Jan, 2025 Welcome Sam Kim and Mike Dattilo to our lab!

Oct, 2024 Zhenhao's collaborative paper with Dr. Jiaying Liu (UCSB) and Dr. Larry Sweet (UGA) on smoking and vaping cross-cue-reactivity is accepted by Nicotine and Tobacco Research!

Oct, 2024 Xinying's finding on reduced brain network segregation in alcohol use disorder is accepted for publication in Addiction Biology!

Aug, 2024 Our paper on cortical thickness change in naltrexone treatment for opioid use disorder is accepted by Translational Psychiatry!

July, 2024 Our review article on addiction, physical pain, and socioemotional pain is accepted by Current Addiction Reports!

June, 2024 We welcome new lab members Chloe Chang and Delaney McKinstry!

June, 2024 Congratulations to Astrid on receiving the NIH T32 Award!

Apr, 2024 Dustin's commentary on the neurological consequences of non-fatal opioid overdose is accepted for publication in Neuroscience Insights.

Apr, 2024 Cindy and Astrid's review of neuroinflammation in substance use disorders is accepted by Journal of Clinical Investigation!

Mar, 2024 We welcome Nora Foster to the lab as our new Clinical Research Coordinator!

Feb, 2024 Zhenhao and Dr. Igor's collaborative paper on blood pressure change during naltrexone treatment for opioid use disorder is accepted by Journal of Addictive Diseases.

Jan, 2024 Cindy's paper on ketone supplementation and alcohol response in rats and humans is accepted by International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology!

Sept, 2023 We welcome new lab members Urooj Iqbal and Dr. Nathan Hager!

Aug, 2023 Dustin's finding on hippocampal gray matter loss after non-fatal opioid overdose is accepted by Addiction Biology!

July, 2023 Cindy's paper on BMI and treatment adherence in opioid use disorder is accepted by Frontiers in Psychiatry!

July, 2023 Welcome Astrid back as formal graduate student!

July, 2023 We welcome Gabe Kass as our new Clinical Research Coordinator! 

June, 2023 Welcome Naomi Shifman to the lab as a summer student.

May, 2023 Juliana and Cindy's review paper on opioid use and metabolic syndrome is accepted by Current Addiction Reports!

Jan, 2023 New paper on the neuroanatomical correlates of tobacco smoking severity in patients with opioid use disorder is accepted for publication in American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse!

Jan, 2023 Astrid Ramos-Rolón and Xinying Wang joined the lab as visiting graduate students!

Dec, 2022 New paper on the impact of emotional arousal on the efficacy of cigarette warning labels is accepted for publication in Addiction!

Dec, 2022 New paper on the link between depression and cue-reactivity during antagonist treatment for opioid addiction is accepted for publication in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry!

Oct, 2022 We welcome Dr. Laís Pereira-Rufino to the lab as a visiting scholar!

Sept, 2022 Zhenhao invited to present at the 2022 State of the Art Course by the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM).

Sept, 2022 Cindy's new paper on the association between ketogenic diet and sleep in alcohol use disorder is accepted for publication in Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports. Congratulations!

Aug, 2022 New funding: the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) Young Investigator Grant (NARSAD) will fund our study on the sociopsychological determinants of brain functioning and treatment outcome in opioid use disorder!

June, 2022 Welcome Dr. Dustin Todaro to the lab!

Apr, 2022 Congratulations to Cindy for the ITMAT Junior Investigator Preliminary/Feasibility Grant on the effects of nutritional ketosis on alcohol metabolism.

Mar, 2022 Zhenhao received the New Investigator Award from the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology (ASCP)!

Feb, 2022 New TBIC/ITMAT funding (co-PIs: Shi, Shinohara) to investigate the brain mechanisms of naltrexone treatment for alcohol use disorder.

Jan, 2022 Welcome Aiden Adams to the lab as an undergraduate research student!

Oct, 2021 Congratulations to Zhenhao's official faculty appointment!

Oct, 2021 Welcome Dr. Xinyi (Cindy) Li to the lab as a NIDA T32 Postdoctoral Trainee!

Aug, 2021 New paper on the impact of exposure to menthol cigarette packaging on cue-reactivity, accepted by Tobacco Control.

Aug, 2021 New paper on the link between drug use severity and inhibitory control, revealed by multivariate pattern analysis, accepted by NeuroImage: Clinical.