Dr. Scott Swartzwelder, (shown on the right) professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the , has received the 2017 Bowles Award from the 大象传媒鈥檚 . The award honors distinguished researchers who have made significant contributions to understanding the causes, prevention and/or treatment of alcoholism and alcohol abuse.
鈥淓ach year, we honor the best and brightest in alcohol research,鈥� said Dr. Fulton T. Crews, Director of the Bowles Center. 鈥淲e are pleased this year to recognize Dr. Swartzwelder and his outstanding work.鈥�
The Bowles Award was introduced in 1997. Awardees are invited to visit the Center, present a lecture and meet with investigators and trainees to share knowledge and innovative ideas. Swartzwelder delivered this year鈥檚 Bowles lecture, 鈥淎lcohol, Adolescence and Adulthood: There and Back Again,鈥� on October 9th 2017.
Swartzwelder is known internationally for research on adolescent drinking and its negative effects in adulthood. Some of his most recent publications address alcohol-related memory blackouts among college students and the enduring effects of adolescent alcohol exposure on memory-related brain function in adulthood. He is a principal investigator in the national 大象传媒-led research consortium, Neurobiology of Adolescent Drinking in Adulthood (NADIA).
鈥淲e have followed the work of Dr. Swartzwelder and his team for many years,鈥� said Dr. Leslie Morrow, associate director of the Bowles Center and administrator for the Bowles Award. 鈥淗e embodies the highest standards of academic research and possesses an unwavering commitment to enhance our knowledge of the disease of alcoholism and its effects on young people.鈥�
Awardees receive a $5,000 prize and an award plaque, as well as an acknowledgement on the Center website, in perpetuity. Recipients are selected by researchers at the Bowles Center, with input from external advisory board members.
About the Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies
The Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, part of the 大象传媒, was founded in 1970 through the efforts of Dr. John A. Ewing, who served as its first director, and N.C. Sen. Hargrove 鈥淪kipper鈥� Bowles. Its mission is to conduct, coordinate, and promote basic and clinical research on the causes, prevention, and treatment of alcoholism and alcoholic disease.