Dr. Cristine Czachowski
Assistant Professor
Office: Department of Psychiatry
Institute of Psychiatric Research
Indiana University School of Medicine
791 Union Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46202
Phone: (317) 278-4820
Email: cczachow@iupui.edu
B.S. 1989 Rutgers University.
M.A. 1994 University of California, Santa Barbara.
Ph.D. 1998 University of California, Santa Barbara.
Areas of Specialization: Behavioral Pharmacology, Animal Models.
"My research uses an animal model to better understand the processes by which humans regulate alcohol consumption. Currently, I am working with a model that closely approximates human alcohol-drinking: from the onset of a "drinking episode" which starts with the purchase of a bottle or the entering of a bar, to the termination of that particular drinking binge. The ability to separate the seeking phase of alcohol-directed behavior from alcohol intake translates into an ability to identify treatments of alcohol abuse that can target alcohol craving before a person engages in drinking and essentially succumbs to "falling off the wagon". I am using this model to assess both drug treatments and basic neuroanatomically active agents to characterize the pharmacology and neural circuitry of alcohol reinforcement."
