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  • McElligott recognized for pioneering research into the neuroscience of addiction

    Hats off to BCAS faculty Dr. Zoe McElligott! Her pioneering research was recently featured by the Sanford Burnham Prebys, highlighting her lab’s important contributions to understanding the neural circuits that drive addiction and mood disorders. Dr. McElligott’s work provides critical insight into how stress and reward pathways in the brain influence behavior, paving the way … Read more

  • Dr. Cassandra Modrak Honored with Outstanding Poster Award

    Dr. Cassandra Modrak, a new postdoctoral fellow in the Hodge Lab, received an “Outstanding Poster Presentation” award at the Annual North Carolina Postdoc Research Symposium on June 20th.   The Annual North Carolina Postdoc Research Symposium, held at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, is a major multidisciplinary event that gathers postdoctoral scholars from premier institutions … Read more

  • UNC Neurology’s Shih Developing Improved, Silent MRI for Better Brain Imaging

    Yen-Yu Ian Shih, PhD, a faculty member UNC School of Medicine, is working to transform functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) methods. Shih and his team have used their 9.4T small animal MRI scanner to develop a silent fMRI technique to advance the imaging of small animals and other sensitive study subjects. This project was recently … Read more

  • McElligott featured in WRAL interview about THC drinks

    Dr. Zoe McElligott, BCAS faculty member and Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Psychiatry, was featured in a recent WRAL news segment focused on the growing popularity and public health questions surrounding THC-infused beverages. In the video titled “In Depth with Dan: Answering Viewer Questions About THC Drinks,” Dr. McElligott provides her expert insight into how these … Read more

  • Besheer researching Ozempic’s potential to treat alcohol, opioid addiction

    BCAS Associate Director Dr. Joyce Besheer is researching the potential of Ozempic, a popular diabetes and weight loss medication, to treat alcohol and opioid addiction. Her work was cited in the news media: Ozempic may lead to decrease in drinking

 

 

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