{"id":863,"date":"2018-12-20T01:39:55","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T01:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.uthscsa.edu\/pharmacology\/?page_id=863"},"modified":"2018-12-20T01:39:55","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T01:39:55","slug":"vanessa-minervini","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/pharmacology\/vanessa-minervini\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanessa Minervini"},"content":{"rendered":"

Postdoctoral Fellow<\/span><\/h3>\n

Ph.D., Psychology<\/span>
\nUniversity of Florida<\/span>
\nGainesville, Florida<\/span>
\nLab: 210-567-4172<\/span>
\nEmail: minervini@uthscsa.edu<\/span>
\nLab Association:<\/span> Charles France, Ph.D.<\/span><\/a>
\nResearch Interests<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u2022 drug abuse \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u2022 opioids<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u2022 cannabinoids<\/span><\/td>\n\u2022 tolerance<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u2022 impulsive choice<\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Research Summary<\/b>
\nCurrently available pharmacotherapies for treating pain are not effective in some patients and have a number of unwanted and deleterious effects that preclude their use in other patients. My projects in Dr. France\u2019s laboratory are exploring the therapeutic potential of various opioid-cannabinoid drug combinations. A primary goal of this research is to characterize the effects of the drug combinations on performance in complex memory and decision-making tasks before, during, and upon discontinuation of chronic treatment.<\/span>
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\n Accomplishments, Awards and Honors<\/b>
\nNRSA Postdoctoral Training Fellow (T32) – UT Health San Antonio – 2015<\/span>
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\n Grants, Funding and Research Support\u00a0<\/b>
\nNIH\/NIDA National Research Service Fellowship Award (F32) – F32DA043348 – March 2017<\/span>
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\nSelected Publications<\/b><\/p>\n