Marissa A. Ehringer

  • Professor
  • Chair
  • INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
  • INSTITUTE FOR BEHAVIORAL GENETICS
Address

Office: Clare Small (CLRE) room 101
Fax: 303-492-4009

Research Interests

Education

  • 1991-1995, B.S. Biology, B.A. French, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
  • 1997-2001, Ph.D., Human Medical Genetics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO.

Professional Experience

  • 2001-2002, Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
  • 2002-2003, Research Associate, Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
  • 2003-2010, Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
  • 2010-2022, Associate Professor, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
  • 2021-2022 Interim Chair, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
  • 2022-present, Professor and Chair, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
  • 2003-present, Faculty Fellow, Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.

Honors and Awards

  • 2000-2001 Graduate Student Training Fellowship, National Institute of Mental Health, Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
  • 2001-2002 Postdoctoral Training Fellowship, National Institute of Drug Abuse, Unversity of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO
  • 2015-2019 Board Member of Research Society on Alcoholism
  • 2016-2019 President-elect/President/Past-President of International Behavioral and Neural Genetics Society

Recent Publications

P.N. Romero Villela, L.M. Evans, T. Palviainen, R. Border, J. Kaprio, R.H.C. Palmer, M.C. Keller, M.A. Ehringer. (2024) Loci on chromosome 20 interact with rs16969968 to influence cigarettes per day in European Ancestry individuals. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2024.111126 

E.P. Duffy, J.O. Ward, L.H. Hale, K.T. Brown, A. Kwilasz, L. Saba, M. Ehringer, R. Bachtell. (2024) Genetic background and sex influence somatosensory sensitivity and oxycodone analygesia in the Hybrid Rat Diversity Panel. Genes, Brain, and Behavior, 23(2). 10.1111/gbb.12894

E.P. Duffy, R.K. Bachtell, M.A. Ehringer. (2024) Opioid Trail: Tracking contributions to opioid use disorder from host genetics to the gut microbiome. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 156:105487.  10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105487

D.R. Dokuru, T.B. Horwitz, S.M Freis, M.C. Stallings, M.A. Ehringer. (2024) South Asia: The Missing Diverse in Diversity. Behavior Genetics, 54(1):51-62. 10.1007/s10519-023-10161-y

K.N. Paulich, S.M. Freis, P.N. Romero Villela, T.B. Horwitz, S. Aki, M.C. Stallings, M.A. Ehringer. (2024) Reinvigoration of a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee at the Institute for Behavioral Genetics: Student-driven Progress. Behavior Genetics, 54(1):24-33. 10.1007/s10519-023-10149-8

E.A. Mehrhoff, W.C. Booher, J. Hutchinson, G. Schumacher, C. Borski, C.A. Lowry, C.A. Hoeffer, M.A. Ehringer. (2023) Diazepam effects on anxiety-related defensive behavior of male and female high and low open-field activity inbred mouse strains. Physiology and Behavior. 10.1016/j.physbeh.2023.114343 

M.S. Brasher, T.J. Mize, A.L. Thomas, C.A. Hoeffer, M.A. Ehringer, L.M. Evans. (2023) Testing associations between human anxiety and genes previously implicated by mouse anxiety models. Genes, Brain, and Behavior. 10.1111/gbb.12851

L.M. Evans, C.H. Arehart, A.D. Grotzinger, T.J. Mize, M.S. Brasher, J.A. Stitzel, M.A. Ehringer, C.A. Hoeffer. (2023) Transcriptome-wide gene-gene interaction associations elucidate pathways and functional enrichment of complex traits. PLOS Genetics. 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010693