Therese A. Kosten, Ph.D.
Professor
Director of Developmental, Cognitive, & Behavioral Neuroscience
Director of Michael C. Gibson Addiction Research Program
Principal Investigator
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Health 1, Room 482
713-743-3724
takosten@uh.edu
About Therese A. Kosten, Ph.D., Director of the Michael C. Gibson Addiction Research Program
Dr. Kosten received her BA in Psychology from Purchase College in New York in 1978 and her Ph.D. from Yale University in 1986 where she investigated neural mechanisms of taste and feeding behavior. She began conducting research in addictions under the mentorship of Eric J. Nestler, M.D., Ph.D. and Bruce J. Rounsaville, M.D. in the Department of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine in 1987 where she was on the faculty until 2006. She then became an Associate Professor in Psychiatry and later Professor at Baylor College of Medicine. In 2014, she joined the faculty at 海角社区 as a Professor of Psychology.
Dr. Kosten is the Head of the in Psychology, the Scientific Director of the UH Animal Behavior Core, a member of the advisory board for and a member of the steering committee for the UH Drug Discovery Institute. She is also a member of the and at UH. She is active in several scientific organizations including , , , , and is on the organizing committee of .
Courses taught by Dr. Kosten at UH
Physiological Psychology (Undergraduate)
Psychopharmacology (Graduate)
Principles and Theories of Learning and Motivation (Graduate)
Dr. Kosten is accepting graduate students: Psychology Graduate Admissions Page