Yasmin Zakiniaeiz, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Yasmin Zakiniaeiz PhD received two years of 50% salary support, to focus her MRI/PET multimodal program of addiction with sex as a biological variable. Dr. Zakiniaeiz was mentored by Drs Cosgrove and McKee. Her progress includes:
- Received K01 career award from NIAAA titled “Sex Differences in Alcohol Use Disorder Neurodegeneration using Multimodal PET and DTI Neuroimaging.”
- Received Peter F. McManus Trust Charitable Trust Grant titled “Imaging sex differences in dopamine and synaptic density in alcohol use disorder.”
- Was promoted to ladder track faculty (Assistant Professor, Traditional Tenure Track).
- Received the Enoch Gordis Award from the Research Society on Alcoholism, for outstanding research by a junior scientist.
- Received the Early Career Award from the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP), for outstanding research by a junior faculty.
- Published 11 peer reviewed papers.