THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM
THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE
THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE
THE NIH OFFICE OF BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES RESEARCH and
THE AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY
Present
SPRING 2008 SYMPOSIA SERIES ON MECHANISMS OF BEHAVIOR CHANGE
The first symposium of the three-part series is entitled:
GETTING AT WHY PEOPLE CHANGE
Getting Back to Basics:
Using Basic Behavioral Research to
Study Mechanisms of Clinical Change
Matthew K. Nock, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
Harvard University
Translation Science Framework:
Using Basic Behavioral Research to Identify
Clinically Significant Mechanisms of Behavioral Change
Marsha E. Bates, Ph.D.
Research Professor
Center for Alcohol Studies
Rutgers University
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
1:00 PM– 3:00 PM
Neuroscience Center Building
6001 Executive Boulevard
Room C
Webcast at: http://videocast.nih.gov/
Moderator: Mark L. Willenbring, M.D.
Director, Division of Treatment and Recovery Research, NIAAA, NIH
Matthew K. Nock, Ph.D., is the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences and Director of the Laboratory for Clinical and Developmental Research in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. Dr. Nock received his Ph.D. in psychology from Yale University and completed his clinical internship at the NYU Child Study Center-Bellevue Hospital Center. His research focuses primarily on the etiology, assessment, and treatment of self-injurious and aggressive behaviors. Dr. Nock has authored more than 70 scientific papers on these topics, and his research is currently funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and the Talley and Clark Funds at Harvard University. In addition to his research and clinical work, Dr. Nock teaches courses at Harvard on self-destructive behaviors, statistics, research methodology, developmental psychopathology, and cultural diversity.
Marsha E. Bates, Ph.D., is Research Professor of Psychology, Rutgers University, and Associate Professor of Psychiatry, UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. She is Director of the Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory at the Center of Alcohol Studies, Rutgers University. Dr. Bates is Past President of Division 50 (Addictions) of the American Psychological Association, Consulting Editor of Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, and on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol. Her NIAAA and NIDA-supported research program focuses on neurocognitive models of addiction treatment outcome, acute alcohol and placebo effects on memory and emotional regulation, family alcoholism, and the interrelation of memory and arousal at varying developmental stages of drug exposure. Dr. Bates is particularly interested in the translation of basic experimental findings to characterize neurobiological mechanisms that support or hinder behavior change throughout development, and especially as applied to the prevention and treatment of alcohol and other drug use disorders.
Mark your calendars for upcoming symposia in this series:
• Wednesday, 16 April 08 TBA
• Wednesday, 18 June 08 TBA
In case you missed the first symposium in the series:
Organizing Agencies: AHRQ, NCI, NIAAA, NIDA, OBSSR