| Research Interests: The neurobiology of drugs of abuse, including cocaine, heroin and alcohol. Recent work has evaluated changes in the motivation of rats to self-administer cocaine following pharmacological pre-treatments or neurotoxic lesions. |
| Yu Liu, Ph.D
Postdoctoral Fellow, Wake Forest University
BS University of Medical Sciences Sichuan, China
MA Morehead State University
PhD Wake Forest University
yliu@wfubmc.edu |
Research Interests:
The neurobehavioral mechanism and animal models of drug addiction.
Research Interests:
Role of the prefrontal cortex in the motivation to self-administer cocaine Research Interests:
Psychobiological basis of drug addiction and dependence.
 | Christopher M. Läck, Ph.D. MS-III
3rd yr Medical Student
BS Cal Poly State University
PhD Wake Forest University
clack@wfubmc.edu |
Research Interests: The role and mechanism of agonists in the treatment of cocaine addiction. 
| Clint McCracken, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate, University of Pittsburgh
BS McGill University
PhD Wake Forest University
McCracken@bns.pitt.edu |
Research Interests: To examine the effects DBS of the accumbens region on neuronal activity in rat orbitofrontal cortex, as it pertains to OCD. 
| Sara Jane Ward, Ph.D
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Temple University
BA University of Connecticut
PhD Wake Forest University
saraward@temple.edu |
Research Interests: The neurobiology of reinforcement and reward, with a focus on the cannabinoid system. |