Mitch Roitman, PhD
PhD in Neurobiology and Behavior, University of Washington
BA in Psychology, Cornell University
I have always been interested in understanding the factors that govern when and how much we eat. In graduate school, I became involved with the mesolimbic system and was heavily influenced by the work of Ann Kelley and Wolfram Schultz and have pursued the study of the mesolimbic system ever since. Given its role in motivation in general, I have expanded my interests to include disordered signaling that arises in obesity and drug addiction. I am forever grateful to my academic mentors: Drs. Barbara Strupp and David Levitsky (Cornell University); Drs. Harvey Grill and Joel Kaplan (Univ. of Pennsylvania); Dr. Ilene Bernstein (Univ. of Washington) and Drs. Regina Carelli and Mark Wightman (Univ. of North Carolina). I continue to be influenced by my colleagues and students.
In my spare time, I love to hike and travel with my family.