Event Details:
NeuroChoice Symposium
The NeuroChoice Initiative, which is part of the Stanford Neurosciences Institute, is pleased to host a symposium on Decisions about Drugs: from Neuroscience to Policy. The symposium will bring together a broad range of scholars interested in addiction as well as policy makers to discuss how neuroscience and drug policy can inform each other.
This event is open to the public. Seating is limited in Clark Auditorium and those who have registered will be given seating priority.
Speakers & Panel Chairs
- Warren Bickel, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute
- Wilson Compton, National Institutes on Drug Abuse
- Suzanne Haber, University of Rochester Medical Center
- Keith Humphreys, Stanford University
- Brian Knutson, Stanford University
- Rob MacCoun, Stanford University
- Rob Malenka, Stanford University
- Susan Tapert, University of California, San Diego
- Jim Wood, Member and Chair of the Health Committee, California State Assembly
Symposium Program Thursday, December 1
9:00 - 9:10 am
Keith Humphreys: Opening remarks
9:15 - 9:55 am
Suzanne Haber: Reward circuits in the primate brain: From monkey anatomy to human imaging
Background reading: Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3, Paper 4
10:00 - 10:40 am
Jim Wood: The future of medicinal and recreational marijuana policy
10:40 - 11:15 am
Coffee break
11:15 - 11:55 am
Susan Tapert: Using neuroimaging to predict future substance use
12:00 - 12:40 pm
Wilson Compton: How neuroscience findings guide research initiatives
12:40 - 2:00 pm
Lunch break
2:00 - 2:40 pm
Warren Bickel: Dual neuro-system interventions modulate drug valuation
2:45 - 3:25 pm
Rob MacCoun: Neruoscientific rationales for addiction policy
3:30 - 4:15 pm
Discussion panel chaired by Keith Humphreys, Brian Knutson, and Rob Malenka
4:15 - 5:30 pm
General reception