Greg Collins, Ph.D.

Department of Pharmacology

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Email: collinsg@uthscsa.edu

Greg Collins received his PhD in Pharmacology from the University of Michigan in 2008 and completed post-doctoral fellowships at the University of Michigan and Harvard Medical School / McLean Hospital. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio where he runs a behavioral pharmacology laboratory broadly aimed at investigating the determinants of drug-taking and drug-seeking behaviors. Current focuses of the laboratory include: 1) characterizing the reinforcing and toxic effects of drugs and drug mixtures; 2) developing quantitative models of polysubstance use; 3) understanding factors that contribute to individual differences in substance use disorder (SUD)-related behaviors; and 4) validating novel targets and evaluating candidate medications for the treatment of (poly)substance use disorders.