The Allen Institute has announced six new Next Generation Leaders (NGL), members of a unique neuroscience advisory panel made up of early-career researchers who will help advise research efforts at the Allen Institute for Brain Science, the MindScope Program, and the Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics. Among the new panel members is Kauê Machado Costa,… [Read More]
IRP News
Yavin Shaham Wins the 2022 Ruth L. Kirschstein Mentoring Award
Yavin Shaham, Ph.D., Chief of Behavioral Neuroscience Research Branch and Neurobiology of Relapse Section has been awarded the 2022 Ruth L. Kirschstein mentoring award by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as part of the 2022 NIH Director’s Awards. The NIH Director’s Awards recognizes exceptional performance and special efforts beyond regular job assignments. The Ruth… [Read More]
John Hubbard awarded 2022 Humanitarian & Service PA of the Year Award
John Hubbard, MPAS, PA-C in the NIDA IRP OCD, has been awarded the 2022 Humanitarian & Service PA of the Year Award from the Maryland Academy of Physician Assistants. The MdAPA Humanitarian & Service Award seeks to recognize a PA who has shown incredible service to the community, providing care to the most vulnerable and… [Read More]
2022 NIDA IRP Mentoring Awards
Congratulations to our 2022 Mentoring Award winners! They were honored at the 10th NIDA Research Day and Mentoring Awards ceremony on May 18, 2022. From left to right: Brenda Curtis, Ph.D. – Diversity Mentoring Award and Investigator Mentoring Award; Steven Zhang, Ph.D. – Staff Scientist Mentoring Award; and Katherine Savell, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral Fellow Mentoring… [Read More]
2022 NIDA IRP Women Scientist Advisors Awards
The NIDA IRP Women Scientist Advisors awards ceremony is held annually to recognize the accomplishments of outstanding women scientists. The 2022 awardees are: Daria Piacentino, M.D., Ph.D., M.Sc. – Excellence in Research Award Renata C. N. Marchette, Pharm.D., Ph.D. – Research Recognition Award Gisela Andrea Camacho Hernandez, Ph.D. – Promising Postdoctoral Fellow Award Katherine Savell,… [Read More]
Dr. Thorsten Kahnt Wins 2022 AChemS Young Investigator Award for Research in Olfaction or Nasal Chemosensation
The Association for Chemoreception Sciences has awarded Dr. Thorsten Kahnt with it’s Young Investigator Award for Research in Olfaction or Nasal Chemosensation. Dr. Kahnt is the newest Principal Investigator at the NIDA IRP and he will be leading the Learning and Decision-Making Unit. Congratulations, Dr. Kahnt! Acknowledgements from Dr. Kahnt I am very grateful to the… [Read More]
Dr. Thorsten Kahnt Joins the NIDA IRP
Dr. Thorsten Kahnt has joined the NIDA IRP as an investigator in the Cellular and Neurocomputational Systems Branch where he will be leading the Learning and Decision-Making Unit. Dr. Kahnt comes to us from Northwestern University, where he was recently tenured. Dr Kahnt received his undergraduate degree in psychology from the Free University Berlin. Subsequently,… [Read More]
Dr. Amy Janes Joins the NIDA IRP
Dr. Amy Janes has officially joined the NIDA IRP as a new Investigator within the Neuroimaging Research Branch (NRB). Dr. Janes will lead the newly created Cognitive and Pharmacological Neuroimaging Unit where she will build upon her highly successful clinical and translational work that includes investigations of comorbidity between SUDs and mental health disorders. Dr…. [Read More]
Marisela Morales Awarded 2020 NIH Green Labs Program Certificate
Congratulations to our 2021 Mentoring Award winners! They were honored at the 9th NIDA Poster Day and Mentoring Awards ceremony on May 19, 2021. From left to right: Huilng Wang, MD, PhD – Diversity Mentoring Award; David Reiner, PhD – Postdoctoral Fellow Mentoring Award; Bruce Hope, PhD – Investigator Mentoring Award; and Jeremiah Bertz, PhD – Staff Scientist Mentoring Award.
2021 NIDA IRP Mentoring Awards
Congratulations to our 2021 Mentoring Award winners! They were honored at the 9th NIDA Poster Day and Mentoring Awards ceremony on May 19, 2021. From left to right: Huilng Wang, MD, PhD – Diversity Mentoring Award; David Reiner, PhD – Postdoctoral Fellow Mentoring Award; Bruce Hope, PhD – Investigator Mentoring Award; and Jeremiah Bertz, PhD – Staff Scientist Mentoring Award.
