Lectures and Presentations

  • 4/18 The Stabenau Lecture Series Tuesday

    What Causes Addiction?

    Information for families to understand and help their loved ones

    A webinar co-sponsored by the Department of Psychiatry and the UConn Alcohol Research Center

    Speaker:    Danielle Dick, Ph.D., Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine

    Date:          Tuesday, April 18

    Time:          7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

    Location:   Webex  

    Join link: https://uchc.webex.com/uchc/j.php?MTID=mcee569d3c4a64dc93247611c721a69e5

    Webinar number: 2623 249 4955

    Webinar password: uconn (82666 from phones and video systems)

    Join by phone: +1-415-655-0003 US Toll

    Access code: 262 324 94955

    Danielle Dick, Ph.D. is the Greg Brown Endowed Chair of Neuroscience in the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine. She was recently recruited to Rutgers University to lead the university-wide Rutgers Addiction Research Center within the Brain Health Institute. The center spans basic science; epidemiology, etiology and prevention; treatment and recovery; and public policy. Dr. Dick is an internationally recognized and award-winning expert on genetic and environmental influences on substance use and mental health in youth. She has led and contributed to more than 20 grants from the National Institutes of Health, with grant funding totaling >30 million dollars. She has >400 peer-reviewed publications in the areas of child development, addiction, mental health, genetics, and human behavior, and has won numerous national and international awards for her work. She has been named one of the most highly cited scientists in the world. Her new book The Child Code, was published by Penguin Random House, and helps parents tailor their parenting to what will work best for each of their unique children. 

    This program is made possible with support from James Stabenau Honorary Lecture Fund.

    For more information, contact: Sharon Freeman/Psychiatry at 860-679-1283/sfreeman@uchc.edu