First GSBS Neuroscience Track Graduate

On December 3, 2009, Ryan Logan successfully defended his doctoral dissertation “Circadian Wheel-Running Activity During Withdrawal from Chronic Intermittent Ethanol Exposure in Mice”.  His committee consisted of Alan M. Rosenwasser, Marie J. Hayes, and Thane Fremouw of the University of Maine Department of Psychology, Robert Burgess of the Jackson Laboratory, and Edward Bilsky of the University of  New England College of Osteopathic Medicine.  Dr. Rosenwasser served as the primary research mentor.  Dr. Logan is the first graduate of the GSBS Neuroscience Track, and has accepted a postdoctoral position at Rutgers University working with neuroimmunologist Dipak K. Sarkar.