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- Dr. Calipari has worked with leaders in the field to develop a research program that is focused on solving the substance use disorder crisis. Her lab has made seminal discoveries on how drug use changes the brain at the systems and molecular level to give rise to addiction.
Affiliated Faculty
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- The Grueter lab focuses on dissecting how drug induced plasticity in cellular physiology and synaptic plasticity gives rise to pathological behavioral states.
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Cody Siciliano, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pharmacology
- We develop animal models and leverage sophisticated technologies to elucidate the neural basis of motivation and maladaptive decision making.
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Ashley Watts, PhD
Assistant Professor, Psychological Sciences
- The classification, causes, and consequences of addiction across the lifespan.
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Julio Ayala, PhD
Associate Professor, Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
- Research in my lab focuses on the brain control of feeding behavior and body weight.
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Richard Simerly, PhD
Louse B. McGavock Professor, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
- Our research aims to define how endocrine and nutritional cues impact the organization and function of neural circuits controlling feeding behavior.
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Prashant Donthamsetti, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pharmacology
- The next frontier in neural circuit analysis is to determine the activation dynamics and behavioral effects of specific receptor populations in the brain. My lab develops highly precise molecular tools to interrogate receptor function using a combination of molecular biology, high-throughput screening, microscopy, electrophysiology, and rodent studies. Our work will help us better understand and treat brain disorders including addiction and beyond.
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Scott S. Lee, MD, PhD, MPA, MPhil
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine
- Behavioral economics, behavior change, smoking cessation
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Roger J Colbran, PhD
Professor, Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
- The Colbran Lab studies molecular mechanisms underlying long term changes at excitatory synapse that are responsible for learned behaviors.
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Peter R. Martin, MD
Professor, Psychiatry and Pharmacology
- The molecular basis, diagnosis, and treatment of drug use disorders with an emphasis on substance-induced mental disorders.
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Fiona Harrison, PhD
Associate Professor, Medicine
- Dietary and environmental risk factors in development of developmental neurodegenerative disorders .
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Charlene M. Dewey, MD, MEd, MACP
Assistant Dean and Professor, Medical Education and Administration/Department of Medicine
- Professionalism, professional wellness, proper prescribing of controlled substances.
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Heather Burrell Ward, MD
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
- Neuromodulation (rTMS) and neuroimaging to understand and treat the brain-circuit basis of psychotic disorders.
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- Examining the genetic underpinnings of substance use disorders and developing algorithms for their detection in the Electronic Health Records
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William Nobis, MD PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurology
- We investigate extended amygdala to brainstem circuitry in epilepsy to determine their role in sudden unexpected death in epilepsy and respiratory dysfunction including opioid-induced respiratory depression.
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Laurie Cutting, PhD
Professor, Peabody College
- Dr. Cutting's work examines the neural underpinnings of cognitive development, academic achievement, and learning, and especially focuses how environmental and biological variation impacts outcomes.
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Catherine Fuchs, MD
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry
- Working with the Pediatric Delirium team assessing medical trauma in infants and children experiencing delirium in the ICU.
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Chance Allen, MSW, MSN, APN, LMSW, PMHNP-BC
Instructor, Vanderbilt School of Nursing
- Applying the scientific knowledge gained by VCAR to practice, especially in psychiatric mental health.
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Ariel Deutch, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
- Resolutely unfocused
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