Amy Lasek
Amy Lasek is a professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at Virginia Commonwealth University. A neuroscientist, she studies the brain mechanisms underlying Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD). Lasek's research aims to find new treatment targets by identifying the specific genes and signaling pathways that drive AUD using behavioral, pharmacological, molecular, and cellular techniques using transgenic mice.
Education
Amy Lasek received her Bachelor's degree in Biology and Biochemistry (1988–1992) from Case Western Reserve University. She then completed her doctoral studies at Cornell University (1992–1998), where she received her PhD in Cell Biology and Genetics. She was also a Graduate Research Assistant at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (1992–1998) during that time. Afterwards, she completed a post-doc at the University of California, Berkeley (1998–2000).[1][unreliable source?]
Career
Lasek is a professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at Virginia Commonwealth University.[2] Previously, she held positions as an Associate Investigator and Senior Research Scientist at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center (2003 to 2012),[1][unreliable source?] as well as positions as Assistant and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois Chicago from 2012 to 2018.[citation needed] Her research has been published in over 120 peer-reviewed articles.[3][unreliable source?]
Outreach
Lasek has given interviews to raise awareness about addiction as a public health issue. She advocates for increased research funding and a shift in societal views to destigmatize addiction, emphasizing it as a medical condition requiring evidence-based treatment.[4][independent source needed]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Amy Lasek". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
- ↑ "Amy Lasek". VCU School of Medicine. Virginia Commonwealth University. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
- ↑ "Amy LASEK". ResearchGate. Archived from the original on 2023-10-12. Retrieved 2025-08-26. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Interview with Dr. Amy Lasek". The Chicago Council on Science and Technology. 2016-08-29. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
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