Dr. Eric Christian Donny, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Education
University of California, Davis, B.S. PsychologyPositions and Honors
Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, CA., 1993
Graduate Student Researcher, Teaching Assistant, and Course Instructor, Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh., 1993-1999
Postdoctoral Fellow, Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD., 1999-2002
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Psychology, Towson University, Towson, MD., 2000
Assistant Professor, Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD., 2002-present
Other Experience and Professional Memberships
Member, American Psychological Association, 1992-2003
Member, Society for Neuroscience, 1997-1999
Member, International Study Group Investigating Drugs as Reinforcers, 1999-
Member, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 1999-
Program Committee, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 2002-
Consultant, Tobacco Etiology Research Network, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2001
Faculty Scholar, Tobacco Etiology Research Network, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2002-present
Honors
Dean's Honors List, U.C. Davis, 1990-1993
Psi Chi National Honors Society Member and U.C. Davis Chapter Treasurer, 1991-1993
Honors upon graduation, U.C. Davis, 1993
Phi Beta Kappa, 1993
Weisberg-Colavita Award for Excellence in Biopsychology, University of Pittsburgh, 1996
Andrew Mellon Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh, 1997-1998
NIDA Registration Award for CPDD, 1999
NIDA Post-doctoral Training Fellowship, 1999-2002
NIDA Director's Travel Award, 2000
NIDA Director Travel Award, 2001
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Tobacco Etiology Research Network, Faculty Scholar, 2002-present
NIDA International Travel Award, 2002
College on Problem of Drug Dependence, Early Career Investigator Travel Award, 2002
Society for Researcn on Nicotine and Tobacco, New Investigator Award, 2003
1.
Caggiula, A.R., Epstein, L.H., Antelman, S.M., Knopf, S., Perkins, K.A., Saylor, S., Donny, E., Stiller, R. (1995). Conditioned tolerance to nicotine in rats. In: P. Clarke, M. Quik, K. Thurau & F. Adlkofer (Eds.). Effects of Nicotine on Biological Systems II. Birkhauser Verlag, pp. 101-106.2. Donny, E.C., Caggiula, A.R., Knopf, S., Brown, C. (1995). Nicotine self-administration in rats. Psychopharmacology 122: 390-394.
3. McAllister-Sistilli, C.G., Caggiula, A.R., Knopf, S., Rose, C.A., Miller, A.L., Donny, E.C. (1998). The effects of nicotine on the immune system. Psychoneuroendocrinology 23(2): 175-187.
4. Caggiula, A.R., Donny, E.C., Sved, A.F., Knopf, S., Rose, C., McAllister, C., Antelman, S.M., Perkins, K. (1998). The role of adrenal steroids in nicotine's physiological and behavioral effects. Psychoneuroendocrinology 23(2): 143-159.
5. Donny, E.C., Caggiula, A.R., Mielke, M.M., Jacobs, K.S., Rose, C., Sved, A.F. (1998). Acquisition of nicotine self-administration in rats: the effects of dose, feeding schedule and drug contingency. Psychopharmacology 136(1): 83-90.
6. Perkins, K.A., Donny, E.C., Caggiula, A.R. (1999). Sex differences in nicotine effects and self- administration: human and animal research. Nicotine and Tobacco Research. 1: 301-315.
7. Donny, E.C., Caggiula, A.R., Mielke, M.M., Booth, S., Gharib, M.A., Hoffman, A., Maldovan, V., Shupenko, C., McCallum, S. (1999). Nicotine self-administration in rats on a progressive ratio schedule of reinforcement. Psychopharmacology 147:135-142.
8. McCallum, S.E., Caggiula, A.R., Booth, S., Breese, C., Lee, M.J., Donny, E.C., Leonard, S., Sved, A.F. (2000). Mecamylamine prevents tolerance but enhances whole brain [3H]epibatidine binding in response to repeated nicotine administration in rats. Psychopharmacology 150: 1-8.
9. Donny E.C., Caggiula, A.R, Rowell, P.P., Gharib, M.A., Maldovan, V., Booth, S., Mielke, M.M., Hoffman, A., McCallum, S. (2000). Nicotine self-administration in rats: estrous cycle effects, sex differences and nicotinic receptor binding. Psychopharmacology 151: 392-405.
10. Donny, E.C., Caggiula, A.R., Rose, C., Jacobs, K.S., Mielke, M.M., Sved, A.F. (2000). Differential effects of response-contingent and response-independent nicotine in rats. European Journal of Pharmacology 402: 231-240.
11. Nann-Vernotica, E., Donny, E.C., Bigelow, G.E., Walsh, S.L. (2001). Repeated administration of the D1/5 antagonist ecopipam fails to attenuate cocaine's subjective and physiological effects. Psychopharmacology 155: 338-347.
