The RDAR Center hosts a variety of speakers who are experts in their field. You can join us in person or via Zoom. For more information about upcoming seminar speakers and other Center events, please click the link below.
Seminar Series
Hugh GaravanProfessor at the University of Vermont
Garavan presents on “Differential Associations of Adolescent vs Young Adult Cannabis Initiation with Longitudinal Brain Change and Behavior.” To watch the full seminar, please click the link below.
Christal BadourLicensed Clinical Psychologist and Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Kentucky
Badour presents on “Using a Health Equity Framework to Understand Trauma and Substance Use in Rural Appalachia.” To watch the full seminar, please click the link below.
Patrick HabeckerAssistant Research Professor at the RDAR Center and the Department of Sociology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Habecker presents on "The First 600: What We Learned about 600 People Who Use Drugs in the Great Plains." To watch the full seminar, please click the link below.
Justin StricklandAssistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins
Strickland presents on “Behavioral Economics in Substance Use Public Policy: Across a Translational Continuum.” To watch the full seminar, please click the link below.
Alian KasabianDirector of the Methodology and Evaluation Research Core Facility at UNL
Kasabian presents on “Data Sharing Considerations in Substance Use Research.” To watch the full seminar, please click the link below.
Edythe LondonDistinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, and Molecular and Medical Pharmacology at UCLA
London presents on “What Brain Imaging Has Taught Us About Addiction.” To watch the full seminar, please click the link below.
Trey AndrewsAssociate Professor of Psychology and Ethnic Studies, and Co-Director of the Minority Health Disparities Initiative at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Andrews presents on "Mediators of Violence Exposure and Substance Use (MoVES)." To watch the full seminar, please click the link below.
Maggie MottGraduate Student in the Laboratory of the Neurobiology of Addiction in the Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology & Neuroscience at LSU Health
Mott presents on "The Basic Science Side of Sex & Addiction." To watch the full seminar, please click the link below.
RaeAnn AndersonAssistant Professor in Clinical Psychology at the University of North Dakota
Anderson presents on "Alcohol-Facilitated Sexual Victimization Among Indigenous College Students." To watch the full seminar, please click the link below.
Michael TaffeProfessor in the Department of Psychiatry and Skaggs School of Pharmacy at the University of California San Diego
Taffe presents on "Racial Inequities in NIH Grant Funding." To watch the full seminar, please click the link below.
Cassandra Gipson-ReichardtAssociate Professor of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences at the University of Kentucky
Gipson-Reichardt presents on "Ovarian and Contraceptive Hormones Modulate Nicotine and Ethanol Consumption and Neural Mechanisms Within the Reward Pathway." To watch the full seminar, please click the link below.
Patrick HabeckerAssistant Research Professor at the RDAR Center and the Department of Sociology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Habecker presents on "Measuring Rurality." To watch the full seminar, please click the link below.
Brendan JackaInvestigator in Epidemiology at the People, Place and Health Collective at Brown University School of Public Health
Patience MoyoAssistant Professor of Health Services, Policy & Practice at Brown University School of Public Health
Jacka & Moyo present on "Opioid Overdose and Prescribing in Focus: Results and Progress from Pilot Studies." To watch the full seminar, please click the link below.
Annette DubasExecutive Director of the Nebraska Association of Behavioral Health Organizations
Annette gives her presentation, entitled "NABHO - Who We Are, What We Do, and Why Advocacy Matters." To watch the full seminar, please click the link below.
Yan WangAssociate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Florida
Yan gives her presentation, entitled "Laboratory and Field Validation of a New Generation Wrist-Worn Alcohol Biosensor." To watch the full seminar, please click the link below.
Bilal KhanCo-Director of the Longitudinal Networks Core at the RDAR Center and Happold Professor of Sociology and Computer Science at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Bilal presents the Open Dynamic Interaction Networks (ODIN) system and the LNC Voucher Program. ODIN is a new platform designed to collect and analyze rich, contextual data on both personal attributes and interpersonal interaction. To watch the full seminar, please click the link below.
Lauren Ancel MeyersCooley Centennial Professor of Integrative Biology and Statistics & Data Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin and a member of the Santa Fe Institute External Faculty
Lauren gives her presentation, entitled "Modeling to Mitigate the COVID-19 Pandemic." To watch the full seminar, please click the link below.
Kathie StarkweatherRural Sociologist and Retired Rural Nonprofit Director
Kathie gives her presentation, entitled "Implicit Bias." To watch the full seminar, please click the link below.
Arthur "Trey" Andrews IIIAssistant Professor in the Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Trey gives his presentation, entitled "Trauma Disparities and Treatment among Latinx Populations." To watch the full seminar, please click the link below.
Jeffrey SmithAssociate Professor in the Department of Sociology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Jeff gives his presentation, entitled "Missing Network Data: Implications for Immunization Strategies." To watch the full seminar, please click the link below.
Matthew JohnsonAssistant Professor in the Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Matt gives his presentation, entitled "The Multivariate Pattern Analysis and Deep Learning in Cognitive Neuroscience." To watch the full seminar, please click the link below.
Mary CainProfessor in the Department of Psychological Sciences, Kansas State University
Mary gives her presentation, entitled "The Impact of the Early Rearing Environment on Incentive Motivation in Adulthood." To watch the full seminar, please click the link below.
Alex MasonSenior Director of the Child and Family Translational Research Center
Alex talks about his research on family-based risk and protection for adolescent substance misuse. To watch the full seminar, please click the link below.
Joe CaldwellHIV & Substance Use Coordinator at the Iowa Department of Public Health
Joe talks about drug user health as well as harm reduction in Iowa. Going on to share about current and past projects and collaborations. To watch the full seminar, please click the link below.
Learning Seminar Series
September Learning Seminar
Lindsey Witt-Sawnson, Bureau of Sociological Research, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
To watch the full seminar, please click the link below.
July Learning Seminar
Palsamy Periyasamy, Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Stephen Kogut, Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Rhode Island
To watch the full seminar, please click the link below.
June Learning Seminar
Ken Wakabayashi, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Tierney Lorenz, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
To watch the full seminar, please click the link below.
May Learning Seminar
Nick Hubbard, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Roberto Abadie, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Matt Johnson, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
To watch the full seminar, please click the link below.