Sineadh Conway, Ph.D., postdoctoral research associate at the Center for Clinical Pharmacology in the Al-Hasani Lab, was a recipient of the Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The selective postdoctoral training grant is presented annually to postdoctoral candidates with the potential to become productive, independent investigators in scientific health-related research fields relevant to the missions of various NIH Institutes and Centers.
Conway was awarded a three-year grant from the NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse to further her work to develop technology to monitor opioid peptides in vivo, and study the interaction between the neuropeptide dynorphin and the neurotransmitter dopamine during fentanyl exposure.