9th World Congress on
Addiction Medicine and Psychiatry

Dr. Janet Neisewander has received her PhD in Psychology at the University of Kentucky in 1988 and received post-doctoral training in Pharmacology and Psychiatry at the University for Pennsylvania during the period of 1988-1991. Currently, she is working as a Professor in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University. She has successfully completed administrative responsibilities as the founding Director of the Behavioral Neuroscience Program in Psychology at Arizona State University (2002-2006) and she has served on numerous grant review panels for NIH. She currently serves on the Program Committee for the College on Problems of Drug Dependence. She is serving as an editorial member of several reputed journals like Psychopharmacology and the International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. She has authored over 90 research articles and book chapters. She is a member of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, the Society for Neuroscience, Women in Neuroscience, the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society, and the Behavioral Pharmacological Society

neural mechanisms that are involved in drug dependence, neuroanatomical and neurotransmitter systems

Dr. Andrew Percy is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Queens University Belfast, UK. He have previously held research positions at the Institute of Child Care Research, the Home Office, and The Advisory Council on Alcohol and Drugs Education (TACADE). His teaching interests include youth crime and youth justice, basic and advanced statistics, victim surveys, secondary analysis of existing data, and research ethics.

Teenage alcohol, drug use and crime

Academic training PhD in Medicine - Specialization in Psychiatry and Mental Health by the Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon Master in Medicine from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, 2003-2009 Psychiatry Internship at Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte - Hospital de Santa Maria, 2011-2017 Professional Career Psychiatrist at Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte - Hospital de Santa Maria, since 2018 Invited Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, since 2020 Invited Clinical Lecturer in Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, 2018-2020 Assistant Lecturer in Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, 2012-2018 Complementary training Interpersonal Psychotherapy: Advanced Level, 2015 Clinical Research Training Certificate Program (PTCSRT) from Harvard Medical School Portugal, 2017-2019 Clinical and Research Internship at the Neuropsychiatric Unit - Fremantle Hospital / University of Western Australia, 2014

Psychiatric Disorders; Neurosciences; Epilepsy

Sandi James is a Psychologist registered in Australia and currently working at University Malaysia Sabah within the Community and Family Medicine Department. Sandi has a particular interest in alcohol and addiction treatment, particularly in harm reduction approaches and community level programs and interventions. She is involved in numerous research and community development projects in Sabah and is on the committee of the newly established Association for the Prevention of Alcohol Misuse (APAM). Sandi is also embarking on research in 2017 to investigate the prevalence and treatment gap for mental health disorders in the polyclinic setting in Kota Kinabalu.

Addiction, Alcoholism, Psychology

Desirée Crèvecoeur-MacPhail, Ph.D., is a social psychologist with a doctorate from Claremont Graduate University and a clinical psychology master's from Pepperdine University. A principal investigator at UCLA’s Integrated Substance Abuse Programs (ISAP), she leads the Los Angeles County Evaluation System (LACES). Her research focuses on addiction, health disparities, and treatment outcomes, particularly for special populations like American Indians and Latinos. Dr. Crèvecoeur-MacPhail has authored numerous works on addiction science and manages projects on treatment integration in federally qualified health centers. She has taught at UCLA, Cal State Dominguez Hills, and Claremont Graduate University.

Addiction Psychiatry, stress, resilience, and coping strategies, impact mental health