Translational Addiction Biology

Goals:

Our laboratory is dedicated to identifying the mechanisms influencing drug use to discover novel therapeutic interventions that could help with cessation.
For more information about the laboratory, please click here.

Our Team

Shahrdad Lotfipour, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Program Director

Shahrdad Lotfipour, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Program Director

Emily Marie Castro, Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Fellow

Emily Marie Castro, Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Fellow

Roshae Roberts, INP Ph.D. Candidate, Eugene Cota-Robles Fellow

Roshae Roberts, INP Ph.D. Candidate, Eugene Cota-Robles Fellow

Yasamin Heydary, Ph.D. Candidate, Pharmaceutical Sciences

Yasamin Heydary, Ph.D. Candidate, Pharmaceutical Sciences

Nora Alammari, Ph.D. Student in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Nora Alammari, Ph.D. Student in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Nikki Le, M.S., Laboratory Manager

Nikki Le, M.S., Laboratory Manager

Brian Timmerman, Ph.D., Behavioral Testing Core Manager

Brian Timmerman, Ph.D., Behavioral Testing Core Manager

Alicia Wells, UCI Medical Student

Alicia Wells, UCI Medical Student

Ayushi Mallick, UCI Biological Sciences Undergraduate Student

Ayushi Mallick, UCI Biological Sciences Undergraduate Student

Cindy Pham, UCI Bio Sci Undergraduate Student

Cindy Pham, UCI Bio Sci Undergraduate Student

Soumili Vasamsetty, UCI Neurobiological Sciences, Undergraduate Student

Soumili Vasamsetty, UCI Neurobiological Sciences, Undergraduate Student

Miriam Itzel Olivera Marquez, Pharmaceutical Sciences Undergraduate Student

Miriam Itzel Olivera Marquez, Pharmaceutical Sciences Undergraduate Student

Maricruz Corbett, Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Student

Maricruz Corbett, Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Student

Henry Nade, UCI Biological Sciences Undergraduate Student

Henry Nade, UCI Biological Sciences Undergraduate Student

Jenny Xu, Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Student

Jenny Xu, Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Student

Ellen Ge, Public Health Sciences Undergraduate Student

Ellen Ge, Public Health Sciences Undergraduate Student

Kaylie Gurholt, UCI Biological Sciences Undergraduate Student

Kaylie Gurholt, UCI Biological Sciences Undergraduate Student

Michaela Sumortin, Neurobiology and Behavior Undergraduate Student

Michaela Sumortin, Neurobiology and Behavior Undergraduate Student

Tanvi Garneni, UPENN Neuroscience Undergraduate Student

Tanvi Garneni, UPENN Neuroscience Undergraduate Student

Vivian Pham, Biological Sciences & Public Health Policy Student

Vivian Pham, Biological Sciences & Public Health Policy Student

Ananya Devkirti, Sage Hill High School Student

Akshaya Koramutla, Biological Sciences and Psychology Double Major

Yifei Tian, Biological Sciences Undergraduate Student

Lotfipour Laboratory

University of California, Irvine

Departments of Emergency Medicine, Pharmaceutical Sciences & Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

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