Keynote speaker

Oxytocin pathways are at the center of physiological and genetic systems that permitted the evolution of the human nervous system and allowed the expression of contemporary human sociality. Oxytocin dynamically moderates the autonomic nervous system, and effects of oxytocin on vagal pathways, as well as the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects of this peptide, help to explain the pervasive adaptive consequences of love, trust, and social behavior for emotional and physical health.

2021-present                      

Professor of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville

2019-present                      

Distinguished University Research Scientist and Rudy Professor Emerita of Biology, Indiana University

2014-2019                         

Director, The Kinsey Institute Rudy Professor of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington

2013-2014                                   

Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and Visiting Research Professor, Northeastern University, Boston

2011-2013                         

Principal Research Scientist, Research Triangle Institute International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

2001-2012                         

Professor of Psychiatry, and Co-Director, Brain-Body Center Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago

Adjunct Professorships, Departments of Physiology and Biophysics; Anatomy and Cell Biology; Psychology and College of Nursing.

1997-2001                       

Distinguished University Professor, Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

1985-2001                                   

Guest researcher, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (Developmental Endocrinology Branch), Bethesda, MD

1985‑1997                                   

Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Maryland. College Park, MD

1984-1985                                   

Professor of Ecology, Ethology and Evolution and Psychology and Program in Neural and Behavioral Biology, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL

1982‑1983                                   

Program Associate in Psychobiology, National Science Foundation, Washington, DC

1981                                                                  

Visiting Scholar, Department of Physiology, Stanford University Medical School, Stanford, CA

1977‑1984                                   

Associate Professor, Departments Ecology, Ethology and Evolution and Psychology and Program in Neural and Behavioral Biology, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL

1974‑1977                                   

Assistant Professor, Departments of Ecology, Ethology and Evolution and Psychology and School of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL

Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL          1973-1974                                   

Research Fellow, Illinois Department of Mental Health, Illinois State Psychiatric Institute, Chicago, IL

1972‑1973                                   

Research Fellow, Illinois Department of Mental Health, Laboratory for Human Psychopharmacology, Champaign,