Received 16 January 2009; received in revised form 18 May 2009; accepted 21 June 2009.
Abstract
This article highlights the research presented at the inaugural meeting of Alcoholism and Stress: A Framework for future Treatment Strategies. This meeting was held on May 6–8, 2008 in Volterra, Italy. It is an international meeting dedicated to developing preventive strategies and pharmacotherapeutic remedies for stress- and alcohol-related disorders. For the first time, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) conferred a Young Investigator Award to promote the work of young researchers and highlight their outstanding achievements in the fields of addiction medicine and stress disorders. The awardees were Dr. Katie Witkiewitz (University of Washington), Dr. Andrew Holmes (NIAAA), Dr. Lara A. Ray (Brown University), Dr. James Murphy (University of Memphis), and Dr. Heather Richardson (The Scripps Research Institute). The symposium was chaired by Drs. Fulton Crews and Antonio Noronha.
aAlcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
bSection on Behavioral Science and Genetics, Laboratory for Integrative Neuroscience, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH, Rockville, MD, USA
cDepartment of Psychology, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, USA
dDepartment of Psychology, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, USA
eCommittee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
fDepartment of Psychology-Neuroscience, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
gDepartment of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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