Directory of Investigators Interested in Genetics and Epigenetics of Substance Abuse

This information is provided to help facilitate collaborations among investigators interested in the Genetics and Epigenetics of Substance Abuse.  If you are interested in having your contact information posted please email Jonathan D. Pollock, Ph.D. at jpollock@mail.nih.gov.

Name and E-mail Institution Web Site Additional Details
Abdo, Zaid Colorado State University Web site Computational Biology, Host-Microbiome Interactions and Evolution, NGS, Omics and Meta omics.
Adeluyi, Yi-Hsiang Harvard Medical School and Broad Institute   NGS, GWAS, Non-coding variant function and targeted gene identification, 3D chromatin interactions, Gene regulatory circuits, Human primary cell gene regulatory landscapes, integrated genomics, AI-deep learning, musculoskeletal disorders, metabolic disorders, neurological and psychiatric disorders
Adeluyi, Adewale University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy    
Agrawal, Thomas Los Alamos National Laboratory Web site Molecular evolution, molecular epidemiology, phylogeny, phylodynamics, HIV, infectious disease
Agrawal, Arpana Washington University School of Medicine   Identify genetic, neurobiological and environmental underpinnings of SUD and comorbid relationships
Ai, Huiwang University of Virginia Web site Protein based imaging sensors for metabolism and epigenetics
Akbarian, Schahram Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Web site Cell-type specific epigenome and chromosomal contact mapping in human brain, including from subjects diagnosed with substance abuse and psychosis
Akil, Huda University of Michigan   Genetic rodent models (rats and mice) of temperament and propensity to substance use and abuse, including opioids and psychostimulants. Whole genome and brain gene expression.
Al Sharif, Sarah      
Alvarez-Carbonell, David Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Web site Our research focuses on defining the molecular basis for HIV silencing, the signaling pathways used to reactivate latent HIV, the impact of drugs of abuse on the creation and reactivation of the latent viral reservoir in microglial cells, and the development of novel therapeutic approaches to attacking HIV latency.
Anholt, Robert Clemson University   Behavioral genetics of substance use in Drosophila
Anthony , James C. (Jim) Michigan State University Web site "Novel phenotypes” & artificial intelligence and deep learning; high-dimension association analysis and risk prediction analysis methods development
Ariza-Nieto, Magnolia epiWELL, LLC.   Precision medicine diagnostic assays, aimed at improving the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of epigenetic abnormalities that cover a wide range of serious and life-threatening illnesses including dementias.
Arun, Adith      
Arushi, Varshney University of Michigan Web site Genetics of Gene expression regulation using integrative computational analyses of large human omics datasets
Atem, Folefac UT Health Houston   Concomitant disease and the association between parent and offspring in hereditary and environmental influence diseases
Atluri, Venkata      
Atwood, Craig University of Wisconsin-Madison Web site Genetics of aging and Alzheimer's disease, Gene-gene interactions
Bacanu, Silviu-Alin Virginia Commonwealth University Web site PostGWAS statistical analysis tools using only summary statistics: transcriptomic, proteomic, epigenomic
Bagley, Jared Binghamton University   Neurogenetics of substance use disorders and related traits
Baker, Brandon      
Barclay, Robert      
Barr, Peter Virginia Commonwealth University Web site Gene-environment interplay for substance use disorders
Baurley, James BioRealm LLC Web site Prediction of SUD biomarkers and outcomes from genotypes and clinical data
Beam, Teresa Manchester University   Pharmacogenetics of addiction
Beierle, Jacob      
Beiler, Donielle      
Ben-Shahar, Yehuda Washington University in St. Louis Web site Drosophila neurogenetics, genetics of socioality, Drosophila as a model for the cellular basis for addiction
Benca-Bachman, Chelsie Emory University Web site Behavioral genetics of psychopathology, cognition, and substance use
Bergen, Andrew Oregon Research Institute; BioRealm, LLC   Epidemiology (clinical, genetic, molecular, pharmaco-) of Pain and Tobacco and Opioid Use Disorders and Treatment
Bergen, Andrew      
Berrettini, Wade      
Bevins, Rick University of Nebraska Web site Behavioral Neuropharmacology: preclinical rat models (self-admin, behav econ, drug discrim) of substance use (nicotine, meth, cocaine, alcohol, etc.)
