Members

Members

Greg Sartor

Gregory C. Sartor, Ph.D.

Director

Associate Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Research Interests: Preclinical models of addiction, epigenetics, therapeutics for substance use disorders

https://www.sartorlab.org/

Raman

Raman Bahal, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Research Interests: Nanoparticle delivery systems, RNA- and DNA-targeted therapeutics

https://bahal.lab.uconn.edu/

Dan Fabris, Professor in the Department of Chemistry

Dan Fabris, Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Chemistry

Research Interests: novel technologies based on mass spectrometry, RNA post-transcriptional modifications, SUD, HIV, infectious diseases

https://fabris.chemistry.uconn.edu/

Kyle

Kyle Hadden, Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Research Interests: Medicinal chemistry, drug discovery​, high-throughput screening

https://hadden.lab.uconn.edu/

Steve

Steve Kinsey, Ph.D.

Professor
School of Nursing

Research Interests: Cannabinoid and opioid pharmacology for the treatment of pain, addiction, and inflammation​

https://kinsey.lab.uconn.edu/

Na

Na Li, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Research Interests: Long-acting injectable formulations for SUD, oral drug delivery systems, drug interactions with the gut microbiome

https://nali.lab.uconn.edu/person/na-li/

Xiuling

Xiuling Lu, Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Research Interests: Novel formulations for opioid use disorder, nanoparticle-based drug delivery 

https://lulab.uconn.edu/

Nathaniel

Nathaniel Rickles, Pharm.D.

Professor
Department of Pharmacy Practice

Research Interests: Psychiatric pharmacy, pharmaceutical education

John

John Salamone, Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Psychological Sciences

Research Interests: Neuronal systems involved in motivation, neuropsychopharmacology

https://psychology.uconn.edu/person/john-salamone/

Natalie

Natalie Sciolino, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology & Neurobiology

Research Interests: Neural circuits in motivated behavior, norepinephrine signaling in motivated behaviors

https://www.sciolinolab.org

Kristen Waters, Pharm.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacy Practice

Research Interests: Treatment of patients in the inpatient or emergency psychiatry setting

https://pharmacy.uconn.edu/person/kristin-waters/

Yi

Yi Zhang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering

Research Interests: Implantable neurochemical sensors, CRISPR-based molecular diagnostics, wearable molecular sensors.

https://zhangyigroup.com/

Yanjiao Zhou, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine

Research Interests: gut microbiome, gut-brain axis, therapeutics for alcohol use disorder

https://facultydirectory.uchc.edu/profile?profileId=Zhou-Yanjiao