Kurt Fraser Awarded BBRF Young Investigator Grant for Addiction Research

Congratulations to Kurt Fraser, faculty, on receiving the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation’s (BBRF) Young Investigator Grant. This grant provides early-career scientists with two years of seed funding to conduct innovative research on brain and behavioral disorders. According to Judith M. Ford, PhD, President of BBRF’s Scientific Council and Co-Chair of the Young Investigator Grant Selection Committee, “These early-career scientists are pushing the boundaries of basic and clinical research to develop earlier prediction and prevention strategies and next-generation treatments.” Fraser received this award for his research investigating how drug abuse disrupts decision-making systems. He and his team are aiming to restore decision-making deficits by manipulating acetylcholine-producing neurons in the striatum that regulate dopamine signaling. The hope is to provide a novel framework for neuromodulator interactions to serve as targets for treatment development. 

Composed by Madison Stromberg, communications assistant.