Thompson, Summer

Summer L. Thompson, PhD, MS

  • Academic Title: Assistant Professor
  • Primary Appointment: Psychiatry
  • Secondary Appointment(s): Neurobiology
  • Additional Title: Assistant Professor, Kahlert Institute for Addiction Medicine
  • Email: summer.thompson@som.umaryland.edu

Education and Training

  • 2011, BA, Neuroscience, Pomona College
  • 2014, MS, Molecular Pathogenesis and Molecular Medicine, University of Chicago
  • 2017, PhD, Neurobiology, University of Chicago
  • 2021, Postdoctoral Scholar, Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine
  • 2024, Associate Research Scientist, Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine

Research/Clinical Keywords

Alcohol, decision making, glutamate, gut-brain axis, reward