Anita E. Autry

Anita E. Autry, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in both the Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Her research focuses on neural circuits regulating social behaviors, particularly parenting, stress effects on these circuits, and interactions between stress response systems. She is located at the Rose F. Kennedy Center in Bronx, NY.

Professional interests include dissecting neural circuits controlling parental behavior, infant-directed aggression, and how these circuits are modulated under physiological and pathological conditions. Key research themes involve stress-induced changes in parenting circuits, cross-talk between stress systems over time, and stress impacts on feeding and body composition in lactating females.

Her work has been published in high-impact journals like Nature and Cell, with a focus on neurobiological mechanisms of social behavior, neurotrophic factor signaling pathways, and translational models of mental health disorders. No scientific awards are explicitly mentioned in the provided text.

Dr. Autry collaborates across disciplines, integrating molecular, genetic, and behavioral approaches to study neural circuit function. Her lab’s location at the Rose F. Kennedy Center reflects its focus on developmental and behavioral neuroscience research.