Education:
PhD, University of Iowa
Research:
Dr. Robert J. Blanchard, Professor, is focusing on biobehavioral emotion systems, including aggression and defense, and the behavioral and physiological consequences of social stress. His work involves central and peripheral drug effects on defensive behavior in mice and rats that serve as preclinical models of anxiety, panic, and depression. More recently, his research has been examining and developing models of social behavior in mice. These behavioral tests are used to examine genetic differences related to autism. He has also been using a variety of techniques to understand these genetics differences, including the study of knockout mice, immunohistochemistry, and next-generation sequencing technology. He is past president of the International Society for Research on Aggression, and the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society. He has served on the Editorial Boards of Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, Behavioral Processes, Journal of Comparative Psychology, and Pharmacology, Biochemistry & Behavior. He has published over 250 journal articles. Concentration Areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Experimental Psychopathology