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Robert Kohler

Associate Research Scientist of Psychiatry

Robert Kohler PhD, is an Associate Research Scientist in Psychiatry, trained as a behavioral neuroscientist. His current work has been focused on computational methods to identify risk factors for the emergence of psychopathology during development in humans. Dr. Kohler’s mentorship team includes Sara Yip PhD, Sherry McKee PhD, and Graeme Mason PhD. Dr. Kohler is currently receiving his first year of 50% salary support. His progress includes:

  • K01 to NIAAA pending “Identification of whole-brain functional and structural brain networks following a priming dose of alcohol.”
  • Early Career Travel award from College of Problems on Drug Dependence, 2024.
  • Preprocessed and collated data from 5 NIAAA-led medication trials to examine sex differences in treatment trajectories. Papers based on this data are under review.
  • Presented in RSA 2024 symposium “Data-driven predictions of drinking during treatment for alcohol use disorder”