Paul S Regier
Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Department: Psychiatry
Contact information
3535 Market Street
Suite 500
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Suite 500
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 2157463706
Publications
Education
B.S. (Psychology)
University of Nebraska at Omaha, 2007.
Ph.D. (Neuroscience)
University of Minnesota, 2015.
B.S. (Psychology)
University of Nebraska at Omaha, 2007.
Ph.D. (Neuroscience)
University of Minnesota, 2015.
Post-Graduate Training
NIDA T32 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, 2015-2018.
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Pennsylvania, 2018-2023.
Permanent linkNIDA T32 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, 2015-2018.
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Pennsylvania, 2018-2023.
Selected Publications
Paul S. Regier: Progressing from Simple to Multidimensional Models Towards a Biopsychosocial Framework of Addiction. Current Addiction Reports June 2026.Paul S. Regier, Delaney McKinstry, Joel M. Stein, Nathan M. Hager, Jed Barash, Todd Miano, Daniel D. Langleben, Peter Manza, Nora D. Volkow, Zhenhao Shi, Corinde E. Wiers, Andrew W. Kofke: Hippocampal Volume Alterations in Opioid Use Disorder: Evidence for Posterior Vulnerability and Heterogeneity. Drug and Alcohol Dependence June 2026.
Anna Rose Childress, Altona Tufanoglu, Conrad Burns, Nathan Hager, Kyle Kampman, Hasan Ayaz, Paul Regier: Before Psilocybin Testing: Is Our Brain Task of Neurocognitive Flexibility in Patients With Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) Sensitive to “Set-shifting" College on Problems of Drug Dependence 2026.
Paul S. Regier, Delaney McKinstry, Joel Stein, Nathan Hager, Jed A Basash, Daniel D. Langleben, Peter Manza, Nora D. Volkow, Corinde E. Wiers, Zhenhao Shi, W Andrew Kofke: Reduced Hippocampal Volume and Memory Impairment in Opioid Use Disorder. Society for Neuroscience Nov 2025.
Regier PS, Kampman KK, Kember RL, Romer D: The Neurobiology and Genetics of Substance Use Disorder in Treating and Preventing Adolescent Mental Health Disorders. Oxford University Press. Dwight L. Evans, Edna B. Foa, Martin E. Franklin, Raquel E. Gur, Kyle Kampman, Christine Yu Moutier, Maria A. Oquendo, Daniel Romer, Moira A. Rynn, Martin E. P. Seligman, Robyn Sysko, and B. Timothy Walsh (eds.). 1(1), Oct 2025 Notes: ISBN: 9780197683705, https://doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780199928163.001.0001.
Tufanoglu A, Ayaz A, Childress AR, Regier PS.: "Brain-Behavioral Vulnerabilities in Opioid Use Disorder" College on Problems of Drug Dependence Jun 2025.
Sinko L, Regier P, de Arruda TCM, Ayaz H, Aryal S, Childress AR, Teitelman AM.: The Relationship Between Childhood Sexual Abuse and Executive Function for Those in Recovery from Opioid Use Disorder: A Brief Report of a Pilot Study. Journal of Family Violence Apr 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1007/s10896-025-00876-3.
Regier PS, Hager NM, Gawrysiak M, Ehmann S, Ayaz H, Childress AR, Fan Y: Differential large-scale network functional connectivity in cocaine-use disorder associates with drug-use outcomes. Scientific Reports. Springer Nature, 15(1): 9636, Mar 2025 Notes: DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-91465-3.
Arruda T, Sinko L, Regier P, Tufanoglu A, Curtin A, Teitelman A, Ayaz H, Cronholm P, Childress AR.: Exploring Social Impairment in Those with Opioid Use Disorder: Linking Impulsivity, Childhood Trauma, and the Prefrontal Cortex. BMC Psychiatry 25(1): 197, Mar 2025 Notes: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-4202009/v1.
Regier PS, de Arruda TCM, Sinko L, Teitelman AM, Childress AR: Factors Associated with Cognitive Flexibility in People with Opioid-Use Disorder: A Pilot Study. Frontiers in Psychiatry 15, December 2024 Notes: Accepted for Publication.