12. Caggiula, A.R., Donny, E.C., White, A.R., Chaudhri, N., Booth, S., Gharib, M.A., Hoffman, A., Perkins,
K.A., Sved, A.F. (2001). Cue dependency of nicotine self-administration and smoking. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior 70: 515-530.
13. Donny, E.C., Walsh, S.L., Bigelow, G.E., Eissenberg, T., Stitzer, M.L. (2002). High-dose methadone produces superior opioid blockade and comparable withdrawal suppression to lower doses in opioid- dependent humans. Psychopharmacology 161: 202-212.
14. Caggiula, A.R., Donny, E.C., White, A.R., Chaudhri, N., Booth, S., Gharib, M.A., Hoffman, A., Perkins, K.A., Sved, A.F. (2002). Environmental stimuli promote the acquisition of nicotine self- administration in rats. Psychopharmacology, 163:230-237.
15. Caggiula, A.R., Donny, E.C., Chaudhri, Perkins, K.A., Evans-Martin, F.F., Sved, A.F (2002). Importance of non-pharmacological factors in nicotine self-administration. Physiology and Behavior 77: 683-687.
16. Donny, E.C., Walsh, S.L., Bigelow, G.E. (2003). Choosing to take cocaine in the human laboratory: The effects of cocaine dose, inter-choice-interval, and the magnitude of alternative reinforcement. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 69: 289-301.
17. Donny E.C., Chaudhri, N., Caggiula, A.R., Booth, S., Gharib, M.A., Clements, L.A., Sved, A.F. (in press). Operant responding enhanced by non-contingent nicotine: implications for nicotine self- administration and reinforcement. Psychopharmacology.
Research Support
Effects of Self-administered Vs. Non-contingent Nicotine in Rats
Dates: 04/01/00-03/31/04
Role: Co-Investigator (5% effort)
Description: This grant focuses on the role of response contingency in the physiological and behavioral effects of nicotine in rats. The methods employed is yoked design, in which animals self-administering nicotine are compared to animals receiving the same pattern of either nicotine or vehicle infusions. The results will increase current understanding of the consequences of self-administered nicotine and the role of ongoing behavior in determining those effects.
Funding: NIDA DA10464-06 (PI: Caggiula)
Duties: Assist in study design, protocol development, data analysis, interpretation, and manuscript preparation.
Status: ongoing
Research Network on the Etiology of Tobacco Dependence
Dates: 1/1/02-12/31/03 (21%effort)
Role: Faculty Scholar
Description: This research network is comprised of twelve internationally recognized leaders and ten faculty scholars from a wide range of disciplines related to tobacco use and dependence. This position supports ongoing efforts to characterize acquisition of nicotine self-administration in animals and early tobacco use episodes and trajectories to dependence in smokers.
Funding: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Duties: Current duties include study design, data analyses, and manuscript preparation.
Status: ongoing
Factors in Drug Dependence
Dates: 03/01/02-02/28/06
Role: Co-Investigator (20% effort)
Description: This project evaluates differences between cocaine users with and without dependence in personality, the pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic response to cocaine, and behavioral control over cocaine-taking in laboratory models of cocaine self-administration.
Funding: NIDA R01 DA14653
Duties: Current duties include protocol implementation. Future duties are likely to include all aspects of the study, including data analysis, presentation at conferences, and manuscript preparation.
Status: ongoing
Experimental Analysis of Smoking Relapse
Dates: 07/17/02-06/30/07
Role: Co-Investigator (34% effort)
Description: This RO1 grant project proposes to develop an analog model of smoking cessation and relapse in order to examine the impact of programmed smoking lapses on subsequent decisions to smoke. The project will contribute to understanding of the association between smoking lapse and relapse that leads to failure of cessation attempts.
Funding: NCI R01 CA99241-01
Duties: Current duties include protocol implementation. Future duties are likely to include all aspects of the study, including data analysis, presentation at conferences, and manuscript preparation.
Status: ongoing
Effects of Chronic Exposure to Smoking Stimuli
Dates: 06/01/03-05/31/05
Role: Principle Investigator (20% effort)
Description: This project evaluates withdrawal, craving, smoking topography, and smoking reinforcement in smokers assigned to either a regular smoking group, a group that smokes denicotinized cigarettes, or a no smoking condition during a two-week, inpatient study.
Funding: NIDA R03 DA16289-01
Duties: Current duties include study design and protocol implementation. Future duties are likely to include all aspects of the study, including data analysis, presentation at conferences, and manuscript preparation.
Status: ongoing
E-mail contact: edonny@jhmi.edu
Updated: 8/4/2003