Sabine Distinguished Lecture in Psychology: Linda Watkins

Linda Watkins, Ph.D. will give this year’s Sabine Distinguished Lecture in Psychology entitled “’Listening’ and ‘Talking’ to Neurons.”

Non-neuronal cells amplify pain and drug reward pathways — from basic science to human and veterinary clinical trials. Watkins is a distinguished professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Colorado Boulder, and a University of Colorado President’s Teaching Scholar. She has received career awards from the National Institute of Health and National Institute for Mental Health. Watkins’ primary research interest is understanding how to control clinically relevant pathological pain states, using pharmacological, molecular biological, behavioral, anatomical, and gene therapy studies. She has authored or co-authored over 190 book chapters, review articles and journal articles.