Professor Marcus Munafo

Research summary

My interests are in the role of molecular genetic influences on addictive behaviour and the use of social drugs (primarily nicotine and alcohol), in particular the behavioural, cognitive and neural mechanisms that mediate these relationships. Candidate genes associated with dopaminergic and serotonergic neurotransmission are of particular interest, as these have been shown to be related to addictive behaviour, and may influence the development of learning pathways implicated in addiction in psychological models of addiction.

Recent and current grants

• Aveyard, P.N. (P.I.), Morcom, A.R., Coleman, T., McRobbie, H., Lindson, N., Munafò, M.R., Parrott, S., Hajek, P., Bathers ...

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Biography

• Professor of Biological Psychology, School of Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol (2010-present)
• Reader in Biological Psychology, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol (2007-2010)
• Lecturer, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol (2005-2007)
• Visiting Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania (2004-2005)
• Research Fellow, Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Oxford (1999-2005)

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Recent publications

• Adams, S & Munafò, MR 2013, ‘Will peak provoked craving prove superior to cue-reactivity?’. Addiction (Abingdon, England), vol 108., pp. 1027-8
• Munafò, MR & Gage, SH 2013, ‘Improving the reliability and reporting of genetic association studies’. Drug and Alcohol Dependence.

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