Yasmin Zakiniaeiz, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
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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.
Education & Training
- Post-Doctoral FellowYale University, Radiology and Biomedical Imaging (2020)
- PhDYale University, Neuroscience (2018)
- BAHunter College, Biology and Psychology (2013)
Honors & Recognition
| Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Travel Fellowship Award | Society of Biological Psychiatry | 2024 |
| Young Investigator Memorial Travel Award | American College of Neuropsychopharmacology | 2022 |
| Enoch Gordis Research Recognition Award | Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA) | 2021 |
| Junior Investigator Award | Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA) | 2021 |
| NIDA Director’s Travel Award | College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) | 2019 |
| Primm Singleton Minority Travel Award | College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) | 2018 |
| NIDA Women & Sex/Gender Differences Research Junior Investigator Travel Award | College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) | 2018 |
| Early Career Investigators Travel Award | College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) | 2017 |
| Young Investigator Award for Best Abstract | International Symposium on Functional NeuroReceptor Mapping of the Living Brain | 2016 |
| NSF Graduate Research Fellowship | National Science Foundation (NSF) | 2014 |