Kent E. Hutchison

Professor
Email: kenth@unm.edu
Office: Logan 140
Phone: 505-277-7614
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Degree Received
Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, 1995

Research Interests
Despite our best efforts over the last few decades, currently available treatments for addiction are, at best, modestly effective. Our lab has taken a two pronged approach to address the limited effectiveness of current treatments. To develop more effective pharmacotherapies, we have focused our attention on medications that target the basic neurobiological and behavioral mechanisms that are involved in the development and maintenance of addiction. To determine which individuals are most vulnerable to addiction and to determine which individuals might benefit most from a given treatment, we have focused our attention on genetic factors that might explain individual variation in the same basic neurobiological and behavioral mechanisms that influence the etiology of addiction.