MizzouForward - How impulsivity imparts risk for substance use, from the lab to treatment

May 9th | 2pm-3pm

N214A Memorial Union or ZOOM

Join us for “How impulsivity imparts risk for substance use, from the lab to treatment" a keynote presentation by Dr. Melissa Cyders, College of Arts & Science MizzouForward faculty candidate.  Dr. Cyders will present on her research for approximately 40-minutes with a 20-minute question and answer session to follow.

Dr. Cyders is currently a professor in Psychology at Indiana University-Purdue University. She obtained her Ph.D. and M.S. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Kentucky and her B.A. from Ohio University.

Dr. Cyders’ program of research examines how impulsivity, and its neurocognitive mechanisms impart risk for a wide range of clinical disorders and maladaptive risk-taking behaviors. A decade of work in her lab has advanced the field in three coherent domains: 1) Describing and documenting the multidimensionality of impulsivity has yielded important implications for which traits uniquely predict different aspects of risk behavior and specific diagnoses. 2) Recognizing the unique importance of emotion-based tendencies toward rash action (i.e., the ‘urgency’ dimension of impulsivity) has provided a strong empirical understanding of underlying risk across multiple diagnoses and disorders (i.e., ‘transdiagnostic prediction’). 3) Characterizing discrete neurocognitive mechanisms underlying impulsivity-related traits has led to the development of translational models, laboratory-based objective measurements, and interventions for these discrete traits.

You can access Dr. Cyders’ CV via OneDrive here:  

 Cyders_CV_Mizzou.pdf     (University log in required to access)

After the keynote, please provide candidate feedback with our brief survey.