Bi, Jinbo University of Connecticut Web site Machine learning algorithm design and analysis of genetic and neurobiological data to understand substance use disorders
Bidlack, Jean University of Rochester Web site Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21), KLB, behavioral genetics, opioids
Bielas, Stephanie University of Michigan    
Bierut, Laura Jean Washington University in St. Louis Web site Genetic discovery, population genetics, genetic regulation, pharmacogenetics for substance use disorder
Bochkis, Irina      
Bogue, Molly The Jackson Laboratory Web site Mouse Phenome Database (MPD)
Borrelli, Kristyn      
Brennan, Caroline Queen Mary, University of London Web site Zebrafish; nicotine; behavioural genetics
Briand, Lisa Temple University Web site Glutamate receptor trafficking in mouse models of cocaine use disorder
Brieño-Enriquez, Miguel University Of Pittsburgh/ Magee-Womens Research Institute   Mammalian Reproduction/ Meiosis/ Gaametogenesis/Transgenerational effects
Brooks, Andrew      
Brunner, Daniela Early Signal Web site Processes and algorithms for validation of mobile and home health hardware and analytical technology; Remote sensing; Telehealth
Bryant, Camron Boston University School of Medicine Web site Systems genetic analysis of addiction traits in mice
Bubier, Jason The Jackson Laboratory Web site Microbiome, opioid respiratory depression, QTL, Complex Traits, Cross Species Functional genomics
Buczynski, Matthew      
Byrareddy, Siddappa University of Nebraska Medical Center Web site HIV/SIV/SHIV, neuroAIDS, transmission, drugs of abuse, HIV cure, gut homing molecules, immunotherapy,
Cai, Haini University of Georgia Web site Developmental gene regulation, chromatin structure and epigenetic mechanisms
Calarco, Cali      
Cates, Hannah Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai   Human and rodent epigenetics/transcriptomics/genetics of SUD; in vivo studies + in silico analysis of my and publicly available datasets
Ceko, Marta      
Chakraborty, Nabarun DoD/ USACEHR/WRAIR    
Chandra, Ramesh University Of Maryland, Baltimore Web site Working toward translational studies to uncover novel molecular targets and brain circuits that can be targeted for antidepressant and anti-addiction therapies
Chatzinakos, Christos Virginia Commonwealth University Web site  
Chen, Chaoping Colorado State University Web site HIV-1 protease autoprocessing mechanism and drug discovery
Chen, Renchao Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School Web site  
Chen, Jixin Ohio University Web site Single-molecule fluorescence imaging; genome optical mapping.
Chen, Shuo University of Mayrland, School of Medicine Web site Biostatistics, machine learning, statistical modeling for imaging and genetics with application to mental disorder and addiction
Chen, Shuo University of Maryland, School of Medicine Web site Biostatistics, machine learning, statistical modeling for imaging and genetics with application to mental disorder and addiction
Chen, Hao University of Tennessee Health Science Center   Behavioral genetics; rat genome analysis; rat models of substance abuse; nicotine self-administration (role of social learning, menthol as a conditioned cue); oral oxycodone self-administration;
Chesler, Elissa The Jackson Laboratory Web site Behavioral genetics and genomics, multi-species convergent bioinformatics, systems genetics and advanced mouse populations in addiction, alcohol, pain and other behaviors, sex differences
Chidambaran, Vidya Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center   Psychosocial, genomic and epigenetic factors influencing acute and chronic postsurgical pain
Chin, Hemin      
Choquet, Hélène Kaiser Permanente Northern California (KPNC), Division of Research, Oakland, CA Web site Human genetics of complex traits and disorders, including alcohol and tobacco use, and substance abuse
Ciborowski, Pawel University of Nebraska Medical Center   HIV, epigenetics, systems biology
Collins, Greg University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Web site Behavioral pharmacology, compulsive drug self-administration, addiction-like phenotypes in rats
Conrad, Don Oregon Health & Science University Web site Human genetics, rare disease, structural variation, non-human primate models
Corradin, Olivia Whitehead Institute for Biomedical research Web site Noncoding variants in human disease, impact of haplotypes on gene expression and disease risk
Crane, Heidi University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center 325 9th Ave, Box 359931, Seattle, WA 98104   Substance use and comorbidities among PLWH
Crist, Richard University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine   Pharmacogenetics/pharmacogenomics of methadone and buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder
Cruchaga, Carlos Washington University School of Medicine Web site Multi-omics, system biology and Mendelian randomization to identify novel targets and biomarkers
Czachowski, Cristine Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis   Behavioral pharmacology/rodent models of alcohol reinforcement
Damaj, M. Imad Virginia Commonwealth University   Behavioral genetics of nicotine dependence mouse models- Behavioral genetics of Pain and neuropathy.
Dapp, Michael University of Washington Web site HIV-1 latency and persistence, HIV-1 reservoirs, methamphetamine abuse
Datta, Prasun Lewis Katz School fo Medicine at Temple University Web site HIV-1, systems biology, epigenetics, metabolism, exosomes
Datta, Udita The Jackson Laboratory Web site Psychostimulant addiction; neurobiology of addiction; biobehavioral risk factors; pharmacogenetics
de Guglielmo, Giordano The Scripps Research Institute, Department of Neuroscience Web site Behavioral models and neurobiology of addiction
DeMarino, Catherine      
Dick, Danielle Virginia Commonwealth University Web site Genes and environmental influences on substance use outcomes and externalizing behaviors
Dickson, Price The Jackson Laboratory Web site Systems genetics of addiction
Ding, Yu-Shin New York University School of Medicine   Protein-based in vivo molecular imaging
Doll, Bruce      
Dracheva, Stella Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Web site Cell type-specific epigenetics [DNA (h)methylation, histone modifications, RNA editing] in healthy and diseased human brain: substance use disorders, schizophrenia, depression.
