GRA Eminent Scholar Mike Kuhar honored for drug dependence research

The College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) has selected GRA Eminent Scholar Michael J. Kuhar, PhD, for its Nathan B. Eddy Memorial Award.  Presented at CPDD’s 73rd annual meeting, the award recognizes achievements in research that have advanced the understanding of drug dependence.

Recruited to Emory in 1995 as the GRA Eminent Scholar in Neuropharmacology, Kuhar is well-known as the developer of widely-used techniques that allow researchers to see where drugs are acting within the brain.  He currently serves as chief of neuroscience at the Yerkes National Primate Research Centers and is a Candler Professor of Neuropharmacology at the Emory University School of Medicine.  Read more>