Author Archives: Jennie Vaughn

BCAS faculty member Dr. Zoe McElligott, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, is teaming up with other UNC researchers to take on evolving drug supply issues — specifically, the addition of xylazine to fentanyl in drugs, which can lead to opioid overdose. Read the full story here.

Dr. Carol Dannenhoffer, a postdoctoral fellow at the Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, started a new position as a program coordinator with UNC’s Chancellor’s Science Scholars (CSS) earlier this month. Dr. Dannenhoffer will serve as a mentor to talented undergraduate students pursuing careers in research, most of whom are from...

Congratulations to Dr. Ryan Vetreno, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and a member of the Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, on receiving a grant award from the Foundation of Hope, an organization committed to supporting groundbreaking research on the biological, neurological, and genetic bases of mental illness and paving the way...

BCAS postdoctoral research associate Karen Boschen has accepted a position as a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Physiology at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, NY. Dr. Boschen, came to the Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies in 2016 after receiving a PhD in Behavioral Neuroscience from the University of...

  Rajita Sinha, Ph.D., of Yale University has won the 2023 Bowles Award from the Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies. She visited the Center on May 7 and 8 and presented a lecture entitled “Stress Neurocircuit Disruption Rescue to Improve Alcohol Binge and Relapse Outcomes.” Dr. Sinja is the Foundations...

Congratulations to Dr. Jessica Hoffman, a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Clyde Hodge’s lab, for receiving a K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award from the NIAAA. The prestigious K99/R00 award provides 2 years of support for Dr. Hoffman’s continued postdoctoral research at UNC (K99 phase) followed by 3 years of independent funding...

Congratulations to Roland Seim, a graduate student in Dr. Leon Coleman’s lab, for receiving the 2023 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship Award in recognition of his academic excellence and STEM field achievements. Mr. Seim is a PhD candidate in Toxicology and Environmental Medicine. He is studying the...

An article by BCAS members Ryan Vetreno, Liya Qin, Leon Coleman, and Fulton Crews has been recognized as among the most downloaded 2021 articles published in the academic journal Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research (ACER). The article, “Increased Toll-like Receptor-MyD88-NFκB-Proinflammatory neuroimmune signaling in the orbitofrontal cortex of humans with alcohol...

Harold “JR” Haun, postdoctoral fellow at the Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, has been recognized by the Research Society on Alcohol as a 2023 Enoch Gordis Research Recognition Award finalist. Dr. Haun, who is part of the Kash Lab, is recognized for his abstract entitled Septal nociceptin/orphanin-FQ modulation of binge-like...

BCAS faculty member Joyce Besheer has been recognized for excellence in mentoring. She was recognized by the UNC School of Medicine’s Office of Graduate Education for her long-term commitment supporting BBSP students and other trainees. Besheer, a professor with appointments in the Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies and the Department...