Jill Becker

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Jill B. Becker
Alma mater University of Illinois
Scientific career
Institutions University of Michigan

Jill B. Becker is an American psychological researcher, studying sex differences in addiction using preclinical models. Becker is the Biopsychology Area Chair and the Patricia Y. Gurin Professor of Psychology at University of Michigan. [1] [2] She has advocated for greater research into sex/gender differences, particularly in the area of Substance Use Disorder. [3]

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Education

After graduating and receiving a Bachelors of Arts and Doctors of Medicine in human development from the University of Texas, Becker moved on and received her Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of Illinois. [4]

Awards and Honors

2016- She received the Ting-Kai Li Lecture Award from the Research Society on Alcoholism. [5] In 2019, she was invited to deliver the Neal Miller Distinguished Lecture by the American Psychological Association. [6]

2020- Becker was awarded the Health Education Visionary Award from the Society for Woman's Health Research (SWHR), Becker was honored for her award at the health of woman at SWHR's Annual Awards Dinner on October 22, 2020. The awards celebrate women who have advanced woman's health throughout their careers. [1]

2021- Becker was awarded the Bernice Grafstein Award for Outstanding Accomplishments in Mentoring. The award is given in recognition of the leaders who have aided the earl careers of women neuroscientists and eased their retention in the field. [1]

2022- Becker received the Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award by The University of Michigan for having consistently demonstrated outstanding achievements in her areas of research. [1]

Significant Contributors

Jill B. Becker and Michele L. McClellan has also collaborated on several papers. Their work followed by studies on examining sex differences in addiction and their psychological, sociocultural and biological links. Key publications include:

Becker also participated in the construction of the article "Sex differences in vulnerability to addiction" in which she collaborated with Jacqueline A. Quigley, Molly K. Logsdon, Christopher A. Turner, Ivette L. Gonzalez, and Noah B. Leonardo. [7] The paper was published April 1, 2021 and consisted of studies on how estradiol influences dopamine-related motivated behaviors and their vulnerability on both sex.

Selected publications

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Jill B. Becker | U-M LSA Department of Psychology". lsa.umich.edu. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
  2. ↑ jed. "Jill Becker". Interdisciplinary Research Training Institute (IRTI). Retrieved 2020-10-25.
  3. ↑ Becker, Jill B.; Mazure, Carolyn M. (2019-01-07). "The federal plan for health science and technology's response to the opioid crisis: understanding sex and gender differences as part of the solution is overlooked". Biology of Sex Differences. 10 (1): 3. doi: 10.1186/s13293-018-0215-5 . ISSN   2042-6410. PMC   6322277 . PMID   30616693.
  4. ↑ "Jill B. Becker, PhD". Society for Women's Health Research. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
  5. ↑ "Solutions for Support: Expanding Opportunities in Academia". neuronline.sfn.org. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
  6. ↑ "Several Psychology members were involved in the 2019 APA annual convention | U-M LSA Department of Psychology". lsa.umich.edu. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  7. 1 2 3 "Becker JB - Search Results - PubMed". PubMed. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
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