She earned her PhD from the University of Kentucky and completed postdoctoral training at the Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Gipson’s research interests are based on understanding neurobehavioral substrates underlying nicotine addiction, with a focus on cue-triggered motivation and conditioned reinforcement. Recently, she found that cue-induced nicotine seeking is associated with rapid, transient plasticity that is modulated by GluN2B receptors and glial glutamate transport in the nucleus accumbens. Currently, her research is designed to further uncover neurobiological mechanisms underlying nicotine addiction and relapse, with an overarching goal of promoting nicotine use cessation and new pharmacotherapeutic development. Dr. Gipson serves as the Operations Coordinator for the Basic Science Network.