Expertise

Research Areas:

  • Neuroscience
  • Biology & behavior

Research Interests:

  • Functional roles of the brain's own cannabis-like (endocannabinoid) system in the nervous system; mechanisms of pain and analgesia; mechanisms of action of drugs of abuse; novel therapeutics

My lab has focused on harnessing the therapeutic potential of the endocannabinoid signaling system to suppress neuropathic pain while minimizing unwanted side effects (i.e., psychoactivity and addiction).

My research program combines behavioral, drug self-administration, neuroanatomical, neurophysiological and molecular approaches to study cannabinoid mechanisms for suppression of pain and stress responsiveness.


Research Interests:

  • mechanisms of pain; novel pain therapies

Research Interests

  • mechanisms of pain; novel pain therapies

Subject Area

  • Psychological and Brain Sciences
Past Affiliations

Professor, Biochemistry Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Department, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Division of the Social Sciences, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, University of Georgia (past)

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Division of the Social Sciences, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, University of Georgia (past)

Linda and Jack Gill Chair of Neuroscience, Program in Neuroscience, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Communities
Biochemistry, Cellular Biochemistry, Neuroscience, Molecular Biochemistry, Psychology
Degrees
PhD, Brown University, 1996
ScM, Brown University, 1993
BS, Brown University, 1988
Keywords
electrophysiology pain neuroanatomy
Honors

Scientific Director’s Postdoctoral Travel Award for outstanding research achievement, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, 1999

Prize for the best overall paper presentation, International Cannabinoid Research Society, 1998

Prize for the best overall paper presentation, International Cannabinoid Research Society, 1998

Scientific Achievement Award, International Cannabinoid Research Society, 1998

Prize for outstanding graduate research, Sigma Xi (Brown University), 1995

Prize for the best paper presentation by a graduate student or a postdoctoral fellow, International Cannabinoid Research Society, 1995

Certificate in Teaching, Center for the Advancement of College Teaching (Brown University), 1994

Travel Award, International Cannabinoid Research Society, 1993-1995

Muriel Fain Sher Premium in Psychology, Brown University, 1988

Associations
American Association for the Advancement of Science
International Association for the Study of Pain
International Behavioral Neuroscience Society
International Cannabinoid Research Society (ICRS)
Society for Neuroscience