Stress and Addiction Neuroscience Unit (NIDA/NIAAA) – Staff

Leandro Vendruscolo, Ph.D., Pharm.D., M.Sc.

Stadtman Investigator, Chief, Stress and Addiction Neuroscience Unit
leandro.vendruscolo@nih.gov

Renata C. N. Marchette, Pharm.D., Ph.D.

Staff Scientist, Stress and Addiction Neuroscience Unit
renata.marchette@nih.gov

Zhi-Bing You, Ph.D.

Staff Scientist, Clinical Psychoneuroendocrinology and Neuropsychopharmacology Section
ZYou@intra.nida.nih.gov

Janaina Vendruscolo

Animal Biologist, Stress and Addiction Neuroscience Unit
janaina.vendruscolo@nih.gov

Courtney Wilkinson, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral IRTA Fellow, Stress and Addiction Neuroscience Unit
courtney.wilkinson@nih.gov

Hayley Manke, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral IRTA Fellow, Stress and Addiction Neuroscience Unit
hayley.manke@nih.gov

Nadia Said, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow, Stress and Addiction Neuroscience Unit
nadia.said@nih.gov

Lucas Silva Tortorelli, Ph.D.

Research Fellow, Stress and Addiction Neuroscience Unit
lucas.silvatortorelli@nih.gov

Khalin E. Nisbett, M.S.

Predoctoral Visiting Fellow, Stress and Addiction Neuroscience Unit
kay.nisbett@nih.gov

Nicolaus Bruns, B.A.

Post-bac IRTA Fellow, Clinical Psychoneuroendocrinology and Neuropsychopharmacology Section
nicolaus.bruns@nih.gov

Valeria Acosta

Postbaccalaureate IRTA fellow, Stress and Addiction Neuroscience Unit
valeria.acosta@nih.gov

Katie Cymek

Postbaccalaureate IRTA fellow, Stress and Addiction Neuroscience Unit
katie.cymek@nih.gov

Henry Zin Oo

Postbaccalaureate IRTA fellow, Stress and Addiction Neuroscience Unit
henry.oo@nih.gov

M. Adrienne McGinn, Ph.D.

Special Volunteer, Stress and Addiction Neuroscience Unit
adrienne.mcginn@nih.gov

Lucy Ward

Postbaccalaureate IRTA fellow, Stress and Addiction Neuroscience Unit
lucy.ward2@nih.gov

Aniah Matthews

Postbaccalaureate IRTA fellow, Stress and Addiction Neuroscience Unit
aniah.matthews@nih.gov

Francesca Burton

Postbaccalaureate IRTA fellow, Stress and Addiction Neuroscience Unit
francesca.burton@nih.gov

Joey Dijoseph

Special Volunteer, Stress and Addiction Neuroscience Unit
joey.dijoseph@nih.gov

Alumni

Postbaccalaureate Fellows

Hadley E. Mills, B.A. – 2022-2024

Eliza Douglass, B.S. – 2022-2023
Ph.D. in neuroscience, University of Maryland Baltimore

Lyndsay E. Hastings, B.S. – 2022-2023
Ph.D. in neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania

Claire Pince, B.A. – 2022-2023
Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Colorado State University