Dr. Kaitlin BountressAwarded a 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
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. Christina SheerinAwarded 3-year Investigator Initiated grant through the
Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health Research
Program of the Department of DefenseLearn more
Position Now Available!Postdoctoral ResearcherThe Department of Psychiatry and VIPBG, within
the School of Medicine at VCU invites applications
for a full-time postdoctoral researcher position,
available immediately.Read more

We are an interdisciplinary institute bringing together faculty with a wide range of scientific backgrounds.

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Featured

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

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Research

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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Students

Philip Vinh, a fifth-year PhD candidate, focuses on causal modeling in psychiatric disorders to inform patient treatment in the clinic.

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Faculty and Staff

Dr. Amanda Elswick Gentry awarded a five-year K01 professional and research development award from the NIH NIAAA.

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Post Docs

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

Community Engagement is about partnerships between VCU and its communities that are working together, changing lives.

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