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Department of Psychology College of Arts and Sciences

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Jane AllendorferNeurology
Christina Bankston Functional Seizures
Sofia Beas Neurobiology
Lillian Brady Dopamine, Estrogen, Drugs of Abuse
Kauê Costa Learning, Dopamine, Molecular Neuroscience
Rita CowellEtiology and progression of neurodevelopmental disorders
Kirstie CummingsNeurobiology
Jeremy DayNeurobiology
Jennifer DeBerryAnesthesiology
Yogesh Dwivedi Psychiatry
Karen GambleMechanisms and entrainment of circadian clocks
Adam Goodman Clinical Neuroscience, Epilepsy, Emotion
Andrew Hardaway Eating Behavior; Behavioral, Cellular, Molecular Neuroscience
Jasper Heinsbroek Motivated Behavior, Basal Ganglia, Opioid Use Disorder
Caesar Hernandez Aging, Alzheimer's, Emotion
Abbi Hernandez Aging, Alzheimer’s, Gut-brain-axis, Gut microbiome, Metabolism
David Knight Neural substrates of human learning, memory, and emotion
Adrienne LahtiSchizophrenia
Ronald LazarNeurology
Junghee LeePsychiatry, Social neuroscience in severe mental illness
Lingyong Li Chronic pain, pain-induced mood disorders, opioid tolerance and addiction
Farah Lubin Learning & Memory, Epigenetics, Non-coding RNAs
Beth Lucas Psychiatry
Lauren Luther Mental Illness, Reward Processing, Cognitive Neuroscience
Matthew Nelson Neurophysiology, Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience, Neurolinguistics
Minae NiwaPsychiatry
Demario OverstreetBiological and Psychosocial Mechanisms of Pain
Yuri Pavlov Classical Conditioning, Working Memory, Consciousness, EEG
Jamie Peters Neuropharmacology; Addiction neural circuits; Psychedelic therapeutics
Julie QuinetOptometry & Vision Science
Kirsten SchoonoverDysbindin Abnormalities in Schizophrenia
Rachel Smith Neuroengineering, machine learning, brain computer interface
Robert Sorge Innate immune system involvement in pain and addiction
Christianne StrangVision, developmental neuroscience, behavioral neuroscience
Jerzy SzaflarskiBrain mapping, epilepsy, and neuronal plasticity
Kristina VisscherNeurobiology
Jarred YoungerNeuroinflammation, pain, and fatigue
Rui ZhangSleep, circadian disruption, drug addiction, neuroimaging