Irina Esterlis, PhD
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Biography
Irina Esterlis is a clinical neuropsychologist and neuroreceptor imager with extensive training in the application of SPECT and PET to the study of mental illness and comorbid disorders. Dr. Esterlis has developed two novel paradigms to interrogate both the acetylcholine and glutamatergic systems in vivo in human, and these are being currently applied to the study of mood and addiction disorders. She has received awards from Society of Nuclear Medicine, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, and American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Esterlis' current work includes the study of the metabotropic glutamatergic receptor involvement in bipolar depression and suicide, as well as the effects of depression on synaptic aging. Dr. Esterlis is also initiating new work in the study of neurotransmitter alterations in adolescent depression and suicidality.
Education & Training
- PhDUniversity of Connecticut (2005)
- MAUniversity of Connecticut (2003)
- BASUNY Buffalo (1999)
Departments & Organizations
- Center for Nicotine and Tobacco Use Research at Yale (CENTURY)
- Division of Women's Behavioral Health Research
- Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program
- Neuroscience Research Training Program (NRTP)
- Neuroscience Track
- Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
- Psychiatric Symptoms in Neurology Research Program
- Psychiatry
- Psychology Section
- Translational Brain Imaging Program
- VA National Center for PTSD
- WHRY Pilot Project Program Investigators
- Wu Tsai Institute
- Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)
- Yale Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science
- Yale Ventures