Jacqueline Giovanniello

Jacqueline Giovanniello, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. Her research focuses on understanding the neural mechanisms underlying learning, decision-making, and behavioral control, including transitions between goal-directed and habitual strategies. She combines advanced systems neuroscience techniques with behavioral paradigms in mice to study these processes.

Education:

• PhD in Biology/Neuroscience from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
• Sc.B. in Human Biology from Brown University

Research Overview: The Giovanniello lab investigates how chronic stress, drugs of abuse, and genetic alterations modulate neural circuits governing behavioral control. Their work aims to establish a foundation for studying maladaptive behavioral mechanisms in psychiatric conditions like substance use disorders, autism, anxiety, and OCD.

Scientific Awards & Honors:

• NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00)
• A.P. Giannini Postdoctoral Fellowship
• UCLA Brain Research Institute Scheibel Distinguished Fellow Award
• NIH NRSA F32 Postdoctoral Fellowship

Professional Memberships: Society for Neuroscience, International Behavioral Neuroscience Society, Pavlovian Society.