Colleen A McClung, PhD

Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical and Translational Science

Areas of Expertise

  • Substance Use Disorders
  • Mood Disorders
  • Basic & Translational Neuroscience
Colleen A McClung, PhD
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Expertise & Interests

Research Interests

Circadian rhythms in psychiatric disorders; Molecular mechanisms of psychiatric disorders

Education Interests

Research mentorship; Graduate student education; Postdoctoral fellow education

Selected Publications

  1. Ketchesin KD, Zong W, Hildebrand MA, Seney ML, Cahill KM, Scott MR, Shankar VG, Glausier JR, Lewis DA, Tseng GC & McClung CA. (2023) Diurnal alterations in gene expression across striatal subregions in psychosis. Biological Psychiatry, 93: 137-148.
  2. Becker-Krail DD, Ketchesin KD, Burns JN, Zong W, Hildebrand MA, DePoy LM, Vadnie CA, Tseng GC, Logan RW, Huang YH & McClung CA. (2022) Astrocyte molecular clock function in the nucleus accumbens is important for reward related behavior in mice. Biological Psychiatry, 92: 68-80.
  3. Logan RW, Ozburn AR, Arey RN, Ketchesin KD, Winquist A, Crain A, Tobe BTD, Becker-Krail D, Jarpe MB, Xue X, Zong W, Huo Z, Parekh PK, Zhu X, Fitzgerald E, Zhang H, Oliver-Smith J, DePoy LM, Hildebrand MA, Snyder EY, Tseng GC & McClung CA. (2021) Valproate reverses mania-like behaviors in mice via preferential targeting of HDAC2, Molecular Psychiatry, 26:4066-4084
  4. Ketchesin KD, Zong W, Hildebrand MA, Cahill K, Scott MR, Shankar V, Glausier J, Lewis DA, Tseng GC & McClung CA. (2021) Diurnal rhythms across the human dorsal and ventral striatum, Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. 118:e2016150118.
  5. Seney ML, Cahill K, Enwright JF III, Logan RW, Huo Z, Zong W, Tseng G & McClung CA. (2019) Diurnal rhythms in gene expression in the prefrontal cortex in schizophrenia. Nature Communications, Aug 910:3355.

Education & Credentials

Education & Training

Education
PhD, Biology, University of Virginia, College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
Postdoctoral
Neuroscience, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Professional Affiliations

  • Fellow, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Member, Society for Neuroscience
  • Member, Society for Research on Biological Rhythms
  • Member, Molecular Psychiatry Association

Selected Honors & Awards

  • NARSAD Independent Investigator Award, Brain & Behavioral Research Foundation
  • Rising Star Award, International Mental Health Research Organization
  • Neuroscience of Brain Disorders Award, McKnight Foundation

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