Biography
Caleb is an MD/PhD student who grew up in Connecticut and graduated from American University with a B.S. in Neuroscience. As an undergraduate, he conducted research in Dr. Mark Laubach’s lab, where he used computational and systems neuroscience approaches to study rodent decision-making. His work focused on the role of the prefrontal cortex in decision-making and the use of computer vision tools to better understand animal behavior.
After graduating, Caleb joined Dr. David Lovinger’s lab at the NIAAA, where he studied alcohol-related changes in basal ganglia circuits and continued developing and applying computer vision platforms for behavioral analysis.
While not in lab or clinic, he can be found biking on paved roads, reading, and working (not always well) on his car.
Areas of Interest
As an MD/PhD student, Caleb is interested in understanding how humans make decisions, how drugs of abuse alter these processes, and how psychiatric disorders disrupt neural circuits involved in behavior. He is also interested in developing improved diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.
His clinical interests are in addiction and computational psychiatry.
Education
- BS 2019, American University, Neuroscience