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ELSEVIER Drug and Alcohol Dependence 39 (1995) 157-160 DEPENDENCE College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Inc. a World Health Organization Collaborating Center News and Views Execurive Officer: Martin W. Adler, Ph.D. Temple University, Department of Pharmacology, 3420 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140. Tel. (2 15) 707-3242; Fax (215) 707-1904. Board of Directors Robert L. Balster, PhD, President Medical College of Virginia Stephen G. Holtzman, PhD, President-Elect Emory University Edward M. Sellers, MD, PhD., Past President Addiction Research Foundation George E. Bigelow, PhD, Treasurer Johns Hopkins University Edger H. Brenner, Esq. Behavioral Law Center Leonard Cook, PhD. consultent Linda B. Cottler, PhD, MPH Washington University School of Medicine Linda A. Dykstm, PhD University of North Caroline Avmm Goldstein, MD Stanford University (emeritus4 John Ft. Hughes, MD University of Vermont M. Ross Johnson, PhO Pamaaaua Pha~aceuticala. tnc. Thomas R. Kosten, MD Yale University Michael J. Kuhar. PhD NIDA Addiction Research Center Scott E. Lukss. PhD Hervard Medical School Billy R. Mettin, PhD Medical College of Virginia A. Thomas Mdellan, PhD Univemity of Pennsylvania Roy W. Pickens, PhD NIDA Addiction Research Center Beny J. Primm, MD Addiction Research Treatment Corporation Peter Reuter, PhD University of Maryland Sidney H. Schnoll, MD, PhD Medical College of Virginia Charles R. Schuster, PhD Wsyne State University James E. Smith, PhD Bowmen GraY School of Medicine Maxine L. Stitzer, PhD Johns Hopkins University Institutional affiliations are for identification purposes only 1995 CPDD TRAVEL AWARDEES The following individuals received a Travel Award from CPDD to attend the College’s Fifty-Seventh Annual Scien- tit% Meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona. Recipient Institution Michael Baumann, Ph.D. Mark Belding, Ph.D. Jianping Chen, M.D., Ph.D. Peter Cheng, Ph.D. Mary Ann Chutuape, Ph.D. Renee Cunningham, Ph.D. Karen Downey, Ph.D. Margaret Haney, Ph.D. Charles Heyser, Ph.D. Brian Horger, Ph.D. Elinore McCance, M.D., Ph.D. Meredith Mason Garcia, Ph.D. JamesRowlett, Ph.D. Kory Schuh, Ph.D. Laura Sim, Ph.D. Catherine Stanger, Ph.D. David Wallace, Ph.D. Jenny Wiley, Ph.D. NIDA Addiction Research Center Medical College of Pennsylvania/Hahnemann Albert Einstein College of Medicine Cornell Medical College Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Washington University University of Michigan Columbia University Scripps Research Institute Yale School of Medicine Yale Psychiatric Institute Tulane Medical Center University of Mississippi Medical Center Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Bowman Gray School of Medicine University of Vermont University of Kentucky Medical College of Virginia

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ELSEVIER Drug and Alcohol Dependence 39 (1995) 157-160 DEPENDENCE

College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Inc. a World Health Organization Collaborating Center

News and Views

Execurive Officer: Martin W. Adler, Ph.D. Temple University, Department of Pharmacology, 3420 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140. Tel. (2 15) 707-3242; Fax (215) 707-1904.

Board of Directors Robert L. Balster, PhD, President

Medical College of Virginia Stephen G. Holtzman, PhD, President-Elect

Emory University Edward M. Sellers, MD, PhD., Past President

Addiction Research Foundation George E. Bigelow, PhD, Treasurer

Johns Hopkins University Edger H. Brenner, Esq.

