News and Events
New Grants Awarded
In August 2010, Dr. Acheson received funding for a KL2 career development award to expand his expertise in behavioral and neural mechanisms underlying risks for substance use disorders.
In May 2010, the NRLC was funded by NIDA to conduct a large prospective study of development of impulse control among children and adolescents who are at high risk for problems with substance abuse.
In April 2010, the NRLC was funded by NIAAA to investigate how behavioral impulsivity and response to alcohol and serotonin manipulation can be used to predict capacity to reduce binge drinking over time.
Meetings & Presentations
UTHSCSA Psychiatry Matters Seminar Spring 2012, San Antonio, TX
- Dr. Dougherty presented on Translating alcohol behavioral research from the lab to real-world settings
Texas Research Society on Alcoholism 2012, College Station, TX
- Dr. Acheson presented Children with a family history of alcohol and other drug use disorders show
increased discounting of delayed monetary rewards - Paige Crum presented on Suicidal behavior and suicide risk among adolescent patients who use alcohol
- Dr. Hill-Kapturczak presented on The use of peripheral cells to study the serotonin transporter in clinical samples
- Dr. Sheftall presented on Adolescent substance use, stressful life events, and impulsivity
American Psychological Association Science Leadership Conference (SciLC) 2011, Washington, DC
- Dr. Dougherty contributed to the SciLC, “Call to Advocacy: Psychological Science and Substance Abuse,” hosted by APA’s Science Directorate and Board of Scientific Affairs
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2011, Toronto, ON
- Dr. Mathias presented on Callous unemotional traits in untreated adolescent Conduct Disorder: Differences in inhibition and reward choice performance
American Association of Suicidology 2011, Portland, OR
- Dr. Mathias presented on History of stressful events among adolescent suicide attempters
- Dr. Sheftall presented on Reasons for not attempting suicide: An inpatient adolescent perspective
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 2011, Toronto, ON
- Jennie Kuckertz presented on Effects of approach-avoidance training on a behavioral test of contamination-related symptoms
Behavior, Biology, and Chemistry: Translational Research in Addiction 2011, San Antonio, TX
- Dr. Hill-Kapturczak presented on Serotonin uptake in human platelets and lymphoblastoid cells
Center for Biomedical Neuroscience 2011, San Antonio, TX
- Dr. Hill-Kapturczak presented on SERT function in lymphoblastoid cell lines (cells that last)
- Dr. Mathias presented on SERT Efficiency and potential among adolescents who self-injure
- Dr. Sheftall presented on 5-HT, Impulsivity, and suicidal ideation among teenagers receiving inpatient psychiatric care
Clinical and Translational Research and Education Meeting 2011, Washington, DC
- Dr. Acheson presented on Functional activation and connectivity differences in adolescent marijuana users experiencing rewards and loses
Experimental Biology 2011, Washington, DC
- Dr. Hill-Kapturczak presented on Characterization of serotonin transporter function in immortalized human lymphoblastoid cell lines
International Society for Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology 2011, Chicago, IL
- Dr. Acheson presented on Increased discounting of delayed rewards in preadolescents at risk for developing future drug and alcohol use disorders
- Dr. Sheftall presented on Risk and resilience among girls who have attempted suicide
International Society for Research on Impulsivity 2011, San Francisco, CA
- Dr. Dougherty presented on Impulsivity and Suicidal Behavior
- Dr. Sheftall presented on Serotonin markers, psychiatric inpatient status, and self-reported impulsivity
Research Society on Alcoholism 2011, Atlanta, GA
- Drs. Dougherty, Hill-Kapturczak, and Richard presented on Validating transdermal alcohol monitoring devices for use in alcohol treatment
- Dr. Acheson presented on Greater discounting of delayed rewards in young adults with family histories of alcohol and drug use disorders
- Dr. Richard presented on Laboratory-controlled validation of transdermal alcohol concentration as a reliable method for accurately estimating alcohol consumption
- Amanda Paley presented on Relationships between stress and impulsivity in children at risk for developing alcohol and other drug use disorders
- David Hernadez presented on Increased discounting of delayed rewards in children at risk for developing future alcohol and other drug use disorders
- Dina Chavira presented on Estimating alcohol consumption using transdermal alcohol monitoring: a viable alternative to self-report
Society of Biological Psychiatry 2011, San Francisco, CA
- Dr. Acheson presented on Functional activation and connectivity differences in adolescent marijuana users experiencing rewards and losses
