About the lab
The NERVE Lab at the University of Vermont is interested in cognitive development, particularly as it relates to substance use and risk-taking behaviors.
Much of our work levereges Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD Study), IMAGEN Study, and ENIGMA-Addiction working group data to study brain development at unprecedented scales.
The NERVE Lab is led by Hugh Garavan and Alexi Potter.
Lab News
- 2024 February - Bader Chaarani receives $2M NIH grant to investigate the impacts of screen time on adolescent brain development.
- 2024 January - New paper: Associations Between Family History of Alcohol and/or Substance Use Problems and Frontal Cortical Development...
- 2023 December 28 - Matt Albaugh featured in 2023 Leading Research Achievements by the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF)
- 2023 December 20 - We drafted a lab website!