Howard Becker, PhD
Professor
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and
Department of Neurosciences

Contact Information
beckerh@musc.edu
843.792.5205

Education
BS, 1979, Biology, State University of New York, at Buffalo
MS, 1982, Bio-psychology, Rutgers University
PhD, 1984, Bio-psychology, Rutgers University

Research Interests
Neuro-psychopharmacology of alcohol and other drugs of abuse. Mechanisms underlying initial sensitivity to CNS drug effects, as well as neuroadaptive changes that result from chronic drug exposure (tolerance and dependence).