Amy Janes, Ph.D.

The long-term objective of our lab is to use neuroscience to guide the development of more personalized treatments for substance use disorders. This aim is supported by several shorter-term goals that include: 1) identifying neurobiological vulnerabilities for developing and maintaining addictive disorders; 2) determining how psychiatric disorders contribute to substance misuse; 3) determining the neurobiological impact of existing and developing treatments.

I received my Ph.D. in the Brain, Behavior, and Cognition division of Psychology at Boston University. While my thesis work focused on the molecular mechanisms of cocaine dependence in preclinical models, I transitioned to using clinical neuroimaging methods for my post-doctoral training at Harvard Medical School’s McLean Hospital. I remained at Harvard and McLean for over 14 years and most recently I was an Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Director of the Functional Integration of Addiction Research Lab, and Associate Director of the McLean T32 training program focused on research in Substance Use Disorders and Brain Imaging. I also held a joint appointment with Suffolk University to provide research training to pre-doctoral candidates attaining degrees in clinical psychology. I currently serve as President-Elect for the College on Problems of Drug Dependence and am a Tenure-Track Investigator at the NIDA-IRP.