Neurobiology of Relapse Section – Staff

Yavin Shaham, Ph.D.
Chief, Behavioral Neuroscience Research Branch
Yshaham@intra.nida.nih.gov

Tarun Madangopal Ph.D.
Purdue U

HuiLing Wang, Ph.D.
Xi’an Medical U, China

Ken Negishi, Ph.D.
UT El Paso
CCB fellowship

Ginevra D’Ottavio, Ph.D.
Sapienza U of Rome
CCB fellowship

Kylee Bankston

 Trisha Tomcy

Eugene Guo

Rohan Patil

Adekemi Sobukunola

Yvona Buczek, Ph.D. (1997-1998)
Deputy Director, Scientific Services,
Centre of Forensic Sciences
U Toronto

David Highfield, Ph.D. (1998-2001)
Research Director
Pulmonary & Critical Care
Associates of Baltimore

Jeff Grimm, Ph.D. (1999-2001)
Professor (tenured)
Psychology Dept.
Western Washington U

 Hans Crombag, Ph.D. (1999-2001)
Senior Lecturer (tenured)
Psychology Dept.
U of Sussex, Brighton, England

Uri Shalev, Ph.D. (1999-2002)
Associate Professor (tenured)
Psychology Dept.
Concordia U, Montreal, Canada

Lin Lu, Ph.D. (2001-2006)
Director
National Institute on Drug Dependence
Professor, Beijing U, China

Jennifer Bossert, Ph.D. (2003-2007)
NIH staff scientist
Neurobiology of Relapse Section
IRP-NIDA

Udi Ghitza, Ph.D. (2004-2006)
Health Scientist Administrator
Center for Clinical Trial Network,
NIDA, NIH, Rockville, MD

Sunila Nair, Ph.D. (2005-2009)
Program Officer
Integrative Neuroscience Branch
NIDA HQ

Eisuke Koya, Ph.D. (2005-2010)
Reader (tenure-track)
Psychology Dept.
Sussex University, Brighton, England (co-mentored with Bruce Hope, main mentor)

Donna Calu (2010-2011)
Assistant Professor (tenure-track)
Dept. of Anatomy & Neurobiology
U of Maryland Medical School

Carlo Cifani (2010-2011)
Associate Professor (tenured)
Pharmacol Dept.
Camerino U, Italy

Charles Pickens (2007-2012)
Associate Professor (tenured)
Psychology Dept
Kansas State U, Kansas

Florence Theberge (2009-2012)
Programme grant manager, LGC,
Programme Management, UK

Nathan Marchant (2011-2015)
Assistant Professor (tenured)
Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences
Free U, Amsterdam

Daniele Caprioli (2013-2016)
Associate Professor (tenured)
Dept. of Pharmacol
Sapienza U of Rome, Rome, Italy

Yann Pelloux (2015-2017)
Researcher
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia Genoa, Italy

Anna Li (2012-2018)
Assistant Professor (tenure-track)
University of Maryland College Park

Sam Golden (2014-2018)
Assistant Professor (tenure-track)Dept. of Biological StructureU of Washington, Seattle

Marco Venniro (2016-2020)
Assistant Professor (tenure-track)
Dept. of Anatomy & Neurobiology
U of Maryland Medical School

David Reiner (2017-2023) Science Officer, California Inst Adv Precision Med, Governor’s Office of Planning & Research, Sacramento

Ida Fredriksson (2017-2023)
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, Linkoping U, Sweden

Jonathan Chow (2020-2026)
Assistant Professor, Dept, of Psychology, U Florida

Alison Clements (1998-1999)
Associate Professor UCLA, LA

Jasmine Yap (1999-2001)
High school science teacher
Denver, CO

Kelly Badger (2001-2002)
Consultant for adults with mental illnesses,
St. Luke’s House, Washington, DC

Polly Robarts (2001-2003)
Laboratory technician,
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore

Shirley Liu (2003-2004)
Pediatrician completed residency
U Arizona Pediatrics Dept.

