Mustafa al'Absi, PhD

Professor
Director, Duluth Medical Research Institute
Max E. and Mary LaDue Pickworth Chair

Expertise

Psychobiology of stress, pain, and addiction

Education

PhD, University of Oklahoma

Bio

Al’Absi holds joint appointments in the departments of family medicine and behavioral sciences and directs the Duluth Medical Research Institute. He has been honored with several awards, including the ABMR Neal E. Miller Award and American Psychosomatic Society Herbert Weiner Early Career Award. Al’Absi is a fellow of the Association for Psychological Sciences and has served in leadership positions within several scientific organizations and on several NIH panels. He is associate editor for Psychophysiology and on the editorial board of the Annals of Behavioral Medicine.

Contact Information

236 SMED
1035 University Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
218-726-8332
malabsi@umn.edu

Current Grants

2010-14, NIH NIDA, PI, “Stress Response and Opioid Dysfunction in Nicotine Dependence”

2010-14, NIH/NIDA, PI, "Stress, Appetite and Smoking Relapse"

Recent Publications

Nakajima M, al’Absi M. Enhanced pain perception prior to smoking cessation is associated with early relapse. Biological Psychology. 2011;88(1):141-6.

Kotlyar M, Drone D, Thuras P, Hatsukami DK, Brauer L, Adson DE, al'Absi M, et al. Effect of stress and Bupropion on craving, withdrawal symptoms, and mood in smokers. Nicotine Tobacco Research. 2011;June.

al'Absi M, Hooker S, Fujiwara K, Kiefer F, von der GC, Cragin T, et al. Circulating leptin levels are associated with increased craving to smoke in abstinent smokers. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2011;97:509-13.

al'Absi M, Wittmers LE, Hatsukami D, Westra R. Blunted opiate modulation of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical activity in smoking men and women. Psychosom Med. 2009;70:928-35.