Gary Steven Wand, MD

Professional Titles

• Director, Fellowship Program
• Director of Endocrine Training

Primary Academic Title

Professor of Medicine

Background

Centers and Institutes

• Mind-Body Research (CMBR), Center for
• Pituitary Center

Videos

• Meet our Expert: Dr. Gary Wand

Research Interests

Neurobiology of substance abuse, Physiogenetics of the stress response

Lab Website

Gary Wand Lab

• Research conducted in the Gary Wand Lab focuses on neuropsychoendocrinology; the neurobiology of substance abuse; physiogenetics and regulation of the stress response; and the relationship between stress and chemical dependency. Current studies seek to better understand the genetic determinants of the stress response and how excessive stress hormone production contributes to neurobiological disorders, including addiction.

PubMed

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Wand%20G%5BAuthor%5D%20OR%20Wand%20G%5BInvestigator%5D&cmd=DetailsSearch

Selected Publications

• Alvanzo AA, Wand GS, Kuwabara H, Wong DF, Xu X, McCaul ME. “Family history of alcoholism is related to increased D2 /D3 receptor binding potential: a marker of resilience or risk?” Addict Biol. 2015 Sep 29. doi: 10.1111/adb.12300. [Epub ahead of print]

• Cervera-Juanes R, Wilhem LJ, Park B, Lee R, Locke J, Helms C, Gonzales S, Wand G, Jones SR, Grant KA, Ferguson B. “MAOA expression predicts vulnerability for alcohol use.” Mol Psychiatry. 2015 Jul 7. doi: 10.1038/mp.2015.93. [Epub ahead of print]

• Joseph JJ, Wang X, Spanakis E, Seeman T, Wand G, Needham B, Golden SH. “Diurnal salivary cortisol, glycemia and insulin resistance: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis.” Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2015 Aug 28;62:327-335. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.08.021. [Epub ahead of print]

• Mangold D and Wand G. (2006) Cortisol and ACTH responses to naloxone in subjects with high and low neuroticism. Biol Psychiatry. 2006 Oct 15;60(8):850-5.

• Munro C, McCaul M, Wong DF, Zhou Y, Kuwabara H, Choi L, Brasic J, Wand G. (2006) Family history of alcoholism and striatal dopamine release. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, Jul;30(7):1143-51.

• Oswald L, Zandi P, Nestadt G, Potash J, Kalaydijian A, Wand G. (2006) Relationship between cortisol responses to stress and personality. Neuropsychopharmacology: 31(7):1583-91.

• Oswald LM, Wand GS, Wong DF, Brown CH, Kuwabara H, Braši? JR. “Risky decision-making and ventral striatal dopamine responses to amphetamine: a positron emission tomography [(11)C]raclopride study in healthy adults.” Neuroimage. 2015 Jun;113:26-36. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.03.022. Epub 2015 Mar 18.

• Oswald LM, Wand GS. “Comments and controversies: Piecing together the neurobiology of decision-making.” Neuroimage. 2015 Aug 15. pii: S1053-8119(15)00733-8. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.07.089. [Epub ahead of print]

• Uhart M, Chong R, Oswald, L, Ping L,  Wand G. (2006) Gender differences in hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis reactivity. Psychoneuroendocrinology: 31(5):642-52.

• Uhart M, Oswald L, McCaul M, Chong R, Wand G. (2006). Hormone responses and family history of alcoholism. Neuropsychopharmacology 31:2255-2263.

Honors

• Best Doctors in America
• Merit Award, The National Institutes of Health