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  • UAB researchers developing safer psychedelic-inspired therapeutics for depression and addiction
  • Know your limits this holiday season: Celebrate responsibly
  • Dr. Stefan Kertesz named 2025 Bucksbaum-Siegler Clinical Excellence Award Honoree
  • Li receives a federal grant to expand substance use disorder training for medical students

  • UAB researchers developing safer psychedelic-inspired therapeutics for depression and addiction

    Recent studies of psychedelic therapy, using substances like psilocybin and lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD, show rapid and lasting improvements to conditions like depression and addiction. Jamie Peters, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Neurobiology, and a team of researchers are studying a safer, more targeted version of these substances.

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  • Know your limits this holiday season: Celebrate responsibly

    From holiday parties to New Year’s celebrations, the winter season is full of reasons to raise a glass. But with many festive gatherings comes a higher risk of overindulging. Knowing the safe limits for alcohol consumption is essential to keeping the holidays responsible. Peter Hendricks, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, provides suggestions on the best ways to celebrate responsibly.

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  • Dr. Stefan Kertesz named 2025 Bucksbaum-Siegler Clinical Excellence Award Honoree

    The Bucksbaum-Siegler Institute for Clinical Excellence has named Stefan G. Kertesz, MD, MSc as the recipient of the 2025 Bucksbaum-Siegler Clinical Excellence Award, recognizing his extraordinary commitment to clinical excellence and the doctor-patient relationship.

    Kertesz is a professor of Medicine at the Heersink School of Medicine and a physician-investigator with the Birmingham VA Health Care System. Trained in internal medicine and addiction medicine, he began his career as a front-line physician with the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program.

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  • Li receives a federal grant to expand substance use disorder training for medical students

    Li Li, M.D., Ph.D., professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, was recently awarded a grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to expand substance use disorder (SUD) training for medical students. The goal is not only to better equip medical students with the skill sets necessary to treat patients with SUD but also to ultimately address SUD as a national health crisis.

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CAPPI: Improving addiction and pain outcomes through research, education, community outreach, and patient care resources

The mission of CAPPI is to conduct cutting-edge research that can be developed into better treatments for addiction and pain. The faculty and staff in CAPPI seek to educate other professionals and the public about addiction and pain in a way that promotes compassion and minimizes the stigma of these two health conditions. CAPPI also serves as the focal point for community outreach in order to build effective partnerships with the communities we serve.

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