Catherine Marie Cahill is a Canadian neuropharmacologist who is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles.[1][2][3][4] Her research focuses on how chronic pain states modulate reward circuitry and change dopaminergic transmission responsible for motivated behavior.[1][3][4]
Life
editCahill received a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Mount Allison University (1987) and then completed her Masters of Science and PhD in the Department of Pharmacology from Dalhousie University (1996) under Jana Sawynok.[5][6]
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.[7][4][8][9] Her research is a part of a National Institutes of Health Funded Center of Excellence on Opioid Research and Drug Addiction (CSORDA).[10] In addition, her research is funded 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]
References
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- ^ Register, Charles Min | Orange County (2015-06-15). "UC Irvine researcher finds biological link between chronic pain, mental illness". Orange County Register. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ a b "Study links brain inflammation triggered by chronic pain to anxiety and depression". Neuroscience from Technology Networks. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ a b c "Catherine M. Cahill". Research.com. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ "Catherine M. Cahill, Ph.D. | Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior". www.semel.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ "Catherine Marie Cahill". Graduate Programs in Bioscience. UCLA. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Caitlyn (11 June 2015). "5-Year Study Unlocks Link Between Chronic Pain and Depression". HCPLive. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ "Catherine Cahill". Loop. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ "UCLA researchers receive grant to develop cannabis-based painkiller". Daily Bruin. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ "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.