Selected Grants
Duke University Program in Environmental Health
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences · 2019 - 2029NCCU Duke - Substance Use Research & Education (ND-SURE)
ResearchMentor · Awarded by North Carolina Central University · 2024 - 2029Paternal Preconception Toxic Exposure and Autism Risk
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2025 - 2027Impacts of MAO Inhibiting Tobacco Constituents on Nicotine Reinforcement in Rats
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Philip Morris Products S.A. · 2022 - 2024Paternal Preconception Pesticide Exposure Effects on Neurodevelopmental Impairment in Their Offspring
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Autism Research Institute · 2023 - 2024Mechanisms of Nicotine-induced Cognitive Improvement in Rats
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Philip Morris Products S.A. · 2022 - 2024Infection Fighting Polymer Strengthened Biologic Grafts for Abdominal Wall Repair
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by BioAesthetics Corporation · 2023 - 2024PTPRD phosphatase inhibitors for stimulant use disorders
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Maryland, Baltimore · 2022 - 2024EPA Support for the 2023 International Neurotoxicology Association Convention in Durham
ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Environmental Protection Agency · 2023 - 2024International Neurotoxicology Association (INA) Conference
ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2023Receptor-type protein in tyrosine phosphatase D (PTPRD) treatment with 7-BIA to reduce nicotine self-adminstration
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Biomedical Research Institute of New Mexico · 2019 - 2022HAB toxin exposure and Alzheimer's disease susceptibility
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution · 2019 - 2022Paternal Transgenerational Epigenetic Legacy from Use of Cannabis
ResearchCo-Project Leader · Awarded by John Templeton Foundation · 2017 - 2022Using Zebrafish to Help Identify Which Environmental Toxicants Could Increase Autism Risk
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Autism Research Institute · 2019 - 2021Alzheimer's Disease, Genes, and Pesticide Use in the Agricultural Health Study
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2021Reinforcing effect of nicotine alone vs. nicotine plus other chemicals in tobacco
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Rose Research Center, LLC · 2019 - 2020Pharmacological Sciences Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEParticipating Faculty Member · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1975 - 2020Study of Novel Treatment to Prevent Acquisition of Opiate Self-Administration in Rats
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Amygdala Neurosciences Inc. · 2017 - 2019Duke University Program in Environmental Health
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences · 2013 - 2019Advancing Mechanistic Understanding of Neurotoxic Contributors to Autism
ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2018Establishing an AOP for the Role of the Vitamin D Receptor in Developmental Neurotoxicity
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina State University · 2013 - 2018Acute and chronic nicotine modulation of reinforcement learning
ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2017Pilot Project: Effects of Cannabis on the Epigenome of Humans and Rats
ResearchCo-Project Leader · Awarded by John Templeton Foundation · 2016 - 2017Screening for Potential Persisting Neurobehavioral Effects in Zebrafish following Developmental Exposure to Classes of Compounds: Flame Retardants, A Case Example
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences · 2015 - 2017Complementary Neurotoxicological Insights from Fish, Flies, Bees and Worms Symposium
ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2016Nicotinic Receptor Desensitization to Reduce Drug Self-Administration: Project 2
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Georgetown University · 2010 - 2015Atrazine Effects in the Brain: Pilot Study
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Environmental Protection Agency · 2011 - 2012Role of HPA Axis in Adolescent Vulnerability to Drug Addiction
ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2006 - 2011Neurobehavioral Teratology Society: Zebrafish Symposium
ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2011Adolescence: A Sensitive Period for Nicotine Addiction
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2004 - 2010MARCKS Peptides and Memory
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2010Neuroimaging Attentional Impairment During Abstinence
ResearchConsultant · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2004 - 2009Nicotinic-Antipsychotic Drug Interactions and Cognition
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2001 - 2006Marine Toxin Impacts on Neurobehavioral Function
ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2003 - 2004Non-Monotonic Dose-Toxicity Functions, Multiple Mechanisms of Effect: Impacts on Health & Public Policy
ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Environmental Protection Agency · 2002 - 2004Collaberative Research Training In Enviromental Toxicology
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Environmental Protection Agency · 1998 - 2003Behavioral Genetics and Toxic Response
ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2002 - 2003Chronic Nicotine-Infusion Induced Memory Improvement
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1998 - 2002Same
ResearchAdministrative Assistant · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1997 - 1999Same
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Environmental Protection Agency · 1998 - 1999Same
ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1999 - 1999Integrated Toxicology
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1995 - 1999Drive To Smoke And Dopamine Blockade
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1994 - 1997The Effect Of Pfiesteriaon Learning And Memory In Rats
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Environmental Protection Agency · 1997 - 1997Neurobehavioral Effects Of Dinoflagellate Toxins In Rat
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by NC Sea Grant · 1996 - 1997Cholinergic-Dopaminergic Interactions And The Foundations
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1992 - 1997Scaling The Reinforcing Value Of Cigarette Smoke
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1993 - 1994Cholinergic-Dopaminergic Interactions & The Foundations Of
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1993 - 1994Fellowships, Gifts, and Supported Research
Veal-Sperling Memorial Lectureship in Pharmacology ·
2013
- 2013
Awarded by: Howard University
Jerry J Buccafusco Memorial Experimental Therapeutics Lectureship ·
2012
- 2012
Awarded by: Georgia Health Sciences University
Stephen and Mary Krop Lectureship in Pharmacology ·
2010
- 2010
Awarded by: Georgetown University
Swedish Medical Research Council Visiting Scientist Fellowship ·
1987
- 1987
Awarded by: Psychiatric Research Center, Ulleråker Hospital, Univ. of Uppsala, Sweden
NIMH Postdoctoral Fellowship in Psychobiology ·
1985
- 1986
Awarded by: Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles