Yvonne M. Ulrich-Lai, PhD

Professor

ulrichym@ucmail.uc.edu

Yve graduated with a BS in biology from Harvey Mudd College in 1994. She received a PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Minnesota in 2002 under the mentorship of Dr. William C. Engeland, where she received a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Predoctoral Fellowship to study neural regulation of adrenal growth and function. She then pursued postdoctoral training with Dr. James Herman under the support of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Institutional NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship. This was followed by NIH-supported (K01) training as a junior faculty with Dr. Steve Woods studying brain regulation of feeding behavior, metabolism and energy balance. Yve has been a faculty member in the College of Medicine at the University of Cincinnati since 2007.

Ivanka Rainer

Graduate Student

raineril@mail.uc.edu

Ivanka is pursuing a PhD in Neuroscience graduate program. Ivanka received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Kentucky with a dual major in Neuroscience and Biology. Her research is focused on understanding how a history of palatable feeding alters brain endocannabinoid signaling.

Dana Selm

Principal Research Assistant and Lab Manager

selmdr@ucmail.uc.edu

Dana is the Ulrich-Lai lab manager. She has over 20 years of research experience and has been in the Ulrich-Lai lab for the past 7 years. Dana is a key contributor to all lab projects.