Jack Dempsey (2002-2004)
Psychologist, Dept. Pediatrics,
Texas Children’s Hospital

David Chuang (2003-2004)
Assistant Professor, Neurology
Weill Cornell Medical College

Robert Busch (2004-2005)
Family medicine resident:
Latrobe Hospital, VA

Deepti Nagarkar (2004-2005)
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Division of Allergy and Immunology,
Northwestern University, IL

Sean Sheffler-Collins (2003-2004)
Associate Scientific Director
KnowledgePoint360 Group, NJ

Sarah Gray (Richards) Ph.D.(2004-2006)
Biology and Chemistry teacher
Milton Academy, MA

Jamie Uejima (2005-2007)
Anesthesiology Resident,
Northwestern U, Chicago

Gabriela Poles (2005-2007)
General Surgeon Portland, ME

Sam Golden (2006-2008)
Current Postdoctoral Fellow
Shaham Lab, NIDA

Tristan Wihbey (2007-2009)
Emergency resident
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, NH

Kristina Wihbey (2007-2009)
OB/GYN resident
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, NH

Brittany Navarre (2009-2011)
Medical student,
U of Washington, Seattle, WA

Anna Stern (2009-2011)
Graduate student,
U Penn, Philadelphia, PA

Hila Eichenbaum (2011-2012)
Medical student, Midwestern U Chicago
College of Osteopathic Medicine, IL

Thi-Khuc (2011-2012)
Medical student, U Virginia, VA

Sarita Kambhampati (2011-2013)
Medical Student, Saint George’s U
Medical School, Grenada

Rana Rabei (2012-2013)
Medical student, Rosalind
Franklin Medical School, Chicago

Robyn St. Laurent (2012-2014)
Graduate student, Brown U,
Providence, RI

Tamara Zeric (2013-2015)
Graduate student, Columbia U, NY

Konstantin Kaganovsky (2013-2015)
Graduate student Stanford U, Palo Alto

Sweta Adhikary (2014-2016)
MD/PhD student, Oregon Health Science U
Portland

Felicia Surjono (2015-2016)
Graduate student
Cedar Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles

Robert (Conor) Heins
(2015-2017)
Graduate student
Max Planck Institute
Germany

Kailyn Witonsky (2016-2017)
MD/Ph.D student
U of Pittsburgh

Michelle Zhang (2015-2018)
Medical student
U of Pittsburgh

Jennifer Hoots (2016-2018)
Graduate Student
U of Illinois

Angelica Minier (2016-2018)
Graduate Student
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York

Olivia Lofaro (2017-2019)
Graduate Student
Columbia U

Michelle Jin (2017-2019)
MD/PhD Student
Columbia U

Trinity Russell (2018-2020)
Medical Student
Harvard U

Sarah Applebey (2018-2020)
Graduate Student
U Pennsylvania

Hannah Korah (2018-2020)
MD/PhD Student
U of Arizona

Aniruddha Shekara (2019-2021)
MD/PhD Student
U of Cincinnati

Joseph Nguyen (2020-2021)
MD Student
U of Virginia,

Lindsay Altidor (2020-2022)
Graduate student
Baylor U

Jules Chabot (2020-2022)
High school
chemistry teacher
Montgomery County

Sarah Claypool (2020-2023)
Graduate Student
Mount Sinai School
of Medicine

Ashley Batista (2021-2024)
Clinical researcher,
IRP-NIDA

Kiera Caldwell (2022-2024)
Criminal justice
reform work

Kayla Pitts (2022-2024)
Graduate student
Northwestern U

Hannah Bonbrest (2023-2025)
Medical student
Tufts U

Ava Pishgar (2024-2026)
Research Assistant
U of Washington

Alana Sullivan (2024-2026)
Graduate student
UC Davis

Emma Pilz (2024-2026)
Graduate student
Temple U