Postdoctoral training, Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, School of Public Health, Brown University, 2020-2024
PhD, Medical Sciences (Neuroscience), 2020, University of South Florida
BSc, Psychology, 2011, University of North Florida
- Alcohol use
- Aging
- Older adults
- Substance use disorders
- Clinical trials
- Neuroinflammation
- Pharmacotherapy
PSYCH 2210 - Mind, Brain, and Behavior
Dr. Samantha Portis is a translational neuroscientist whose program of research centers on neuropharmacological approaches to the treatment of substance use disorders among older adults.
PORTIS SM, Chaput D, Burroughs B, Hudson C, Sanberg PR, Bickford PC. (2020) Effects of nutraceutical intervention on serum proteins in aged rats. GeroScience. 42(2):703-713.
PORTIS SM, Haass-Koffler CL. (2020) New microglial mechanisms revealed: How does that translate? Biol. Psychiatry. 88(12):893-895.
Brown ZE, PORTIS SM, Fleig CL, Vasaturo-Kolodner T, Swift RM, Haass-Koffler CL. (2021) Randomized controlled trials for alcohol use disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic. Alcohol. 92:21-24.
Pielech, M & Kruger, E*, PORTIS, SM, Wilson, KJ, Rivers, WE, & Vowles, KE. (Accepted October 2024). Proportional Trends in Pediatric Opioid Prescribing between 2005 and 2016 by Age Group, Sex, Ethnicity, Race, Language, and Payer Status from a Large Children’s Hospital in the Southwest United States. Children.