Nicole Vittoz, PhD
IMPART Program Coordinator

Dr. Vittoz is a researcher and educator with long-standing interest in the area of drug addiction and mental illness. She completed her B.Sc. at the University of Michigan and her Fulbright year in Germany, studying the neural substrates of drug addiction, Parkinson's Disease and psychosis. In her graduate work at the University of Wisconsin, Dr. Vittoz contributed to the current understanding of the novel neuropeptide hypocretin/orexin. As a postdoctoral fellow at UBC, she has been researching how neurons in the prefrontal cortex work together to perform various cognitive functions. Currently teaching in the Psychology departments at Kwantlen and UBC, Dr. Vittoz is excited to use her experience as a researcher, teacher and mentor to help the IMPART program maintain and build on its great success!

Contact:
Nicole Vittoz
E610-4500 Oak Street, Box 48
Vancouver, BC V6H 3N1
Canada  

Phone: 604-875-2424 ext 6494
Fax: 604-875-3716
Email: coordinator@addictionsresearchtraining.ca

Curriculum Vitae with publications