Duan, Jubao University of Chicago/NorthShore University HealthSys Web site  
Dumond, Julie UNC-Chapel Hill   Antiretroviral pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics, pharmacology of aging, sex differences
Eddings, Chelsy      
Edenberg, Howard Indiana Univ School of Medicine   Genetics of complex diseases, especially substance use disorders and bipolar disorder; Psychiatric Genomics Consortium
Ehringer, Marissa University of Colorado Boulder Web site Human genetics of addiction, mouse models of addiction-related behaviors
El-Hage, Nazira Florida International University   Autophagy, genetic and epigenetic regulation in HIV/substance abuse, neuroinflammation, humanized mouse model, nanomedicine
Elam, Kit Arizona State University   Using polgenic risk scores to study evocative gene-environment correlations in pathways to substance use
Elam, Buchanan University of Rhode Island   Biostatistics, epidemiology, HIV
Engeln, Michel University of Maryland School of Medicine Web site Cocaine addiction: Transcriptional changes in ventral pallidum neurons following cocaine self-administration in mice
Fabris, Dan University at Albany Web site Epitranscriptomics; technologies for identification/characterization of RNA modifications; interactions between HIV infection and drugs of abuse
Fantegrossi, Bill University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Web site Behavioral pharmacology of emerging drugs of abuse in mice and rats; reinforcing effects; discriminative stimulus effects; tolerance, dependence and withdrawal
Farris, Sean The University of Texas at Austin Web site Behavioral genetics and genomics studies across species
Farris, Sean      
Feng, Jian Florida State University Web site Epigenetic regulation (especially DNA modifications and higher order genome organization) of addiction
Feng, Yuanyi      
Ferreira, Yvette Golden Gateway Partners    
Filali-Mouhim, Abdelali      
Flaherty, Patrick University of Massachusetts Amherst Web site Statistics, pharmacogenomics, machine learning, bioinformatics
Flentke, George UNC Nutrition Research Center Web site Genetics of alcohol preference, metabolism; prenatal alcohol exposure
Freet, Christopher Penn State University College of Medicine   fNIR imaging and cue-induced activation in SUD
Fries, Gabriel University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Web site DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation; post-mortem brain tissue; suicide
Frye, Hannah Washington University in St. Louis Web site Learning and memory mechanisms in the hippocampus underlying opioid dependence
Ganesh, Suhas Yale University Web site Epigenetic mechanisms and cellular phenotype of cannabis exposure
Gao, Wen-Jun Drexel University College of Medicine Web site Synaptic signaling and regulation of prefrontal cortex: impact on cognition and social behaviors
Garavan, Hugh University of Vermont Web site Functional and structural imaging of addiction
Garcia Gonzalez, Judit Queen Mary, University of London Web site Zebrafish; statistical genetics; nicotine; psychosis; psychiatric commorbidities
Gautam, Aarti U S Army Center for Environmental Health Research   Systems biology, PTSD, stress, data analysis, epigenetics, addiction
George, Olivier The Scripps Research Institute Web site Self-administration, animal models, biobank, neurobiology, whole brain imaging, opioids, psychostimulants, alcohol
Geurts, Aron Medical College of Wisconsin Web site Genetic engineering, especially creating transgenic and gene knockout/knockin rat models
Gewirtz, Jonathan University of Minnesota Web site Individual differences and socioemotional factors in opioid dependence
Ghanbari, Reza University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Web site Metabolomics Analysis of Opium Abusers Using Untargeted Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and Liquid Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS)
Ghanbari, Reza      
Ghanbari, Reza      
Gillespie, Nathan Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavior Genetics Web site Substance use & misuse genetics, MRI, transcriptomics, cognition & aging
Goldberg, Lisa Penn State University Web site Systems genetics, behavioral genetics, mouse models of addiction
Gould, Thomas Penn State University Web site Nicotine, Alcohol, addiction, learning
Govind, Varan University of Miami, Miami   Substance use (alcohol, marijuana, opioid, etc.) , HIV, Neurodegenerative diseases (ALS, Alzheimer's disease), MRI (DTI, DKI, MRS, etc.), Microbiomes
Grahame, Nicholas Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis   Behavioral genetics of alcohol and drug abuse using animal models
Grassi-Oliveira, Rodrigo Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)   Cocaine, Trauma, Epigenetics, Translational, Women, Early Life Stress, HIV, Childhood Maltreatment, Immunology
Greene, Warner Gladstone Institutes and UCSF Web site HIV latency, HIV pathogenesis
Grisel, Judy Bucknell University Web site Factors influencing the neural liability (causes, not consequences) of addiction
Gulley, Josh University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Web site Rat models of adolescent drug exposure and its effects on neurobiology and behavior
Gupta, Purnima Florida International University Web site Developing Magnetic nanoformulations for treating NeuroAIDS and Drug addiction
Guda, Babu University of Nebraska Medical Center Web site Computational analysis of multi-omics datasets, bioinforamtics and systems biology
Hammamieh, Rasha US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command   PTSD, animal models, systems biologym, pain, stress, multi-omics, epigenetics, metbolomics
Hamra, F. Kent UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas   Rat Genetic Engineering, Rat Genetics, Germline Gene Targeting, Spermatogenesis, Reproductive Endocrinology
Han, Kyung-An University of Texas at El Paso Web site Behavioral plasticity, inhibitory control, impulsivity, alcohol abuse and addiction, dementia, neuromodulatory mechanisms, gene-environmental interactions, pavlovian and operant conditioning, behavioral disinhibition, sensitization
Hancock, Dana RTI International Web site  
Hardiman, Gary Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland Web site  
Harris, Andrew Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute; University of Minnesota Web site Preclinical models of individual differences in opioid dependence
Hebda-Bauer, Elaine      
Heller, Elizabeth University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Med. Web site Neuroepigenetics; Preclinical models of SUDs, Stress/Depression, Learning/Memory
Herrold, Amy      
Highfill, Chad      
Hinds, Terry University of Toledo Health Science Campus   My lab investigates nuclear receptors, which are ligand-activated transcription factors that control a myriad of genetics as a response to nutrition and metabolism. Over the past several years, and currently, we have been studying how nutrients from the diet and stress hormones (fatty acids, glucocorticoids, e.g., cortisol) regulate obesity and diabetes. Recently, we discovered an unexpected role for bilirubin as a ligand for nuclear receptors (PPARalpha) to attenuate metabolic diseases. Before our findings, bilirubin was only considered as an antioxidant and toxic bile substance with no other signaling function. We are interested in the bilirubin liver-gut signaling axis and how the microbiome catabolism of bilirubin in obesity and alcohol-induced liver damage. New work in my lab has found electronic cigarette (E-cig)-nicotine induced metabolic dysfunction (via nuclear receptors) from an altered liver-brain signaling axis. Nicotine addiction and insulin-resistant diabetic pathways for unknown reasons have some overlapping signaling mechanisms, and we are interested in how these relate to metabolic dysfunction. Overall, my lab looks at how nuclear receptors signal for organismal metabolic balance and glucose homeostasis.
