Neil E. Grunberg, Ph.D.

Neil E. Grunberg

Phone: 301-295-9673
E mail: ngrunberg@usuhs.mil
Professor of Medical & Clinical Psychology,
Professor of Neuroscience
Course Director, Medical Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
Education: B.S. (1975) in Medical Microbiology and Psychology, Stanford University; M.A. (1977), M.Phil. (1979), and Ph.D. (1980) in Physiological and Social Psychology, Columbia University; National Research Service Award in Pharmacology (1976-1979), Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
 
Curriculum Vitae
 
Research and Teaching
Recent Publications
Professional Activities

Brief Bios of Current Lab Members
List of Lab Ph.D. Alumni

Research and Teaching

Research Topics: Dr. Grunberg and his research group study addictive behaviors (especially nicotine and tobacco use), appetitive behaviors (especially eating behavior), stress, effects of mild traumatic brain injury, and PTSD. Most of the ongoing research uses rodents as subjects, but human studies are currently being planned.
 
Methods and Approach: laboratory-based experiments; behavioral, psychological, and biological measures (including biochemistry, proteomics, and receptor biology); clinic-based studies.
 
Current Grant Support: CNRM, SRNT, USU
 
From left to right are Captain Angela Yarnell, Dr. Neil Grunberg, Captain Matthew Moosey, and Brendan Finton Medical Student Teaching: Course Director for Medical Psychology throughout the School of Medicine four-year curriculum. Lectures include: Principles of social psychology and learning relevant to medical practice; Tobacco use; Substance use and abuse; Behavioral health and the military health system; Behavioral factors in preventive medicine; Communication and medical practice.
 
Graduate Student Teaching: Graduate courses in Social Psychology, Appetitive & Addictive Behaviors, Psychopharmacology, Physiological basis of behavior; lectures in Neuroscience (Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience; Methodological Considerations to Study the Brain and Mind); lectures in Experimental methods (The use of animal models).
 
Mentoring: Dr. Grunberg has supervised 29 doctoral dissertations in Medical Psychology, Clinical Psychology, and Neuroscience. He currently is training three Ph.D. students in his laboratory. Dr. Grunberg also mentors junior faculty, undergraduates, and high school students.

Selected Recent Publications

Grunberg, N.E., & Berger, S.S. (2009). The impact of 9/11/01 on stress, health, and health risk behaviors among. In Morgan, M.J. (Ed.), The Impact of 9/11 on Psychology and Education: The Day that Changed Everything? New York: Palgrave-Macmillan, 2009.
 
Hamilton, K.R., Berger, S.S., Perry, M.E., & Grunberg, N.E. (2009). Behavioral effects of nicotine withdrawal in adult male and female rats. Pharmacology Biochemistry & Behavior. 92 (1), 51 - 59.
 
Madhavarao, C.N., Arun, P., Anikster, Y., Mog, S.R., Staretz-Chacham, O., Moffett, J.R., Grunberg, N.E., Gahl, W.A., & Namboodiri, A.M.A. (2009). Glyceryltriacetate for Canavan disease: a low dose phase one trial in infants and evaluation of a higher dose for toxicity in tremor rat model. Journal of Inherited Metabolic Diseases, 32 (5), 640-650.
 
Grunberg, N.E., & Starosciak, A. (2010). Nicotine. In: Koob G.F., Le Moal M. and Thompson R.F. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Behavioral Neuroscience, volume 2, pp. 464-470, Oxford: Academic Press.
 
Grunberg, N.E., Berger, S.S., & Hamilton, K.R. (2010). Stress and drug use. In Contrada, R.J., & Baum, A. (Eds.). Handbook of Stress Science, pp. 287-300, New York: Springer Publishing Company.
 
Arun, P., Ariyannur, P.S., Moffett, J.R., Xing, G., Hamilton, K., Grunberg, N.E., Ives, J.A., & Namboodiri, A.M. (2010). Metabolic acetate therapy for the treatment of traumatic brain injury. Journal of Neurotrauma, 27(1): 293 - 8.
 
Hamilton, K.R., Perry, M.E., Berger, S.S., & Grunberg, N.E. (2010). Behavioral effects of nicotine withdrawal differ by genetic strain in male and female adolescent rats. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 12 (12), 1236-1245.
 
Cole, J.T., Yarnell, A.M., Kean, W.S., Gold, E., Lewis, B., Ren, M., McMullen, D.C., Jacobowitz, D., Pollard, H.B., O'Neill, J.T., Grunberg, N.E., Dalgard, C.L., Frank, J,. & Watson, W.D. (2011). Craniotomy: True sham for traumatic brain injury, or a sham of a sham? Journal of Neurotrauma, 28(3), 359-69.
 
Grunberg, N.E., Berger, S.S., & Starosciak, A. (2011). Tobacco use: Psychology, neurobiology, and clinical implications. In Baum, A., Revenson, T., and Singer, J.E. (Eds.) Handbook of Health Psychology (2nd Edition). NY: Psychology Press.
 
Arun, P., Ariyannur, P.S., Xing, G., Hamilton, K., Grunberg, N.E., & Namboodiri, A.M. (in press). The Roles of Acetate and Acetyl-Coenzyme A in Traumatic Brain Injury. In Giordano J., & Waters P., (eds.). Brain injury as spectrum disorder: Mechanisms, effects and treatment Approaches. New York: Nova.
 
Kamnaksh, A., Kovesdi, E., Kwon, S-K., Wingo, D., Ahmed, F., Grunberg, N.E., Long, J., & Agoston, D. (in press). Factors Affecting Blast Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Neurotrauma.

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Professional Activities

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Selected Professional Activities: Dr. Grunberg is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, Academy of Behavioral Medicine, and Society for Behavioral Medicine. He is a founding member of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, and a member of the Association for Psychological Science and the Society for Neuroscience. He has been an editor for Addiction, Annals of Behavioral Medicine, Matt BM Nicotine and Tobacco Research, and US Surgeon Generals' Reports. He serves as a scientific consultant to the Maryland Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Resource Center, the Maryland Smoking Cessation Quitline (MD Quit), and the Maryland State Mental Health and Substance Abuse treatment programs. He is a member of the Society of Behavioral Medicine's Wisdom Council, a member of the editorial board of Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, and a contributing reviewer to F1000 (an electronic biomedical research journal source).
 
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Selected Awards: American Psychological Association's Outstanding Contributions to Health Psychology (1989), Centers for Disease Control Awards (1988, 1990), US Surgeon General's Medallion (1990), USU Outstanding Biomedical Graduate Educator Award (1999, 2008), US FDA Research Award (2005), Society of Behavioral Medicine Distinguished Scientist Award (2006), USU Center for Health Disparities Building Partnerships for Better Health Award (2006), USU Carol J. Johns Award to enhance USU programs, faculty, and reputation (2007), USU Cinda Helke Award for Graduate Student Advocacy (2008) and USU awards for Medical Student Teaching, Research Mentoring, Distinguished Service, and Outstanding Performance.


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Contact Information

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
4301 Jones Bridge Road
Bethesda, Maryland 20814-4799


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