Biography:
Dr. Carvelli earned her doctoral degree in Molecular Pharmacology at the Institute of Pharmacological Research, Mario Negri in Milan (Italy). After being a postdoc at the University of Texas Health Science Center, she became a Research Associate at Vanderbilt College of Medicine before joining the Department of Biomedical Sciences in the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences. She is currently an Associate Professor at the Brain Institute at the Florida Atlantic University. Dr. Carvelli’s research focuses on the molecular mechanisms of action of drugs of abuse at the dopaminergic synapses.
Title : Chronic amphetamine exposure during development causes epigenetic and behavioral effects in adult animals and progeny