The College on Problems of Drug Dependence recently announced the recipients of the 2025 Travel Awards. Each recipient will receive travel funds toward their attendance at this year’s meeting. Congratulations to all recipients.
The Stephen G. Holtzman Travel Award for Preclinical Investigators: This Travel Award was established by family & friends of Dr. Holtzman to honor his memory in tribute to his long-time service and dedication to the College on Problems of Drug Dependence. This award is given annually or biannually to either a predoctoral student or postdoctoral trainee involved in preclinical research related to substance abuse and dependence.
- Mia Allen, B.A., Wake Forest School of Medicine
CPDD Primm-Singleton Travel Awards: The Under-Represented Populations Committee (URPOP) of the College on the Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) provides a limited number of travel awards to attend the CPDD Annual Scientific Meeting. Applicants must be members of an ethnic minority group under-represented in substance abuse research, including but not limited to African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Pacific Islanders.
- Kaytryn Campbell, M.A., M.S., University of Missouri, St. Louis
- Samia Ismail, M.P.H., Harvard Medical School
- Cecilia Nunez, M.A., Ph.D., VA San Diego Healthcare System
- Karina Thiessen, B.A., University of British Columbia
- Patricio Viera Perez, M.S., Florida International University, Miami, FL
CPDD Travel Award for Early Career Investigators: This CPDD Travel Award is given to early career investigators (pre-doctoral students enrolled in a Ph.D. program and post-doctoral scientists within 5 years of terminal degree) to attend the CPDD Annual Scientific Meeting.
- Margaret Bedillion, Ph.D., Columbia Irving Medical Center
- Jack Y.C. Chung, Ph.D., The University of Queensland
- Rachel Clarke, Ph.D., Medical University of South Carolina, Department of Neurosciences
- Gabriel Costa, M.D., Yale University of Medicine
- Danielle Dawson, B.Sc., The University of Queensland
- Amanda Doggett, Ph.D., McMaster University
- Morgan Douglass, M.S., Medical Center of South Carolina
- Cerina Dubois, Ph.D., John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Medicine
- Joseph Friedman, M.D., Ph.D., MPH, Department of Psychiatry, School of Public Health, UCLA
- Marina Gaeta Gazzola, M.D., NYU Langone Medical Center at San Antonio
- Lindsey Galbo-Thomma, Ph.D., University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- Michelle Goulette, M.P.H., State University of New York at Buffalo
- Sarah Gutkind, Ph.D., Weill Cornell Medicine
- Isabella Ingram, Ph.D., School of Psychology, University of Wollongong
- Michael Leonard, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
- Carleigh Litteral, B.S., University of Kentucky
- Natasha Ludwig-Barron, M.P.H., Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco
- Shayna Mazel, M.P.P., New York University
- Kathleen McNealy, M.A., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Gideon Naudé, Ph.D., John Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Julio Nunes, M.D., Yale University School of Medicine
- Tiago Paiva Prudente, M.D., Universidade Federal de Goiás
- Zoe Panchal, M.D., University of Colorado School of Medicine
- Louisa Picco,Ph.D., Monash University
- Siara Rouzer, M.S., Ph.D., University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
- Lauren Russell Fitzgerald, Ph.D., University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
- Ghazaleh Soleimani, Ph.D., Amirkabir University of Technology
- Collin Teague, Ph.D., David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
- Stefanie Todesco, B.Sc., University of British Columbia
- Samantha Young, FRCPC, M.D., British Columbia Centre on Substance Use
The FORCE (Female Opioid-addiction Research and Clinical Experts) Junior Investigator Travel Awards: These travel awards are provided by a non-profit organization comprised of women with scientific, health policy, and medical expertise in opioid addiction. The awards are intended to foster research conducted by female junior scientists in all areas of opioid abuse research.
- Nicole Fitzgerald, Ph.D., Columbia University
- Megan Marziali, B.Sc., M.P.H., Columbia University Medical Center
- Saloni Mehta, M.B.B.S., Yale School of Medicine
The CPDD International Travel Award: The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) support an International Travel Award for substance abuse researchers from low-income, lower-middle-income, or upper middle-income countries (as defined by the World Bank) to participate in the NIDA International Forum (a satellite meeting of CPDD), the CPDD Annual Scientific Meeting, and associated research training activities.
- Daniela Chiloff, M.D., Federal University of Sao Paulo/Univ. of Sao Paulo Medical School
- Kristiana Siste, M.D., Ph.D., Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia
NIDA Director’s Travel Award: The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) anticipates supporting approximately 20 early career investigators to attend the Annual Scientific Meeting of CPDD with the NIDA Director’s Travel Award program The purpose of the award is to help defray the cost of attending CPDD for promising young scientists supported by NIDA training or career development grants.
- Skye Bristol, Ph.D., University of Florida
- Emilie Bruzelius, Ph.D., Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
- Alex Clement, M.S., University of Florida, Department of Clinical & Health Psychology
- Christa Corley, Ph.D., University of Kentucky
- Evan Eschliman, Ph.D., Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
- Edna Evington, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
- Mary Figgatt, Ph.D., Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
- Ariel Hoadley, M.P.H., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Sarah Kimball, M.P.H., New York University School of Global Public Health
- Vena Martinez, Ph.D., University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
- Kayla McNeely, M.P.H., University of Florida
- Noam Newberger, B.S., M.A., University of Rhode Island
- Hyuntaek Oh, M.S., Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine
- Enzo Plaitano, B.A., Dartmouth College
- Milena Radoman, Ph.D., Yale University School of Medicine
- Nolan Ramer, Ph.D., Medical University of South Carolina
- Lauren Richardson, B.S., Wayne State University
- Jeffrey Rogers, B.A., B.S., SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology
- Joshua Zamora, B.S., John Sealy School of Medicine University of Texas Medical Branch
NIDA Women & Sex/Gender Junior Investigator Travel Award: NIDA provides travel awards for up to 20 early career investigators who analyze their data by sex or conduct female-focused research as indicated in their CPDD abstract. Both clinical and preclinical research has shown that the antecedents, consequences, and mechanisms of drug addiction, as well as treatment and prevention outcomes, often differ between males and females.
- Beatriz Almeida, M.D., Universida de Federal de São Paulo
- Saroj Bista, Ph.D., Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital
- Justin Carthage, B.S., Wayne State University
- Bridget Duffy, B.S., Nationwide Children's Hospital
- Kathryn Gex, Ph.D., Medical University of South Carolina
- Katherine Hampilos, B.A., David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
- Miriam Harris, M.D., Boston University
- Moriah Harton, M.S., Indiana University
- Laura Kroart, Ph.D., Towson University
- Megan Lee, M.D., University of Washington
- Paola Matty Mora, Ph.D., Indiana University - School of Medicine
- Li Yan McCurdy, Ph.D., Yale University School of Medicine
- Bailey Osweiler, B.A., Washington University in St. Louis
- Kristin Perry, Ph.D., University of Oregon
- Leah Salinsky, Ph.D., Washington University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry
- Anjalee Sharma, M.S.W., Ph.D., Friends Research Institute
- Emma Skogseth, M.S., Pennsylvania State University
- Jessica Tierney, M.S., University of Texas Medical Branch of Galveston
- Justin Verlinden, B.A., M.S., University of Kentucky
- Ashley White, B.S., University of Kentucky, College of Medicine
- Ida Wilson, M.A., UC Berkeley
- So Young Choe, Ph.D., University of Washington
For more information on the 2025 CPDD Annual Scientific Meeting, visit www.cpdd.org/annualmeeting.