Behavioral Law Center Leonard Cook, PhD.

consultent Linda B. Cottler, PhD, MPH

Washington University School of Medicine

Linda A. Dykstm, PhD University of North Caroline

Avmm Goldstein, MD Stanford University (emeritus4

John Ft. Hughes, MD University of Vermont

M. Ross Johnson, PhO Pamaaaua Pha~aceuticala. tnc.

Thomas R. Kosten, MD Yale University

Michael J. Kuhar. PhD NIDA Addiction Research Center

Scott E. Lukss. PhD Hervard Medical School

Billy R. Mettin, PhD Medical College of Virginia

A. Thomas Mdellan, PhD Univemity of Pennsylvania

Roy W. Pickens, PhD NIDA Addiction Research Center

Beny J. Primm, MD Addiction Research Treatment Corporation

Peter Reuter, PhD University of Maryland

Sidney H. Schnoll, MD, PhD Medical College of Virginia

Charles R. Schuster, PhD Wsyne State University

James E. Smith, PhD Bowmen GraY School of Medicine

Maxine L. Stitzer, PhD Johns Hopkins University

Institutional affiliations are for identification purposes only

1995 CPDD TRAVEL AWARDEES

The following individuals received a Travel Award from CPDD to attend the College’s Fifty-Seventh Annual Scien- tit% Meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Recipient Institution

Michael Baumann, Ph.D. Mark Belding, Ph.D. Jianping Chen, M.D., Ph.D. Peter Cheng, Ph.D. Mary Ann Chutuape, Ph.D. Renee Cunningham, Ph.D. Karen Downey, Ph.D. Margaret Haney, Ph.D. Charles Heyser, Ph.D. Brian Horger, Ph.D. Elinore McCance, M.D., Ph.D. Meredith Mason Garcia, Ph.D. James Rowlett, Ph.D. Kory Schuh, Ph.D. Laura Sim, Ph.D. Catherine Stanger, Ph.D. David Wallace, Ph.D. Jenny Wiley, Ph.D.

NIDA Addiction Research Center Medical College of Pennsylvania/Hahnemann Albert Einstein College of Medicine Cornell Medical College Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Washington University University of Michigan Columbia University Scripps Research Institute Yale School of Medicine Yale Psychiatric Institute Tulane Medical Center University of Mississippi Medical Center Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Bowman Gray School of Medicine University of Vermont University of Kentucky Medical College of Virginia

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Foreign Scientists

Jose Martinez-Raga, M.D. Mohammed Shoaib, Ph.D.

NEW CPDD MEMBERS ELECTED

Twenty-nine members were elected to the College at the June meeting of the Board of Directors. This brings the total membership of the College (Fellows, Regular Members, Associate Members) to 310. The College (formerly Committee) on Problems of Drug Depen- dence began electing members in 1992. The newly elected members are:

REGULAR MEMBERS

Caroline J. Acker (Spon.: K.C. Rice, A.E. Jacobson), Education: Ph.D. (1994 - History of Health Sciences) University of California, San Francisco; Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of History, Carnegie Mellon University; Representative Publication: Acker, C.J., Stigma or legitimization? A historical examination of the social potentials of ad- diction disease models. J. Psychoactive Drugs 25: 3: 193-205, 1993.

James C. Anthony (Spon.: M.W. Adler, C.E. Johanson), Education: Ph.D. (1977), University of Minnesota; Current Position: Professor of Mental Hygiene, School of Hygiene and Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University; Representative Publication: Crum, R.M. and Anthony, J.C. Cocaine use and other suspected risk factors for obsessive-compulsive disorder: a prospective study with data from epidemiologic catchment area surveys. Drug Alcohol Depend. 31: 281-295, 1993.

Lance 0. Eauer (Spon.: T. Kosten, B. Rounsaville), Education: Ph.D. (1986 - Experimental Psychol- ogy), Washington University; Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Uni- versity of Connecticut School of Medicine; Represen- tative Publication: Bauer, L.O. and Kranzler, H., EEG activity and mood among cocaine dependent outpatients: effects of cocaine cue exposure. Biol. Psychiatry 36: 189-197, 1994.

