Erin S. Calipari

 


Erin S. Calipari, Ph.D.

Director
Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research

Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacology
Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Vanderbilt Brain Institute
Vanderbilt University

Office: 865F Light Hall
Phone: 615-343-5792
email: erin.calipari@vanderbilt.edu

Contact Information:
LinkedIn/ResearchGate/GoogleScholar

Education: 

Postdoctoral Training
2014-2017
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
Advisor, Eric J Nestler, MD, Ph.D.

Graduate 
2009-2013
Ph.D in Neuroscience
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, NC
Advisor, Sara R. Jones, Ph.D

Undergraduate
2005-2009
B.S. In Psychology*
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
*With honors

Undergraduate
2005-2009
B.S. In Biology*
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
*With honors

Current Funding:

DP1 DA048931; National Institute on Drug Abuse
Making and breaking opioid memories to prevent relapse

R01 DA052317; National Institute on Drug Abuse
Mechanisms of dopaminergic dysfunction in substance use disorders

R01 AA030931; National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Circuit control of motivation to take and seek alcohol

P60 AA031124; National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Vanderbilt AUD Research and Education Center (VAREC)

Selected Awards and Honors:

2024                ACNP Full Member, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology

2023                 Vice Chair Elect, Gordon Research Conference on Catecholamines
President, Behavioral Pharmacology Society
American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology, APA

2022              Mentor of the Year, Vanderbilt University – Office of the Provost
Chair, ACNP Publications Committee, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
Dean’s Faculty Fellow, Vanderbilt University

2021                 Co-Chair, ACNP Publications Committee, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
Member, Molecular and Cellular Neuropharmacology (MCNP) Study Section, National Institutes of Health.

2020 Associate Editor, Journal of Neuroscience
ASPET Early Career Investigator Award, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

2019 DP1 Avenir Award in Genetics and Epigenetics, National Institute on Drug Abuse
Daniel X. Freedman Prize Honorable Mention, Brain and Behavior Research Foundation
Associate Editor, Frontiers in Psychiatry (Addictive Disorders)
 ACNP Associate Membership, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology

2018                 Research Grant, Edward Mallinckrodt Jr Foundation
                          Whitehall Research Grant, Whitehall Foundation  
                          NARSAD Young Investigator Award, Brain and Behavior Research Foundation   
                          Symposium Chair, Society for Neuroscience
                          Editorial Board, Neuropsychopharmacology
                          CEBRA R21 Study Section Ad Hoc Member

2017                 Young Investigator Award, College on Problems of Drug Use and Dependence
                         The Nancy Rutledge Zhaniser Award, ASPET
                          SOBP Travel Award, Society of Biological Psychiatry
                         Symposium Chair, Winter Conference on Brain Research, Big Sky, MT

2016                 Promising Young Investigator Award, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
                          NARSAD Young Investigator Award, Brain and Behavior Research Foundation
                          K99-R00 Pathway to Independence Award (K99 DA042111)
                          Symposium Chair, Research Society on Alcoholism
                          Behavioral Pharmacology Society Postdoctoral Award, Behavioral Pharmacology Society
                          Symposium Chair, Monitoring Molecules in Neuroscience: In Vivo Methods. Gothenberg, Sweeden 
                          Symposium Chair, Winter Conference on Brain Research. Breckenridge, CO
                          Winter Conference on Brain Research Young Investigator Travel Award

2015                  Associate Chair Elect; Gordon Research Seminar on Catecholamines
                           Irwin J. Kopin Traveling Fellowship; Gordon Research Conference on Catecholamines

2014                 American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) Travel Award
                           Gordon A. Melson Outstanding Doctoral Student Award, Wake Forest University School of Medicine

2013                 NIDA Director’s Award, National Institute on Drug Abuse

2012                 Mary A. Bell Award, Wake Forest School of Medicine
                           Irwin J. Kopin Fellowship for Excellence in Catecholamine Research
                           Individual Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (Predoctoral NRSA; F31 DA031533)