Patricia Janak
Patricia Janak | |
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| Born | 1965 (age 59–60) United States |
| Alma mater | Rutgers University (B.A., 1986) University of California, Berkeley (M.A., 1990) University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D., 1993) Wake Forest School of Medicine |
| Known for | Addiction research |
| Awards | Bloomberg Distinguished Professorships (2014) Member, Society for Neuroscience Member, Research Society on Alcoholism |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neuroscience Behavioral Neuroscience Neurobiology Psychology Neurology |
| Institutions | Johns Hopkins University |
Patricia Janak is a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University who studies the biological basis of behavior through associative learning. Janak applies this research to pathological behaviors, such as addiction and posttraumatic stress disorder, to improve understanding of how stimuli affect relapse and responses.