John W. Boja (Spon.: C.E. Johnson, C.R. Schuster), Education: Ph.D. (1988 - Biomedical Sciences), Kent State University; Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, North- eastern Ohio Universities, College of Medicine; Representative Publication: Boja, J.W. and Kopa-

McLean Hospital NIDA Addiction Research Center

jitic, T.A., Ion channel inhibitors may function as po- tential modulators of cocaine binding. Neurophar- macology 32: 229-234, 1993.

David W. Brook (Spon.: T. Kosten, L. Robins), Educa- tion: M.D. (1961), Yale University; Board certified in Psychiatry; Current Position: Professor of Communi- ty Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Representative Publication: Brook, D.W, Brook, J.S., Whiteman, M., Masci, J.R., Roberto, J., Amunasen, F. and de Catalogne, J., Psychosocial risk factors and condom use in IVDAs. Am. J. Addict. 3(2): 106-l 14, 1994.

Judith S. Brook (Spon.: T. Kosten, L. Robins), Educa- tion: Ed.D. (1967 - Development and Educational Psychology), Columbia University; Current Position: Professor of Community Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Representative Publication: Brook, J.S., Brook, D.W., Wynn, P.S., Whiteman, M., Masci, J.R., Roberto, J., de Catalogne, J. and Amundsen, F., Coping with AIDS and the threat of AIDS in intravenous drug abusers. J. Genetic Psychol. 155(2): l47- 149, 1994.

Eliot L. Gardner (Spon.: T. Crowley, M.J. Kreek), Education: Ph.D. (1966 - NeurosciencelPhysio- logical Psychology), McGill University; Current Position: Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Representative Publication: Gardner, E.L. and Lowinson, J.H., Drug craving and positive/negative hedonic brain substrates activated by addicting drugs. Semin. Neurosci. 5: 359-368, 1993.

David A. Gorelick (Spon.: R. Pickens, J. Henningfield), Education: M.D., Ph.D. (1976 - Pharmacology), Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Current Posi- tion: NIH/NIDA Division of Intramural Research; Representative Publication: Gorelick, D.A., Halikas, J.A. and Crosby, R.D., Pharmacotherapy of cocaine dependence in the U.S.: comparing scientific evidence and clinical practice. Substance Abuse 15: 209-213, 1994.

Joseph B. Justice, Jr. (Spon.: A. Falek, J.J. Madden), Education: Ph.D. (1974 - Analytical Chemistry), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Current Position: Professor of Chemistry, Emory University;

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Representative Publication: Newton, A.P. and J.B Justice, Jr., Temporal response of microdialysis pro- bes to local pefusion of dopamine and cocaine followed with one minute sampling. Anal. Chem. 66: 1468-1472, 1994.

Denise B. Kundel (Spon.: C.P. O’Brien, L. Johnston), Education: Ph.D. (1960 - Sociology), Columbia University; Current Position: Professor, Socio- Medical Sciences (Psychiatry) Columbia University; Representative Publication: Kevin Chen and Denise B. Kandel, The natural history of drug use in a gener- al population sample from adolescence to the mid- thirties. Am. J. Public Health 85: 41-47, 1995.

Kimberly C. Kirby (Spon.: M. Stitzer, R. Lamb), Educa- tion: Ph.D. (1987 - Human Development and Child Psychology), University of Kansas; Current Position: Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Division of Addic- tion Research and Treatment, Director, Cocaine Abuse Treatment, Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University; Representative Publica- tion: Silverman, K., Kirby, K.C. and Griffiths, R.R., Modulation of drug reinforcement by behavioral re- quirements follow in drug ingestion. Psychophar- macology 114: 243-247, 1994.

James R. McKay (Spon.: C. O’Brien, G. Woody), Education: Ph.D. (1987 - Psychology), Harvard University; Current Position: Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, University of Penn- sylvania; Representative Publication: Alterman, A.I., Brown, L., Zaballero, A. and McKay, J.R., The in- terviewer severity ratings and composite scores of the ASI: a further look: Drug Alcohol Depend. 34: 201-209, 1994.

