January 2025

Dear Colleague,

Stay updated with the latest news and events in this issue of the Kahlert Newsletter.

The Kahlert Team

Upcoming Seminars

Kahlert Institute Seminar Series

Event Topic: Substance Use in Pregnancy

January 15, 2025, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Hosick Hall, Bressler Research Building, 655 W. Baltimore Street

"Using a Preclinical Model of Perinatal Fentanyl Exposure to Understand Long Lasting Biological Impacts"

Mary Kay Lobo, PhD

Professor

Co-Director of the Center for Substance Use in Pregnancy

Associate Director of Kahlert Institute for Addiction Medicine

Department of Neurobiology

University of Maryland School of Medicine

"Opioid Use in Pregnancy: How Placental Transport and Metabolism Shape Neonatal Withdrawal Outcomes" 

Courtney Townsel, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor

Director of Perinatal Research

Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

University of Maryland School of Medicine

Lunch will be provided

January PARC Seminar

"Classic psychedelic therapies for chronic pain: A review"

Date: January 22, 2025, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Zoom

Presenter: Brian Anderson, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor

Department of Psychiatry

School of Medicine, UCSF

Click here to register

APA DIV 50 - ECP Seminar Series

When: Monday, January 27, 2025, 12:00 pm

Topic: What role does exercise play in the treatment of substance use disorders?

Presenter(s):  Micah Zuhl, PhD,

Professor

School of Health Sciences, Central Michigan University

Click here to register!

New Faculty

Funding Opportunities

For UMB Faculty

CARES Science to Systems Pilot Grant Program | 2024 – 2025 Request for Proposals

The University of Maryland Center for Addiction Research, Education, and Service (CARES) Science to Systems pilot grant program is requesting applications. This RFA aims to generate new substance use-related prevention, treatment, and system enhancement initiatives designed to improve addiction-related systems of care. 

Applications Due January 31, 2025

Learn more

FY26 MOOR Competitive Grant Program - Now Accepting Proposals

This Competitive Grant Program aims to distribute funding to the highest-scoring proposals that align with Maryland’s strategic overdose response priorities and address areas of greatest need across the state. 

Key Dates

• Call for Proposal Release Date: Monday, January 6, 2025
• Application Deadline: Friday, February 28, 2025
• Award Decisions: Wednesday, May 3, 2025 (tentative)
• Anticipated Period of Performance: July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026

Click here for more information

Yale/NIDA Neuroproteomics Center Research in Progress Meeting

Thursday, January 9, 2025, 1:00 pm

Feature talks:

1:00 PM: “Sex-Specific Proteomic Adaptations in Microglia in Response to Nicotine Treatment in Mice”

Presenter: Nadine Kabbani, Associate Professor, George Mason University,

1:30 PM: “A Multi-Omic Approach Implicates Novel Protein Dysregulation in PTSD”

Presenter: Jiawei Wang, Postdoctoral Associate (with Investigator Matthew Girgenti), Yale University,

Click here to join via Zoom /  Meeting ID: 933 797 8450

PW: Yale/NIDA

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