2026 SPEAR Conference

The 2026 SPEAR Conference will be held March 23–25, 2026, at University of Calgary BGI Barrier Lake Field Station. This interdisciplinary meeting brings together researchers and trainees from the Pacific Northwest to share recent findings and foster collaborations in the areas of Stress, Pain, Emotion, Addiction, and Reward (SPEAR).

Applications for 2026 are closed. Contact Dr. Matthew Hill ( mnhill@ucalgary.ca ) with any questions.

SPEAR 2026 Registration Fee due Friday, February 27th
If you will be attending SPEAR 2026, please pay your registration fee ($200) via the following form:
https://forms.gle/hmBcL1X9snmdNrn96

Previous Conferences Program Books

2025 – SPEAR at Friday Harbor Labs March 10–12

2024 – SPEAR at University of Calgary February 27 – March 1

12/3, 11:00 AM, RR 134 HSB: UW GPN defense, Makenzie Patarino from Dr. Abigail Schindler’s lab. Makenzie will present “Profiling the Heterogeneous Outcomes of Blast Trauma and Substance Use in Translational Mouse Models”

12/5, 11:00 AM, K069 HSB: NAPE Distinguished Speaker Series by Dr. Aakanksha Jain, Assistant Professor of Immunology at UW. Dr. Jain will present “The neuroimmune interactome of pain and inflammation”

12/5, 3:00 – 4:30 PM, J156 HSB: Hot Cocoa Hour and Winter Food Drive – stop by to grab hot cocoa, write letters of encouragement, and bring a canned food donation to kick-off our winter food drive hosted by the Community Engagement Committee!

12/12, 11:00 AM, Genome Sciences S060: NAPE Distinguished Speaker Series by Dr. Susan Ferguson, Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Director of Addictions, Drug, and Alcohol Institute (ADAI) at UW. Dr. Ferguson will present “Current considerations for modeling substance use and addiction“

University of Washington Training in Molecular Pharmacology of Abused Drugs (NIDA T32 predoctoral and postdoctoral training program)

University of Washington Center of Excellence in Opioid Addiction Research (NIDA P30 Center for Neural Imaging and Molecular Genetics)




		
			
	
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