Staff Scientist
CPN, TAMB, NIDA and NIAAA, NIH, Maryland
Mehdi Farokhnia, MD, MPH, Staff Scientist, NIDA and NIAAA, NIH.
Dr. Farokhnia's clinical and translational research is focused on understanding the neurobiology of addictive behaviors and identifying novel therapeutic targets for alcohol and other substance use disorders, with a particular focus on neuroendocrine pathways. He uses a combination of behavioral, pharmacological, genetic, and neuroimaging methods and is interested in investigating innovative human laboratory approaches, as well as large-scale epidemiological methods, that may facilitate the crosstalk between preclinical, clinical, and population-based research, especially in the field of behavioral pharmacology and substance use. He also utilizes big data to characterize biobehavioral substrates of health disparity (e.g., racial differences) in risk/resilience to addiction and other mental health disorders.
Saturday, April 15, 2023
1:15 PM – 2:30 PM
