Faculty

Lauren M DePoy, PhD

Lauren M DePoy, PhD

Research Instructor in Psychiatry

Contact Details

450 Technology drive
Pittsburgh
 
PA
 
15219
Phone 412-624-5519
Email

Education & Training

PhD
Neuroscience, Emory University
Substance Use Disorders, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Alcohol and Substance Use, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Research Interests

Circadian rhythm disruption & substance use
Selected Research Publications & Products
  1. DePoy LM, Becker-Krail DD, Zong W, Petersen K, Shah N, Brandon JH, Miguelino AM, Tseng GC, Logan RW & McClung CA. Circadian-dependent and sex-dependent increases in intravenous cocaine self-administration in Npas2 mutant mice, J Neurosci (2021), 41(5):1046-1058.
  2. DePoy LM*, Shapiro LP* & Gourley SL. Developmental 1-integrins are necessary for actin-consequence updating, Journal of Neuroscience (2019), 39(34):6644-6655.
  3. DePoy LM, Zimmermann KS, Marvar PJ & Gourley SL. Induction and reversal of adolescent cocaine-induced habits,Biological Psychiatry, (2017) 81(7):595-605.

Molecular Psychiatry: Cell-type and Sex-Specific Rhythmic Gene Expression in the Nucleus Accumbens

DePoy and McClung

Circadian rhythms are critical for human health and are highly conserved across species, controlling physiological processes and behavior across the light/dark cycle. In addition to regulating basic physiological processes and brain function, disrupted circadian genes are linked to altered mood and substance use vulnerability. Circadian genes modulate behavior through specific cell types in the nucleus accumbens...

Pitt Psychiatry News from the 2022 American College of Neuropsychopharmacology Annual Meeting

2022 ACNP Annual Meeting Collage

Many Pitt Psychiatry faculty and trainees traveled to Phoenix—or participated remotely—for the 2022 American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) annual meeting in early December! Below is Pitt Psychiatry news from the meeting: President’s Plenary Marta Peciña, MD, PhD (Associate Professor of Psychiatry), was selected as a President’s Plenary presenter, and discussed the latest work on endogenous opioid...

The 7th Annual Sleep & Circadian Science Research Day Presents the Latest in Sleep and Circadian Science Research 

7th Annual Sleep & Circadian Science Research Day Collage

The annual Sleep & Circadian Science Research Day presents new research in the field to faculty, trainees, and students at the University of Pittsburgh and other local institutions. This year, Samer Hattar, PhD (Chief, Section on Light and Circadian Rhythms, National Institute of Mental Health), delivered the David J. Kupfer Keynote Presentation, “Retinal and Brain Circuits Underlying the Effects of Light on...

The Department of Psychiatry Welcomes Laurie Compère, PhD, and Lauren DePoy, PhD, to the Faculty

Department Welcomes Drs. Compere and DePoy

Pitt Psychiatry extends a warm welcome to two new faculty members: Laurie Compère, PhD (Research Instructor in Psychiatry) Dr. Compère earned her PhD in Psychology and completed two years of postdoctoral research training at Sorbonne University in Paris, France. In 2018, she joined the University of Pittsburgh as a postdoctoral scholar under the mentorship of Kymberly Young, PhD (Associate Professor of Psychiatry)...