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    Yasmin Zakiniaeiz, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
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    Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

    Biography

    Dr. Zakiniaeiz’s work broadly focuses on investigating the neural and molecular circuitry underlying several types of addictions and at-risk populations, such as alcohol use disorder, tobacco smoking, prenatally cocaine-exposed adolescents, and gambling disorder, using two neuroimaging techniques – functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and positron emission tomography (PET). Her work also emphasizes the importance of sex as a biological variable in the study of addiction.

    Appointments

    Education & Training

    Post-Doctoral Fellow
    Yale University, Radiology and Biomedical Imaging (2020)
    PhD
    Yale University, Neuroscience (2018)
    BA
    Hunter College, Biology and Psychology (2013)

    Research

    Research at a Glance

    Yale Co-Authors

    Frequent collaborators of Yasmin Zakiniaeiz's published research.

    Publications

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    Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

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      Travel Fellowship Award

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      Young Investigator Memorial Travel Award

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      Enoch Gordis Research Recognition Award

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      Junior Investigator Award

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      NIDA Director’s Travel Award

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