Conferences, Lectures & Seminars

ORAL PRESENTATIONS/LECTURES/SEMINARS

FUTURE Presentations/Lectures/Seminars:

J. M. Johns, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Principal Investigator, Project 1
UNC Behavioral Neuroscience Department Class Lecture - March 18, 25, April 1, 2009
"Neuroendocrinology and Maternal/Social Behavior in the Rodent"

E. T. Cox, Neurobiology Graduate Student; S. K. Williams, Neurobiology Graduate Student; M. J. Sheikh, Graduate Student; M. S. McMurray, Psychology Graduate Student; J. M. Johns, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Principal Investigator, Project 1
UNC Women’s Health Research Day - April 2009
"Prenatal Cocaine Exposure Alters Pup-Produced Stimuli That Might Impact the Mother-Infant Relationship"

J. M. Johns, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Principal Investigator, Project 1
Howard University (Washington D.C.)
Department of Pharmacology Seminar - Fall 2009
"Cocaine and Maternal Behavior: Translational Models" 

PAST Presentations/Lectures/Seminars:

Karen Grewen, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, UNC Department of Psychology
Behavioral Neuroscience Seminar - March 17, 2009
“Oxytocin and other correlates of social affiliation”

Rajita Sinha, Ph.D., Co-Investigator, Project 3
Director of Yale Stress Center and Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine
UNC-Chapel Hill - November 3, 2008
"How Does Stress Promote Addictive Behaviors?" 

Linda Spear, Ph.D., Member of the CAMID External Advisory Board
Professor of Psychology, State University of New York at Binghamton
UNC-Chapel Hill - September 22, 2008
"Adolescence: Neurobehavioral Characteristics, Differential Alcohol Sensitivities and Intake" 

E. T. Cox, Neurobiology Graduate Student; M. S. McMurray, Psychology Graduate Student; T. M. Jarrett, MD/PhD Graduate Student; S. K. Williams, Neurobiology Graduate Student; C. H. Walker, Graduate Student; J. M. Johns, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Principal Investigator, Project 1
UNC Women’s Health Research Day - April 2008
"Maternal Cocaine Use Results in Increased Non-Adapted Aggression and Oxytocin Changes in the Absence of Pups"

S. K. Williams, Graduate Student, UNC-Chapel Hill Neurobiology Curriculum
UNC Developmental Neurobiology Series - 2008
"Gestational Cocaine: Effects on Pup Ultrasonic Vocalizations and Maternal Retrieval Preference" 

M. S. McMurray, Psychology Graduate Student; T. M. Jarrett, MD/PhD Graduate Student; S. Moy, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Co-Investigator, Project 1; M. Styner, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Co-Investigator, Project 1; and J. M. Johns, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Principal Investigator, Project 1
Travel Award Presentation, International Behavioral Neuroscience Society, St Thomas, USVI - 2008
"In Utero Cocaine Exposure Alters Pup-Produced Stimuli Relevant to Maternal Care"

J. M. Johns, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Principal Investigator, Project 1
UNC School of Medicine Neurobiology of Mental illness Lecture for Psychiatry Residents - 2008
"Cocaine: Intergeneration Effects on Maternal Care in a Rodent Model"