Hoffman, Paula Univ of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Pharmacology Web site Transcriptome, networks, hybrid rat diversity panel, alcohol related phenotypes
Hoffman, William VA Portland Health Care System; Oregon Health & Science University   Methamphetamine Use Disorder, Alcohol Use Disorder, Co-addiction, neuroimaging and machine learning techniques to classify diagnosis and predict outcomes. TAAR1 genetic influences on MA craving and neuroimaging.
Hofford, Rebecca Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Web site Environmental factors contributing to substance use generally; microbiome-gut-brain axis signaling in addiction specifically
Hong, Mingi Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Web site Gene-environmental interaction during craniofacial midline development; especially roles of Cdon and its interactions with alcohol
Hoque, Md Tamjidul      
Hu, Guoku University of Nebraska Medical Center Web site Substance use disorders; exosomes, non-coding RNAs
Huang, Jun University of Chicago Web site T cell immunology
Hughey, Jordan      
Iancu, Ovidiu      
Im, Hae Kyung      
Iwase, Shigeki University of Michigan Medical School Web site Histone methylation dynamics in the brain
Jee, Changhoon University of Tennessee Health Science Center Web site Genetics and behavior; Neuromodulation of compulsive behavior (sexual compulsion, compulsive alcohol seeking, nicotine preference)
Jentsch, J. David Binghamton University Web site Neurocircuitry and genetics of impulsivity, reinforcement learning and drug self-administration
Ji, Cheng University of Southern California Web site Anti-HIV drug and alcohol abuse, organelle stress, and liver disease
Johnson, Eric Otto RTI International Web site Genetics and gene regulation; Opioid Addiction, Nicotine Dependence, HIV
Johnson, Emma Washington University School of Medicine   Human genetics, substance use genetics, comorbidity of substance use disorders and other psychopathology
Jones, Jermaine Columbia University Medical Center Web site Abuse potential of Opioids/Medications Development/Pharmacogenetics
Jouroukhin, Yan      
Kallupi, Marsida Department of Neuroscience Web site  
Kamens, Helen Penn State University Web site Genetic and environmental factors that contribute to substance use
Kaprio, Jaakko University of Helsinki Web site Genetics, epigenetics & genetic epidemiology of alcohol and nicotine
Karam, Caline Columbia University   Genetics, molecular and cellular biology of psychostimulant action
Karam, Caline Columbia University   Genetics, molecular and cellular biology of psychostimulant action
Karn, Jonathan Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Web site Epigenetic control of HIV transcription, viral latency, HIV Cure
Kashanchi, Fatah George Mason University Web site Human retroviruses, exosomes, Cannabidiol, Humanized Mouse model, Proteomics
Kaul, Marcus University of California Riverside, School of Medicine Web site Cellular & molecular mechanisms of neurocognitive impairment and brain injury induced by HIV-infection and drug abuse, strategies of neuroprotection, translational research
Kechris, Katerina University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus    
Kennedy, Pamela University of California, Los Angeles    
Kenny, Paul Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Web site Molecular and cellular biology of drug addiction and alcoholism
Kidambi, Srivatsan University of Nebraska-Lincoln Web site Biomimetic Brain Models; Astrocytes and Neurons co-culture; Metabolism; Mitochondria
Kim, Sam-Moon University of Pittsburgh Web site Genetic mechanisms underlying circadian rhythms and addiction
Klase, Zachary      
Krishna Murthy, Sarath Babu      
Krupitsky, Evgeny National Medical Research Center for Psychiatry and Neurology, St.-Petersburg, Russia   Pharmacogenetics of alcoholism and addictions
Ksinan, Albert Virginia Commonwealth University Web site Behavior genetics, alcohol use among youth, genetic basis of externalizing behavior, developmental psychology
Kumar, Vivek The Jackson Laboratory Web site Mutagenesis methods, genomics, positional cloning, statistical genetics, computer vision, machine learning
Kumari, Meena Kansas State University Web site Drugs of abuse and role of exosomes, RNA binding proteins and alcohol addiction
Kumari, Meena Kansas State University Web site Alcohol addiction, opioid addiction, cannabis effects on brain cells, mRNA stability, exosomes
Lai, Shenghan      
Lappalainen, Tuuli New York Genome Center & Columbia University Web site Molecular effects of genetic variants in the human genome
Lardner, Casey      
Lawson, Kaycie Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center   Effects of Methamphetamine on HIV-1 pathobiology
Lawson, Gang University of Washington, Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education Web site Health informatics (software system design/development and data analytics), big data, information retrieval, database systems, data mining, and machine learning
Lee, Sulggi University of California San Francisco Web site HIV+ meth use and viral transcription/reservoir
Lencz, Todd Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell    
Levine, Alan Case Western Reserve University Web site Substance abuse and the immune response
Levy, Matthew AddictID Development of genomic microarray targeted specifically for SUD research
Li, Yanchun Drexel University College of Medicine Web site  
Li, Jun University of Michigan Web site Rat models of metabolic traits or substance abuse, germline mutation patterns in the human genome, single-cell genomic data analysis, cancer evolution in AML and TNBC, genetics of rare disorders
Liang, Xiaoyu Yale University   Genetic and epigenetics on alcohol misuse, methodology development for population genetics.
