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ALSO—a very special thank you to Jackie Hart—the talented Digital Communications Specialist for the MBI Who by taking photos throughout the weekend captured the energy of our CARE events!

Congratulations to yesterday's poster session winners, Madeline Martinez, Kalynn Turner, Alexander Bartkowiak, Alexander Ebbinghaus, Bowen Tsai, Nithya Kunta, Jenna Lu, and Vivek Nandur! 🎉

THANK YOU to all that were in attendance at this year's CARE programming, as well as our keynote speakers, Dr. Hugh Garavan and Dr. Joe Cheer! See you next year! 🥳

Congratulations to our 11 CARE Travel Awardees, Isabela Bravo, Alexander Ebbinghaus, Kylie Kealoha, Alex Leake, Apollonia Lysandrou, Shane Marohnic, Madeline Martinez, Sydney Murdock, Vivek Nandur, Elizabeth Sanchez Nelson & Riley Taylor!

We are excited to share that our very own Dr. Sara Jo Nixon was recently named a 2025 American Association for the Advancement of Science fellow!

As a reminder, our pre-symposium networking event and CARE symposium are just one week away!

We are just a few weeks away from this year's pre-symposium networking event AND annual CARE symposium! Details can be found at the links below: Community Networking Event: addictionresearch.health.ufl.edu/events/annual-… Annual Symposium: addictionresearch.health.ufl.edu/events/annual-…

Join us for March's UF CARE Monthly Seminar: "Blunting the Cue: Cortical Astrocytic Inhibition Suppresses Heroin Seeking" Speaker: Dr. Michael Scofield Location: MBI-L4-101 Date: Wed, March 25 Time: 3:00 PM Light refreshments provided!

Registration and Submission Portals for the 2026 UF CARE Annual Symposium are OPEN! General information, submission guidelines, & other details can be found at the UF CARE website: addictionresearch.health.ufl.edu/events/annual-…

Be sure to join us tomorrow (2/18) for our monthly seminar, featuring Dr. Leslie Sombers at 3pm in MBI L4-101!

Come and see us at our table at the College of Medicine Celebration of Research tonight, 4-7pm in the O'Connell Center!

Happy Holidays from UF CARE! Thank you for an incredible 2025, we couldn't do this work without you.

Members and affiliates, please share any recent accomplishments with us by December 12th for the forthcoming CARE newsletter! Be it grant awards, career milestones, or forthcoming events, we want to celebrate YOU.

Join us for November’s UF CARE Monthly Seminar: “Chronic alcohol rewires serotonergic circuits in the brain that orchestrate social behavior" Speaker: Dr. Catherine Marcinkiewcz Location: MBI-L4-101 Date: Wes, Nov 12 Time: 3:00 PM Light refreshments provided!

Join us for the UF CARE Lab Open House! Learn about the exciting research happening in UF CARE labs and explore collaboration opportunities. Featuring: Dr. Shanting Chen’s Lab Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025 MBI-L4-101 #UFCARE #UFResearch #Neuroscience #Psychology

Lucy Meehan, Lab Admin Coordinator II, will be leaving UF CARE on November 18th to relocate to Texas with her family. We wish her continued success in her next chapter!

We’re honored to be featured in this publication. Thank you to @JSADJournal for showcasing the work happening at UF CARE! #Research #STEM #UF #Psychology #Alcohol #Neuroscience

UF CARE’s Fall Dissertation Aid Grant deadline is just 1 week away (Oct 31)! Don’t miss your chance to get support for your dissertation research. Check out the flyer below to apply!

Join us for the UF CARE Lab Open House! Discover the exciting research happening in: Dr. Nikhil Urs’s Lab (Pharmacology & Therapeutics) Dr. Shanting Chen’s Lab (Psychology) Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025 3:00 PM MBI-L4-101 Come learn about lab opportunities and collaborations!