WHONIDACPDD International Committee

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WHO/NIDA/CPDD International Committee

• 2006 NIDA International Forum
• Scottsdale june 16 - 19, 2006
• Gabriele Fischer
• Medical University Vienna

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WHO/NIDA/CPDD International travel Fellowship
Award

• Every year two awardees
• eligible countries are those in
• Africa
• Asia (except Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and
  Taiwan)
• Central and Eastern Europe (EXCEPT EU MEMBERS)
• Russia and the Newly Independent States of the
  Former Soviet Union
• Latin America and the Caribbean
• Pacific Ocean Islands (except Australia and New
  Zealand). 

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CRITERIA

• Background in research /or treatment in drug
  addiction
• Being interested to visit CPDD next year
• Being interested to visit for one week a research
  facility in the US from a NIDA grantee to
  initiate /or improve knowledge on a particular
  project
• To submitt an abstract on your working background
  in addiction
• To have two recommendation letters
• To submitt everything on time (january xy, 2007)
  to gabriele.fischer_at_meduniwien.ac.at
• After complete submission - review by the
  committee

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COMMITEE - 12 persons
Plus Valdimir Poznyak (WHO)
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Notification of award

• President of CPDD will let the awardees know by
  beginning/mid april 2007.

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WHO/NIDA/CPDD International travel Fellowship
Award 2005

• Summary report
• Raka Jain (India)
• Paul J. Cunha (Brasil)

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WHO/NIDA/CPDD International travel Fellowship
Award 2005

• The two awardees Raka Jain and Paul J. Cunha,
  participated in
• Satellite meeting of NIDA International Research
  Linking Drug Abuse and HIV/AIDS Research
• 67th Annual Scientific meeting of College on
  Problem of Drug Dependence
• Meeting with CPDD International Committee

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Summary of R. Jains report

• Dr. Jain presented her research work at both
  meetings entitled Comparison of the effects of
  nitric oxid synthase inhibitors in nicotine
  dependent rats (poster presentation).

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Achievement by Participation

• Participation in these meetings was a very good
  opportunitiy for Dr. Jain to gain and exchange,
  both new advanced knowledge and experience in the
  area of drug abuse at international level
• Interaction with scientists during networking
  session in the NIDA International Forum

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Summary of R. Jains report

• VISIT
• Dr. Jain visited Dr. Michael H. Baumann and got
  opportunitiy of training at the NIH, National
  Institute on Drug Abuse, Intramural Research
  program, laboratory at Baltimore from 26th
  June-1st July to gain experience with various
  research methods including
• stereotactic surgery in rats,
• microdialysis perfusion sampling,
• high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
  separation techniques,
• electrochemical detection of biogenic amines,
• automated analysis of locomotor activity and
• on-line acquisition of data

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Summary of P.J. Cunhas report

• Paul Cunhas abstract Decision-making
  impairments associated to ADHD symptoms in
  cocaine abusers was selected to be presented at
  the CPDD for an Oral Communication Cognition
  Its the thought that counts were he was also
  one of the chairs.

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Summary of P.J. Cunhas report

• At the NIDA International Forum
• he presented at the Poster session
• In addition he participated in a workshop
  entitled Preparing Journal Articles and getting
  them published

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Summary of P.J. Cunhas report

• Visit
• Consultation with Dr. Cadet and Dr. Bolla Tour
  at the Intramural Research Program (IRP) fMRI
  and PET facilities, Sleep Center facilities of
  the General Research Center(GCRC) at Johns
  Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
• To analyze a proposal of collaborative study
  between NIDA-supported researchers and Dr. Cunha
  and his group in Brazil

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Summary of P.J. Cunhas report

• Mr. Cunha reported about an evolving and exciting
  experience, due to great lessons and new
  techniques learned, essential for the development
  of his research activities in Brazil
• Professional goals for the next years include an
  evolving effort to work with a great challenge in
  Brazil that represents drugs of abuse as well as
  to apply for a postdoctoral study and thus submit
  an application to the NIDA Invest Drug Abuse
  Research Fellowship

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WHO/NIDA/CPDD International travel Fellowship
Award 2006

• Konstyantyn Dumchev (Ukraine) -
• Will visit Dr. Joseph Schumacher
• Min Zhao (China)
• Will visit Dr. Walter Ling

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Being part of the family -of the scientific
community of

• NIDA INTERNATIONAL FORUM
• CPDD
• CPDD International Committee
• Is very rewarding in many ways -
• also in regard to funding
• NIH Grant Nr. 1R01 DA018417-01

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This years workshop of the WHO/NIDA/CPDD
International Committee

• Monday 8-10 pm Salon FG
• Titel Global Addiction Research Issues on
  Addiction and HIV/AIDS
• Chairs Joseph Schumacher Gabriele Fischer
• Presenters
• George Woody - Russia
• Richard Rawson - South Africa
• Konstyantyn Dumchev - Ukraine
• Azarakhsh Mokri - Iran
• Michael Farrell - UK Global overview

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If we could shrink the earths population to a
village of precisely 100 people, with all the
existing human ratios remaining the same, it
would look something like the following
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There would be
6 people would possess 59 of the entire
worlds wealth and all 6 would be from the United
States 80 would live in substandard
housing 70 would be unable to read 50 would
suffer from malnutrition 1 would be near death,
1 would be near birth 1 (yes, only 1) would
have a college education 1 would own a computer
57 Asians 21 Europeans 14 from the Western
Hemisphere, both north and south 52 would be
female 48 would be male 70 would be
non-white 30 would be white 70 would be
non-Christian 30 would be Christian 89 would be
heterosexual 11 would be homosexual
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When one considers our world from such a
compressed perspective, the need for acceptance,
understanding and education becomes glaringly
apparent.