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Noninvasive Neuromodulation for Addiction (2023-2024)

In response to the alarming statistics surrounding tobacco use among individuals with mental illness, particularly veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), this project team aimed to investigate the potential of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) as a novel intervention for smoking cessation in this clinical population.

Leveraging the promising capacity of rTMS to modulate neurocircuitry implicated in substance use disorders, team members contributed to a longitudinal intervention study focusing on veterans with PTSD.

Learn more about this team’s work by reading their team profile.

Team Outputs

Noninvasive Neuromodulation for Addiction (Poster presented at Fortin Foundation Bass Connections Showcase, April 17, 2024)

Novel Interventions for Smoking Cessation (Team profile; 2024 Fortin Foundation Bass Connections Virtual Showcase)

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Presentation at Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) annual meeting

Carri Polick, Paul Dennis, Patrick Calhoun, Tiffany Braley, Eunice Lee, Sarah Wilson. Investigating Disparities in Smoking Cessation Treatment for Veterans with Multiple Sclerosis: A National Analysis. 2024. Brain and Behavior, 14(5).

Investigating Disparities in Smoking Cessation Treatment for Veterans with Multiple Sclerosis: A National Analysis. (Poster presented at Nicotine and Tobacco Science Conference, Durham, NC, October 19 2023)

Jonathan R. Young, Jeffrey T. Galla, Carri S. Polick, Zhi-De Deng, Moritz Dannhauer, Angela Kirby, Michelle Dennis, Claire W. Papanikolas, Mariah K. Evans, Scott D. Moore, Eric A. Dedert, Merideth A. Addicott, Lawrence G. Appelbaum, Jean C. Beckham. Multimodal Smoking Cessation Treatment Combining Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Nicotine Replacement Therapy in Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol. 2023. Preprint.

Timing

Fall 2023 – Spring 2024

 

Image: Exterior view of Durham VA Medical Center, by Duke School of Medicine, Radiation Oncology

Team Leaders

  • Jean Beckham, School of Medicine: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine: Psychiatry: Behavioral Medicine
  • Carri Polick, School of Nursing
  • Jonathan Young, School of Medicine: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine: Psychiatry: Behavioral Medicine

Graduate Team Members

  • AnnaGrace Greenho, Bachelors of Science - Nursing
  • Annie Lee, Master of Egr Biomedical Egr
  • Dana Rubenstein, Medical Student; Clinical Research - MHS
  • Suzanna Thompson, Data Science - MS
  • Ali Watson, Mgt of Clinical Informatics

Undergraduate Team Members

  • Dani Castillo, Computer Science (BS); Psychology (BS2)
  • Kimi Du, Biomedical Engineering (BSE)
  • Sonya Eason, Statistical Science (BS); Biology (BS2)
  • Catie Fristoe, Psychology (BS); Global Health (AB2)
  • Eunice Lee, Statistical Science (BS)
  • Caroline Yoon, Computer Science (BS); Biology (BS2)

Community Team Members

  • Merideth Addicott, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest School of Medicine
  • Trevor Drummond
  • Addison Troutman, Durham VA Health Care System

Community Organizations

  • VA Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC)
  • Durham VA Health Care System

Team Contributors

  • Lawrence Appelbaum, School of Medicine: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • Dandan Chen, School of Medicine: Population Health Sciences
  • Moritz Dannhauer, NIMH
  • Eric Dedert, School of Medicine: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • Zhi-De Deng, School of Medicine: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • Mariah Evans, School of Medicine: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • Andrew Michael, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences
  • Scott Moore, School of Medicine: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • David Yanez, School of Medicine: Biostatistics and Bioinformatics

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