Connie Guille, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

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

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

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

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

BIRCWH Mentors:
Kathleen Brady, MD, PhD (primary), Department of Psychiatry
Truman Brown, PhD, Department of Radiology 

Carmela Reichel, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Neurosciences

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

BIRCWH Mentors:
Ronald See, Ph.D. (primary), Department of Neurosciences
Jane Joseph, Ph.D., Department of Neurosciences

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Natasha Ruth, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatric Rheumatology and Immunology, MUSC

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), Department of Rheumatology & Immunology
Mark Kindy, Ph.D., Department of Neurosciences

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Ananda Amstadter, PhD
Assistant Professor
Dept of Psychiatry
Virginia Commonwealth University

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Years in the MUSC BIRCWH Program: 07/01/2009 – 08/31/2010

Project: “Genetics & Gender: A GxE Laboratory & Epidemiologic Investigation of Stress"

Mentors: Dean Kilpatrick, PhD & Zhewu Wang, MD

Mona Buhusi, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Dept of Psychology
Utah State University

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Years in the MUSC BIRCWH Program: 07/01/2008 – 06/30/2011

Project: "Estrogen-BDNF Interactions in the Aging Female Brain"

Mentors: Lotta Granholm-Bentley, DDS, PhD & Jacobo Mintzer, MD

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Years in the MUSC BIRCWH Program: 11/01/2007–01/31/2011

Project 1: "Role of Sex, Estrous Cycle & Ovarian Hormones in Cocaine-Seeking Behavior"

Project 2: "Sex Differences In Nicotine Self-administration & Reinstatement In Rats"

Mentors: Ron See, Ph.D. & Kathleen Brady, M.D., Ph.D.

Crystal Flynn Longmire, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Dept of Neurosciences
Medical University of SC

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Years in the MUSC BIRCWH Program: 09/01/2008–08/31/2011

Project: "Gender Differences in Cognitive Decline"

Mentors: Jacobo Mintzer, MD & Lotta Granholm-Bentley, DDS, PhD

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

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Years in BIRCWH Program: 07/01/08–06/30/2011

Project: "Gender Differences in Response to NRT & Denicotinized Cigarette-Facilitated Extinction"

Mentors: Kathleen Brady, MD, PhD & Joseph McClernon, PhD (Duke University Medical Center)