Currently Awarded Research Grants

      Microglia and Adolescent Susceptibility to Developing an Alcohol Use Disorder (R01 AA025591)

A collaborative project with Dr Kimberly Nixon at the University of Texas and  Dr Hui Peng at the University of Kentucky exploring potential mechanisms of adolescent susceptibility to the damaging effects of alcohol.

         Functional and Genomic Signatures of Escalated Fentanyl Use (R01 DA053070)

A collaborative project with Dr Pavel Ortinski and Dr Jill Turner at the University of Kentucky examining the connection between individual behavioral variability in escalation of fentanyl use and genomic and functional networks in the nucleus accumbens and prefrontal cortex.

 Developments of Agents for Synthetic Opioid Overdose (U01 DA051377)

A collaborative project with Dr Tom Prisinzano at the University of Kentucky to facilitate the identification of safe and effective therapeutics that would rescue individuals after an acute and unexpected exposure to fentanyl and related analogues.

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Emily Denehy

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Last Updated: 6/29/23