Kevin D. Beck, Ph.D.
Current Position:
Research Physiologist, VA NJ Health Care System, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, NJ Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ (UMDNJ), and Associate Director, Stress and Motivated Behavior Institute, NJ Medical School - UMDNJ
Research Interests/Grant support:
Underlying mechanisms determining sex differences in stress responsivity and persistent changes in behavior following traumatic stress; Endocrine-immune interactions affecting sensory reactivity and learning. Grant Support History: Ovarian hormone regulation of behavior following traumatic stress (VA Merit Review); Interoceptive stressor conditioning: A model of Gulf War Illness (VA#00695); CRH-serotonin interactions in causing chronic hypervigilance in rats (VA VISN 3 pilot program).
Relevant Experience:
Editorial Peer Review (ad hoc) Behavioral and Brain Functions, Behavioral Brain Research, Biological Psychiatry, Computers in Biology and Medicine, European Journal of Neuroscience, Hormones and Behavior, Integrative Physiological and Behavioral Science, Journal of Neuroendocrinology, Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, Neuroscience, Physiology and Behavior, Psychophysiology, Stress; Institutional Committees VA NJ Health Care System Research & Development Committee; VA NJ Health Care System IACUC; Joint UMDNJ Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences/NJ Institute of Technology Admissions Committee for Biomedical Engineering; Society Memberships American Psychological Association, Society for Neuroscience, Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Pavlovian Society, New York Academy of Sciences; OSSD.
