Name: Gregory R. Simpson

Degrees & where obtained:

- Masters of Psychology, American University

- Bachelor of Arts, Wilfrid Laurier University

- Behavioral Neurosciences Program, Ph.D., 5^th year

Riley, A., & Simpson, G. The attenuating effects of drug preexposure on taste aversion conditioning: Generality, experimental parameters, underlying mechanisms and implications for drug use and abuse. In R.R. Mowrer and S.B. Klein (Eds.), Contemporary learning theory, 2nd Edition. Hillsdale, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2001.

Randall, J. F., Simpson, G. R., Avila, A., Kromer, L F., Bayer, B. M., & Riley, A. L. (2000). The effects of prenatal cocaine exposure on immune reactivity. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 26, 1097.

Riley, A., & Simpson, G. Interactions of the aversive and reinforcing properties of drugs: Implications of taste aversion learning for drug acceptability. International Study Group Investigating Drugs as Reinforcers, 2000.

Hutchinson, A. C., Simpson, G. R., Randall, J. F., Zhang, X., Calderon, S. N., Rice, K. C., & Riley, A. L. Assessment of SNC 80 and naltrindole within a conditioned taste aversion design. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 2000, 66, 779-787.

Riley, A., & Simpson, G. Cocaine preexposure fails to sensitize the acquisition of cocaine-induced taste aversions. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 1999, 63, 193-199.

Parker, L. A., Limebeer, C. L., & Simpson, G. R. Chlordiazepoxide-induced conditioned place and taste aversion learning in rats. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior, 1997, 59, 1-5.

Simpson, G., Avila, A., Bayer, B., Busse, G., Randall, J., & Riley, A. (2001, June). Prenatal cocaine and immune function: Temporal characteristics. Paper presented at the meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Scottsdale, AZ.

Simpson, G. R. (2001, February). Assessment of delta opioid agonists BW373U86, SNC80 and SNC162 in the conditioned taste aversion design. Paper presented at the Eleventh Annual College of Arts and Sciences Student Research Conference at American Universtiy, Washington, DC.

Sobel, B.-F., Randall, J., Simpson, G., & Riley, A. Assessment of mu- and delta-opioid antagonists within a conditioned taste aversion design. Society for Neuroscience, 1998.

Grabus, S., Simpson, G., Hutchinson, A., & Riley, A. Assessment of mu- and delta-opioid agonists within a conditioned taste aversion design. Society for Neuroscience, 1998.

Master’s Thesis Title: "Assessment of delta opioid agonists BW373U86, SNC80 and SNC162 in the conditioned taste aversion design."

- Neurobiology of Drug Reward

- The interaction of the rewarding and aversive properties of drugs

- The behavioral and immunological effects of prenatal drug exposure

- Psychopharmacology Laboratory, American University

- NIH fMRI Center, Laboratory of Clinical Studies, NIAAA