Connie Guille, MD                                                           
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 

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BIRCWH Project: 
"The Identification of Biological Markers of Postpartum Depression"  

BIRCWH Mentors: 
Roger Newman, M.D. (primary)
Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Thomas Uhde, M.D.
Professor & Chair, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science

  Megan Moran-Santa Maria, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

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BIRCWH Project:
“Implication of Ovarian Hormones in the Neural Correlates of Stress Induced Drug Craving”

BIRCWH Mentors:
Kathleen Brady, M.D., Ph.D. (primary)
Distinguished University Professor & Director, Clinical Neuroscience Division
Truman R. Brown, Ph.D.
Professor of Radiology and Director of the Center for Advanced Imaging Research

Carmela Reichel, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosciences

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BIRCWH Project:    
"Methamphetamine induced structural and functional changes in males and females: A multimodal neuroimaging study"    

BIRCWH Mentors:
Ronald See, Ph.D. (primary)
Professor, Department of Neurosciences
Jane Joseph, Ph.D.
Professor of Neurosciences and Director of the Neuroimaging Division

 Natasha Ruth, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Rheumatology and Immunology, MUSC
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Rheumatology, USC University

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BIRCWH Project:
"The Association of Anti-NMDA Receptor Antibodies & Neurocognitive Dysfunction in Pediatric Patients with Lupus & in the Offspring of Adult Patients with Lupus"

BIRCWH Mentors:
Gary Gilkeson, M.D.  (primary)
Professor, Department of Rheumatology & Immunology
Mark Kindy, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Neurosciences

Ananda Amstadter, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dept of Psychiatry
Virginia Commonwealth University   

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BIRCWH Scholar:  07/01/2009—08/31/2010
Project: “Genetics & Gender: A GxE Laboratory & Epidemiologic Investigation of Stress"
Mentors: Dean Kilpatrick, PhD and Zhewu Wang, MD

Matthew Feltenstein, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Dept of Neurosciences
Medical University of SC

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BIRCWH Scholar:  11/01/2007—01/31/2011
Project 1: "Role of Sex, Estrous Cycle and Ovarian Hormones in Cocaine-Seeking Behavior"
Project 2: "Sex Differences In Nicotine Self-administration and Reinstatement In Rats"
Mentors: Ron See, Ph.D. and Kathleen Brady, M.D., Ph.D.

Crystal Flynn Longmire, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Dept of Neurosciences
Medical University of SC

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BIRCWH Scholar:  09/01/2008—08/31/2011
Project:  "Gender Differences in Cognitive Decline"
Mentors: Jacobo Mintzer, MD and Lotta Granholm-Bentley, DDS, PhD

Karen J. Hartwell, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Dept of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Medical University of SC

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BIRCWH Scholar:  07/01/08—06/30/2011
BIRCWH Project:  "Gender Differences in Response to NRT & Denicotinized Cigarette-Facilitated Extinction"     
Mentors: Kathleen Brady, MD, PhD and Joseph McClernon, PhD (Duke University Medical Center)