{"id":2,"date":"2016-09-16T15:14:03","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T15:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/bgalab\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2021-11-18T06:33:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T06:33:00","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/bgalab\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: left\">Our Mission<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">In the Behavioral Genetics of Addiction (BGA) Laboratory, we investigate how genomic variation influences the progression to maladaptive substance use<span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem\">&nbsp;behaviors. We are i<\/span>dentifying the differences in our DNA that influence our relationship with alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, and other illicit substances through sophisticated genomic techniques. To understand the progression from use to dependence, we additionally examine related traits and behaviors that may predate the onset of substance use\/addiction or co-occur with substance use\/addiction, such as major depression, conduct problems, and novelty seeking. Our research spans across species and development (i.e., prenatal through adulthood), as well as strives to include both clinical and community-based samples. Furthermore, we aim to address disparities in mental health among populations typically underrepresented in research.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1111\" src=\"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/bgalab\/files\/2021\/02\/Untitled-1-1024x651.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/bgalab\/files\/2021\/02\/Untitled-1-1024x651.png 1024w, https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/bgalab\/files\/2021\/02\/Untitled-1-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/bgalab\/files\/2021\/02\/Untitled-1-768x488.png 768w, https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/bgalab\/files\/2021\/02\/Untitled-1.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Mission In the Behavioral Genetics of Addiction (BGA) Laboratory, we investigate how genomic variation influences the progression to maladaptive substance use&nbsp;behaviors. We are identifying [&hellip;] <span class=\"read-more-link\"><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/bgalab\/\">Read More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4070,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/bgalab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/bgalab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/bgalab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/bgalab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4070"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/bgalab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/bgalab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1272,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/bgalab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/1272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/bgalab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}