Yasmin Zakiniaeiz, PhD

Yasmin Zakiniaeiz PhD received 50% salary support from the Core (2020-2022), to develop her program of research focused on multi-modal neuroimaging to examine sex differences in alcohol use. As indicators of her success:

• K01 from NIAAA “Sex Differences in Alcohol Use Disorder Neurodegeneration using Multimodal PET and DTI Neuroimaging.”
• McManus Trust Charitable Trust Grant titled “Imaging sex differences in dopamine and synaptic density in alcohol use disorder.”
• Promoted to Assistant Professor in Psychiatry (Traditional Tenure Track) and negotiated $1M start-up package.
• Enoch Gordis Award from the Research Society on Alcoholism, for outstanding research by a junior scientist.
• Early Career Award from the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP), for outstanding junior faculty research.
• Published 16 peer reviewed papers linked to the SCORE