Now Available!T&R Faculty PositionsThe Department of Psychiatry, within the School
of Medicine at VCU, is seeking candidates for four
T&R Faculty positions at the Virginia Institute
for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics.Read more
Dr. Hermine MaesAwarded an R01 through NIDA along with collaborators
Dr. Naomi P. Friedman, Dr. Pamela A. Madden, and
Drs. Monica Luciana and Sylia Wilson to examine vulnerability
to substance use in adolescents.Learn more
Dr. Kaitlin BountressAwarded an R34 through NIH/NIDA along with Drs. Gretchen Neigh,
Peter Hamilton, and Mathew Banks seeks to improve our understanding
of behavioral biomarkers and genetic risk factors for neurocognitive
behaviors related to substance use disorder risk.Learn more
Dr. Christina SheerinAwarded 3-year Investigator Initiated grant through the
Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health Research
Program of the Department of DefenseLearn more

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Predoctoral and Postdoctoral trainees at VIPBG benefit from a highly collaborative and interdisciplinary research environment.

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School of Medicine researcher Ananda Amstadter, Ph.D., studies the causes, risk factors and potential treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder.

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Walker Rogers chooses a path to uncover the physiological and causal mechanisms underlying alcohol’s potent analgesic effects.

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Dr. Maes awarded R01 from NIDA along with several other collaborators to examine vulnerabilities to substance use in adolescents.

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Dr. Luis Fernando Silva Castro de Araujo to expand his ongoing research into childhood and adolescent psychiatric disorders.
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