Join Charles A. Dana Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience F. Scott Kraly as he shares some of his more than 20 years of research into how the human brain regulates eating and drinking and how psychiatric medications have changed through the years — all in the latest episode of 13.
Professor Kraly’s laboratory research is focused on neuroendocrine control of ingestive behavior, in particular, the physiological mechanism by which eating elicits drinking behavior. Kraly has also written two books, The Unwell Brain: Understanding the Psychobiology of Mental Health and Psychopharmacology Problem Solving: Principles and Practices to Get It Right, as well as a recent paper regarding the benefits and risks associated with the use of psychiatric medications.
Many of the students working in Kraly’s laboratory conduct experiments in which drugs are used to manipulate neurochemical mechanisms to study their involvement in eating and drinking or other behaviors. More than 25 Colgate undergraduates have been co-authors of published journal articles with Kraly, conducting hands-on experiments at Colgate and reporting the results.
Kraly earned his bachelor of science from the University of Notre Dame and his master of arts and PhD from Johns Hopkins University.
Each episode of 13, Colgate’s biweekly podcast, digs into the work of one University community member by asking 13 questions. Episodes highlight the wide array of academic disciplines at Colgate, with interviews featuring faculty from political science, sociology and anthropology, physics and astronomy, women’s studies, English, Africana and Latin American studies, and many more.
Previous episodes of 13 have featured: Kerra Hunter, Joe Levy, Nicki Moore, Ken Valente, Sarah Keen, Daniel Benton ’80, Laura H. Jack, Carrie Keating, Robert Kraynak, Dan Gough, Jennifer Tomlinson, Ana Jimenez, Alicia Simmons, Juan Fernando Ibarra Del Cuentro, Karen Harpp, Kwazi Konadu, Paul McLoughlin II, Anthony Aveni, Robert Garland, Ryan Hall, Craig Hatkoff ’76, Susan Thomson, Nick Kokonas ’91, Jessica Graybill, Brian W. Casey, Jeff Bary, Jennifer Brice, Ellen Percy Kraly, Danielle Lupton, Ynesse Abdul-Malak, Nimanthi Rajasingham, and John Pumilio.
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