IHRP & CCTS Distinguished Lecture - Nicotine Dependence Treatment: From Mouse to Man to Medicine

Caryn Lerman, PhD
Mary W. Calkins Professor, Department of Psychiatry and the Annenberg School for Communication
University of Pennsylvania

Tuesday, December 1, 2009
2–3 p.m.
Moss Auditorium (Room 1020), College of Medicine Research Building
909 S. Wolcott

Sponsored by the UIC Institute for Health Research and Policy and the UIC Center for Clinical and Translational Science

An expert in transdisciplinary and translational tobacco control research, Dr. Lerman studies genetic influences on tobacco use and their implications for developing successful smoking prevention and treatment programs. She is deputy director of the Abramson Cancer Center and co-director of Pennsylvania’s Center for Excellence in Cancer Communication Research. She also directs the NIH-funded Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center at the University of Pennsylvania, which translates research in neuroscience, pharmacology, and genetics to develop pharmacological therapies for nicotine dependence.

Dr. Lerman is a former member of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Board of Scientific Advisors and the National Human Genome Research Institute Advisory Panel on the Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) Program. She is a recipient of the Society of Behavioral Medicine New Investigator Award, the American Psychological Association Award for Outstanding Contributions to Health Psychology, and the American Society of Preventive Oncology Cullen Award for Tobacco Research.

Read the news release about this lecture.

This lecture and the UIC Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) are supported by the National Center for Research Resources (Award No. UL1RR029879).

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