Shana M. Augustin
Assistant Professor
Principal Investigator
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Department of Pharmacology
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience
Office: Searle Building 5-568
Phone: 312-503-3269
Email: shana.augustin@northwestern.edu
postdoctoRal Training
2019-2022
National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) Laboratory for Integrative Neuroscience
Advisor: Dr. David M. Lovinger
2014-2019
Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA) – Postdoctoral Fellowship
National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) Laboratory for Integrative Neuroscience
Advisor: Dr. David M. Lovinger
Graduate
2007-2013
Ph.D. in Neuroscience
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA Division of Biological Sciences Department of Neurobiology
Advisors: Drs. Xiaoxi Zhuang and Daniel McGehee
Undergraduate
2002-2006
B.S. Biology
University of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, USA Advisors: Drs. Richard Hall and Robert Godfrey
Current Funding
BRAIN Initiative Advanced Postdoctoral Career Transition Award (K99/R00)
“Deep brain live imaging of cAMP and protein kinase A activities underlying synaptic- and circuit- level mechanisms during learned behaviors”
Selected Awards And Honors:
| 2022 | American College of Neuropsychopharmacology Past Travel Awardee URM Travel Award |
| 2022 | NIDA-Center for Underrepresented Research in Addiction (CURA) Scholar Program |
| 2021 | American College of Neuropsychopharmacology Travel Award |
| 2021 | Selected as National Institutes of Health Future Research Leader |
| 2021 | The Grass Foundation Achievement Award |
| 2020 | Named 1 of 1000 inspiring Black Scientists in America – Cell Mentor |
| 2020 | Selected for the NIH Summer Research Mentor Award (Amgen Scholar Program) |
| 2019 | Society for Neuroscience – Leadership Development Program Fellowship |
| 2019 | Society for Neuroscience – Trainee Professional Development Award |
| 2019 | 29th Annual ICRS Symposium on the Cannabinoids – Postdoctoral Scientific Achievement Award for presentation – “Role of 2-Arachidonoyglycerol in striatal long-term depression and ethanol preference/drinking behavior” |
| 2006-2007 | Post-baccalaureate Research Education Program Fellowship, Emory University, Atlanta, GA |
| 2005-2006 | National Institutes of Health – Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Fellowship |
| 2004-2005 | National Institutes of Health – Minority Biomedical Research Support-Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (MBRS-RISE) Fellowship |
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