Grants
T34GM149812, Allen (contact PI/PD), Flores (co-PI), 6/1/23 – 5/31/28, NIH/NIGMS, $1,358,127.00. MARC at the University of Colorado Denver (continuation of T34GM096958, 06/01/2013 – 05/31/2023, NIH/NIGMS, $2,205,840.00)
The goal of this grant is to provide intensive, interdisciplinary curricular and research training for undergraduate students from groups traditionally underrepresented in the behavioral and biomedical sciences, in preparation for doctoral degrees and careers in the behavioral and biomedical sciences.
T34GM096958-09S1 Allen, RM (contact PI/PD); Flores, SC (PI/PD) 06/01/2013 – 05/31/2023 NIH/NIGMS UC Denver MARC U*STAR Scholars Program Supplement
The goal of this supplement is to develop a culturally responsive wellness and resiliency program that seeks to understand the unique barriers impacting MARC scholars, the supports needed to address these barriers, and strengthening of skills necessary for self-advocacy.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Allen RM (Program Director), 09/01/2017 – 08/31/2022, $1,050,000.00 CU Denver Equity and Excellence in Science – an HHMI Inclusive Excellence Grant.
The goal of this award is to increase CU Denver’s capacity for inclusive excellence, beginning with a focus on student success in Biology. To achieve this goal, CU Denver will focus on identifying and removing the barriers that students face, offer faculty professional development around inclusive teaching practices, reform curricula, and develop a proactive and data-informed approach to student advising.
Association of Public Land Grant Universities / Raikes Foundation. Allen RM (PI/PD); Ferrara, M (Co-PI) 01/01/2019 – 6/30/2022. Student Experience Project: Designing Learning Environments to Advance Equity.
This contract with the Association of Public Land Grant Universities, funded by the Raikes Foundation, investigates how messages students receive on campus can create psychological barriers to student success, and how creating psychologically attuned messages can mitigate these barriers, particular for students from structurally disadvantaged groups.
Sample Publications
2015 Mandt BH, Copenhagen LI, Zahniser NR, Allen RM*. Escalation of cocaine consumption in short and long access self-administration procedures. Drug Alcohol Depen, 149: 166-172.
2015 Allen RM, Mandt BH, Jaskunas J, Hackley A, Shickedanz A, Bergkamp D. Continuous exposure to dizocilpine facilitates the acquisition and escalation of cocaine consumption in male Sprague-Dawley rats. Drug Alcohol Depen, 147: 137-143.
2014 Allen RM. Continuous exposure to dizocilpine facilitates escalation of cocaine consumption in male Sprague-Dawley rats. Drug Alcohol Depen, 134: 38-43.
2013 Simmons DL, Mandt BH, Ng CMC, Richards TL, Yamamoto DJ, Zahniser NR, Allen RM*. Low- and high-cocaine locomotor responding rats differ in reinstatement of cocaine seeking and striatal mGluR5 protein expression. Neuropharmacology, 75: 347-355.
2013 Yamamoto DJ, Nelson AM, Mandt BH, Larson GA, Rorabaugh JM, Ng CMC, Barcomb KM, Richards TL, Allen RM, Zahniser NR. Rats classified as low or high cocaine locomotor responders: A unique model involving striatal dopamine transporters that predicts cocaine addiction-like behaviors. Neurosci Biobehav R, 37: 1738-1753.