Predoctoral Individual Research Training Grants
Once a graduate student's position has been established in a specific laboratory, they are encouraged to write their own individual training grant application, focused on their individual research interests.
Our trainees have been highly successful at obtaining these grant awards from a number of NIH institutes as demonstrated below:
Anacker, Allison (mentor: Andrey Ryabinin)
F31AA020136: Socially-facilitated excessive alcohol drinking in a novel prairie vole model
Bachtell, Ryan (mentor: Andrey Ryabinin, 2003 PhD graduate)
F31AA013223: Characterizing the Edinger-Westphal response to alcohol
Bechtholt, Anita (mentor: Chris Cunningham, 2004 PhD graduate)
F31AA013796: Opioid influences on ethanol reward and aversion
Beckley, Ethan (mentor: Deb Finn, 2010 PhD graduate)
F31MH081560: Neuroanatomical and behavioral correlates of progesterone withdrawal
Berlow, Yosef (mentor: Bill Rooney)
F30DA033094: MRI assessment of brain iron content as a biomarker of methamphetamine toxicity
Bernardi, Rick (mentor: Paul Berger & K. Matthew Lattal, 2010 PhD graduate)
F31DA022844: Amygdala D1 receptor modulation of cocaine-mediated memories
Boehm, Stephen L (mentor: Tamara Phillips, 2002 PhD graduate)
F31AA005577: GABAB modulation of ethanol-induced locomotion
Buckman, Jennifer (mentor: Charles Meshul, 1998 PhD graduate)
F31AA005507: Glutamate uptake in selectively bred mice
Chester, Julia (mentor: Chris Cunningham, 1998 PhD graduate)
F31AA05489: GABA receptors in ethanol place preference and aversion
Cservenka, Anita (mentor: Bonnie Nagel)
F31AA021027: Emotional processing and brain activity in youth at high risk for alcoholism
Dobbs, Lauren (Mentor: Chris Cunningham, 2012 PhD graduate)
F31DA027295: Role of mesopontine cholinergic afferents in methamphetamine reward
Fonareva, Irina (Mentor: Barry Oken)
F31AT006647: Physiologic and expectancy effects of stress-reducing aroma in older adults
Giardino, William (Mentor: Andrey Ryabinin)
F31 AA021023: Edinger-Westphal urocortin-1 involvement in binge ethanol intake and reward
Gremel, Christina (mentor: Chris Cunningham, 2008 PhD graduate)
F31AA016041: Dopamine involvement in the rewarding properties of ethanol
Griesar, William (mentor: Barry Oken, 2001 PhD graduate)
F31DA005903: Nicotine and attention - behavior and electrophysiology
Groblewski, Peter (mentor: Chris Cunningham, 2011 PhD graduate)
F31AA018052: The neurobiology of cue-induced relapse to ethanol-seeking behavior in mice
Gubner, Noah (mentor: Tamara Phillips)
F31AA020732: Effects of nicotine and varenicline on ethanol behaviors
Hammond, Rebecca (mentor: Robert Stackman, 2008 PhD graduate)
F31MH070124: SK channel modulation of hippocampal function
Hansen, Stephen (mentor: Gregory Mark, 2008 PhD graduate)
F31DA019730: Nicotinic cholinergic receptors and cocaine reward
Herting, Megan (mentor: Bonnie Nagel)
F31AA019866: Exercise and hippocampal structure and function in adolescents
Helms, Christa (mentor: Suzanne Mitchell, 2007 PhD graduate)
F31MH070219: Areas of amygdala and frontal cortex in outcome learning
Holstein, Sarah (mentor: Tamara Phillips, 2008 PhD graduate)
F31AA016031: Role of GABA in the locomotor effects of ethanol
Hood, Heather (mentor: Kari Buck, 2003 PhD graduate)
F31AA005599: GABAA receptor gamma2 subunit - acute ethanol withdrawal
Kamens, Helen (mentor: Tamara Phillips, 2008 PhD graduate)
F31AA015822: Cholinergic modulation of ethanol-induced stimulation
Kaufman, Katherine (mentor: Deb Finn, 2010 PhD graduate)
F31AA017019: The effects of neuroactive steroids on acute ethanol withdrawal in mice
Kliethermes, Christopher (mentor: John Crabbe, 2006 PhD graduate)
F31AA015015: Behavioral prediction of alcohol and drug reinforcement
Lessov-Schlaggar, Christina (mentor: Tamara Phillips, 2000 PhD graduate)
F31AA005520: Ethanol sensitization, reward, and aversion
Loftis, Jennifer (mentor: Aaron Janowsky, 2002 PhD graduate)
F31DA005944: Cocaine effects on NMDA receptor/protein interactions
Meyer, Paul (mentor: Tamara Phillips, 2006 PhD graduate)
F31AA014070: Neurochemical substrates of ethanol's locomotor effects
Milner, Lauren (mentor: Kari Buck, 2010 PhD graduate)
F31AA017031: Mpdz's role in ethanol withdrawal: underlying mechanisms and related phenotypes
Moschak, Travis (mentor: Suzanne Mitchell)
F31AA020741: Determining the neurological and behavioral substrates of ethanol and discounting
Ramaker, Marcia (mentor: Deborah Finn)
F31AA020716: Neurosteroids and alcohol self-administration and reinstatement
Reilly, Matthew (mentor: Kari Buck, 2004 PhD graduate)
F31AA013685: Role of MPDZ in the genetics of ethanol withdrawal
Rustay, Nathan (mentor: John Crabbe, 2004 PhD graduate)
F31AA013463: Characterization of rapid tolerance to ethanol
Salat, David (mentor: Jeri Janowsky, 2000 PhD graduate)
F31MH01185: Frontal lobe atrophy in Alzheimer's disease and aging
Schafer, Gwen (mentor: John Crabbe, 1998 PhD graduate)
F31AA005451: Ethanol exposure effects on gene expression
Scibelli, Angela (mentor: Tamara Phillips, 2011 PhD graduate)
F31AA018043: m4 & m5 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes in ethanol-induced locomotion
Siegel, Jessica (mentor: Jacob Raber, 2011 PhD graduate)
F31DA026243: Neonatal methamphetamine effects on adult cholinergic and cognitive function.
Stafford, James (mentor: K. Matthew Lattal)
F31MH087031: Behavioral and molecular analysis of chromatin modifications in memory retrieval
Weitemier, Adam (mentor: Andrey Ryabinin, 2006 PhD graduate)
F31AA014087: The lateral septum, urocortin, and alcohol
Date last updated: May 13, 2013
