Event Detail (Archived)
Neurobiological and Genetic Studies of Specific Addictive Diseases
Female Association of Clinicians, Educators and Scientists (FACES) Annual Keynote Address
- This event already took place in May 2012
- Weill Auditorium, WCMC, 1300 York Ave.
Event Details
- Type
- Other Tri-Institutional Events
- Speaker(s)
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Mary Jeanne Kreek, M.D., Patrick E. and Beatrice M. Haggerty Professor, senior attending physician, The Rockefeller University
- Speaker bio(s)
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Dr. Kreek's research, both clinical and experimental, focuses on the endogenous opioid system, the part of the body that manages stress and pain, and the roles that specific opioid peptides and their receptors play in both normal and abnormal circumstances. Dr. Kreek is well-known for her pioneering work in the development of methadone maintenance therapy for heroin addiction in the 1960s, a therapy that has become common practice in many parts of the United States and other countries. She also was one of the first to document that drugs of abuse significantly alter expression of specific genes in specific brain tissues and alter normal functions that lead to perceptions of reward and dysphoria.
- Open to
- Public
- Reception
- Refreshments, 5:30 p.m.
- Contact
- Amma Asare
- Phone
- (212) 327-7728
- Sponsor
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Amma Asare
(212) 327-7728
ama2014@med.cornell.edu