2024
Sarah Jung receives the Trevor E. Skotol Scholarship
The honor thesis will aim to further the understanding of minority perspectives (African-Americans, Asians, Hispanics/Latinos) on the willingness to volunteer genomic data and participation in biobanking research. The project is under the MAPme study in the Behavioral Genetics of Addiction Lab. Sarah’s honors project will focus on the aim of the MAPme study, which is to understand the willingness of participants to volunteer genomic data.
Article published: Individual Differences in Substance Use Motives, Trauma, and Stress among College-aged Polysubstance Users
Congratulations to Natalia Jaume-Felciosi and co-authors, whose paper was accepted for publications in Substance Use and Misuse.
Article published: Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Congratulations to Dr. Palmer and a former undergraduate of the lab who is currently completing her PhD at the University of Colorado!
2023
Dr. Palmer co-organized and presents at the Jackson Laboratory Genetics of Addition Short Course on the Behavior Genetics of Addition.
Dr. Palmer spoke at the Rhode Island Hospital Symposium.
In October, Dr. Palmer spoke on the Understanding and Translating Genetic Markers of Addiction.
Dr. Palmer was the plenary speaker at the Rutgers Addiction Research Center Fall 2023 Symposium.
In September, Dr. Palmer spoke on the Drug Addiction Genetics: Advancing Beyond Discover.
Dr. Palmer spoke at the Cold Spring Harbor Ι Meetings & Courses on “Neuroscience of Addiction” in August.
Dr. Palmer goes to Brown University.
In April, the Center for Alcohol & Addiction Studies at Brown University invited Dr. Palmer to speak on using genomics to repurpose therapeutics for addictive behaviors.
Dr. Palmer goes to Yale University.
In April, the Department of Psychology at Yale University invited Dr. Palmer to speak on the systems genetics of cocaine use disorder: from complex genetics to multi-omics.
2022
Dr. Palmer attended the NIDA Genetics and Epigenetics Cross Cutting Research Team Meeting.
In May, the NIDA Genetics and Epigenetics Cross Cutting Research Team convened a virtual meeting to discuss the molecular brain signatures of chronic alcohol use across species. See agenda: https://nida.nih.gov/sites/default/files/2022-geccrt-virtual-meeting-agenda.pdf
Dr. Palmer attended the Research Society on Alcoholism 2022 Meeting Symposium.
On June 26, the Research Society on Alcoholism held a meeting on systems generics and multi-species integrative functional genomics aid interpretation of human GWAS Data.
Dr. Palmer attended the Behavior Genetics Association 2022 Meeting Symposium.
On June 24, Dr. Palmer spoke on the genomic structural equation modeling and polygenic score approaches to understand substance use and related behavior.
2021
Dr. Palmer spoke at Emory University Department of Human Genetics.
On December 13, Dr. Palmer spoke on integrating data across ‘omics and species to enhance gene finding and the interpretation in addiction genetics.
Dr. Palmer spoke for a Genetics of Addition Short Course.
On May 7, Dr. Palmer spoke about the cross-species addiction genetics.
Dr. Palmer attended the NIDA Genetics and Epigenetics Cross Cutting Research Team Meeting.
On March 19, the NIDA Genetics and Epigenetics Cross Cutting Research team held a meeting on the computational drug discovery for cocaine and opioid use disorders.
Dr. Palmer was a panelist at Emory University Office of the Senior Vice President for Research: “Thursdays at Three-Emory Faculty Making History”.
On February 18, the Emory University Office of the Senior Vice President for Research held a virtual session where Dr. Palmer discussed the cutting-edge research projects aimed at reducing health disparities in research.
Dr. Palmer attended the International Behavioral and Neural Genetics Society (IBANGS): Behavior and Neural Genetics Symposium.
On February 17, Dr. Palmer discussed Beyond GWAS: Identifying and Leveraging Consilience in Addiction Genetics. See what was discussed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKLSWaKhzcE&list=PL1kysCTSXuLFR34p0XuorFjnMj8nfvj61
Dr. Spencer Huggett attended the NIDA Genetics and Epigenetics Cross-Cutting Research Team (GECCRT) Meeting.
See his presentation on rodent drug use paradigms and how we can use these paradigms to capture relevant and specific genetic variation.
Dr. Palmer was one of the panelists at the Enhancing Health Disparities Research Related to Substance Use and Addiction: Research Gaps and Opportunities Meeting.
On February 16 and 17, the Research Gaps and Opportunities Workgroup of the NIDA Racial Equity Initiative convened a virtual meeting to discuss research gaps on racial inequities in substance use and addiction. See what was discussed: https://www.drugabuse.gov/about-nida/racial-equity-initiative/research-gaps-opportunities
Kathleen Martin passed her Qualifying Exam.
She’s now officially a PhD candidate.