Rowan Saloner received a Blue Ribbon Award!

Rowan Saloner received a Blue Ribbon Award at the 126th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association (APA) for his presentation “Is Alcohol Neuroprotective in Methamphetamine-Associated Neuropsychological Impairment?”

He also was awarded a $750 Travel Award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to attend this year's APA convention in order to present his findings.

He currently is an HNRP trainee and a student in the SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology.

His research interests include genetically-driven dopaminergic dysfunction in methamphetamine and HIV-related neurocognitive impairment. Additionally, he is interested in mechanisms of neurocognitive resilience in the context of aging with HIV infection.