Former Projects

Project Leaders

 

Dr. Arthur (Trey) Andrews III 

Mediators of Violence Exposure and Substance Use (MoVES)

 


 

Dr. Jeffrey Smith 

RISC: Capturing Rural Injection Risk Network Structures from Continuous-time Interaction Data

 


 

Dr. Matthew Johnson 

CLASS: Cognitive, Large - And Small - Scale

 

 

Dr. Gurudutt Pendyala

TEAMS: Testing the Efficacy of Ibudilast to Attenuate Meth-Seeking and Associated Synaptic Inflammation at the Synapse

 

 

Dr. Ken Wakabayashi

PANN: Psychostimulant Addiction and Nutrient-Sensing Neurons: Genetic Targeting to Parse Neuro Pathways

 

 

Dr. Nicholas Hubbard

CAMP: Connectomes-Related to Active Methamphetamine-Dependence Project

 

 

Dr. Hau Chan

CoSUN: Modeling the Co-Evolution of Substance Use Behavior and Peer Networks of Risk/Support

 

 

Dr. Matthew Gormley

CASE4ADHD: College Aged Substance Use in Educational Settings: Outcomes for Students with ADHD 

 


Pilot Projects

 

Dr. Roberto Abadie 

An Ethnographic Exploration of Opioid Agonist Treatment ... Among Opioid Users in Rural Nebraska
 


 

Dr. Robin Gauthier

Interpersonal Conflict and Drug Use in the Great Plains

 


 

Dr. Tierney Lorenz 

Predictors of Sex-Linked Marijuana and Alcohol Use in ... Women

 


 

Dr. Palsamy Periyasamy

Cocaine-Mediated Microglial Activation Involves Epigenetic Dysregulation of DNMT1/INCRNA XIST/PPARG Signaling Axis

 


 

Dr. Sowmya Yelamanchili

Sex specific brain derived extracellular vesicle markers associated with chronic methamphetamine use

 

 

Dr. Palsamy Periyasamy

Investigating the Therapeutic Potential of N-Acetylcysteine in Alleviating Cocaine-Mediated Microglial Activation

 

 

Dr. Amanda Rodriguez & Dr. Michelle Hughes

Feasibility of Assessing the Effects of Substance Use on Auditory and Vestibular Function

 

 

Dr. Ann Anderson Berry

A Critical Examination of the Incidence of Neonatal Opioid Exposure in Rural Nebraska

 

 

Dr. Anna Henson

Somatic Avatars: A Creative and Embodied Approach to Support Addiction Recovery

 

 

Dr. Ash Eliza Smith

Re-imagining Place: Rural Substance Use Disorder, Worldbuilding and Community Participatory Design

 

 

Dr. Jana Ponce

Use of Omega-3 Fatty Acids to Inhibit Drug-Induced Inflammation and Synaptic Alterations

 

 

Dr. Erik Garcia

The Serotonin 5-HT2AR, a Novel Non-Opioid Target for Opioid Use Disorder