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:
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)
F31MH081560: Neuroanatomical and behavioral correlates of progesterone withdrawal
Bernardi, Rick (mentor: Paul Berger)
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
Gililland, Katherine (mentor: Deb Finn)
F31AA017019: The effects of neuroactive steroids on acute ethanol withdrawal in mice
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)
F31AA018052: The neurobiology of cue-induced relapse to ethanol-seeking behavior in mice
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
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
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)
F31AA017031: Mpdz's role in ethanol withdrawal: underlying mechanisms and related phenotypes
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)
F31AA018043: m4 & m5 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes in ethanol-induced locomotion
Weitemier, Adam (mentor: Andrey Ryabinin, 2006 PhD graduate)
F31AA014087: The lateral septum, urocortin, and alcohol
