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Profile Summary

I have 8 years of medical research in Cardiovascular (3 years) and in Neuroscience (5 years) with an emphasis on women's health and a proven track record of publications and presentations. My personal passion is studying sex differences and psychiatric diseases.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Neuroscience
• ☆ Electrophysiology
• ☆ Women's Health
• ☆ Cardiovascular Disease
• ☆ Substance Abuse
• ☆ Neuropsychiatry

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Product Development

Work Experience

Graduate Research Assistant

University of Illinois at Chicago

August 2014 - Present

Research Specialist

Center for Cardiovascular Research

August 2011 - August 2014

Research Assistant

Center for the Molecular Study of Soft Condensed Matter

August 2008 - August 2009

Education

PhD (Physiology & Biophysics)

University of Illinois at Chicago

August 2014 - June 2019

B.S. (Molecular Biochemistry & Biophysics)

Illinois Institute of Technology

August 2007 - June 2011

Certifications

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Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

You, C., Savarese, A., Vandegrift, B.J., He, D., Pandey, S.C., Lasek, A.W., Brodie, M.S.(2019). Ethanol acts on KCNK13 potassium channels in the ventral tegmental area to increase firing rate and modulate binge–like drinking . Neuropharmacology. 144. p. 29-36.

You, C., Vandegrift, B., Brodie, M.S.(2018). Ethanol actions on the ventral tegmental area: novel potential targets on reward pathway neurons . Psychopharmacology. 235. (6). p. 1711-1726.

You, C., Vandegrift, B.J., Zhang, H., Lasek, A.W., Pandey, S.C., Brodie, M.S.(2018). Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor Suberanilohydroxamic Acid Treatment Reverses Hyposensitivity to γ-Aminobutyric Acid in the Ventral Tegmental Area During Ethanol Withdrawal . Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. 42. (11). p. 2160-2171.

Vandegrift, B.J., You, C., Satta, R., Brodie, M.S., Lasek, A.W.(2017). Estradiol increases the sensitivity of ventral tegmental area dopamine neurons to dopamine and ethanol . PLoS ONE. 12. (11).

Nimitvilai, S., You, C., Arora, D.S., McElvain, M.A., Vandegrift, B.J., Brodie, M.S., Woodward, J.J.(2016). Differential effects of toluene and ethanol on dopaminergic neurons of the ventral tegmental area . Frontiers in Neuroscience. 10. (SEP).