Dr. Marina Wolf is Chair of Neuroscience at the Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. She has been a pioneer in studying the role of neuronal plasticity in drug addiction. Her laboratory uses animal models to understand why recovering addicts remain vulnerable to drug craving and relapse even after long periods of abstinence. Dr. Wolf received her Ph.D. in Pharmacology from Yale in 1986 and trained as a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Cell Biology, Sinai Hospital of Detroit. She was Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Wayne State University before moving to the Chicago Medical School in 1992. Her laboratory has been supported by NIDA since 1992 and is presently funded by two R01 awards. She has previously been the recipient of a Merit Award from NIDA as well as a Senior Scientist Research and Mentorship Award. She has served as a member of the NIDA Advisory Council and the NIH Council of Councils. She presently serves as Chair of an NIH study section, as well as on the NIDA Board of Scientific Counselors, the Council of the ACNP, and the Scientific Council of the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation.