Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Professor, Department of Neurosciences
Medical Research Career Specialist, Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center |
EDUCATION | State University of New York, Buffalo, NY | B.S. | 1979 | Biology | | Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ | M.S. | 1984 | Biopsychology | | Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ | Ph.D. | 1984 | Biopsychology | | Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC | Postdoctoral | 1985 | Psychiatry/Alcohol Research |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | 1985-1987 | Instructor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC | | 1985-1991 | Research Health Scientist, Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, SC | | 1987-1990 | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC | | 1990-1998 | Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC | | 1990-present | Adjunct Professor, Psychology Department, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC | | 1991-present | Medical Research Career Scientist, Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, SC | | 1990-1998 | Associate Professor, Department of Neurosciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC | | 1998-present | Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and the Department of Neurosciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC | | 1999-present | Scientific Director for Basic Research, Charleston Alcohol Research Center, MUSC, Charleston, SC |
AWARDS AND HONORS | 1991 | Health Sciences Foundation Developing Scholars Award, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC | | 1992-1995 | Member, VA Merit Review Board (Alcoholism and Drug Dependence) | | 1993-1994 | President, South Carolina Chapter of Society for Neuroscience | | 1994-1999 | Editorial Board: Alcohol Clin Exp Res | | 1994-2001 | Member, NIH/CSR, Neuroscience and Behavior IRG, NIAAA (ALTX-3) | | 1995-2000 | NIAAA Research Career Scientist Award | | 1996 | Member, VA Special Review Board for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Centers | | 1998 | Member, VA Special Review Board for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Centers | | 1998 | Member, NIAAA Special Review Board for Alcohol Research Centers | | 1999-2003 | Member, VA Behavioral, Psychiatric and Addictive Disorders Medical Research Advisory Group | | 2000 | Member, NIAAA Special Review Board for Alcohol Research Centers | | 2001-2005 | Elected Member, Board of Directors, Research Society on Alcoholism | | 2002 | Member, NIAAA Special Review Board for Alcohol Research Centers | | 2002-2005 | Chair, Elections Committee, Research Society on Alcoholism | | 2005-present | Editorial Board: Alcohol | | 2006-present | Scientific Director, NIAAA Integrative Neuroscience Initiative on Alcoholism (INIA-Stress Consortium) |
RECENT PUBLICATONS
Mulholland PJ, Carpenter-Hyland EP, Hearing MC, Becker HC, Woodward JJ & Chandler LJ. Glutamate transporters regulate extrasynaptic NMDA receptor modulation of Kv2.1 potassium channels. Journal of Neuroscience 28(35):8801-8809, 2008. PMCID: PMC2612131
Olive MF & Becker HC. Effects of the mGluR2/3 agonist LY379268 and the mGluR5 antagonist MPEP on handling-induced convulsions during ethanol withdrawal in mice. Alcohol 42(3):191-197, 2008. PMCID: PMC2386874
Griffin WC, 3rd, Lopez MF, Yanke AB, Middaugh LD & Becker HC. Repeated cycles of chronic intermittent ethanol exposure in mice increases voluntary ethanol drinking and ethanol concentrations in the nucleus accumbens. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 201(4):569-580, 2009. NIHMSID: NIHMS70137, PMCID: PMC2590623 |
