Samantha Fortin

My research focuses on the neural control of ingestive behavior. I received my PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Illinois at Chicago. In the lab of Dr. Mitchell Roitman, I investigated the influence of physiological state on phasic dopamine responses to rewarding and aversive stimuli. As a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Matthew Hayes' lab, I am using behavioral, virogenetic, pharmacological, molecular and imaging techniques to explore central sites of action that mediate the food intake-suppressive effects of established (e.g. GLP-1R agonists) and novel pharmacotherapies for obesity.

Education

• University of Illinois at Chicago (2012 — 2017)
• Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Ursinus College (2006 — 2010)
• University of Pennsylvania

Companies

• Adjunct Professor in Biopsychology Villanova University (2018)
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (2017)
• Graduate Student - Ph.D. in Neuroscience University of Illinois at Chicago (2012 — 2017)
• Research Technician University of Pennsylvania (2010 — 2012)