Colleen Ann McClung, Ph.D.
Young Investigator

Dr. McClung received her bachelor's degree in Biology with a minor in chemistry at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in 1994. She went on to obtain a Ph.D. in biology at the University of Virginia in Dr. Jay Hirsh's laboratory in 2001. She was then a postdoctoral fellow with Dr. Eric Nestler at UT Southwestern Medical Center, where she started her current position as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at UT Southwestern in 2005. Dr. McClung has been fortunate enough to receive funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute of Mental Health, the Blue Gator Foundation, and The Music Festival for Mental Health. She is also the past recipient of a NARSAD Young Investigator Award in 2005. Her research is focused on understanding the role of circadian rhythms and the genes that make up the clock in the development and treatment of psychiatric disorders. She is particularly focused on the importance of these genes on drug addiction and mood disorders such as bipolar disorder and seasonal affective disorder. NARSAD has been pivotal in the support of her research.

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