Additional Titles & Roles
- Biomedical research
Education & Training
- PhD: Neuroscience: University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 2008
- MA: Psychology: Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA, 2004
- BS: Neuroscience and Psychology: Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 2000
Major Awards
- Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation Scholarship, 2006
- Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (NARSAD) Young Investigator Award, 2012
Research Interests
-Research on dopamine signaling and reward-related behavior using PET neuroimaging in obesity and schizophrenia.
-Research on peripheral and brain inflammation in obesity and other psychiatric disorders
-Pharmacological/neurobiological bases for comorbidity of substance use and mental health disorders
Key Publications
- Samara A, Murphy T, Strain J, Rutlin J, Sun P, Neyman O, Sreevalsan N, Shimony JS, Ances BM, Song SK, Hershey T, Eisenstein SA, (2020 January). Neuroinflammation and White Matter Alterations in Obesity Assessed by Diffusion Basis Spectrum Imaging. Front Hum Neurosci. 13: 464.
Read publication »Neuroinflammation and White Matter Alterations in Obesity Assessed by Diffusion Basis Spectrum Imaging. - Eisenstein SA, Black KJ, Samara A, Koller JM, Dunn JP, Hershey T, Klein S, Smith GI, (2020 Apr). Striatal Dopamine Responses to Feeding are Altered in People with Obesity. Obesity (Silver Spring). 28(4): 765-771.
Read publication »Striatal Dopamine Responses to Feeding are Altered in People with Obesity. - Eisenstein SA, Bogdan R, Chen L, Moerlein SM, Black KJ, Perlmutter JS, Hershey T, Barch DM, (2017 Mar). Preliminary evidence that negative symptom severity relates to multilocus genetic profile for dopamine signaling capacity and D2 receptor binding in healthy controls and in schizophrenia. J Psychiatr Res. 86: 9-17.
Read publication »Preliminary evidence that negative symptom severity relates to multilocus genetic profile for dopamine signaling capacity and D2 receptor binding in healthy controls and in schizophrenia. - Eisenstein SA, Bogdan R, Love-Gregory L, Corral-Frías NS, Koller JM, Black KJ, Moerlein SM, Perlmutter JS, Barch DM, Hershey T, (2016 Oct). Prediction of striatal D2 receptor binding by DRD2/ANKK1 TaqIA allele status. Synapse. 70(10): 418-31.
Read publication »Prediction of striatal D2 receptor binding by DRD2/ANKK1 TaqIA allele status. - Eisenstein SA, Gredysa DM, Antenor-Dorsey JA, Green L, Arbeláez AM, Koller JM, Black KJ, Perlmutter JS, Moerlein SM, Hershey T, (2015 July). Insulin, Central Dopamine D2 Receptors, and Monetary Reward Discounting in Obesity. PLoS ONE. 10(7): e0133621.
Read publication »Insulin, Central Dopamine D2 Receptors, and Monetary Reward Discounting in Obesity. - Eisenstein SA, Koller JM, Black KD, Campbell MC, Lugar HM, Ushe M, Tabbal SD, Karimi M, Hershey T, Perlmutter JS, Black KJ, (2014 Aug). Functional anatomy of subthalamic nucleus stimulation in Parkinson disease. Ann. Neurol.. 76(2): 279-95.
Read publication »Functional anatomy of subthalamic nucleus stimulation in Parkinson disease.
Funded Research Projects
NIDDK(PI):Neuroinflammation and Cognitive Impairment in Obesity (Diabetes Research Center at WUSM Pilot and Feasibility Award)