Liddelow, Shane NYU School of Medicine Web site Overall focus: comparison of glial cell function in physiology and pathology. NIDA specific focus: effects of DOA on astrocytes
Liu, Yunlong Indiana University Web site Genomics, bioinformatics, gene regulation
Liu, Jingyu Mind Research Network Web site Genetic and epigenetic association, contribution to brain imaging phenotypes associated with substance use and behavior
Liu, Dajiang Penn State College of Medicine Web site Statistical genetics method development; functional and integrative genomics for understanding mechanisms of GWAS loci; GWAS meta-analysis for addiction related traits;
Liu, Jingyu      
Liu, Yunlong      
Liu, Philip Mass General Hospital and the Harvard Medical School   We develop nanoparticle-directed gene imaging for neurological disorders and therapies. Current animal models are cerebral ischemia, drug addiction, retinal repair.Nanoparticles target and detect intracellular DNA (genes), mRNA (expression), miR and proteins of the CNS.
Lobo, Mary Kay University of Maryland School of Medicine Web site Cell subtype transcriptional, translatome, and mitochondrial molecular mechanisms; opioids and psychostimulants; stress effects on drug intake
Logan, Ryan University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine   Genomics, epigenetics, addiction and circadian rhythms
Lomniczi, Alejandro Oregon Health & Science University   Epigenetics and neuroendocrine development
Loraine, Anna University of North Carolina at Charlotte Web site Interactive visualization of human and model organism genetic data
Lu, Qing Michigan State University Web site Artificial intelligence and deep learning; high-dimension association analysis and risk prediction analysis of substance use and dependence genetic data
Luo, Rui University of Memphis   To identify the epigenetic change which influence by maternal and grandmaternal smoking
Ma, Charles University of Maryland School of Public Health   Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, multi-omics, machine learning, high-dimensional data analysis, variable selection
Mackey, Scott University of Vermont   Neuroimaging, imaging genetics, brain endophenotypes
Madden, Pamela      
Mahaffey, Spencer      
Maher, Brion Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health   Human genetics/epigenetics of SUDs primarily in PWIDs
Mahmoudi, Morteza Harvard Medical School; Michigan State University   Nanomedicine; development of new approaches to analyze blood plasma proteins for early detection of disease; sensor array technologies
Maixner, William Duke University Web site Translational Pain Medicine
Mallard, Travis University of Texas at Austin   Behavioral/statistical genetics of substance use and serious mental illness
Manzoni-D’Arpino, Aimee Addiction Policy Forum Web site Substance Use Disorder education and advocacy
Manzoni-D’Arpino, Thomas Wake Forest School of Medicine   Addiction, pain mechanisms
Marcondes, Maria Cecilia San Diego Biomedical Research Institute Web site Neurological and metabolic disorders in individuals with HIV and in substance users
Markunas, Christina RTI International Web site Epigenetics; Genetics; DNA methylation biomarker development of substance use; Epigenetic effects of paternal exposures
Martin-Fardon, Remi Scripps Research Web site Neurobiological basis of chronic vulnerability to relapse
Mash, Deborah Nova Southeastern University Patel College of Medicine   Transcriptomics of Substance Use Disorders; Human Brain Biorepository
Maturin, Lisa      
Mayfield, R. Dayne The University of Texas at Austin Web site Genetics and transcriptomics of substance use disorders
Mckiver, Bryan Virginia Commonwealth University   Behavioral genetics of nicotine dependence mouse models- Behavioral genetics of Pain and neuropathy.
McLaren, Paul University of Manitoba   Genetics of immune regulation and susceptibility to infection
McMahon, Lance      
Mergia, Ayalew University of Florida   Genetics and Epigenetics of HIV, Foamy virus
Metpally, Raghu Geisinger Health Systems LinkedIn Genetics and Epigenetics of Opioid and other substance use disorders
Mews, Philipp Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Web site Epigenetic mechanisms of addiction and learning/memory
Miles, Michael Virginia Commonwealth University   Genetic regulation of brain regional gene expression networks in ethanol and nicotine behaviors, genetics of ethanol-induced analgesia
Miranda, Manuel University of Texas at El Paso   Cell Biology of Basal ganglia anatomy and transporters
Mitchell, Suzanne Oregon Health & Science University Web site Genetics associated with impulsive decision-making (delay discounting, risk-taking), inhibition, effort-related decision-making; overlap with genes linked to SUDs.
Mngqibisa, Rosie Enhancing Care Foundation Web site HIV and its comorbidities, AIDS, TB, behavioural research,
Mohan, Mahesh Tulane National Primate Research Center, Tulane University   Epigenetics of HIV/SIV induced chronic inflammation and Gastrointestinal (GI) dysfunction. Investigating the effect of cannabinoids and cocaine on HIV induced GI and neuroinflammation and lymphoid fibrosis using the SIV infected rhesus macaque model of AIDS
Moorman, David University of Massachusetts Amherst Web site Neural circuits of motivation/cognition, including those related to drugs of abuse. Interest in integrating genetic/genomic/transcriptomic/proteomic research in the future
Morris, Kevin The City of Hope    
Moszczynska, Anna Wayne State University   Methamphetamine addiction and neurotoxicity, molecular and epigenetic mechanisms
Mulligan, Megan University of Tennessee Health Science Center Web site Genetics of drug response and substance use disorders
Mummidi, Srinivas University of Texas Rio Grande Valley   Genetics and Epigenetics of HIV and Complex Diseases, Functional Genomics
Murdoch, David Duke Univ Medical Center Web site Drugs of abuse in HIV infection, transcriptomics of immunity and immunomodulation
Nadeau, Joe Pacific Northwest Research Institute Web site Genetic and epigenetic inheritance; genetics, epigenetics and systems biology of phenotypic noise; genetic and phenotypic architecture of complex traits
Namiranian, Khodadad Kaiser Permanente   Population-based study for opioid use
Neale, Michael Virginia Commonwealth University Web site Substance use phenotyping, twin family studies, Mendelian Randomization, modeling substance use initiation, progression and comorbid outcomes.
