# Presentation: 049876

## WHO/NIDA/CPDD International Committee

- 2006 NIDA International Forum
- Scottsdale june 16 - 19, 2006
*Gabriele Fischer*
- Medical University Vienna

## WHO/NIDA/CPDD International travel Fellowship Award

- Every year _two awardees_
_*eligible countries*_*  are those in*
***Africa ***
***Asia**** (except Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan); *
***Central and Eastern Europe**** (EXCEPT EU MEMBERS); *
***Russia and the Newly Independent States of the Former Soviet Union; ***
***Latin America and the Caribbean; ***
***Pacific Ocean Islands**** (except Australia and New Zealand).*

## CRITERIA

- Background in research &/or treatment in drug addiction
- Being interested to visit CPDD next year
- Being interested to visit for one week a research facility in the US from a NIDA grantee to initiate &/or improve knowledge on a particular project
- To submitt an abstract on your working background in addiction
- To have two recommendation letters
*To submitt everything on time (january xy, 2007) to *_[gabriele.fischer@meduniwien.ac.at](mailto:gabriele.fischer@meduniwien.ac.at)_
*After complete submission - review by the committee*

## COMMITEE - 12 persons

| Term ends after the specified year’s annual meeting | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| International |  |  |  |  |
| Gabriele Fischer, Chair (Austria) - f |  |  | X |  |
| Walter Ling (US)- m |  | X |  |  |
| Joe Schumacher (US)- m |  | X |  |  |
| Michael Krausz (Germany)- m |  | X |  |  |
| Edwin Zvartau (Russia)- m |  | X |  |  |
| Jason White (Australia)- m |  | X |  |  |
| George Woody (US) - m | X |  |  |  |
| Richard Rawson (US)- m | X |  |  |  |
| Frank Tims (US)- m | X |  |  |  |
| Chengzheng Zhao (China) - f |  |  | X |  |
| Steve Gust (NIDA) - m |  |  | X |  |
| Jeff Samet (US) - m |  |  |  | X |
| Adam Bisaga (US) - m |  |  |  | X |
| Hendree Jones (US) - f |  |  |  | X |

- Plus: Valdimir Poznyak (WHO)

## Notification of award

- President of CPDD will let the awardees know by beginning/mid april 2007.

## WHO/NIDA/CPDD International travel Fellowship Award 2005

**Summary report:**
** ****Raka Jain (India) **
** ****Paul J. Cunha (Brasil)**

##  WHO/NIDA/CPDD International travel Fellowship Award 2005 

- The two awardees: _Raka Jain_ and _Paul J. Cunha_, participated in:
- Satellite meeting of NIDA International Research: Linking Drug Abuse and HIV/AIDS Research
- 67th Annual Scientific meeting of College on Problem of Drug Dependence
- Meeting with CPDD International Committee

## Summary of R. Jain ́s report

- Dr. Jain presented her research work at _both meetings_ entitled: „Comparison of the effects of nitric oxid synthase inhibitors in nicotine dependent rats“ (poster presentation).

## Achievement by Participation

- Participation in these meetings was a very good opportunitiy for Dr. Jain to gain and exchange, both new advanced knowledge and experience in the area of drug abuse at international level
- Interaction with scientists during networking session in the NIDA International Forum

## Summary of R. Jain ́s report

- _VISIT:_
- 	Dr. Jain visited Dr. Michael H. Baumann and got opportunitiy of training at  the _NIH, National Institute on Drug Abuse_, Intramural Research program, laboratory at Baltimore from 26th June-1st July to gain experience with various research methods including:
- stereotactic surgery in rats,
- microdialysis perfusion sampling,
- high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) separation techniques,
- electrochemical detection of biogenic amines,
- automated analysis of locomotor activity and
-  on-line acquisition of data

##  Summary of P.J. Cunha ́s report 

- Paul Cunha ́s abstract „Decision-making impairments associated to ADHD symptoms in cocaine abusers“ was selected to be presented at the _CPDD for an Oral Communication:_  “Cognition: It ́s the thought that counts“ were he was also one of the chairs.

## Summary of P.J. Cunha ́s report 

- At the NIDA International Forum:
-  he presented at the  Poster session
- In addition he participated in a workshop entitled „Preparing Journal Articles and getting them published“

##  Summary of P.J. Cunha ́s report 

- _Visit:_
- Consultation with Dr. Cadet and Dr. Bolla: Tour at the Intramural Research Program (IRP): fMRI and PET facilities, Sleep Center facilities of the General Research Center(GCRC) at _Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center_
- To analyze a proposal of collaborative study between NIDA-supported researchers and  Dr. Cunha and his group in Brazil

## Summary of P.J. Cunha ́s report 

- Mr. Cunha reported about an evolving and exciting experience,  due to great lessons and new techniques learned, essential for the development of his research activities in Brazil
- Professional goals for the next years include an evolving effort to work with a great challenge in Brazil that represents drugs of abuse as well as to apply for a postdoctoral study and thus submit an application to the NIDA Invest Drug Abuse Research Fellowship

## WHO/NIDA/CPDD International travel Fellowship Award 2006

- Konstyantyn Dumchev (Ukraine) -
- Will visit Dr. Joseph Schumacher
- Min Zhao (China)
- Will visit Dr. Walter Ling

## Being part of the „family“ -of the scientific community of

- NIDA INTERNATIONAL FORUM
- CPDD
- CPDD International Committee
- Is very rewarding in many ways -
-  also in regard to funding
- NIH Grant Nr. 1R01 DA018417-01

## This years workshop of the WHO/NIDA/CPDD International Committee 

- Monday 8-10 pm: Salon FG
- _Titel:_ *Global Addiction Research: Issues on Addiction and HIV/AIDS*
- Chairs: Joseph Schumacher & Gabriele  Fischer
- Presenters:
- George Woody - Russia
-  Richard Rawson - South Africa
-  Konstyantyn Dumchev - Ukraine
-  Azarakhsh Mokri - Iran
-  Michael Farrell - UK: Global overview

## If we could shrink the earth‘s population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look something like the following:

**If we could shrink the earth‘s population to a village of precisely ****100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look something like the following:**

## There would be:

**There would be:**

- 57	Asians
- 21	Europeans
- 14	from the Western Hemisphere, both north and south
- 52	would be female
- 48	would be male
- 70	would be non-white
- 30	would be white
- 70 	would be non-Christian
- 30	would be Christian
- 89 	would be heterosexual
- 11	would be homosexual

-   6	people would possess 59% of the entire world‘s wealth and all 6 would be from the United States
- 80	would live in substandard housing
- 70	would be unable to read
- 50	would suffer from malnutrition
-   1	would be near death, 1 would be near birth
-   1	(yes, only 1) would have a college education
-   1 	would own a computer

## When one considers our world from such a compressed perspective, the need for acceptance, understanding and education becomes glaringly apparent.