Acute Effects of Alcohol and Energy Drinks on Behavioral Control

Dr. Fillmore, Professor of Psychology at the University of Kentucky, is an expert in the field of human behavioral psychopharmacology. He has studied the acute effects of alcohol and other drugs of abuse for over 20 years and has published over 130 scientific articles on this topic. During the academic semesters, Dr. Fillmore will correspond with the PI once weekly over the phone or by e-mail to ensure that the research is progressing well and he will help the PI solve methodological issues as needed. His experience on how to execute studies in behavioral pharmacology will be utilized. There are no costs associated with his assistance with this research during the academic semesters. During the summer, Dr. Fillmore will devote one month each summer to this research. This month will be devoted to collaboration on manuscripts (throughout the 3 year grant) and grant writing (toward the end of the 3 year grant). In addition to meeting in person over the summer with Dr. Fillmore for data interpretation and writing of manuscripts, undergraduate research assistants from the PI’s lab at NKU will have access to Dr. Fillmore’s lab at UK. The 2 labs are approximately a one hour drive apart and NKU students can visit the UK lab and participate in human psychopharmacology research using cutting edge technology with equipment such as an advanced driving simulator and eye-tracker. Working with actual graduate students in the area of psychopharmacology should provide memorable experiences that might be lead an undergraduate student to consider a career in the biomedical sciences. The costs associated with the 3 summers are listed in the budget attachment.