William R. Miller (Spon.: C.R. Schuster, G.E. Woody), Education: Ph.D. (1976 - Clinical Psychology), Uni- versity of Oregon; Current Position: Professor of Psy- chology and Psychiatry, University of New Mexico; Representative Publication: Miller, W.R. and Kurtz, E., Models of alcoholism used in treatment. Con- trasting A.A. and other perspectives with which it is often confused. J. Stud. Alcohol 55: 159-166, 1994.

J. Thomas Puyte (Spon.: B. Primm, M.J. Kreek), Educa- tion: M.D. (1957), University of Oklahoma School of Medicine; Current Position: Private practice in addic- tion medicine (methadone or LAAM) for treatment of chronic opioid addiction; Representative Publica- tion: Martin, J., Payte, J.L. and Zweben, J.E., Metha- done maintenance treatment: a primer for physicians. J. Psychoactive Drugs 23(2): 99-101, 1991.

Richard H. Rech (Spon.: N. Mello, C. Konetsky), Education: Ph.D. (1959 - Pharmacology), Univer- sity of Michigan; Current Position: Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University; Representative Publica- tion: MacKenzie-Taylor, D.R. and Rech, R., Cellular and learned tolerance to chlordiazepoxide hypother- mia and ataxia. Pharmacol. Biochem. Behav. 44: 717-725, 1993.

Susan E. Robinson (Spon.: L.S. Harris, M.D. Aceto), Education: Ph.D. (1976 - Pharmacology), Vander- bilt University; Current Position: Associate Pro- fessor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxi- cology, Medical College of Virginia; Representative Publication: Robinson, S.A., Enters, E.G., Jackson, G.F., Chinchilli, V.M., McDowell, K.P., Maher, J.R., Allen, H.A. and Guo, H. Material and fetal brain and plasma levels of cocaine and benzoylecgo- nine following or chronic material intravenous ad- ministration of cocaine. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 271: 1234-239, 1994.

Burt M. Sharp (Spon.: M.J. Kreek, P. Portoghese), Education: M.D. (1975), University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; Board certified in Endocrin- ology; Current Position: Professor of Medicine and Neuroscience, University of Minnesota; Represen- tative Publication: Madhok, T.C. and Sharp, B.M., Protein kinase A regulates nicotinic choline@ receptors and subunit mrNAs in PC12 cells. Endo- crinology 134: 91-96, 1994.

Eric C. Strain (Spon.: G.E. Bigelow, M.L. Stitzer), Education: M.D. (1984), Ohio State University; Board certified in Psychiatry; Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Representative Publication: Strain, E.C., Preston, K.L., Liebson, I.A. and Bigelow, G.E., Bupremorphone effects in methadone- maintained volunteers. Effects at two hours after methadone. J. Pharmacol Exp. Ther. 272: 628-638, 1995.

John T. Sullivan (Spon.: K.L. Preston, D.R. Jasinski), Education: M.B., Ch.B. (1976), University of Otago; Current Position: Associate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Representative Publication: Sullivan, J.T., Jasinski, D. and Johnson, R.E., Single dose pharmaco- dynamics of diazepam and pentabarbital in substance abusers. Clin. Pharmacol. Therap. 54: 645-53, 1993.

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Date Svikis (Spon.: J.E. Henningfield, M.L. Stitzer), Education: Ph.D. (1989 - Clinical and Experimental Psychology) University of Minnesota; Current Posi- tion: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins Univer- sity School of Medicine; Representative Publication: Svikis, D.S., Velez, M. and Pickens, R.W., Genetic aspects of alcohol use and dependence in women. Alcohol Health Res. World 18: 192- 196, 1994.

Ralph E. Tartar (Spon.: K.A. Perkins, M.W. Adler), Education: Ph.D. (1971 - Biological Psychology, Neuropsychology), University of Oklahoma, M.P.A. (1986 - Applied Policy) University of Pittsburg; Current Position: Professor of Psychiatry, Depart- ment of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh; Representative Publication: Moss, H., Kirisci, L., Gordon, H. and Tarter, R., The neuropsychologic profile of adolescent alcoholics. Alcoholism: Clin. Exper. Res. 18(l): 1 59-163, 1994.

