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• National Award of Excellence in Mentoring - National Hispanic Science Network (01/01/2016-12/31/2016)
• Outstanding Performer Award for Securing Extramural Funding - UTEP office of Research and Sponsored Projects (01/01/2016-12/31/2016)
• Faculty Mentor Award - UTEP College of Undergraduate Research Initiatives (01/01/2015-12/31/2015)
• Oustanding Performer Award for Securing Extramural Funding - UTEP office of Research and Sponsored Projects (01/01/2013-12/31/2013)
• Travel Award - American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (01/01/2009-12/31/2009)
• Outstanding Performance Award - UTEP Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (01/01/2008-12/31/2008)
• Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) - National Science and Technology Council (01/01/2008-12/31/2008)
• Outstanding Young Investigator Award - UTEP office of Research and Sponsored Projects (01/01/2007-12/31/2007)
• Outstanding Young Investigator Award - UTEP Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (01/01/2007-12/31/2007)
• Travel Award - College of Problems of Drug Abuse (01/01/1999-12/31/1999)

• Ph D in Behavioral Neuroscience, Arizona State University (1997)
• MS in Behavioral Neuroscience, Arizona State University (1994)
• BS in Psychology, Texas A&M University (1992)

• Sex and age differences in approach behavior toward a port that delivers nicotine vapor Journal of Experimental Analysis of Behavior 117 3 (2022), Veronika Espinosa, Priscilla Giner, Isabella Liano, Ian A. Mendez, Laura O'Dell.
• Alcohol self-administration and nicotine withdrawal alter biomarkers of stress and inflammation and prefrontal cortex changes in Gβ subunits The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse 0 0 (2022), Bryan Cruz, Karen Castañeda, Michelle Aranda, Cecilia A. Hinojosa, Roberto Castro-Gutierrez, Rodolfo J. Flores, Charles Spencer, Valentina Vozella, Marisa Roberto, Bharathi S. Gadad, Sukla Roychowdhury, Laura E. O'Dell.
• The emergence of insulin resistance following a chronic high-fat diet regimen coincides with an increase in the reinforcing effects of nicotine in a sex-dependent manner. Neuropharmacology 200 (2021), Bryan Cruz, S Ortegon, P Giner, F Matos-Ocasio, A Rodriguez-Crespo, Kevin P. Uribe, K I. Galindo, Katherine M. Serafine, A Nazarian, Laura E. O'Dell.
• Amino acid systems in the interpeduncular nucleus are altered in a sex-dependent manner during nicotine withdrawal Journal of Neuroscience Research 100 8 (2021), Luis M. Carcoba, Kevin P. Uribe, Sebastian Ortegon, Ian A. Mendez, Mariella DeBiasi, Laura O'Dell.
• Vulnerability to substance abuse: A consideration of allostatic loading factors. Neuropharmacology 199 (2021), Laura E. O'Dell, G F. Koob, A Nazarian.
• Converging vulnerability factors for compulsive food and drug use. Neuropharmacology 196 (2021), Katherine M. Serafine, Laura E. O'Dell, E P. Zorrilla.
• Exposure to nicotine vapor produced by an electronic nicotine delivery system causes short-term increases in impulsive choice in adult male rats. Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2021), R J. Flores, Fatima Z. Alshbool, P Giner, Laura E. O'Dell, Ian A. Mendez.
• Exposure to nicotine vapor produced by an electronic nicotine delivery system causes short-term increases in impulsive choice in adult male rats. Nicotine and Tobacco Research 24 3 (2021), Rodolfo J. Flores, Fatima Z. Alshbool, Priscilla Giner, Laura E. O'Dell, Ian A. Mendez.
• Female rats display greater nicotine withdrawal-induced cellular activation of a central portion of the interpeduncular nucleus versus males: A study of Fos immunoreactivity within provisionally assigned interpeduncular subnuclei Drug and Alcohol Dependence 221 (2021), Felix Matos-Ocasio, Veronika E. Espinoza, Paola Correa-Alfonzo, Arshad M. Khan, Laura E. O'Dell.
