Alex French, PhD
School of Pharmacy
Assistant Professor
Education:
2016 Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, University of Chicago
2010 B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis
Bio:
The Alex French Lab investigates how alcohol and psychedelics alter the brain in order to understand how psychedelics might be repurposed into novel treatments for alcohol use disorder. We integrate information from a wide range of techniques, from protein engineering and drug screening at the molecular level, to electrophysiology at the cell and tissue levels, to whole-animal behavior at the organismal level.
Understanding psychedelics' neuropharmacology at these different scales puts us in a strong position to support the development of novel treatments for addiction.
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