Addiction: From Biology to Recovery

Translating research evidence to improve clinical practice and community resilience.

Dundee University has been honoured and challenged to host the 17^th International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM) Congress on Monday 5th to Thursday 8th October 2015.

This will attract 40 international leading experts in the field of addiction medicine. This congress has the support of the World Health Organisation (WHO), US National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the European Monitoring Centre for Drug and Drug Abuse (EMCDDA) amongst other international organisations.

The programme will also incorporate the 14th Centre for Addiction Research and Education Scotland (CARES) Conference.

ISAM Dundee 2015 Congress will not only include a scientific programme of the highest standards but it will also incorporate an Art and Culture Festival which has been inspired by the local communities experiencing the consequences of substance misuse.

The scientific programme will include workshops on: addiction mechanisms, comorbid mental and/or physical health issues and substance misuse, health inequalities, alcohol and drug policies, undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in addiction medicine and innovative treatment interventions. There will also be 10 keynote lectures.

Plenary Speakers

Professor Ian Gilmore Chair of the European Alcohol & Health Forum Science Group and member of the Climate & Health Council. Consultant Gastroenterologist, Royal Liverpool University Hospitals & Honorary Professor, University of Liverpool.	Professor David Nutt Chair of the Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs (ISCD) and Vice-President of the European Brain Council. Edmond J Safra Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology & Director, The Neuropsychopharmacology Unit, Imperial College London. Member of the International Centre for Science & Drug Policy	Professor David Goldberg Director, Health Protection Scotland. Consultant in Public Health Medicine and Clinical Epidemiologist and Honorary Professor of Public Health, University of Glasgow	Professor Howard Moss Former Associate Director for Clinical and Translational Research, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism (NIAA). Professor in Addiction Psychiatry.
Professor George Koob Director, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism (NIAA). Professor & Chair of the Committee on Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders, The Scripps Research Institute.	Professor Trevor Robbins Fellow, British Psychological Society, Medical Research Council, Academy of Medical Sciences and The Royal Society .Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Chair of Experimental Psychology, Director of Behavioural & Clinical Neuroscience Institute, University of Cambridge.	Dr John Dillon Chair Scottish HCV Action Plan Clinical Leads Group. Member of the Ministerial Advisory Group for sexual health and blood borne viruses. Chair Scottish Liver Diagnostic Care Pathway Steering Group. Clinical Reader in Hepatology and Gastroenterology, University of Dundee and Honorary Consultant, NHS Tayside, Scotland	Professor Nick Heather Founding Director of the National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Australia. Past President of the International Network on Brief Interventions for Alcohol Problems, Emeritus Professor of Alcohol & Other Drug Studies, Division of Psychology, Northumbria University
Professor Keith Humphreys Past Senior US Policy Advisor, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (2009- 2010). Professor & Section Director for Mental Health Policy, Stanford University, United States. Honorary Professor of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, UK	Professor Wim van den Brink Chair, Scientific Committee, European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP).Professor of Psychiatry and Addiction, University of Amsterdam. Director of the Amsterdam Institute for Addiction Research.