Neuroendocrinology of Behavior and Emotions Environmental and Social Factors Affecting Behavior

Heather K. Caldwell  received her B.A. and M.S. from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and her Ph.D. from Georgia State University. She went on to work with Dr. W. Scott Young at the National Institute of Mental Health at the National Institutes of Health for her postdoctoral training.  She is currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Biological Sciences at Kent State University. Her work has focused on the contributions of oxytocin and vasopressin to the neural regulation of behavior, both in early development and adulthood.

H. Elliott Albers  received his B.S. from the University of Nebraska in 1974 and his Ph.D. from Tulane University in 1979. He did postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School and the Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology.  After serving on the faculty of the University of Massachusetts Medical School, he joined Georgia State University in 1986. Currently he is the Directorof the Center for Behavioral Neuroscience and Regents Professor of Neuroscience at Georgia State University.  Dr. Albers’ research program is focused on behavioral neuroendocrinology with studies focused on neurochemical signaling in brain circuits regulating social behavior and biological rhythms.