I’m investigating the effects of poverty and life stress on the development of reward circuitry. More broadly, I’m interested in how brain development is shaped by environmental and genetic factors, in particular with regard to mechanisms underlying risk for mood and substance use disorders.

Don't worry, moderate drinking probably isn't shrinking your brain

Both brain size and drinking habits are linked to genes, not directly to each other

Fact check: Those red blobs aren’t oxytocin

An amazing image has been making the rounds on social media, but the researcher who created it has set the record straight on what it shows