• Amino acid systems in the interpeduncular nucleus are altered in a sex-dependent manner during nicotine withdrawal. Journal of neuroscience research (2021), Luis Carcoba, Kevin P. Uribe, S Ortegon, Ian A. Mendez, M DeBiasi, Laura E. O'Dell.
• Insulin restores the neurochemical effects of nicotine in the mesolimbic pathway of diabetic rats. Journal of neurochemistry 156 2 (2021), Bryan Cruz, Luis Carcoba, R J. Flores, E J. Espinoza, A Nazarian, Laura E. O'Dell.
• Estradiol promotes and progesterone reduces anxiety-like behavior produced by nicotine withdrawal in female rats Psychoneuroendocrinology 119 (2020), Rodolfo J. Flores, Kevin P. Uribe, Victor L. Correa, Montserrat C. Arreguin, Luis M. Carcoba, Ian A. Mendez, Laura O'Dell.
• Estradiol promotes and progesterone reduces anxiety-like behavior produced by nicotine withdrawal in female rats. Psychoneuroendocrinology 119 (2020), R J. Flores, Bryan Cruz, Kevin P. Uribe, V L. Correa, M C. Arreguin, Luis Carcoba, Ian A. Mendez, Laura E. O'Dell.
• Examination of nicotine and saccharin reward in the Goto-Kakizaki diabetic rat model. Neuroscience letters 721 (2020), J R. Richardson, Laura E. O'Dell, A Nazarian.
• Overexpression of corticotropin-releasing factor in the nucleus accumbens enhances the reinforcing effects of nicotine in female versus male rats Neuropsychopharmacology (2020), Kevin P. Uribe, Victor L. Corres, Briana E. Pinales, Rodolfo J. Flores, Bryan Cruz, Zhiying Shan, Adriaan W. Bruijnzeel, Arshad M. Khan, Laura E. O'Dell.
• Overexpression of corticotropin-releasing factor in the nucleus accumbens enhances the reinforcing effects of nicotine in intact female versus male and ovariectomized female rats. Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology 45 2 (2020), Kevin P. Uribe, V L. Correa, B E. Pinales, R J. Flores, Bryan Cruz, Z Shan, A W. Bruijnzeel, Arshad Khan, Laura E. O'Dell.
• Sex differences in cholinergic systems in the interpeduncular nucleus following nicotine exposure and withdrawal. Neuropharmacology 158 (2019), V L. Correa, R J. Flores, Luis Carcoba, M C. Arreguin, Laura E. O'Dell.
• Insulin modulates the strong reinforcing effects of nicotine and changes in insulin biomarkers in a rodent model of diabetes. Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology 44 6 (2019), Bryan Cruz, R J. Flores, Kevin P. Uribe, E J. Espinoza, Charles Spencer, Katherine M. Serafine, A Nazarian, Laura E. O'Dell.
• Sex differences in nicotine intravenous self-administration: A meta-analytic review. Physiology & behavior 203 (2019), R J. Flores, Kevin P. Uribe, N Swalve, Laura E. O'Dell.
• Insulin dependent and independent normalization of blood glucose levels reduces the enhanced rewarding effects of nicotine in a rodent model of diabetes. Behavioural brain research 351 (2018), J Íbias, Laura E. O'Dell, A Nazarian.
• Amino acid modulation of dopamine in the nucleus accumbens mediates sex differences in nicotine withdrawal. Addiction biology 23 5 (2018), Luis Carcoba, R J. Flores, L A. Natividad, Laura E. O'Dell.
• A single vectored thermal pulsation treatment for meibomian gland dysfunction increases mean comfortable contact lens wearing time by approximately 4 hours per day. Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) 12 (2018), C A. Blackie, C A. Coleman, K K. Nichols, Larry P. Jones, P Q. Chen, R Melton, D L. Kading, Laura E. O'Dell, S Srinivasan.

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• Supporting translation of education and research in neuroscience (stern)
• Vulnerability Issues in Drug Abuse: Career and Research Transdisciplinary Training Program (VIDA:CART)
• Insulin Mechanisms of Diabetes-Evoked Enhancement of Nicotine Reward