Brentwood, TN – The College on Problems of Drug Dependence recently announced the recipients of the 2024 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.
- Christina Merritt, Ph.D., John Sealy School of Medicine University of Texas Medical Branch
CPDD Primm-Singleton Minority 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.
- Chantel Ebrahimi, M.A., B.S., The New School
- Karen Johnson, Ph.D., University of Alabama
- Natasha Oyedele, PhD, MPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Vanessa Serrano, M.P.H., M.S.W., University of California, San Diego
- Grace Yi, MSPH, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
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.
- Anees Bahji, B.Sc.,M.D., University of Calgary
- Brent Bever, M.S., Oregon Health & Science University
- Kyle Blidy, M.S., Medical University of South Carolina
- Ignacio Borquez, M.A., NYU School of Medicine
- Skye Bristol, B.S., University of South Florida
- Caitlin Conway, B.S., R.N., University of Wisconsin - Madison
- Huiru Dong, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School
- Autumn Rae Florimbio, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Addiction Center
- Jude Frie, B.Sc., University of Guelph
- Jordan Gette, Ph.D., Rutgers University
- Jesse Goldshear, M.P.H., Ph.D., University of California San Diego
- Shelby Goodwin, M.A., Rowan University
- Dae Hee Han, Ph.D., University of Southern California
- Wayne Kepner, M.P.H., SDSU/UCSD Joint Program
- Mandy Le Cocq, Ph.D., Universite de Montreal
- Wei Li, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., Yale University School of Medicine
- Jennifer Loya, Ph.D., Yale University School of Medicine
- Miguel Angel Mendoza-Melendez, BSc, M.D., M.P.H, PhD., Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM-I) / UNAM / Cinvestav / INNN
- Peter Na, M.D., M.P.H., Yale Department of Psychiatry
- Charles Palmer, M.D., Medical University of South Carolina
- Tanya Pareek, M.S., University of Mississippi Medical Center
- Emily Pasman, Ph.D., M.S.W., University of Michigan
- Eric Rawls, Ph.D., University of Minnesota Medical School
- Jeremie Richard, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
- Nora Satybaldiyeva, M.P.H., UC San Diego
- Cara Struble, Ph.D., Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
- Sarah Tonkin, Ph.D., University of OklahomaHealth Sciences Center
- Alexandra Venegas, Ph.D., West Los Angeles VA Medical Center
- Anna Wang, B.S., University of Florida
- Amelia Wedel, M.S., Medical University of South Carolina
- Jack Wilson, B.Psych, The University of Sydney
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.
- Devin Banks, Ph.D., Washington University School of Medicine
- Marina Gaeta Gazzola, M.D., NYU Langone Medical Center
- Megan Reed, M.P.H., Ph.D., Thomas Jefferson University
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.
- Abhishek Ghosh, M.D., Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research
- Parnian Rafei, B.A., M.Sc., Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
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.
- Shoshana Aronowitz, Ph.D, MSHP, FNP-BC, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
- Margaret Bedillion, M.S., Penn State University
- Jasmin Choi, M.P.H., M.S.W., New York University School of Public Health
- Brooke Christensen, B.S., Vanderbilt University
- William Eger, M.P.H., University of California - San Diego
- Harrison Elder, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Marc Jerome Feinstein, B.A., Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine
- Lindsey Galbo-Thomma, Ph.D., University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- Brett Gelino, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Kathryn Gex, Ph.D., Medical University of South Carolina
- Fatima Hamid, M.Sc., University of Minnesota Medical School
- Laya Jalilian-Khave, M.D., Yale University School of Medicine
- Zoe Lindenfeld, B.S., New York University
- Ofir Livne, M.D., M.P.H., Columbia University
- Li Yan McCurdy, Ph.D., Yale University School of Medicine
- Nicky Mehtani, M.D., University of California, San Francisco
- Loc Pham, B.S., University of Mississippi Medical Center
- Vijaya Seegulam, B.S., M.P.H., University of Florida
- Thomas Shellenberg, B.A., University of Kentucky
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.
- Damla Aksen, Ph.D., Yale School of Medicine
- Amrit Baral, M.D., M.P.H., Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami
- Caroline Darlington, N.P., R.N., University of Pennsylvania
- Michelle Eglovitch, M.P.H., Virginia Commonwealth University
- ReJoyce Green, Ph.D., Medical University of South Carolina
- Sarah Gutkind, M.S., Columbia University
- Tina Kabir, B.Sc., University of Toronto
- Laura Kroart, Ph.D., M.H.S., Towson University
- Ximena Levander, M.D., Oregon Health & Science University
- Kathleen McNealy, M.A., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Sarah Moreheart, B.A., M.P.H., Centre for Gender and Sexual Health Equity
- Olivia Murray, B.A., Indiana University School of Medicine
- Louisa Picco, Ph.D., Monash University
- Enzo Plaitano, B.A., Dartmouth College
- Olivia Price, B.Sc., M.P.H., National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
- Oluwaseyi Quadri, M.P.H., Pennsylvania State University
- Dean Rivera, Ph.D., Columbia University School of Social Work
- Vitor Tardelli, M.D., M.S., Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo/Centre for Addiction and Mental Health - University of Toronto
- Sara Witcraft, Ph.D., Medical University of South Carolina
For more information on the CPDD 86th Annual Scientific Meeting, visit www.cpdd.org/annualmeeting.