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Carrie Ferrario is an Associate Professor at the University of Michigan. Her research examines the neurobiological mechanisms underlying obesity and cocaine addiction. Ferrario received her Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Michigan in 2006, where she trained under Dr. Terry Robinson. She conducted postdoctoral research with Drs. Marina Wolf, Margaret Gnegy, and Les Satin, focusing on addiction, glutamatergic plasticity, and diabetes. Establishing her lab in 2012, she has received several prestigious awards including the NARSAD Young Investigator Award from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, the Early Career Independent Investigator Award from ASPET, and the Alan Epstein Award from SSIB. She was also honored with the Henry Russel Award, the highest university honor awarded to early career faculty at UM. As a co-Director of the UM Biology Drug Abuse Training Program and an Associate Member of ACNP, Ferrario is actively involved in her field. Her work integrates concepts from addiction, learning, and feeding to explore the neurobiological and behavioral drivers of obesity and drug addiction, addressing significant gaps in the understanding of these issues.
University of Michigan • Ann Arbor, MI
Research on neurobiological mechanisms related to obesity and drug addiction.
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science