Suzanne Mitchell

Suzanne Mitchell is a Professor at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in the Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, with secondary appointments in Psychiatry and the Oregon Institute for Occupational Health Science. She earned her B.Sc. and M.Sc. at the University of Hull, England, and her Ph.D. at SUNY-Stony Brook, focusing on the economics of rat foraging behavior. Her research explores moderators and mediators of choice behavior in humans and rodents, emphasizing genetic and biological bases of delay discounting and effort-related decision-making in clinical populations.

Key Contributions:

• Pioneered early behavioral economics studies on alcohol, nicotine, and amphetamine use in humans.
• Developed procedures to measure delay discounting in rats.
• Secured funding from NIH institutes (NHLBI, NIAAA, NIDA, NIMH).

Leadership Roles:

• Science Board Coordinator for the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI).
• President of the Society for the Quantitative Analysis of Behavior.
• Current Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior.