RSA 2011 DAILY SCHEDULE - Research Society on Alcoholism

<strong>RSA</strong> <strong>2011</strong> <strong>DAILY</strong> <strong>SCHEDULE</strong>
SUNDAY, JUNE 26 SUNDAY, JUNE 26
7:30pm - 9:30pm
<strong>RSA</strong> SPONSORED POST-DOC DINNER
Organized by the <strong>RSA</strong> Education Committee Chair: Sarah Pedersen
If you have not already RSVPd - deadline Sunday at 12noon, if room is still available - Ticket Required.
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MONDAY, JUNE 27 MONDAY, JUNE 27
6:30am - ......... <strong>RSA</strong> 5K FUN RUN AND WALK CENTENNIAL PARK
Sign-in at 6:00am-6:25am - ask at <strong>RSA</strong> Desk for meeting place location
6:30am - 7:30am MEDITATION SESSION - led by Libby Robinson - open to all AUBURN
6:30am - 8:30am CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST - Nametag Required. CENTENNIAL FOYER
7:30am - 4:30pm <strong>RSA</strong> REGISTRATION DESK - Open CENTENNIAL FOYER
8:00am - 9:00am PLENARY SESSION II REGENCY V-VII
<strong>RSA</strong> Distinguished <strong>Research</strong>er Awardees (<strong>2011</strong>)
NEUROIMAGING MEETS NEUROPSYCHOLOGY:
ALCOHOLIC BRAIN INJURY, NEUROADAPTATION AND RECOVERY
Adolf Pfefferbaum, M.D., SRI International, Neuroscience Program, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Edith V. Sullivan, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University,
School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305
Adolf Pfefferbaum, M.D. is Director of the Neuroscience Program at SRI International and Professor Emeritus of
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine. His quantitative studies using in vivo
electrophysiological and neuroimaging probes of brain structure and function in chronic alcoholism have revealed brain
damage with dynamic remodeling through sobriety and further insult with relapse. His NIAAA-funded neuroimaging
work spans human alcoholism, its interaction with age and comorbidities, notably HIV infection, and animal models
of acute and chronic alcohol exposure. Edith V. Sullivan, Ph.D. is Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at
Stanford University School of Medicine and a neuropsychologist who has pioneered the study of the importance of
alcoholic brain injury on cognitive and motor function. She is the recipient of a Senior Scientist <strong>Research</strong> and Mentorship
Award and a grant for international collaborations on human alcoholism research. Both investigators are NIAAA
MERIT awardees: Dr. Pfefferbaum for age-alcoholism interaction and translational studies of alcoholism, and Dr.
Sullivan for functional studies of neural circuitry modification in alcoholism. Their 20-year collaboration epitomizes
synergistic research and has resulted in more than 200 coauthored publications.
Quantitative neuroimaging and neuropsychological studies of chronic alcoholism have revealed patterns of sparing
and damage of brain structure and function. Hallmarks of alcoholism include shrinkage of brain tissue notable in
frontocerebellar and limbic structures and damage to neurocircuitry that contributes to characteristic impairment
in executive functions, visuospatial abilities, and gait and balance. Functional and structural imaging together with
neuropsychological testing have revealed that, when able to achieve normal performance levels, alcoholics commonly
recruit brain regions not invoked by healthy individuals but may do so at the price of usurping reserves needed for
conducting multiple tasks simultaneously. Animal studies have complemented human investigations in elucidating
the nature of alcoholism-related neuropathology, their functional ramifications, factors (age, nutrition, family history,
sex, consumption patterns) contributing to heterogeneity of alcoholism’s effects, and the potential for restoration
with abstinence and progression with relapse.
9:00am - 9:30am COFFEE BREAK CENTENNIAL FOYER
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