Faculty Mentors and Project Descriptions
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Dr. Bruce Cushing
Dr. Cushing's research program examines mechanisms involved in the regulation of social and sociosexual behavior, emphasizing the role of the neuropeptides oxytocin (OT) and vasopressin and estrogen.
Dr. Ky-An Han
The major interest of Dr. Han’s lab research is the neurobiological basis of behavioral plasticity such as learning, memory and drug addiction.
Dr. Sukla Roychowdhury
Dr. Roychowdhury’s research program is focused on understanding the Cytoskeletal mechanisms of alcohol/nicotine dependence.
Dr. Mahesh Narayan
The work in Dr. Narayan’s laboratory focuses on mitigating reactive oxygen species (ROS)-related oxidative damage to protein disulfide isomerase (PDI).
Dr. Theodore Cooper
Dr. Cooper’s research within the Prevention and Treatment in Clinical Health laboratory (PATCH Lab) is focused on the assessment of and intervention with multiple addictive behaviors and secondarily issues related to weight concern and control.
Dr. Sergio Iniguez
Dr. Iniguez's preclinical research program examines how early life exposure to psychotropic drugs, as well as stress, increases drug-liability in adulthood.
Dr. Laura O'Dell
Dr. O’Dell’s research program is focused on the neural mechanisms that mediate addiction to drugs of abuse.
Dr. Katherine Serafine
Dr. Serafine's research program uses animal models to study the factors (such as age, sex, and diet) that contribute to vulnerability to drug abuse.
Dr. Ian Mendez
The primary goal of Dr. Mendez’s research is to understand how the circuits of the brain reward system become dysregulated and how these changes contribute to impairments in motivational, hedonic, and cognitive processes.
