{"id":2671,"date":"2025-10-14T13:02:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T17:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/alcohol\/?page_id=2671"},"modified":"2025-10-28T14:13:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T18:13:27","slug":"laura-rupprecht-ph-d","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/alcohol\/laura-rupprecht-ph-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Laura Rupprecht, Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/alcohol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/515\/2025\/10\/2025-10-14-Rupprecht-headshot-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/alcohol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/515\/2025\/10\/2025-10-14-Rupprecht-headshot-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/alcohol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/515\/2025\/10\/2025-10-14-Rupprecht-headshot-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/alcohol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/515\/2025\/10\/2025-10-14-Rupprecht-headshot-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/alcohol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/515\/2025\/10\/2025-10-14-Rupprecht-headshot-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/alcohol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/515\/2025\/10\/2025-10-14-Rupprecht-headshot-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/alcohol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/515\/2025\/10\/2025-10-14-Rupprecht-headshot-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\" \"><strong>Assistant Professor<br \/>\nBowles Center for Alcohol Studies<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong> Department of Pharmacology<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\" \"><strong> Office \u0399<\/strong> 4029B Thurston-Bowles Bldg, CB #7178<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong> Email \u0399<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:lerupp@email.unc.edu\">lerupp@email.unc.edu<\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong> Lab Website \u0399 <\/strong>Rupprecht Lab<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong> Biographical Sketch \u0399 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/alcohol\/laura-rupprecht-ph-d\/\">Rupprecht Biosketch<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Research Synopsis<\/h2>\n<p>The long-term goal of my research is to uncover the gut-brain mechanisms underlying behaviors related to substance use. By defining how the substances we consume impact our behaviors and disease states, the Rupprecht Lab uncovers novel molecular targets for treating disease, such as obesity and alcohol use disorder.<\/p>\n<p>There is considerable biological and behavioral overlap in the pathways that regulate food- and drug-intake. In some disease states (binge eating disorder, obesity), disordered eating is considered an addiction. I study appetite regulation and disorders of food intake from a neuropsychiatry perspective. Mounting evidence suggests that gut hormone analogs, such as Ozempic, may serve as pharmacotherapies for diseases of dysregulated food and alcohol consumption. Inside the gut, specialized sensory cells called neuropod cells detect the presence of stimuli in the intestine and communicate to the brain within milliseconds. Using this framework, the Rupprecht Lab studies how compounds, such as nutrients and alcohol, impact gut-brain communication and behavior.<\/p>\n<h2>Publications<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/myncbi\/laura.rupprecht.1\/bibliography\/public\/\">Click here for a full list of publications.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assistant Professor Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies Department of Pharmacology Office \u0399 4029B Thurston-Bowles Bldg, CB #7178 Email \u0399 lerupp@email.unc.edu Lab Website \u0399 Rupprecht Lab Biographical Sketch \u0399 Rupprecht Biosketch Research Synopsis The long-term goal of my research is to uncover the gut-brain mechanisms underlying behaviors related to substance use. By defining how the substances &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/alcohol\/laura-rupprecht-ph-d\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Laura Rupprecht, Ph.D.\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15215,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2671","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Laura Rupprecht, Ph.D. | Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/alcohol\/laura-rupprecht-ph-d\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Laura Rupprecht, Ph.D. | Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Assistant Professor Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies Department of Pharmacology Office \u0399 4029B Thurston-Bowles Bldg, CB #7178 Email \u0399 lerupp@email.unc.edu Lab Website \u0399 Rupprecht Lab Biographical Sketch \u0399 Rupprecht Biosketch Research Synopsis The long-term goal of my research is to uncover the gut-brain mechanisms underlying behaviors related to substance use. 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