11th International
Auriculotherapy Symposium
September 8th - 10th, 2023 - On behalf of G.L.E.M.
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.
Pr SUE CARTER short CV
Professor of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Distinguished University Research Scientist, Kinsey Institute and Rudy Professor Emerita of Biology, Indiana University
Carter’s research focuses on neuropeptide and steroid hormones. She has been examining the role of oxytocin and vasopressin in mental disorders such as autism, schizophrenia, anxiety and depression. Carter is also known for research on the physiological basis of social behavior, including studies that implicated oxytocin, vasopressin and hormones of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (“stress”) axis in the traits of monogamy including pair-bond formation.
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
Undergraduate:
Drury College, Springfield, MO
B.A., summa cum laude, Major: Biology
Graduate:
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Ph.D., Major: Zoology
Postdoctoral:
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
NIH Postdoctoral Trainee, (Biology)
HONORS AND AWARDS (selected):
2014-2019
Rudy Professor of Biology, Indiana University
2016
Distinguished Alumni Award, Life-time Achievement, Drury College, Springfield, MO
2009
Wayner-NNOXe Pharmaceutical Award for Translational Research, awarded by the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society
2004-2005
President, International Behavioral Neuroscience Society
2001
J. W. Fulbright, College of Arts and Sciences, Distinguished Alumni Award,
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
2000
Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio Conference Center Fellowship
1997-2001
Distinguished University Professorship, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
1993-1998
Research Scientist Award (K05), National Institute of Mental Health.
1985
Distinguished Alumni Award, Drury College
1980
Pre-medical Professor of the Year, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
1970-1971
National Institutes of Health, Postdoctoral Fellowship