The Mandyam Lab

Chitra Mandyam
Associate Professor
Committee On The Neurobiology Of Addictive Disorders

Joint Appointments
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, UCSD
Member, Neurosciences Graduate Program UCSD

Education
Bangalore University, Bangalore, India, M.S., Microbiology (1995)
University of Houston, Houston, TX, Ph.D., Neuropharmacology (2002)

Awards & Activities
National Scholarship, Government of Karnataka, India (1988)
Pre-doctoral National Research Service Award, National Institute on Drug Abuse (2001)
Travel Award (International Narcotics Research Conference), National Institute on Drug Abuse (2001)
Graduate Student Research Achievement Award, University of Houston, Sigma Xi chapter (2001)
Travel Award (Route28 summits in neurobiology), VolkswagenStiftung (2002)
Post-doctoral National Research Service Award, National Institute on Drug Abuse (2003)
Poster Presentation Award in Neurosciences, Society of Fellows, The Scripps Research Institute (2006)
Mentored Research Career Development Award, National Institute on Drug Abuse (2007-2012)

Mandyam lab uses rat models to study the neurotoxic effects of stimulant drugs such as methamphetamine, and alcohol on adult mammalian brain, with focus on brain regions including the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus.

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