Nechaev, Sergei University of North Dakota School of Medicine Web site Transcription regulation and epigenetic mechanisms in breast cancer. Small RNA profiling. Transcriptomics
Nelson, Elliot      
Nestler, Eric Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Web site Transcriptional and epigenetic mechanisms of stimulant and opioid addiction
Norden-Krichmar, Trina University of California, Irvine Web site Bioinformatics; genetic factors; gene expression analysis; methylation; computational drug discovery; addiction; alcohol-induced liver disease
Odegaard, Katherine University of Nebraska Medical Center Web site Drugs of abuse, HIV, extracellular vesicles
Otis, Jeff Georgia State University   Alcoholic myopathy, HIV myopathy, skeletal muscle regeneration
Pagliusi, Marco University of Maryland Baltimore   Cell subtype transcriptional, stress effects on behavior, pain
Palmer, Rohan Emory University Web site Behavioral and genetic studies of addiction and related behaviors/traits + Integrative and predicitive genetic models of complex traits/diseases.
Palmer, Abraham University of California San Diego Web site Behavioral genetics studies in mice, rats and humans. Examining both traits explicitly related to drug use, and also traits like impulsivity that are known risk factors (endophenotypes) for drug abuse
Palumbo, Sarah Florida Atlantic University   Genetics and epidemiology of Opioid Use Disorder
Pan, Ying-Xian Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Canter   Mechanisms and functions of mu opioid receptor splice variants in opioid pharmacology
Parker, Clarissa      
Peltz, Gary Stanford University Medical School Web site  
Pendergrass, Sarah Geisinger Research   Pharmacogenomics, Genetic Epidemiology, Bioinformatics
Pendyala, Gurudutt University of Nebraska Medical Center   Neuroinflammation associated with long-term use of psychostimulant drugs (methamphetamine, nicotine) at the synapse; Prenatal drug exposure and synaptic development; Application of novel anti-inflammatory drugs; sex differences, high throughput omics approaches, systems biology
Pereira, Mariana University of Massachusetts Amherst   Parenting and drug abuse
Periyasamy, Palsamy University of Nebraska Medical Center Web site Drugs of abuse, HIV, autophagy, endoplasmic reticulum stress, epigenetics, microRNAs
Peter, Inga Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Web site Genetic Epidemiology, Pharmacogenomics, Microbiome, HIV
Peterson, Roseann Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics Web site  
Pfenning, Andreas Carnegie Mellon University Web site Machine Learning, Cell type-specific genomics, Massively Parallel Reporter Assays, GWAS Analysis
Pinto, Daniel      
Pogun, Sakire Ege University, Izmir/Turkey   Nicotine preferring and not-preferring rat lines
Polimanti, Renato Yale University School of Medicine Web site Human Genetics, Complex Traits, Biological Psychiatry, Computational Biology
Pozhidayeva, Dar’ya Oregon Health & Science University   Drug abuse, RNA Seq, Genetics, Bioinformatics
Prosser, Rebecca      
Radcliffe, Richard University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus   Genetic basis of drug addiction and alcoholism
Ranck, Stephanie      
Reiner, Benjamin University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine   Genetic basis of addiction and psychiatric disease, role of L1 retrotransposons in addiction and psychiatric disease
Rice, John Washington University   Statistical genetics
Richards, Tamara Oregon Health & Science University Web site Genetic dissection of traits associated with risk for alcohol and drug use disorders
Richardson, Kimberlei      
Robishaw, Janet      
Rodriguez, Myosotys Florida International University   HIV, autophagy, opiates, nanomedicine, epigenetics
Rogers, Jim University of Nebraska - Omaha   Computational/mathematical modeling and analysis of large-scale biochemical networks
Rosenblum, Daniel M. Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark NJ   Biostatistician; long-term multidisciplinary epidemiologic studies of demographically diverse substance use disorder cohorts; alcohol; opioids; tobacco
Rothenfluh, Adrian University of Utah, School of Medicine Web site Neurogenetics and circuit function in Drosophila models of drug abuse
Ruan, Qiu      
Saba, Laura University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Web site Systems genetics, transcriptomics, multi-omics analysis, rodent genetic panels
Sabunciyan, Sarven Johns Hopkins University   The role of the transcriptome in psychiatric disorders with an emphasis on non-canonical RNAs such as expressed repetitive element sequences and extracellular mRNAs.
Sanchez, Mar Emory University (& Yerkes National Primate Research Ctr)   Early life stress as a risk factor for substance use disorders in nonhuman primates, during adolescence and young adulthood.
Sanchez-Roige, Sandra University of California San Diego   Genetics of substance use disorders and related-phenotypes (including impulsivity) in humans, and functional validation using animal models.
