Schmidt Lab Findings Cited by the Wall Street Journal
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“We’re talking about a class of medications that could have efficacy in treating a variety of addictions: cocaine, opioids, nicotine, alcohol, all different addictive drugs with very different pharmacology,” said Heath Schmidt, a neuroscientist studying addiction at the University of … Read More

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BBC Conference Talk 2023 by Riley Merkel Schmidt Lab Elevator Pitch by Vanessa Weir Can Anti-Diabetic Drugs be Used to Treat Cocaine Use Disorder? by Dr. H.D. Schmidt Ben Talks Senior Research Update by Jennifer Ben Nathan
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“To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle” – George Orwell Novel roles for peripheral metabolic factors in substance use disorders Given that the search for effective pharmacotherapies for cocaine use disorder has, thus far, been fruitless, … Read More

Schmidt Lab in The Atlantic
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Two Schmidt Lab papers were recently cited in The Atlantic article, Did Scientists Accidentally Invent an Addiction Drug? , by Sarah Zhang.

Our nicotine findings highlighted by the Insider
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Our recent publication, “Liraglutide attenuates nicotine self-administration as well as nicotine seeking and hyperphagia during withdrawal in male and female rats”, and nicotine work were highlighted in an article by Insider.

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Can Anti-Diabetic Drugs be Used to Treat Cocaine Use Disorder? by Dr. H.D. Schmidt BBC Conference Talk 2023 by Riley Merkel Ben Talks Senior Research Update by Jennifer Ben Nathan Schmidt Lab Elevator Pitch by Vanessa Weir
BBC Conference 2023 San Antonio
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Schmidt Lab members, Riley Merkel and Rae Herman, attended the 15th annual Behavior, Biology, and Chemistry: Translational Research in Substance Use Disorders in San Antonio March 24-26th. Riley and Rae both received travel awards to attend BBC 2023, present their … Read More

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News Congratulations Austin!Austin Pothikamjorn has officially graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and is leaving the Schmidt Lab to begin an exciting new chapter. He will be joining the Division of Addiction Psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in … Read More