Omar Soler-Cedeno, Ph.D.

Research Interests

Dr. Soler-Cedeno earned his Ph.D. at the Ponce Health Sciences University, Ponce, Puerto Rico, in the laboratory of James T. Porter. He is an NIGMS PRAT and NIH FARE awardee that joined the lab in September 2021 and started studying the cell-type and circuit specific mechanisms underpinning opioid reward and addiction. His long-term goal is to become an independent investigator and establish a research program to study mental health, addiction, and chronic pain comorbidity.

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