Expertise

Research Areas:

  • Behavioral & Addiction Neuroscience | Addiction Neuroscience

My laboratory focuses on the behavioral genetics of alcohol seeking behavior through research on behavioral markers that characterize differences in the likelihood that animal models will seek the pharmacologic effects of alcohol.


Expertise:

  • Addiction Research
  • Psychiatric Disorders Research
Past Affiliations

Postdoctoral Fellow, Oregon Health & Science University

Instructor, Binghamton University

Teaching Assistant, Binghamton University

Associate Professor, Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Medicine (past)

Assistant Professor, Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Medicine (past)

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Medicine (past)

Institute of Psychiatric Research, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Medicine (past)

Research Associate, Oregon Health & Science University

Assistant Scientist, Department of Medicine, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Medicine (past)

Communities
Neuroscience, Neuroscience, Psychology, Psychology
Degrees
PhD, State University of New York at Binghamton, Neuroscience, 1992
MA, State University of New York at Binghamton, Psychobiology, 1990
BA, Vassar College, Biopsychology, 1987
Keywords
usa, northeast drug abuse prevention substance abuse prevention biological markers & sensor mechanisms neurotransmitters genetically modified & transgenic animals psychiatry neuroscience trangenesis transgenics