Faculty
- R. Adron Harris, Ph.D., Neurobiology, College of Natural Sciences
- Molecular actions of drugs of abuse on brain signaling systems; genetics of alcohol susceptibility.
- Richard W. Aldrich, Ph.D., Neurobiology, College of Natural Sciences
- Molecular mechanisms of ion channel function and their role in electrical signaling.
- Nigel Atkinson, Ph.D., Neurobiology, College of Natural Sciences
- Molecular neurobiology and genetics of ion channels in Drosophila.
- Yuri Blednov, Ph.D., Neurobiology, College of Natural Sciences
- Development of mutant mice to test genetic, environmental causes of excessive alcohol consumption.
- Christine Duvauchelle, Ph.D., Neuropharmacology, College of Pharmacy
- Neural mechanisms of the rewarding effects of drugs.
- Andrew Ellington, Ph.D., Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Natural Sciences
- Therapeutic and diagnostic applications of aptamers; protein and metabolic engineering.
- Carlton Erickson, Ph.D., Neuropharmacology, College of Pharmacy
- Addiction science education.
- Kim Fromme, Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, College of Liberal Arts
- Addictive behaviors; risk-taking; alcohol abuse; cognitive processes in clinical psychopathology.
- Rueben Gonzales, Ph.D., Neuropharmacology, College of Pharmacy
- Neurochemistry of ethanol drinking behavior.
- Vishwanath Iyer, Ph.D., Molecular Genetics, College of Natural Sciences
- Genomics; genome-wide transcriptional programs and mechanisms; microarray technology.
- Daniel Johnston, Ph.D., Neurobiology, College of Natural Sciences
- Synaptic integration and plasticity; cellular actions of learning and memory; epileptogenesis.
- Theresa Jones, Ph.D., Behavioral Neuroscience, Psychology, College of Liberal Arts
- Plasticity of nerual structure; synaptic connectivity and glial-neuronal interactions following brain damage and during learning.
- Steven W. Leslie, Ph.D., Executive Vice President & Provost
- Effects of ethanol and similar drugs on NMDA-stimulated ion channels and voltage-dependent calcium channels.
- Stephen F. Martin, Ph.D., Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Natural Sciences
- Bioorganic chemistry; mechanistic enzymology; enzyme specificity.
- R. Dayne Mayfield, Ph.D., College of Natural Sciences
- Molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in the psychoactive and addictive properties of drugs of abuse.
- S. John Mihic, Ph.D., Neurobiology, College of Natural Sciences
- Molecular sites of action of drugs of abuse on ligand-gated ion channels.
- Edward Mills, Ph.D., Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy
- Role of mitochondria in intracellular communication, disease processes, and toxic actions of chemicals.
- Hitoshi Morikawa, Ph.D., Neurobiology, College of Natural Sciences
- Neurophysiology of the brain reward circuit and drug addiction.
- Richard Morrisett, Ph.D., Neuropharmacology, College of Pharmacy
- Amino acid-derived neurotransmitter systems; synaptic transmission, expression of alcohol-related disorders.
- Martin Poenie, Ph.D., Molecular Cell and Development, College of Natural Sciences
- Ionic controls of cell cycle and development.
- Igor Ponomarev, Ph.D., Neuropharmacology, College of Pharmacy
- Mechanisms of alcohol actions using behavioral genetics, functional genomics and cellular neuroscience.
- Timothy Shallert, Ph.D., Behavioral Neuroscience, Psychology, College of Liberal Arts
- Neural plasticity and behavioral mechanisms of brain and spinal cord injury due to trauma, stroke, tumors, and degenerative diseases.
- Jason Shear, Ph.D., Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences
- Development of bioanalytical techniques to characterize chemical properties of individual neurons.
Scientific Advisory Board
- Robert Cocke, Ph.D., Affiliate-Institute for Neuroscience, College of Natural Sciences
- John Crabbe, Ph.D., Behavioral Neuroscience, Oregon Health Sciences University
- Ivan Diamond, M.D., Ph.D., CV Therapeutics, Inc., Palo Alto
- Nancy Zahniser, Ph.D., Pharmocology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center