Research Interests
Animal models of adolescent substance abuse
Influence of glucocorticoid and reproductive hormones on adolescent substance abuse
Maturation of neural circuits involved in adolescent insensitivity to threat.
Biomarkers of stress in humans
Influence of glucocorticoid and reproductive hormones on adolescent substance abuse
Maturation of neural circuits involved in adolescent insensitivity to threat.
Biomarkers of stress in humans
Selected Grants
2/3 CTSA K12 Program at Duke University
ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2030Pharmacological Sciences Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2030NCCU Duke - Substance Use Research & Education (ND-SURE)
ResearchMentor · Awarded by North Carolina Central University · 2024 - 2029Manipulating normal estrogen physiology as a therapeutic approach in cancer
ResearchCollaborating Investigator · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2023 - 2028Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health - BIRCWH
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases · 2002 - 2027ASPET SURF Institutional Award
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEParticipating Faculty Member · Awarded by American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics · 2018 - 2025Duke CTSA (TL1) Year 5
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2024Medical Scientist Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1997 - 2022Organization and Function of Cellular Structure
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1975 - 2020Pharmacological Sciences Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1975 - 2020Simultaneous and Bidirectional Chemogenetic Control of Mesolimbic and Nigrostriatal Circuits
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2020Pharmacology Industry Internships for Ph.D. Students
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics · 2017 - 2019Duke University Program in Environmental Health
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences · 2013 - 2019IPA - David Walker
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2017 - 2018Fibroblast Growth Factor Homologous Factor Modulation and Effect on Cardiac Ion Channel Trafficking
FellowshipCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2018Alcohol, Puberty, and Adolescent Brain Development
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2011 - 2017Depression & CHD: Cellular-Molecular Mechanisms
Clinical TrialCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2017A Neuroscience-Based Health Curriculum to Promote Academic Success
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Department of Education · 2012 - 2016Gender Differences in Stimulant Action
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1998 - 2013Responses of Myocardial Ischemia to Sertraline Treatment
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2006 - 2013Nasal adjuvant to enhance anti-cocaine vaccines
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2011 - 2013Serotonergic Contribution to Adolescent Risk Taking
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2011 - 2012Role of HPA Axis in Adolescent Vulnerability to Drug Addiction
ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2006 - 2011Stress and Behavior in Health and Disease
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1989 - 2011Developmental THC Sensitivity in Male and Female Rats
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2004 - 2011Ethanol and GABA Function: Developmental Sensitivity
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2005 - 2010Dopamine Function During Adolescence
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2004 - 2010PTSD & Childhood Sexual Abuse: Psychobiology
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2002 - 2009Maternal MDMA (Ectasy) Exposure & Fetal Physiology
ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2005 - 2009IPA - David Walker
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Veterans Administration Medical Center · 2007 - 2008Adolescent Vulnerability to Neuroplastic Changes Induced by High Dose Cocaine.
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2007 - 2008Duke PREP: Minority Recruitment into Biomedical Sciences
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEAdvisor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2003 - 2008Child Neglect: Psychobiological Consequences
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2000 - 2007GHB Tolerance and Dependence
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2003 - 2007Stress, Serotonin Genes & Health Disparities
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Environmental Health Science · 2000 - 2006Graduate Training Program in Pharmacological Sciences.
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1975 - 2005Behavioral Neuroscience
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2001 - 2005Estrogen Inhibits Noradrenergic Function through ER Beta
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2001 - 2003Early Experience, Serotonin and Adult Function
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2000 - 2002Hostility & Chd--Sns Lipid & Cell Molecular Mechanisms
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1997 - 2002Graduate Training Program in Pharmacological Sciences
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1975 - 2000Hostility & Chd: Sns, Lipid, & Cell-Molecular Mechanisms
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1997 - 1999Graduate Training In Pharmacological Sciences
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1997 - 1999Drugs: Integrating High School Biology And Chemistry
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1997 - 1999Opiate Effects On Maturation Of Endocrine Regulation
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1997 - 1999Graduate Training In Pharmacological Research
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1995 - 1999Gender Differences In Stimulant Sensitization
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1997 - 1998Gender Differences In Stiumlant Sensitization
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1995 - 1998Opiate Effects On Maturation Of Endocrine Regluation
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1996 - 1997Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1993 - 1997Biobehavioral Factors In Coronary Heart Disease
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1994 - 1996Biobehaviorial Factors In Coronary Heart Disease
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1993 - 1996Preclinical Sciences Center For Cocaine Treatment
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1992 - 1994Genetics Of A Murine Model Of Type 2 Diabetes
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1993 - 1994Integration Of Stress Response In Ontogeny--Role Of Crf
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1991 - 1993Integration Of Stress Response In Ontogeny: Role Of Crf
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1990 - 1992Opioid Effects On Maturation Of Endocrine Regulation
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1986 - 1988Nutrition And Adrenergic Receptor Mechanisms In Ontog
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1984 - 1985Nutrition And Adrenergic Receptor Mechanisms In Ontog
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1984 - 1985External Relationships
- CranialInc
- US Patent Office
- US Patent Office
- Veteran's Administration
- WW Norton
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