Joan Ellen Zweben (Spon.: M.J. Kreek, S.H. Schnoll), Education: Ph.D. (197 1 - Clinical Psychology), The University of Michigan; Current Position: Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Med- icine, University of California, San Francisco; Representative Publication: Zweben, J.E., Clark, H.W. and Smith, D.W., Traumatic experiences and substance abuse: mapping the territory. J. Psychoac- tive Drugs 26(4): 327-345, 1994.

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

Lisa Borg (Spon.: M.J. Kreek, K.C. Rice), Education: M.D. (1980), New York Medical College; Board cer- tified in Psychiatry; Current Position: Clinical Assis- tant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, New Jersey Medical School and Guest Investigator, Labo- ratory of the Biology of Addictive Diseases, The Rockefeller University; Representative Publication: Frances R.J. and Borg, L., The treatment of anxiety in patients with alcoholism. J. Clin. Psychiatry 54 (5 Suppl.): 37-43, 1993.

Kelly R. Powell (Spon.: L.A. Dykstra, L. Howell), Education: Ph.D. (1994 - Experimental Psychol- ogy), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Current Position: Postdoctoral Research In- vestigator, Department of Pharmacology, Emory University School of Medicine; Representative Publication: Powell, K.R., Picker, M.J. and Dykstra, L.A., Serotonin involvement in the discriminative

stimulus effects of mu and kappa opioids. Behav. Pharmacol. 5: 255-264, 1994.

Robert F. Reder (Spon.: M. Adler, C. Wright), Educa- tion: M.D. (1973), Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York; Board certified in Pediatrics; Current Position: Medical Director, The Purdue Frederick Company; Representative Publication: Hemandez, M., Reder, R., Rials, S.J. and Kowey, P.R., Propafenone for malignant ven- tricular arrhythmia: an analysis of the literature. Am. Heart J. 121, 4(l): 1178-1184, 1991.

Craig R. Rush (Spon.: R.R. Grifliths, S.T. Higgins), Education: Ph.D. (1992 - Pharmacology), Univer- sity of Vermont; Current Position: Assistant Pro- fessor, Departments of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, and Pharmacology and Toxicology, Uni- versity of Mississippi Medical Center; Representative Publication: Rush, C.R., Higgins, S.T., Hughes, J.R. and Bickel, W.K., Acute behavioral effects of lorazepam, alone and in combination with caffeine, in humans. Behav. Pharmacol. 5: 245-254, 1994.

Megun J. Rutherford (Spon.: A. Alterman, G.E. Woody), Education: Ph.D. (1990 - Clinical Psychol- ogy), Hahnemann University; Current Position: Research Assistant Professor of Psychology, Depart- ment of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania; Representative Publication: Rutherford, M.J., Cacciola, J.S. and Alterman, A.L., The relationship of personality disorders with problem severity in methadone patients. Drug Alcohol Depend. 35: 69-76, 1994.

Christian G. Schutz (Spon.: C.-E Johanson, C.R. Schuster), Education: M.D. (1988), Albert-Ludwigs- University in Freiburg, Germany; Current Position: Visiting Fellow, NIH, ARC, Etiology Branch; Representative Publication: Schutz, CG, Vlahov D., Anthony, J.D. and Graham, N.M.H., Comparison of self-reported injection frequencies for past 30 days and 6 months among intravenous drug users. J. Clin. Epidemiol. 47(2): 191-195, 1994.

Elise M. Weerts (Spon.: N.A. Ator, R.R. Griffiths), Education: Ph.D. (1993 - Psychology), Tufts Uni- versity Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, De- partment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Representative Publication: Miczek, K.A., Weerts, E.M., Haney, M. and Tidey, J., Neurobiological mechanisms controlling aggression: preclinical developments for pharmacotherapeutic interven- tions. Neurosci. Biohav. Rev. 18: 97-110, 1994.