Information about grant mechanisms:
F31 Individual fellowships for PhD students, NIH link
Ashley Lutzke (NIAAA F31 - 2026): Adolescent Alcohol, Corticosterone Exposure, and NLRP3 Inflammasome Expression
Andi Liss (NIAAA F31 - 2026): The long-term effects of adolescent ethanol drinking on cortical astrocytes
Marcis Scroger (NSF GRFO - 2025): Probing sex-specific noradrenergic control of the medial prefrontal cortex
Peter Penta (NIAAA F31 - 2025): Central Amygdala Vasopressin Activity in Withdrawal-Related Affect from Chronic Adolescent Binge Episodes
Sarah Winchester (NIAAA F31 - 2025): Prenatal alcohol exposure and acute alcohol: the role of CRFR1 in the extended amygdala
Kelcie Schatz, Ph.D. (NIAAA F32 - 2023): Impact of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on CRF1R Mediated Neural Mechanisms and Social Behavior
Jared Bagley, Ph.D. (NIDA K99/R00 - 2022): Intersecting genetic risk for extreme cocaine self-administration with dopamine neurotransmission
Sarah Winchester (NIAAA Diversity Supplement - 2022): Prenatal Alcohol and Anxiety: An Ontogenetic Role for CRF
Trevor Towner (NIAAA F31 - 2021): Role of Neural Activity and Perineuronal Nets in Adolescent Intermittent Ethanol-Induced Social Anxiety
Siara Rouzer (NIAAA F31 - 2020): Prenatal Alcohol Exposure, CRF and Adolescent Anxiety
Andrew Vore (NIAAA F31 - 2020): Long Lasting Effects of Adolescent Alcohol on Blood-Brain-Barrier Function
Katie Przybysz (APA Dissertation Research Award - 2019): Moderate prenatal alcohol exposure on gestational day 12 impairs social behavior in adult offspring: The role of the basolateral amygdala-to-prelimbic cortex projection
Ashley Centner: Graduate Student Excellence Award in Research from Binghamton University, 2025
Trevor Towner: Graduate Student Excellence Award in Research from Binghamton University, 2023
Katie Przybysz: Graduate Student Excellence Award in Service/Outreach from Binghamton University, 2022
Trevor Towner: NIH Outstanding Scholars in Neuroscience Award Program (OSNAP), 2022
Trevor Towner: SUNY Graduate Research Empowering and Accelerating Talent (GREAT) Award, 2022
Anny Gano: Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research (ACER) Journal for an Outstanding Paper by an Early Career Investigator, June 2020
Andrea Liss: RSA Sex & Gender travel award to attend the satellite meeting in Minneapolis, MN in June 2024
Gavin Vaughan: NIH travel award to attend the Stress and Alcoholism meeting in Volterra, Italy in May 2023
Sarah Winchester: Travel award to attend the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Study Group in Orlando, FL in June 2022
Meredith Gamble: Society travel award to attend the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in May 2022
Doctor of Philosophy in Behavioral Neuroscience
Congratulations to Drs. Devon Applegate, Makenzie Lehr, and Matthew Fecik for all receiving their PhDs in 2026!
Masters of Science
We had several graduate students receive their Master's degrees, an important milestone in our BNS program. Congratulations to Jeri Bacar, Emily Kerr, and Adeline Roy who completed their Master's in 2026! We look forward to your continued success.
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