Psych grad student Cate Cosme wins NIH/NIDA National Research Service Award

Monday, February 13, 2017

Cate Cosme
Cate Cosme

​Cate Cosme has been awarded a National Research Service Award (NRSA) from NIH/NIDA for her proposal, “Insular Cortex Projections in the Reinstatement of Cocaine Seeking.”

Cosme’s project will investigate the projections from the agranular insular cortex (AId) to different downstream regions to determine their role in cued reinstatement. This work will be instrumental in elucidating the neural circuits by which the AId regulates cocaine-seeking behaviors. The work will be carried out under the supervision of her advisor, Professor Ryan LaLumiere.

Cosme is a graduate student in the Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Program in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, part of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.


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