- Dr. Hill-Kapturczak presented on Evidence of reduced serotonin uptake potential among adolescent suicide attempters
- Dr. Mathias presented on Impulsivity and platelet serotonin function among adolescent psychiatric patients with non-suicidal self-injury
- Dr. Richard presented on Effects of acute tryptophan depletion on three types of behavioral impulsivity and relationship to alcohol consumption
- Dr. Sheftall presented on Impulsivity and platelet serotonin function among adolescent psychiatric inpatients with suicidal ideation
Society for Neuroscience 2011, Washington, DC
- Dr. Hill-Kapturczak presented on Comparison of serotonin transporter function between human platelets and immortalized lymphoblastoid cells
University of Texas San Antonio Spring Speaker Series 2011, San Antonio, TX
- Dr. Dougherty presented on Conceptualization and measurement of impulsivity and Its relationship to psychiatric disorders
UTHSCSA Neuroscience Seminar Fall 2011, San Antonio, TX
- Dr. Dougherty presented on Translating alcohol behavioral research from teh lab to real-world settings
UTHSCSA Addictions Seminar 2011, San Antonio, TX
- Dr. Mathias presented on Coincidence of alcohol use and suicidal behavior
NRLC Personnel News
New Team Members
- Andrea Bonavia-Liepold joined the NRLC as a Programmer Analyst
- Chalin Walters joined the NRLC in November as a Statistician
Personnel News and Recognition
- Dr. Charles Mathias was elected to the International Society for Research on Impulsivity as a Member-at-Large and Web Publisher.
- Dr. Arielle Sheftall won 1 of only 3 travel awards to the International Society for Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology to present her work on Risk and resilience among girls who have attempted suicide.
- Dr. Nathalie Hill-Kapturczak was appointed as Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
- Dr. Rene Olvera has been appointed by Governor Rick Perry to the Texas Juvenile Justice Board.
- Cynthia Cornejo, P.A.-C. was elected to the UTHSCSA Committee for the Advancement of Women and Minorities.
- Cynthia Cornejo, P.A.-C. was nominated to represent the School of Medicine on the Staff Advisory Counsel.
- Sarah Farris began pursuing a M.A. in Counseling in the fall of 2010 at the University of Texas San Antonio.
- Dina Chavira will be pursuing a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in the fall of 2011 at Depaul University.
- Jessica Harrison began pursuing a Ph.D. in Social Psychology in the fall of 2010 at Portland State University.
- Samantha John began pursuing a M.A. in Clinical Psychology in the fall 2010 at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.
- Noreen Almazora completed her MPH at Drexal University in June 2011.
- Dr. R. Michael Furr was funded as part of the John Templeton Foundations Character Project.
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Dr. Donald 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.
- Dr. Donald Dougherty was recognized for 15 years service to the Univesity of Texas system in 2010.
- Dr. Charles Mathias was recognized for 5 years service to the Univesity of Texas system in 2010.
- Dr. Donald Dougherty was invited to serve as a full time member of the NIH Adult Psychopathology and Disorders of Aging Study Section (APDA). His period of service to this study section runs from July 2009 - June 2013.
- 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. Donald Dougherty was appointed as the Vice President of the International Society for Tryptophan Research.
- Dr. Donald Dougherty was appointed as a Consulting Editor for the journal Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology.
- Dr. Donald Dougherty is co-chairing the new Institute for Integration of Medicine and Science Grant Writing with New Investigators series.
- Dr. Dougherty was associate editor and assisted by Dr. Nathalie Hill-Kapturczak on the 2010 edition of the Encyclopedia of Research Design.
NRLC in the News
- Alcohol and Other Substance Use Disorders Curriculum for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Practitioners, Residents and Other Health Professionals
- NIDA: Drug Abuse and Suicidal Behavior Workshop.
- NIMH: Are endophenotypes for genetic studies of suicidal behavior within reach?
- Experts seek answers behind impulsive behavior.
- Alcohol and Violence Research.
- Dr. Dawes participates in AACAP practice parameter.
- UTHSCSA Recruits N.C. Team that Studies Substance Use and Suicidality in Youth
- Inside Health with the Oregonian
- Dr. Mathias was interviewed for a Medical News Now MDTV segment on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
- As of July 2011, 15% of all manuscript views in the International Journal of Tryptophan Research were for articles published by the NRLC. Four of the top 20 most viewed manuscripts for the journal were our publications.