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Elisabeth Van Bockstaele, PhD, is Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at Drexel University, where she also serves as Senior Vice Provost of Graduate Studies and Dean of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies. She holds a professorship in the Department of Pharmacology & Physiology. Previously, she was a tenured professor at Thomas Jefferson University, where she founded the Graduate Program in Neuroscience and served as Vice Chair for Research in Neurological Surgery.
Her research focuses on:
- Monoaminergic systems in stress-related illness and substance abuse disorders
- Cellular adaptations in noradrenergic/serotonergic circuits post-substance exposure
- Interactions between stress neuropeptides, endogenous opioids, and the locus coeruleus-norepinephrine system
- Norepinephrine regulation of amyloid beta in Alzheimer's disease pathology
Methodologies include neuroanatomical circuit-tracing, ultrastructural analysis, molecular techniques, and preclinical/clinical biomarker investigations. Recent publications (2015-2016) demonstrate strong focus on neurobiological mechanisms of addiction, stress pathophysiology, cannabinoid systems, and sex differences in alcohol effects.
Major scientific honors include:
- Mentorship Award (Drexel, 2018)
- Frederic Rieders Faculty Award (2012)
- Faculty Award in Neuroscience (2009)
- Educator Award (SfN Philadelphia, 2007)
- A.E. Bennett Award (1999)
- NIH FIRST Award (1994-1999)
She maintains continuous NIH funding (R01 grants, P20 Center Grant) and has chaired NIH study sections including Neuroimmunology, Neuroendocrinology, Rhythms and Sleep. She established mentoring programs resulting in student NIH fellowships and founded interdisciplinary neuroscience curricula bridging basic/clinical research. Leads the Van Bockstaele Laboratory.
