PVM Directory / Adam Kimbrough
Adam Kimbrough, PhD
Contact Info
Assistant Professor of Basic Medical Sciences
Department of Basic Medical Sciences
Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine
625 Harrison Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907
765-496-4790
kimbroua@purdue.edu
About
Dr. Adam Kimbrough is an Assistant Professor at Purdue University whose research focuses on the neurobiological mechanisms underlying addiction and substance use disorders. He earned his PhD in Neuroscience from Florida State University, where he investigated flavor preference and aversion learning. As a postdoctoral researcher at The Scripps Research Institute, Dr. Kimbrough researched substance use disorders. His research on substance use disorders continued at the University of California, San Diego as an Assistant Project Scientist and today as an Assistant Professor at Purdue. Dr. Kimbrough’s work integrates behavioral neuroscience, neuropharmacology, and molecular techniques to explore how brain circuits drive compulsive drug use, with the goal of identifying how the brain is altered in response the transition from casual to dependent drug use. His laboratory also hopes to identify potential therapeutic targets at the brain region, neuron, and molecular level. His research has been published in a variety of journals and focuses heavily on exploring alcohol use disorder and opioid use disorders such as oxycodone and fentanyl use disorders.
Education
2015 - PhD | Florida State University
- Post-doc | The Scripps Research Institute
Areas of Interest
- Neural networks and neural circuitry involved in substance use disorders, especially alcohol and opioids
