Program Advisory Committee
The Program Advisory Committee is the Center's external committee. It provides scientific quality control, scientific direction, and scientific interchange. The committee meets annually for a full day with the Steering Committee members to review the progress of each Research Component and Pilot Project. They, then, meet with the Center Director(s) and the Scientific Director(s) in closed session to provide feedback. The Board members and their university affiliations are listed below. Kathleen T. Brady, M.D., Ph.D. Distinguished University Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Associate Dean, Clinical and Translational Research Director, Clinical Neuroscience Division Director, South Carolina Clinical and Translational Research Institute Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina bradyk@musc.edu
Carlton K. Erickson, Ph.D. Pfizer Centennial Professor of Phamacology/Toxicology Associate Dean for Research Director, Addiction Science Research and Education Center The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas erickson.carl@mail.utexas.edu Rueben A. Gonzales, Ph.D. Jacques P. Servier Regents Professor of Pharmacology/Toxicology The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas rgonzales@mail.utexas.edu
Peter W. Kalivas, Ph.D. Distinguished University Professor, Department of Neurosciences Chair (Research), Department of Neurosciences Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina kalivasp@musc.edu
Henry R. Kranzler, M.D. Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Genetics and Developmental Biology University of Connecticut Health Center Farmington, Connecticut kranzler@psychiatry.uchc.edu John M. Littleton, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Center University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky jlittlet@uky.edu
David M. Lovinger, Ph.D. Chief, Laboratory for Integrative Neuroscience Division of Intramural Clinical and Basic Research National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH Bethesda, Maryland Lovindav@mail.nih.gov Charles O'Brien, M.D., Ph.D. Kenneth E. Appel Professor, Department of Psychiatry Treatment Research Center University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennyslvania obrien@mail.trc.upenn.edu Helen M. Pettinati, Ph.D. Research Professor of Psychiatry Treatment Research Center University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania pettinati_h@trc.upenn.edu
Linda P. Spear. Ph.D. Distinguished Professor of Psychology Binghamton University (SUNY) Binghamton, New York lspear@binghamton.edu
Robert Swift, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies Brown University Providence, Rhode Island robert_swift_md@brown.edu |