Current News and Awards from Hohmann Lab
2023 3 Minute Thesis Competition
Taylor Woodward placed 2nd in the 2023 3 Minute Thesis Competition hosted by The University Graduate School. Go to the link below to watch his preliminary submission on his dissertation research.
Cope without Dope: Stress and the Body's Natural Cannabis-like Chemicals: https://iu.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/t/1_6e40iodf/289672042
Listen to the IU research podcast on the recently published paper by Dr. Vishakh Iyer on CB1 NAMs and opioid addiction.
IU researchers potentially discover new way to block brain’s reward response to opioids.
Upcoming TEDx Bloomington Salon
Vishakh Iyer will be speaking at the TEDx Bloomington Salon titled “The State of the Mind” on May 19, 2022. Taylor Woodward will be performing an original song as well.
Tickets for the Salon are free and can be reserved at https://lnkd.in/gcmUg7yd.
Congratulations to graduating undergraduate researchers Fezaan Kazi and Sarah Stockman! Sarah was awarded the 2022 David A. Barkmeier Neuroscience Award for her contributions to ongoing research.
Jonah Wirt was awarded a T32 Grant- Integrative Predoctoral Training in Drug Abuse Research to enhance research training opportunities in his graduate studies.
Taylor Woodward received the 2022 Outstanding Graduate Research Award from the Program in Neuroscience.
Kelsey Guenther and Taylor Woodward were named 2022 Harlan Scholars.
Congratulations to Dr. Vishakh Iyer for graduating with a PhD in Neuroscience and Psychology from the Program in Neuroscience and the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences in 2021.
Congratulations to Dr. Andrea Hohmann for making the Cannabis Scientist Power List 2020! This list contains the current top twenty most influential cannabis scientists from around the world.
Congratulations to Dr. Andrea Hohmann for being named one of eight Indiana University faculty members Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science!!
Inside Indiana Business: IU's Opioid Grand Challenge Moves to Phase Two
BLOOMINGTON -Indiana University has announced 15 new projects for phase two of its Responding to the Addictions Crisis Grand Challenge. The school announced the funding as it marked the one-year anniversary of the $50 million effort.
ATTENTION FELLOW PAIN RESEARCHERS:
The Hohmann Lab is looking for multiple postdoctoral positions!! Read flyer for qualifications needed.
Please contact: Andrea G. Hohmann, Linda and Jack Gill Chair of Neuroscience and Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences
Email: hohmanna@indiana.edu
Indiana Daily Student: EDITORIAL: Researchers should make opioid alternatives a priority
IU researchers are involved in the fight to end opioid addiction, focusing on elements like prioritizing harm reduction, removing legal barriers and improving treatment services.
New Research Associate, Idaira Oliva, Ph.D.
Please welcome Dr. Idaira Oliva to the Hohmann Lab! Idaira started in May 2019 and will be focused on leading morphine IV-Self Administration studies within the Lab, as well as in vivo voltammetry studies. Idaira PhD from the University of Castilla-La Mancha in Spain, and was a Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Texas San Antonio, where she studied dopamine release and dopamine related behaviors during cocaine self-administration.
New Graduate Student, Kelsey Guenther
Please welcome Kelsey Guenther to the Hohmann Lab! Kelsey started in August 2019 and will be working towards a dual Ph.D. in Psychological and Brain Sciences, and Neuroscience. She received her Master’s of Psychology under the direction of Dr. Linda Parker from the University of Guelph. Kelsey will be focusing on how manipulating the endocannabinoid system will affect nociception.
New Lab Manager, Jonah Wirt
Please welcome Jonah Wirt to the Hohmann Lab! Jonah is a recent graduate of Indiana University with a B.S. in Neuroscience and a B.S. in Psychology. Jonah is the current Lab Manager of the Hohmann Lab. Jonah started in August of 2019 and performs opioid self-administration research involving endocannabinoid system manipulations. He also studies how affecting the endocannabinoid system can result in alterations in anxiety and locomotion using various behavioral tests.
New Lab Assistant/Colony Manager, Romario Pacheco
Please welcome Romario Pacheco to the Hohmann Lab! Romario is a graduate from Mackenzie University with a B.S. in Biological Sciences. He performs behavioral research involving condition placed aversion in migraine models and supports the team with his expertise in immunohistochemistry.
Congratulations to Larry Carey and Vishakh Iyer for receiving the Harlan Scholars Award for Summer 2018!
IU scientists find first evidence animals can mentally replay past events
Discovery of episodic memory replay in rats could lead to better treatments for Alzheimer's disease
