Alexei B. Kampov-Polevoi, M.D., Ph.D.

Email:  kampov@med.unc.edu

Phone: (919) 843-3091

Education:

Dr. Kampov-Polevoi is a graduate of the 1st Moscow Medical School in USSR (specialty – internal medicine), who received his PhD in Pharmacology (1979) in the Institute of Pharmacology, USSR Academy of Medical Sciences (Moscow). Since 1987 he studied 12-step treatment program in USA in Rutgers State University, New Brunswick, NJ (1987), completed 6-month residency training program in Hazelden Foundation, Center City, MN (1990) and Professional-in-Residence Program at Betty Ford Chemical Dependency Treatment Center, Palm Beach, CA (1990). In 1987 – 1989, Dr. Kampov-Polevoi was the first physician who introduced 12-step substance abuse treatment model to Soviet medical community and organized first groups of Alcoholic Anonymous in Moscow (Russia) and Kishinev (Moldova). He translated and wrote original manuals on this subject. In 1991 Dr. Kampov-Polevoi permanently moved to the USA and received both clinical research training in the Chemical Dependency Treatment Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (1991-1993) and post doctoral training in behavioral pharmacology in Skipper Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1993-1994). Later he completed NIMH-sponsored Clinical Psychobiology/Pharmacology Research Training Program in the Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1994-1997).

Summary Statement:

Dr. Kampov-Polevoi’s research career spans a wide spectrum from basic animal studies to clinical research. Although his primary research interest is the study of mechanisms of predisposition to alcohol-use disorders and individual pharmacotherapy of these disorders, he developed an interest in eating disorders after discovering the existence of high association between genetic risk of alcoholism and various characteristics of perception/consumption of sweet-tasting foods in both animals and humans.

Recent Representative Publications: Click here for a full list of publications from PubMed

1. Garbutt JC, Osborne M, Gallop R, Barkenbus J, Grace K, Cody M, Flannery B, Kampov-Polevoy AB. Sweet liking phenotype, alcohol craving and response to naltrexone treatment in alcohol dependence. Alcohol Alcohol. 2009: 44(3):293-300.

2. Kampov-Polevoy AB, Alterman A, Khalitov E, Garbutt JC. Sweet preference predicts mood altering effect of and impaired control over eating sweet foods. Eat Behav. 2006: 7(3):181-187.

3. Kampov-Polevoy AB, Eick C, Boland G, Khalitov E, Crews FT. Sweet liking, novelty seeking, and gender predict alcoholic status. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2004: 28(9):1291-1298.

4. Kampov-Polevoy AB, Ziedonis D, Steinberg ML, Pinsky I, Krejci J, Eick C, Boland G, Khalitov E, Crews FT. Association between sweet preference and paternal history of alcoholism in psychiatric and substance abuse patients. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2003: 27(12):1929-1936.

5. Kampov-Polevoy AB, Garbutt JC, Khalitov E. Family history of alcoholism and response to sweets. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2003: 27(11):1743-1749.

6. Kampov-Polevoy AB, Tsoi MV, Zvartau EE, Neznanov NG, Khalitov E. Sweet liking and family history of alcoholism in hospitalized alcoholic and non-alcoholic patients. Alcohol Alcohol. 2001: 36(2):165-170.

7. Kampov-Polevoy AB, Garbutt JC, Janowsky DS. Association between preference for sweets and excessive alcohol intake: a review of animal and human studies. Alcohol Alcohol. 1999: 34(3):386-395.

8. Kampov-Polevoy AB, Garbutt JC, Davis CE, Janowsky DS. Preference for higher sugar concentrations and Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire scores in alcoholic and nonalcoholic men. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 1998: 22(3):610-614.

9. Kampov-Polevoy A, Garbutt JC, Janowsky D. Evidence of preference for a high-concentration sucrose solution in alcoholic men. Am J Psychiatry. 1997: 154(2):269-270.

10. Kampov-Polevoy AB, Overstreet DH, Rezvani AH, Janowsky DS. Suppression of ethanol intake in alcohol-preferring rats by prior voluntary saccharin consumption. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 1995 Sep;52(1):59-64.

11. Kampov-Polevoy AB, Overstreet DH, Rezvani AH, Janowsky DS. Saccharin-induced increase in daily fluid intake as a predictor of voluntary alcohol intake in alcohol-preferring rats. Physiol Behav. 1995 Apr;57(4):791-795.

12. Overstreet DH, Kampov-Polevoy AB, Rezvani AH, Murrelle L, Halikas JA, Janowsky DS. Saccharin intake predicts ethanol intake in genetically heterogeneous rats as well as different rat strains. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 1993 Apr;17(2):366-369.

13. Sinclair JD, Kampov-Polevoy A, Stewart R, Li TK. Taste preferences in rat lines selected for low and high alcohol consumption. Alcohol. 1992: 9(2):155-60.

14. Kampov-Polevoy AB, Kasheffskaya OP, Sinclair JD. Initial acceptance of ethanol: gustatory factors and patterns of alcohol drinking. Alcohol. 1990: 7(2):83-85.