Addiction Research: From Molecules to Circuits to Treatment

The second Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Neurobiology of Drug Addiction will be held in August 2022 in Maine, USA. Participants from around the world will attend this five-day meeting to discuss addiction research and treatment. The conference focuses on presentations and discussions at the frontiers of addiction research. The scope of the lectures will be confined to basic and clinical studies involving addictive drugs (including alcohol) and the nervous system and will focus on mechanisms of compulsive drug use and relapse.

The meeting will also break down barriers to progress by uniting investigators with synergistic and complementary expertise in areas ranging from molecular mechanisms to translational clinical research and addiction theory. The conference will provide a forum to address the latest developments in addiction research in an open and highly interactive GRC format, which includes formal talks interspersed with ample discussion time, poster sessions, and informal discussion periods that cultivate communication and collaborations.

The GRC will include a Power Hour, an optional informal gathering open to all meeting participants. It is designed to help address the challenges women face in science and support the professional growth of women in our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring. The organizers will be Rajita Sinha (Yale University School of Medicine, USA) and Dorit Ron (University of California, San Francisco, USA).