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Jingfeng Zhou, Ph.D. Has Received the NIH Pathway to Independence Grant Award

JingFeng Zhou, Ph.D.

Dr. Zhou is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Dr. Geoffrey Schoenbaum at the NIDA IRP where he studies neural circuit mechanisms of animal behavior and cognition. Using in vivo electrophysiology as a primary tool, his research attempts to map neural dynamics embedded in the neural population activities to the hidden cognitive variables… [Read More]

Lorenzo Leggio Named 2020 Recipient of Jacob P. Waletzky Award by Society for Neuroscience

Lorenzo Leggio, M.D., Ph.D.

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) has named Lorenzo Leggio, M.D., Ph.D. as the 2020 recipient of the Jacob P. Waletzky Award. The award, supported by the Waletzky Award Prize Fund and the Waletzky Family, is given to a young scientist whose independent research has led to significant conceptual and empirical contributions to the understanding of… [Read More]

Rajtarun Madangopal and Marco Venniro Awarded Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Young Investigator NARSAD Grants

The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation has awarded 2020 Young Investigator Grants to NIDA IRP staff members Rajtarun Madangopal and Marco Venniro. BBRF Young Investigator Grants provide each scientist with up to $35,000 per year for two years totaling $70,000 to enable promising investigators to either extend research fellowship training or begin careers as independent… [Read More]

Ida Fredriksson Wins 2020 WSA Scholar Award

Ida Fredriksson, Ph.D.

Ida Fredriksson, Ph.D. will receive the 2020 WSA Scholar Award at this year’s virtual event. She was selected in recognition of her outstanding research from a pool of women Fellows Award for Research Excellence (FARE) FY2020 winners. Dr. Fredriksson is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Yavin Shaham at the National Institute… [Read More]

NIDA IRP Staff Members Honored at 2020 NIH Director’s Awards

2020 NIH DIrector's Award Winners

NIH Director’s Award: Yavin Shaham, NIDA For the development of novel animal models that have led to a paradigm shift in research on behavior and brain mechanisms of drug addiction. Ruth Kirchstein Mentoring Award: Marisela Morales, NIDA For exemplary performance while demonstrating significant leadership, skill, and ability in serving as a mentor. NIDA Staff members… [Read More]

Ayesha Sengupta awarded Women in Learning Research Grant

Ayesha Sengupta, Ph.D.

The Women in Learning Awards Committee has selected Ayesha Sengupta as the recipient of the 2020 “Where there’s a WIL there’s a way” Research Grant. This is the first award of its kind from WIL. It was designed to honor one outstanding yet underrepresented graduate student or post-doctoral fellow in the field of Learning &… [Read More]

Dr. Eliot Gardner receives the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Cannabinoid Research Society.

Eliot Gardner, Ph.D.

NIDA Investigator Dr. Eliot Gardner has been awarded the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Cannabinoid Research Society (ICRS). The ICRS is a non-political, non-religious organization dedicated to scientific research in all fields of the cannabinoids, ranging from biochemical, chemical and physiological studies of the endogenous cannabinoid system to studies of the abuse potential… [Read More]

NIDA IRP Scientist Michael Baumann, Ph.D. Edits a Special Journal Issue on Opioid Pharmacology

Artwork: Escape by Candy Stevens

The origins of the current opioid crisis are complex, and effective solutions will require multidisciplinary cooperation among many stakeholders, including policymakers, clinicians, and scientists.  To this end, basic research in pharmacology can provide critical information for addressing the crisis.  In a Special Issue of Neuropharmacology, entitled “New Vistas in Opioid Pharmacology”, Dr Michael Baumann from the… [Read More]

2020 NIDA IRP Women Scientist Advisors Awards

WSA Logo

The NIDA IRP Women Scientist Advisors awards ceremony is held annually to recognize the accomplishments of outstanding women scientists. The 2020 awardees are: Smriti Mongia, Ph.D. – Excellence in Research, Postdoctoral Fellow Stephanie Gantz, Ph.D.  – Excellence in Research, Post-doctoral Fellow Daria Piacentino, Ph.D. – Promising Post-doctoral Fellow Flavia Barbano, Ph.D. – Research Recognition Award,… [Read More]

COVID-19 Announcement

Electron microscope image of Covid-19 Virus

The NIH intramural research program has shifted all non-mission-critical laboratory operations to a maintenance phase in order to promote physical distancing and diminished transmission risk of COVID-19. Effective Monday, March 23, 2020, only mission-critical functions within NIH research laboratories will be supported. If you have any questions about the current Coronavirus outbreak, please visit coronavirus.gov

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