Simon Thomas Tangen

Research

Preclinical models of (poly)substance use utilizing rodent self-administration.

Characterization of mechanisms of drugs of abuse and therapeutics in the brain using voltammetry.

Awards & Accomplishments

Poster Presentations 

Tangen, Simon T; George, Christina M; Vasquez, Jacqueline M; Shi, Yongong, Collins, Gregory T. “Assessing rodent preference for fentanyl and methamphetamine mixtures: A
novel model of polysubstance use”. Mikiten Research Symposium, San Antonio, TX; February 21st, 2025.

Simon Tangen, Gregory Collins. “Modeling co-use of fentanyl and methamphetamine in rats”. Department of Pharmacology Graduate Student Symposium, San Antonio, TX; October 25th, 2024

Tangen S.T., Wenzel C.K., Lelli G., Jewett D.C. “Clozapine, but Not Ziprasidone, Decreases the Discriminative Stimulus Effects of 22 Hours Deprivation in Sprague-Dawley Rats”. American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET), St. Louis, MO; May 18th – May 21st, 2023.

Tangen S.T., Cedarbloom E.K., Wenzel S.K., Puzovic, G., Jordan S.J., Lelli G., Rebaine E.K., Jewett D.C. “Differential Effects of Clozapine and Ziprasidone on the Discriminative Stimulus Effects of Food Deprivation in Rats Trained to Discriminate Between 22 and 2 Hours Food Deprivation”. Society for Neuroscience (SfN), San Diego, CA; November 11th – November 16th, 2022.

Cedarbloom E.K., Grosland R.E., Norman-Klatt K.D., Passint C.L., Tangen S.T., Petit S.D., Sweeney T.R., Detert D.A., Quandt H.M., Jewett D.C. “Does Clozapine Affect the Discriminative Stimulus Effects of Food Deprivation in Rats Trained to Discriminate Between 2 and 22 Hours Food Deprivation?” American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET), Experimental Biology, Philadelphia, PA; April 2nd – April 5th, 2022.