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Catherine Cahill is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles.[1] Her research focuses on how chronic pain states modulate reward circuitry and changes dopaminergic transmission responsible for motivated behavior.[1]

Early Life and Education

Catherine Cahill received a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Mount Allison University (1987) and subsequently completed her Masters of Science and PhD in the Department of Pharmacology from Dalhousie University (1996) under Dr. Jana Sawynok.[2] She would go on to pursue postdoctoral training at the Clinical Research Institute of Montreal (1996-1998) under Dr. Andy Dray and Dr. Terence Coferre, the Montreal Neurological Institute (1998-2002) under Dr. Alain Beaudet, and McGill University with Dr. James Henry.[3]

Research and Career

Dr. Cahill's research investigates how chronic pain can alter specific brain regions associated with emotion, fear, and motivation, and neural plasticity that occurs due to persistent pain and opioid use.[4][5][6] Her research is a part of a National Institutes of Health Funded Center of Excellence on Opioid Research and Drug Addiction (CSORDA).[7] In addition, her research is supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, the National Institute of Aging, the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, the Department of Defense and the Shirley and Stefan Hatos Foundation.[1]

Honors and Awards

Cahill has rthe Research Excellence Award (2003) and the Merck Junior Scientist Award from the Canadian Pharmacology and Therapeutics Society (2008).[6] Along with these, she received the Ronald Melzack Pain Research Award (1998), Basmajian Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research Award (2003), the Environment of Inquiry Award from University of California Irvine (2014), and Junior Scientist Award from Canadian Society of Pharmacology and Therapeutics (2009)[6].

References

  1. ^ a b c "Catherine Cahill, M.Sc., Ph.D." UCLA Brain Research Institute. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Catherine Marie Cahill". Graduate Programs in Bioscience. UCLA. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Catherine Cahill". LinkedIn.
  4. ^ Fitzpatrick, Caitlyn. "5-Year Study Unlocks Link Between Chronic Pain and Depression". HCPLive. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Catherine M. Cahill". Research.com. Research.com. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  6. ^ a b c "Catherine Cahill". Loop. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Center for Study of Opioid Receptors and Drugs of Abuse (CSORDA) | Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior". www.semel.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
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