Kelly Cosgrove, PhD
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About
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Professor of Psychiatry and of Neuroscience and of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
Co-Director of the T32 Translational Alcohol Research Program, Psychiatry and Public HealthBiography
Dr. Cosgrove uses positron emission tomography (PET) to gain insights into the brains of people after they’ve stopped using alcohol and drugs. Trained as a clinical psychologist who worked with individuals managing alcohol and drug addiction, Dr. Cosgrove transitioned to conducting research in order to find more effective ways of helping patients recover from addiction and avoid relapse. Her laboratory develops and uses creative PET imaging paradigms to track changes in critical neurochemicals during the recovery from addiction.
Appointments
Psychiatry
ProfessorPrimaryNeuroscience
ProfessorSecondaryRadiology & Biomedical Imaging
ProfessorSecondary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Center for Nicotine and Tobacco Use Research at Yale (CENTURY)
- Cosgrove Lab
- Division of Women's Behavioral Health Research
- Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program
- Morris-Cosgrove Lab
- Neuroscience
- Neuroscience Research Training Program (NRTP)
- Neuroscience Track
- Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
- Psychiatry
- Psychology Section
- Radiology & Biomedical Imaging
- Translational Brain Imaging Program
- VA Alcohol Research Center
- WHRY Pilot Project Program Investigators
- Women's Health Research at Yale
- Yale Cocaine Research Clinic
- Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)
- Yale Translational Center to Develop Gender-Sensitive Treatment for Tobacco Dependence
- Yale Ventures
Education & Training
- Psychology Intern
- Medical University of South Carolina (2003)
- PhD
- University of Minnesota (2002)
- BS
- University of Minnesota (1997)
Research
Overview
- Understanding the functional basis and behavioral and cognitive correlates of the changes in beta2*-nicotinic acetylcholine receptor availability during acute and prolonged abstinence in tobacco smokers.
- Examining the changes in mglu5 receptor availability that occur during acute and prolonged abstinence from alcohol and nicotine dependence.
- Radiotracer development targeted at the stress and glucocorticoid systems.
- Examination of sex differences in the dopaminergic signature of smoking- and nicotine-induced dopamine release using novel PET brain imaging techniques.
- Examining effects of chronic alcohol consumption on the neuroimmune system and relationships to synaptic plasticity in living humans with alcohol use disorder.
- Examining the stress and neuroimmune system with PET and the application to psychiatric disorders such as PTSD.
- Measuring the neuroimmune state of the brain in individuals with opioid use disorder during early recovery.
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
Alcohol Drinking; alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor; Brain; Chemicals and Drugs; Diseases; Neurobiology; Neuroimaging; Nicotine; Opioid-Related Disorders; Positron-Emission Tomography; Psychiatry and Psychology; Radiology
Links & Media
News
- April 02, 2024Source: Molecular Psychiatry
Substance Use and Spine Density: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Preclinical Studies
- February 26, 2024
CASE Announces Newly Elected Members
- February 26, 2024
Blumberg, Cosgrove, Pittenger Elected to Connecticut Academy of Science & Engineering
- August 16, 2023
Four Yale Psychiatry Researchers Awarded Grants to Study Alcohol Use Disorder