Robert Astur, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychological Sciences

Research Interests: learning, memory, and conditioning processes that underlie substance use and addictive behaviors

https://asturlab.uconn.edu/

Sharon Casavant, PhD, RN

Assistant Professor, Elisabeth DeLuca School of Nursing

Research Interests: Cannabinoids, cannabis use during pregnancy, maternal-child health

https://nursing.uconn.edu/person/sharon-casavant/

Dan Fabris, PhD

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/

Samantha M. Fortin, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine (UConn Health)

Research Interests: precision pharmacology and behavioral neuroscience, GLP-1R agonists

https://health.uconn.edu/medicine/fortin-lab/

Kyle Hadden, PhD

Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

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

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

Steve Kinsey, PhD

Professor
Elisabeth DeLuca School of Nursing

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

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

Na Li, PhD

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 Lu, PhD

Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

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

https://lulab.uconn.edu/

Nathaniel Rickles, PharmD

Professor
Department of Pharmacy Practice

Research Interests: Psychiatric pharmacy, pharmaceutical education

John Salamone, PhD

Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor
Department of Psychological Sciences

Research Interests: Neuronal systems involved in motivation, neuropsychopharmacology

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

Natale Sciolino, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology & Neurobiology

Research Interests: neural circuits, motivated behavior, catecholamines, norepinephrine, neuropeptides, locus coeruleus, hedonic feeding, obesity, appetitive behavior, reward seeking, stress, and negative affective behavior

https://www.sciolinolab.org

Roman Shrestha, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor of Allied Health Sciences

Research Interests: Digital Health Tools; Technologies and Interventions; HIV Prevention and Treatment; Substance Use; Mental Health

https://alliedhealth.uconn.edu/person/roman-shrestha-phd-mph/

Kristen Waters, PharmD

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/

C. Michael White, PharmD

Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy Practice

Research Interests: clinical safety implications of various substances of abuse and legal loopholes allowing their sale to consumers

https://pharmacy.uconn.edu/person/c-michael-white/

Yi Zhang, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering

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

https://zhangyigroup.com/

Yanjiao Zhou, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine

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

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