Pain
CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401
Melissa A. Farmer, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology
Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
Biopsychosocial Determinants of Pain Disparities in Disadvantaged Subgroups
CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401
Burel Goodin, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
University of Alabama Birmingham
TBA
CSRB - North Tower Addition, Conference Room 401
Chad M. Brummett, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Clinical Anesthesia Research & Pain Research
University of Michigan
June 2018
Optogenetically-Inspired Deep Brain Stimulation to Treat Addiction
CSRB-NTA 401
Meaghan Creed, HBSc, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Resolving Basal Ganglia Circuits to Understand Obesity
CSRB-NTA 401
Alexxai V. Kravitz, PhD
Investigator
Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Obesity Branch
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
(NIDDK)
Exercise Metabolomics in a High Risk Patient Population – Implications for Perioperative and Critical Care Medicine
CSRB-NTA 401
S. Kendall Smith, MD, PhD
Critical Care Medicine Fellow
Department of Anesthesiology
Duke University
July 2018
Microglial Modulation as a Target for Chronic Pain
CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401
Vivianne L. Tawfik, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Director, Fellowship in Anesthesia Research & Medicine (FARM) Program
Stanford University
August 2018
Lipid and Anesthetic Modulation of Pentameric Ligand-Gated Ion Channels
CSRB-NTA 401
Wayland Cheng, MD, PhD
Instructor in Anesthesiology
Washington University School of Medicine
February 2019
Unexpected Lessons on Neuromodulator Action from Imaging Molecular Signals
CSRB-NTA 401
Yao Chen, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neuroscience
Washington University School of Medicine
Simultaneous Mapping of Lineage and Identity in Direct Reprogramming
CSRB-NTA 401
Samantha A. Morris, PhD
Assistant Professor
Departments of Genetics and Developmental Biology
Washington University School of Medicine
March 2019
Curious about the future? The drive to reduce uncertainty is mediated by a novel cortico-basal ganglia network in primates
CSRB-NTA 401
Ilya Monosov, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Washington University School of Medicine
April 2019
N-of-1 Trials for Making Personalized Treatment Decisions
CSRB-NTA 401
Christopher Schmid, PhD
Professor and Chair of Biostatistics
Brown University School of Public Health
Transitional Pain Medicine: Improving Peri-Hospital Care as a Model for Long-Term Change in Pain Management and Opioid Prescribing
CSRB-NTA 401
Hance Clarke, MD, FRCPC, PhD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesia
University of Toronto
Director, Pain Services
Medical Director, Pain Research
Toronto General Hospital
Prospective Pragmatic Clinical Trial
CSRB-NTA 401
Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH
Professor of Anesthesiology, Biomedical Informatics, Surgery and Health Policy
Associate Director, Vanderbilt Anesthesiology & Perioperative Informatics Research (VAPIR) Division
Vanderbilt University
May 2019
TBA
CSRB-NTA 401
Mitchell Goldfarb, PhD
Professor of Biology
Hunter College of City University
Cell Type Specific Activity Signatures Underlying Sex Differences in Valence-based Decision Making
CSRB-NTA 401
Erin S. Calipari, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine