Sandra L. Morzorati, PhD

Dr. Sandra L. Morzorati is an Adjunct Instructor in the Department of Occupational Therapy. She also is adjunct faculty in the IU School of Nursing. Her primary appointment is Associate Research Professor of Neurobiology in the Department of Psychiatry, IU School of Medicine.

Education

Dr. Morzorati received her PhD in Physiology/Neurophysiology from Indiana State University and her BA in Biology from Lewis University. She was an NIH post-doctoral fellow in Neurobiology at IU School of Medicine. Prior to her college entrance, she earned an RN degree from St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing.

Professional

Dr. Morzorati teaches Applied Neuroscience to graduate students in the Department of Occupational Therapy. She also instructs graduate students and residents in various programs in the School of Medicine.
She is an active member of the Society for Neuroscience, Research Society on Alcoholism, International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism and the Serotonin Club. She is Principle Investigator and Co-Investigator on a number of grants awarded by the National Institute of Health and from private foundations.
Dr. Morzorati has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals such as Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, Alcohol, Brain Research, Brain Research Bulletin, Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology. Visit her Website at http://www.ipr.iupui.edu/faculty.php?id=4568d.

Research Interests

Dr. Morzorati’s research interests focus on elucidating the neurobiological mechanisms underlying psychiatric illnesses. In rodent models, she uses single cell recording techniques, iontophoresis, EEG and event-related potentials (ERPs) to investigate innate and drug-mediated electrophysiological parameters that distinguish normal from abnormal brain function. In family history positive and negative human subjects, she and colleagues use a number of parameters (subjective perceptions, eye movements, EEG, ERPs) to investigate the contribution of alcohol’s initial sensitivity and tolerance to the risk for alcoholism.