News and Events
New Grants Awarded
Dr. Alexander Wasserman was appointed to the T32 Training in Drug Abuse Research: Behavior and Neurobiology (PI: Dr. Charles France)
Latisha Swygert (University of Southern Mississippi) was funded through the National Institute on Drug Abuse Summer Research Internship Program to obtain training on the project Consequences of Adolescent Substance Use on the Development of Impulse Control (R01-DA026868-07S1).
Meetings & Presentations
Research Society on Alcoholism, 2019 Minneapolis
Dr. Hill-Kapturczak - presented on Comparison of isopropanol/hexane and methanol for the extraction of phosphatidylethanol 16:0/18:1 and16:0/18:2 from human venous blood.
10th annual IIMS/CTSA Frontiers of Translational Science Research Day, San Antonio, TX
Dr. Mathias - presented on Validation of a tool for measuring mechanism of change in fACT for alcohol-impaired drivers.
Dr. Moon - presented on Contributing factors of alcohol-related problems and recidivism among alcohol-impaired drivers.
Fernando Orgas - presented on Implementing the Patient-Centered Paradigm in an academic research environment.
UDS Symposium, 2019 San Antonio
U in the Driver Seat Annual Symposium - Be the Change in Traffic Safety
Dr. Tara Karns-Wright, Dr. Tae-Joon Moon, and Sanjuana Rodriguez presented on Motivational Interviewing: A Conversatoinal Style for Addressing Problem Drinking.
Behavior, Biology, and Chemistry, 2019 San Antonio
Dr. Moon - presented on Predicting motivation to change alcohol use among drunk driving recidivist: The roles of locus of control and negative alcohol expectancies.
Dr. Wasserman - presented on The development of impulsivity and sensation seeking predicting marijuana use among adolescents with or without a family history of Substance Use Disorder.
Long School of Medicine Research Day, 2019 San Antonio
Dr. Mathias - presented on Improving pretrial success of State Jail Felons through patient navigation.
Dr. Moon - presented on Motivating alcohol-impaired drivers to reduce alcohol use: The role of locus of control and negative alcohol expectancies.
Dr. Wasserman - presented on The development of impulsivity and sensation seeking predicting marijuana use among adolescents with or without a family history of Substance Use Disorder.
Texas Research Society on Alcoholism, 2019 San Antonio
Dr. Wasserman - presented on The development of impulsivity and sensation seeking predicting substance use among adolescents with or without a family history of substance use.
Dr. Blackledge - presented on Examining the indirect effects resilience between impulsiveness and adolescent substance use initiation, AND Developmental trajectories of impulse control and sensation-seeking across adolescence among at-risk sample of youth with family history of substance use.
Dr. Moon - presented on The impact of loss of control and negative alcohol expectancies on motivation to change alcohol use among drunk driving recidivists.
Dr. Hill-Kapturczak - presented on Comparison of the extraction of phosphatidylethanol 16:0/18:1 and16:0/18:2 from human blood using isopropanol/hexan or methanol.
Dr. Karns-Wright - presented on Drinking levels prior to and post-screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment of individuals arrested for alcohol impaired driving.
Texas Statewide Impaired Driving Forum, 2019 Pflugerville
Dr. Mathias was an invited speaker on Developing a Practical Post-Arrest Health Intervention for Alcohol Impaired Drivers. Program
NRLC Personnel News
New Team Members
Erick Reynero joined the NRLC as a Research Area Specialist Associate in May
Personnel News and Recognition
Dr. Mathias was selected for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows Program at the National Academy of Medicine, class of 2019-2020.
The NRLC was recognized for research excellence at the annual Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine Research Day.
Dr. Alexander Wasserman received 2nd place in the Postdoctoral category, while Dr. Charles Mathias was recognized with the 2nd place award for the faculty category.Dr. Moon was lead author of a publication selected as an "Article of Interest" by the Research Society on Alcoholism. The article was featured in a NewsWise posting and originally published in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research.
