Dr. Megan Cooke is a Research Associate in the Genes, Environment, and Neurodevelopment in Addictions (GENA) research program at the Center. Before joining the CGPHA, Dr. Cooke was a Research Fellow in the Center for Addiction Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. She received her PhD in Clinical and Translational Science with a concentration in Psychiatric, Behavioral, and Statistical Genetics from Virginia Commonwealth University. Dr. Cooke’s research combines her training in genetics, neuroscience, and clinical research with the goal of understanding how individual differences in these factors influence the development of substance use disorders.