Sanghera, Dharambir University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Web site Genome-metabolome studies of opioid efficacy and dependence in humans and animals
Sartor, Gregory University of Connecticut Web site Drugs of abuse, epigenetics, cell type-specific analysis, behavioral pharmacology
Saul, Michael The Jackson Laboratory Web site Functional genomics; psychostimulant addiction; biobehavioral risk factors; genetically diverse mice
Schirle, Lori      
Schnall, Rebecca Columbia University   Behavioral Health Interventions, mHealth technology
Schoenrock, Sarah      
Seemiller, Laurel      
Setlow, Barry University of Florida Web site Decision making, risk taking, impulsivity, individual differences, rodent models, cognition
Shtutman, Michael University of South Carolina   HIV/AIDS and Drugs of Abuse, Neuro AIDS, Neuroinflammation, Data mining, Text Mining, Functional genomics
Shu, Chang Yale School of Medicine   Epigenetics of drug use, statistical genetics, machine learning
Singh, Kumud      
Slavotinek, Anne University of California, San Francisco   Zebrafish models of eye defects
Smith, Desmond University of California, Los Angeles   Mammalian complex trait genetics
Smith, Karen University of Louisiana at Lafayette Web site Brain development and behavior. Main areas include Fgfr signaling in brain development and function, astrocyte biology, and endogenous opioid signaling in self injurious behaviors
Smith, Susan UNC Nutrition Research Institute   Genetics of alcohol preference, metabolism; prenatal alcohol exposure; precision nutrition
Smith, Ryan University of Iowa Web site Identifying novel anti-addiction drug targets and biomarkers using genomics, genetics, and epigenetics; developing the serotonin 2A receptor as an anti-stimulant drug target
Solesio, Torregrosa Maria de la Encarnacion    
Steiner, Heinz Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science Web site Basal ganglia structure and function; dopamine, serotonin; mechanisms of psychostimulant addiction; cocaine, methylphenidate
Stephenson, Mallory      
Stitzel, Jerry University of Colorado Boulder Web site Molecular and behavioral genetics of nicotine sensitivity in mice
Su, Jinni Virginia Commonwealth University Web site Gene-environment interaction; alcohol and substance use in culturally diverse populations
Sump, Bethany Northwestern University Web site Organization of the genome and impacts of organization on expression levels
Tabakoff, Boris University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus   Transcriptome, networks/systems, Hybrid Rat Diversity Panel, alcohol use disorders
Talal, Andrew University at Buffalo, SUNY Web site Innovative approaches to engage substance users in research and treatment for liver disease
Tarantino, Lisa University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Web site Mouse forward genetics, addiction, cocaine, psychostimulants, stress, complex trait analysis
Taylor, George      
Thangavel, Samikkannu Texas A&M University Health Science Center   HIV/AIDS and Drugs of Abuse, Neuro AIDS and Epigenetic Modification
Tischfield, Jay Rutgers New Brunswick   Opioid receptors, alcohol abuse, Tourette Disorder
Trampush, Joey University of Southern California (USC) Web site Cognitive genomics; ADHD; GWAS; schizophrenia; substance abuse in psychopathology; neurodevelopment
Troiani, Vanessa Geisinger   Motivated behavior, neurocognitive phenotypes of addiction, genetics, neuroimaging
Trujillo, Cleber University of California San Diego   Stem cells, neurodevelopment, disease modeling, drug of abuse and neurotransmission
Turner, Jill University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy Web site Drugs of abuse, affective disorders, cognitive impairment, cell-specfic transcriptomes
Tyagi, Mudit Thomas Jefferson University Web site Drugs of abuse, Neuro-HIV, Molecular and Epigenetic mechanisms regulating HIV l transcription and latency, besides impact of drugs of abuse on HIV life cycle.
Tyndale, Rachel University of Toronto and Centre for Addiction and Mental Health   Drugs of abuse, smoking, genetics, pharmacogenomcs, drug metabolism
Vaillancourt, Kathryn      
Vallender, Eric University of Mississippi Medical Center Web site Comparative genomics, nonhuman primate genetic models, evolutionary genetics, gene expression, functional genomics
Varshney, Arushi      
Vassileva, Jasmin Virginia Commonwealth University Web site Neurocognitive and computational phenotypes of addictions; impulsivity in opioid and stimulant use disorders; prevention neuroscience
Verhulst, Brad Michigan State University   Structural Equation Modeling GWAS, phenotyping for drug abuse
Viola, Thiago Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)   Cocaine, Trauma, Epigenetics, Translational, Women, Early Life Stress, HIV, Childhood Maltreatment, Immunology
Vrieze, Scott University of Minnesota Web site Genetic association in humans and transgenic mice, nicotine, alcohol, marijuana. Quasi-experimental designs to test environmental effects on substance use/dependence development
Wager, Tor University of Colorado, Boulder; Dartmouth College    
Walss-Bass, Consuelo University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Web site Molecular mechanisms of psychiatric and addiction disorders utilizing postmortem brain and iPS cells
Wang, Qun Iowa State University Web site Tissue engineering based on stem cells, biomaterials mediated stem cells reprogramming, and cell-mediated drug delivery
Wang, Li-San University of Pennsylvania Web site Genetics and genomics of Alzheimer's disease; bioinformatics for large genomic data
Weathington, Nathaniel University of Pittsburgh Web site The impact and mechanism of drug action on immune cell metabolism with attention to cell biology and epigenetics as well as patient outcomes and genetic predisposition
Weinstock, George The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine   Genomics, genetics, microbiology, microbiome, bioinformatics, applications to human disease, mouse models
