Teresa Franklin, PhD

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Dr. Teresa (Teri) Franklin is an active/retired Research Associate Professor of Neuroscience in Psychiatry, current Adjunct Research Associate Professor of Neuroscience in Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, and Adjunct Associate Professor, Drexel University. Dr. Franklin completed her training at MCP Hahnemann (Drexel) University and University of Pennsylvania under the mentorship of Drs. J.P. Druhan, A.R. Childress and C.P. O’Brien. Her expertise lies in the field of drug motivation. Her preclinical expertise includes the use of behavioral paradigms to study conditioned drug-motivated responses in rodents using immunohistochemistry, tract tracing, genetic markers and extra- and intra-cranial agonists/antagonists. Dr. Franklin's clinical expertise includes conducting treatment trials and neuroimaging. Her primary research interests include characterizing the effects of potential anti-relapse/anti-craving agents on the brain's response to drug reminders. She also studies the influence of genetic variability, sex, and hormonal variation on addictive (brain and behavioral) processes. Dr. Franklin's ultimate goal, and that of contemporary medicine, is to use the variability in brain, behavior and genetics to 'type' an individual to a particular medication, so that treatment strategies can be tailored to manage individual vulnerabilities to aid in conquering addiction. Dr. Franklin serves as a member of the World Health Organization’s Expert Committee on Drug Dependence and is Editor-in-Chief of Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports.

 

Selected publications:

Wetherill, Reagan R., Nathaniel H. Spilka, Melanie Maron, Heather Keyser, Kanchana Jagannathan, Alice V. Ely, and Teresa R. Franklin. “Influence of the Natural Hormonal Milieu on Brain and Behavior in Women Who Smoke Cigarettes: Rationale and Methodology.” Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications 21 (March 2021): 100738. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conctc.2021.100738.

 

Franklin, Teresa R., Kanchana Jagannathan, Nathaniel H. Spilka, Heather Keyser, Hengy Rao, Alice V. Ely, Amy C. Janes, and Reagan R. Wetherill. “Smoking-Induced Craving Relief Relates to Increased DLPFC-Striatal Coupling in Nicotine-Dependent Women.” Drug and Alcohol Dependence 221 (April 1, 2021): 108593. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108593.

 

Ketcherside, Ariel, Kanchana Jagannathan, Sudipto Dolui, Nathan Hager, Nathaniel Spilka, Chaela Nutor, Hengyi Rao, Teresa Franklin, and Reagan Wetherill. “Baclofen-Induced Changes in the Resting Brain Modulate Smoking Cue Reactivity: A Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study in Cigarette Smokers.” Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience 18, no. 2 (May 31, 2020): 289–302. https://doi.org/10.9758/cpn.2020.18.2.289.

 

Ely, Alice V., Kanchana Jagannathan, Nathan Hager, Ariel Ketcherside, Teresa R. Franklin, and Reagan R. Wetherill. “Double Jeopardy: Comorbid Obesity and Cigarette Smoking Are Linked to Neurobiological Alterations in Inhibitory Control during Smoking Cue Exposure.” Addiction Biology 25, no. 2 (March 2020): e12750. https://doi.org/10.1111/adb.12750.

 

Link to full bibliography: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/collections/bibliography/41144189/


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