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The overarching goal of our research programs in Behavioral and Neuropharmacology is to develop a deep, mechanistic understanding of receptor-mediated and electrical-based signaling pathways and circuits underlying normal neurophysiology and then to extend that knowledge to understand and treat neurological and psychiatric disease.
Our ultimate goal is to contribute to the development of safe and effective therapeutic agents for complex neurological disorders.
![Robert T. Kennedy](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2023-12/Kennedy-Robert.jpg?itok=2NpnLJA-)
Hobart H Willard Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry
Professor of Chemistry
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Professor of Pharmacology
Professor of Chemistry
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Professor of Pharmacology
Pfizer Upjohn Research Professor of Translational Pharmacology
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Associate Chair for Education
Department of Pharmacology
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Associate Chair for Education
Department of Pharmacology
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Professor of Pharmacology
![headshot of Carrie Ferrario](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2023-12/Carrie_Ferrario_004-FINAL.jpg?itok=ODVHNToZ)
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychology
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychology
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Benedict R Lucchesi Collegiate Professor of Cardiovascular Pharmacology
Professor of Pharmacology
Associate Chair, Department of Pharmacology
Professor of Biophysics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Professor of Pharmacology
Associate Chair, Department of Pharmacology
Professor of Biophysics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
![Michelle Hastings](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2023-12/Hastings-Michelle-2023.jpg?itok=_0BWet08)
Pfizer Upjohn Research Professor of Pharmacology
Professor of Pharmacology
Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
College of Pharmacy
Professor of Pharmacology
Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
College of Pharmacy
![headshot of Erica Levitt](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2023-12/Erica%20Levitt_LB101451_best.jpg?itok=0iSCEiky)
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
![Manoj Puthenveedu](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2023-12/Puthenveedu-Manoj-2023.jpg?itok=TGx48DY0)
Professor of Pharmacology
Maurice H Seevers Collegiate Professor of Pharmacology
Chair, Department of Pharmacology
Professor of Pharmacology
Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Professor of Neurology
Chair, Department of Pharmacology
Professor of Pharmacology
Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Professor of Neurology
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Associate Director Academic Program
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Associate Director Academic Program
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
![Jess Anand](https://medschool.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2023-10/jess_anand_009.jpg?itok=aF_L56Eb)
Research Assistant Professor
Pharmacology
Pharmacology
Associate Research Scientist
Pharmacology
Pharmacology
Associate Research Scientist
Pharmacology
Pharmacology