Southern Illinois University Carbondale

	David Gilbert
Degree	Ph.D., Florida State University
Position	Professor, Clinical
Office	275-C, Life Sciences II
Phone	(618) 453-3558
Fax	(618) 453-3563
Email	dgilbert@siu.edu
Biosketch	David Gilbert is Professor of Psychology. Before coming to SIUC in 1985, he received his BS from the University of Washington in 1970 and earned his PhD. from Florida State University in 1978. He completed his internship at Linwood V.A. Hospital in Augusta, GA. The recipient of numerous research grants, including five from the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Gilbert has attained international recognition for ground-breaking research in the study of psychological and biological basis of substance use/abuse (nicotine, antidepressants, alcohol, and caffeine). His research is broad and integrative, including environmental, genetic, and biological factors contributing to individual differences in cognition, affect, motivation, coping, and substance abuse. His laboratory utilizes state-of-the-art technology, including computerized eye-tracking, EEG and ERP brain imaging, and emotional stimulus-presentation systems. He is the author of Smoking: Individual Differences, Psychopathology and Emotion, edited Personality, Social Skills, and Psychopathology and has published over 60 articles in these areas since 1980.
Research Interests	Integrative Neuroscience Substance Use / Abuse Genetic and Environmental Influences Individual Differences Emotion
Selected Publications	Recent Journal Articles: Gilbert, D. G., Sugai, C., Zuo, Y., Rabinovich, N. E., McClernon, F. J., & Froeliger, B. (in press). Brain indices of nicotine's effects on attentional bias to smoking and to task-relevant targets. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. Cappelleri, J. C., Bushmakin, A. G., Baker, C. L., Merikle, E., Olufade, A. O., & Gilbert, D. G. (2005). Revealing the multidimensional framework of the Minnesota nicotine withdrawal scale. Current Medical Research and Opinions, 21 , 749-760. Gilbert, D. G., Izetelny, A., Radtke, R., Hammersley, J., Rabinovich, N. E., Jameson, T. R., & Huggenvik, J. I. (2005). Dopamine receptor (DRD2) genotype-dependent effects of nicotine on attention and distraction during rapid visual information processing. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 7, 361-379. McClernon, F. J., & Gilbert, D. G. (2004). Human functional neuroimaging in nicotine and tobacco research: basics, background, and beyond. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 6, 941-959. Gilbert, D. G., Sugai, C., Zuo, Y., Eau Claire, N., McClernon, F. J., Rabinovich, N.E., Markus, T., Asgaard, G., & Radtke, R. (2004). Effects of nicotine on brain responses to emotional pictures. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 6 , 985-996.
Teaching	Undergraduate Psychology Courses: Smoking & Substance Abuse Individual Differences & Emotion Graduate Courses: Experimental Approaches to Psychotherapy (Psyc 539) Couples and Marital Therapy (Psyc 560) Behavior Therapy (Psyc 534) Clinical Supervision (Psyc 594E)