Weiss, Stanley H. Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark NJ   Long-term multidisciplinary epidemiologic studies of demographically diverse substance use disorder cohorts with linked repository and >30 years follow-up; HIV, AIDS, HCV, Cancer, Asthma, opioids, tobacco, ENDS, cocaine, HTLV-II, genetics, social determinants of disease, healthcare policy, epidemiology, alcohol
Wenfeng, An South Dakota State University Web site Genetic/epigenetic regulation and functional impact of mammalian LINE-1 retrotransposons in development and disease
Wilkerson, Jenny University of Florida Web site Non-coding RNA regulation of pain, addiction, and neuroimmune function
Williams, Brenna Columbia University Medical Center, Molecular Therapeutics   Genetics, molecular and cellular biology of psychostimulant action
Williams, Robert W. University of Tennessee Health Science Center Web site Genetics of addiction in rodent models, web services for genetics and genomic, rat and mouse whole genome sequencing and brain transcriptome analysis
Williams-Nguyen, Jessica Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   Human gut microbiome, liver disease, people living HIV, Hispanic/Latino health
Wilson, Katherine Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Web site  
Wimmer, Mathieu Temple University Web site Delineating the epigenetic mechanisms underlying addiction susceptibility using multi-generational rodent models
Wolf, Fred UC Merced Web site Alcohol brain plasticity, motivated behavior, genes and circuits
Wolstenholme, Jennifer Virginia Commonwealth University Web site adolescence, alcohol, stress, epigenetics, genomics
Won, Hyejung University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Web site Hi-C, psychiatric genetics, gene regulatory networks in the human brain
Woo, Christina Harvard University Web site Binding site hotspot mapping of small molecules in the proteome (opioids, glycans)
Wood, Marcelo University of California, Irvine Web site Epigenetic mechanisms underlying memory, addiction, and age-related cognitive function
Xie, Han Labome Web site Validated Antibody Database. We compile a database of validated antibodies through manual curation of antibody applications from over 60,000 formal publications, with a focus on monoclonal antibodies and knockout validation.
Xie, Hehuang Virginia Tech Web site Neuroepigenetics, learning and memory
Xie, Lei The City University of New York Web site Development of new methods in machine learning, biophysics, and systems biology and their applications to precision medicine, drug discovery, and causal genotype-phenotype association in neurological disorders.
Xu, Ke Yale University   Epigenetic effects of drug abuse in HIV-positive individuals, identify genetic and epigenetic features to predict medical outcomes in the context of drug abuse
Yadid, Gal Bar Ilan University Web site Integrated program for personalized medicine for addiction, PTSD and depression using epigenetic, microbiome psychologic parameters
Yadid, Ananth Purdue University, Computer Science Web site Models and methods for analyses of transcriptional and epigenetic controls.
Yang, Shasha Drexel College of Medicine Web site How long range-inputs regulate the maduration of PFC interneurons during development
Ye, Fengchun Case Western Reserve University Web site Mechanisms of HIV latency and reactivation in microglia and HIV-associated neuron degeneration
Yilmazer-Hanke, Deniz Ulm University, Germany Web site Behavioral genetics, candidate genes for posttraumatic stress disorder (GWAS), noradrenergic system
Yu, Xu Massachusetts General Hospital   Characterize the chromosomal position and chromatin structure of intact proviruses in HIV-1-infected drug users.
Yuanyi, Feng Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences Web site Mechanisms of genome stability and histone modification in cerebral cortex development. We use mouse models to study alterations of cerebral cortical dopamine synthesis and dopamine receptors resulted from impaired chromatin remodeling in cortical neurogenesis.
Zeid, Dana      
Zempleni, Janos University of Nebraska-Lincoln Web site Cognition, exosomes, extracellular vesicles, nutrition, RNA
Zhang, John Dartmouth College Web site  
Zhang, Jinfeng Florida State University   Bioinformatics, computational biology, data mining, machine learning, biological networks, text mining, protein structure analysis, protein interactions, epigenetics.
Zhang, Wei Northwestern University Web site Bioinformatics, epigenetics, biomarker, liquid biopsy
Zhang, Mike Virginia Tech   Vaccine development against psychoactive compounds
Zhang, Bo Washington University in St. Louis Web site Bioinformatics, epigenetics.
Zhang, Xinyu Yale University   Bioinformatics, epigenetics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, biomarker, translational bioinformatics
Zhang, Mike      
Zhang, Li University of Texas at Dallas Web site Molecular biology, genetics, cell biology, heme biology, omics,
Zheng, Deyou Albert Einstein College of Medicine Web site Bioinformatics, functional genomics, systems genomics, transcriptome
Zhong, Shuping University of Southern California   Deregulation of Non-coding RNA, Pol III gene transcription of cancer, histone modification regulation of Brf1 and Pol III genes, alcohol and cancers
Zhu, Jian Ohio State University Web site Epigenetic regulation of HIV persistence and inflammation compounded by drug abuse
Zhu, Chunjiang University of Connecticut Web site Machine/Deep Learning and Statistical Modeling on Heterogeneous Data to Better Understand Mental Disorders and Substance Use Disorders
Zhu, Jun      
Zhuang, Xiaoxi The University of Chicago Web site Synaptic mechanisms supporting reinforcement learning and economic decision making. Genetic models of disease. Our main approaches include mouse genetics, fly genetics, animal learning paradigms, electrophysiology, biochemistry and RNA-seq.
Peng, Xinxia NC State University Web site Bioinformatics, genomics, infectious diseases, immunology, microbiome