Annalisa M. Baratta, PhD, successfully defended her doctoral dissertation entitled “Neuroimmune Gene Expression in Alcohol Use Disorder” on December 11, 2023. Gregg E. Homanics, PhD (Professor of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, Neurobiology, and Pharmacology & Chemical Biology) served as Annalisa’s primary mentor for her doctoral graduate studies. Sean Farris, PhD (Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine and Biomedical Informatics) served as co-sponsor. During her graduate career in the Center for Neuroscience graduate program at the University of Pittsburgh, Anna received support from a variety of prestigious sources, including a Student Merit Award from the Research Society on Alcoholism, an NIH T32 training fellowship in basic neuroscience, and an F31 individual predoctoral fellowship from the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
Congratulations to Dr. Baratta!