CTNA-ICANA Neuroimaging Conference

The 2nd International Conference on Applications of Neuroimaging to Alcoholism (ICANA) will be held on the Medical Campus of Yale University in New Haven, CT, USA on January 19 - 20, 2008. The meeting will be hosted by the NIAAA Center for the Translational Neuroscience of Alcoholism (CTNA). Sessions combined methodology and applications to alcoholism and highlight MRI, fMRI, DTI, MRS, PET, and SPECT research. Cutting edge molecular neuroimaging and clinical correlates will be highlighted.

Airport Shuttle Information: Prime Time Shuttle provides service from and to JFK and LaGuardia- LGA with a special rate for our conference. Connecticut Limo http://www.ctlimo.com offers airport shuttle from Hartford-BDL and Newark-EWR to the Omni Hotel.

Yale Maps: http://info.med.yale.edu/maps/shm.html

The field of alcoholism research is at a watershed, where advances in basic molecular research await the translation into important new clinical insights. Neuroimaging technologies are the most powerful new tools to characterize human brain structure, circuitry, function, and chemistry. They play a critical role in the translation from basic insights into advances in treatment and prevention.

The first International Conference on the Applications of Neuroimaging to Alcoholism (ICANA) was held at Yale University School of Medicine in 2004. It was the first conference ever devoted to the use of all types of imaging in understanding alcoholism. Four years after the first ICANA, we will again bring together the leading neuroimaging investigators from around the world to take stock of the advances in neuroimaging research and their applications to alcoholism. This 2nd ICANA will present an outstanding array of neuroimaging research during three days of presentations. Equally important, it will provide many opportunities for formal and informal scientific exchange. We are confident that exciting new alcoholism research will grow from the discussions generated during this meeting.

I invite you to indicate your interest in the 2nd ICANA by submitting the Email Notification Form (Notification Form) to receive more information. I encourage you to submit an abstract (Abstract Form) (by September 14, 2007) and register (Registration Form) for the meeting as soon as possible to hold a place.

Director, NIAAA Center for the Translational Neuroscience of Alcoholism
Robert L. Mc Neil Professor & Deputy Chairman for Research
Department of Psychiatry
Yale University School of Medicine
Connecticut Mental Health Center
VA Connecticut Healthcare System

2nd International Conference on Applications of Neuroimaging to Alcoholism (ICANA)

I C A N A

January 19 - 20, 2008

New Haven, Connecticut, USA