Marc Potenza
researcher
Marc Nicholas Potenza (born April 27, 1965) is an American psychiatrist who specializes in addiction psychiatry. He is Professor of Psychiatry, Child Study and Neurobiology at the Yale University School of Medicine, where he also serves as director of the Problem Gambling Clinic and the Center of Excellence in Gambling Research. He is also the director of the Women and Addictive Disorders Core of Women's Health Research and the Program for Research on Impulsivity and Impulse Control Disorders, both at Yale University.
Early life and education
Potenza was born on April 27, 1965. He completed his medical degree at the Yale University School of Medicine along with his fellowship, residency, and PhD. In the fourth year of his residency at Yale, Potenza received a grant from the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression to study the link between the response to stress and the onset of mental illnesses.
Career
Upon completing his formal education at Yale, Potenza joined the Department of Psychiatry as an assistant professor of psychiatry and schizophrenia. In this role, he was appointed the director of the Problem Gambling Clinic and the Women and Addictive Disorders Core of Women's Health Research at Yale. In 2003, Potenza worked alongside Marvin Steinberg to publish the first neuroimaging study of individuals with gambling disorders. Potenza was eventually promoted to associate professor as he began studying the differences in the brain of individuals suffering from addictive habits compared to the healthy population. His research soon developed into understanding which drugs worked as a potential treatment for problem gambling.
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