Carolyn Amir

Carolyn is a PhD student in the UCLA Neuroscience Interdepartmental Program. Before coming to UCLA, she studied Psychological and Brain Sciences at Boston University. Upon graduation, Carolyn went on to complete a two-year fellowship at the National Institutes of Health with Dr. Lauren Atlas where she studied neural and psychological mechanisms of pain, medication, and expectancy. In Dr. Bearden's laboratory, Carolyn is interested in using brain imaging, behavior, immunology, and genetics approaches to study substance use and psychiatric disorders.