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Biography
Dr. Joseph Schacht is an assistant professor and licensed clinical
psychologist in the
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical
University of South Carolina (MUSC). He received his AB in Psychology
and Philosophy from the University of Michigan and his PhD in Clinical
Psychology and Neuroscience from the University of Colorado, Boulder,
after completing his predoctoral internship at the Charleston Consortium
Psychology Internship Program at MUSC.
Dr. Schacht’s training
and research experience encompass both basic and clinical neuroscience,
and he has pushed to build a program of research that translates from
basic neurobiological processes to behavioral and treatment outcomes. His work has been funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), and industry. His current
work, funded by NIAAA, uses human neuroimaging and laboratory paradigms to evaluate novel medications to treat Alcohol Use Disorder. He is particularly known for his work in using
pharmacology, behavioral genetics, and functional neuroimaging to understand alcohol
and drug craving and cue reactivity.