Appetitive Neuroscience Seminar Series 2019-2020


30 August

2019

“Characterizing variation in neural connectivity and behavior in the psychosis spectrum: Towards rational treatment design” - Lisa Ji

“Resting state connectivity predicts future planning in food choice” - Tuki Attuquafiyo, PhD


30 September

2019

“Dopamine, depression, and drug development: Motivational dysfunction in studies with animal models” - Renee Rotolo



“Maternal pre-pregnancy BMI: associations with fetal growth, neonatal connectivity, and toddler behavior” - Dustin Schneinost, PhD


31 October

2019

“Distinct neural networks predict opioid versus cocaine abstinence in polysubstance users” - Sarah Lichenstein, PhD

“Food cue reactivity in successful laparoscopic gastric banding: A shamdeflation-controlled pilot fMRI study” - Marinka Koenis, PhD


21 November

2019

Alecia Dager, PhD

“fMRI of alcohol cue reactivity in adolescents and young adults”

Ruonan Jia

“Neural mechanisms of decision making under ambiguity in disease and health”


31 January

2020

Kristina Rapuano, PhD

“At risk for being risky: Neural signatures of vulnerability to health-risk behaviors”

Or Duek, PhD

“PTSD augmented psychotherapy with ketamine (KPE)”


28 February

2020

Clara Fonteneau, PhD

“Mapping neurodevelopmental trajectories of thalamocortical systems across the mental health spectra”

Thang Le, PhD

“Pain and reward circuits antagonistically modulate alcohol expectancy to regulate drinking”


29 May

2020

Helena Rutherford, PhD

“Here’s looking at you kid: The role of infant cues as appetitive stimuli”

Jordan Thierault, PhD

“The sense of should: A metabolically grounded framework for modeling social coordination”