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Social Determinants of Health
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Yavin Shaham
Research TopicsWe use rat models to study the cellular and neuroanatomical mechanisms that underlie relapse to drug and aggression seeking (Yavin Shaham group).…
Susan Amara
Research TopicsWork in Dr. Amara’s laboratory has examined the impact of psychostimulant and antidepressant drugs on the signaling properties, physiology and ac…
Sarah S. Jackson
Research TopicsDr. Sarah Jackson's research seeks to understand how the mechanisms underlying sex differences for cancer risk and outcomes. Specifically, h…
Melissa C. Friesen
Research TopicsDr. Melissa Friesen's research has focused on quantitative assessment strategies to minimize exposure misclassification in occupational epid…
Mario Penzo
Research TopicsOur mission is to identify the molecular, cellular, and neural circuit mechanisms underlying emotional and motivated behaviors. To fulfill this m…
Kelly Ferguson
Research TopicsAdverse pregnancy outcomes have extensive individual and societal repercussions, and the contribution of environmental factors is of increasing i…
Kelvin Choi
Research TopicsBehavioral health is an important factor in population health and health disparities. Tobacco use is a particular area of behavioral health that …
Jonine D. Figueroa
Research TopicsDr. Jonine Figueroa is an internationally recognized expert in breast cancer epidemiology. As a leader of integrative molecular epidemiologic res…
Hugo Tejeda
Research TopicsResearch in Dr. Tejeda’s laboratory is aimed at elucidating how the brain utilizes neuromodulation in motivational and emotional neural circuits …