Dr. Dougherty as appointed as Director of the Office of Research, Education and Mentoring (OREM) of the UTHSCSA Institute for Integration of Medicine & Science (IIMS/CTSA).
Dr. Mullen received the best poster award at the 8th annual meeting of the 2016 Behavior, Biology, and Chemistry: Translational Research in Addiction, San Antonio, TX.
Dr. Mathias was appointed to the Data Safety and Monitoring Board for the South Texas Research Organizational Network Guiding Studies on Trauma and Resilience (STRONG STAR) and the Consortium to Alleviate PTSD (CAP).
Dr. Moon received the IIMS/CTSA 9th Annual Frontiers of Translational Science Research Day poster award.
Dr. Dougherty co-leads the Grant Writing with New Investigators workshop at UTHSCSA Institute for Integration of Medicine and Science (IIMS).
Dr. Mathias was appointed to the UTHSCSA Conflict of Interest Committee.
Dr. Mathias was appointed to the Texas Impaired Driving Task Force.
Dr. Dougherty was appointed as Co-Director of the UTHSCSA Institute for Integration of Medicine & Science (IIMS/CTSA) Mentored Research and Career Development (KL2) Program.
Dr. Wright was appointed as Board Secretary to the Texas Research Society on Alcoholism.
Dr. Wright was appointed to the rank of Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio.
Dr. Dougherty appointed to the Editorial Board of the Journal of Addiction Medicine & Therapy.
Dr. Charles was awarded the Early Career Research Award at the 62nd annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.
Dr. Dougherty is co-chairing the new Institute for Integration of Medicine and Science Grant Writing with New Investigators series.
Dr. Dougherty was invited to speak as part of a NIDA-sponsored symposium at the American Psychiatric Association meeting in May 2014 on the topic of: The role of substance use in violence against self and others: How research can inform clinical understanding of risk.
Dr. Dougherty was selected to receive the 2014 UTHSCSA Presidential Distinguished Scholar Award.
Dr. Mathias was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure.
Drs. Dougherty and Mathias co-authored a book chapter in the 2014 Current Topics in Behavioral Neuroscience: Behavioral Neurobiology of Stress-Related Disorders (Editors Pariante and Lapiz-Bluhm).
Dr. Dougherty has been appointed as the Deputy Chair for Research in the Department of Psychiatry.
Dr. Mathias was elected to the International Society for Research on Impulsivity as a Member-at-Large and Web Publisher.
Dr. Dougherty was named as the Regents' Research Scholar by the University of Texas system. This award recognizes an important faculty recruitment and provides financial support for research infrastructure.
Drs. Dougherty, Mathias, and Dawes were interviewed by the Association for Accreditation of Human Research Protection Program, as part of UTHSCSA's successful research accreditation.
Dr. Hill-Kapturczak was appointed as Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
Dr. Donald Dougherty was appointed as a Consulting Editor for the journal Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology.
Dr. Dougherty was associate editor and assisted by Dr. Nathalie Hill-Kapturczak on the 2010 edition of the Encyclopedia of Research Design. Encyclopedia of Research Design.
NRLC in the News
- Dr. Mathias was interviewed about research in the NRLC for the bulletin of the Sociedade Brasilleira de Neuropsicologia (Brazilian Neuropsychological Society).
- Dr. Mathias was interviewed for a Medical News Now MDTV segment on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
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- In a Turkey Daze? - The Oregonian
- UTHSCSA Recruits N.C. Team that Studies Substance Use and Suicidality in Youth - UTHSCSA
- Alcohol and Violence Research - NIAAA Publications
- NIDA: Drug Abuse and Suicidal Behavior Workshop - NIDA Workshop
- Secrets of the Mind - University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
- Teen pot use could hurt brain and memory - NBC Health News
- Treating Bexar's DWI plague - San Antonio Express News