Dr. Gregory D. Busse is research psychologist, specializing in the biological and behavioral bases of drug addiction. Dr. Busse received post-doctoral training at the Medical University of South Carolina's Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs. Dr. Busse received his Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana and a Masters and Doctorate in Psychology at American University. In 2003, Dr. Busse was named American University's Graduate Scholar of the Year. In 2004, he was awarded the Early Investigator Award from the College on Problems of Drug Dependence.

PUBLICATIONS
Books
1. Busse, G.D. (Release Date May 1, 2006). Morphine. D.J. Triggle (Ed). Chelsea House Publishers: Philadelphia, PA.
2. Busse, G.D. (in Preparation, 2005). The Opiate Hunters.
Journal Articles and Proceedings
1. Jones, J.J., Busse G.D., Riley, A.L. (in Press, 2006). Strain-dependent sexual dimorphism in the effects of alcohol on cocaine-induced taste aversion. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior.
2. Busse, G.D., Verendeev, A., Jones, J., Riley, A.L. (2005). The effects of cocaine, alcohol and cocaine/alcohol combinations in the taste aversion design. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 82 (1), 207-214.
3. Busse, G.D., Freeman, K.B., Riley, A.L. (2005). The interaction of sex and route of drug administration in cocaine-induced conditioned taste aversions. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 81 (4), 814-820.
4. Busse, G.D., Lawrence, E.T., Riley, A.L. (2005). The effects of alcohol history on cocaine, alcohol and cocaine/alcohol place conditioning. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 81, 459-465.
5. Busse G.D., Riley, A.L. (2004). Cocaine, but not alcohol, reinstates extinguished cocaine-induced place preferences. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 78, 827-833.
6. Busse, G.D., E.L. Lawrence, Riley, A.L. (2004). The modulation of cocaine-induced conditioned place preferences by alcohol: Effects of cocaine dose. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 28 (1), 149-155.
7. Busse, G.D., Riley, A.L. (2003). Effects of alcohol on cocaine lethality in rats: acute and chronic assessments. Neurotoxicology and Teratology, 25 (3), 361-364.
8. Busse, G.D., Riley, A.L. (2002). Modulation of cocaine-induced place preferences by alcohol. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 26, 1373-1381.
9. Simpson, G., Busse, G., Randall, J., Sachs, B., Avila, A., Bayer, B., Riley, A. (2002). In vivo and in vitro measures of immune function after prenatal cocaine exposure. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 66, S166
10. Busse, G., Riley, A. (2002). The modulating effects of alcohol on cocaine-induced place preferences. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 66, S24.
11. Busse, G.D., Riley, A.L. Attenuation of a cocaine-induced conditioned place preference by a low dose of ethanol, (2001). Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 27, 2080.
12. Simpson, G., Avila, A., Bayer, B., Busse, G., Randall, J., & Riley, A. (2001). Prenatal cocaine and immune function: Temporal characteristics. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 63, S145-S146.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Symposia
1. A.L. Riley and G.D. Busse (May, 2006). Animal Models of Drugs of Abuse: Conditioned Taste Aversion Learning. International Behavioral Neuroscience Society, Whistler, Canada.
Oral Communications
1. G.D. Busse, E.T. Lawrence and A.L. Riley (2004). Spaced preexposure to alcohol does not reverse the attenuating effects of alcohol on cocaine place conditioning. College on Problems of Drug Dependence , San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2. C. Gruber, G. D. Busse and A.L. Riley (2003). Partnerships in education. American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.
3. G.D. Busse and A.L. Riley (2003). Evidence that alcohol potentiates cocaine's aversive properties in the conditioned place preference design. College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Miami, Florida.
4. G.R. Simpson, G.D. Busse, J. Randall, B. Sachs, A. Avila, B. Bayer and A. Riley (2002). In vivo and in vitro measures of immune function after prenatal cocaine exposure. College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Quebec City, Canada.
5. G.D. Busse and A.L. Riley (2001). Attenuation of a cocaine-induced conditioned place preference by a low dose of ethanol. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, California.
Poster Presentations
1. J. Jones, G.D. Busse and A.L. Riley (2005). The effects of alcohol on cocaine-induced conditioned taste aversions may be strain dependent. Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC.
2. J. Jones, G.D. Busse and A.L. Riley (2005). Alcohol does not potentiate the aversive effects of cocaine in Sprague-Dawley Strain Rats. American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.
3. G.D. Busse, A. Verendeev, J. Jones and A.L. Riley (2005). Alcohol does not potentiate the aversiveness of cocaine within the conditioned taste aversion design. College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Orlando, Florida.
4. G.D. Busse, K.B. Freeman, A.L. Riley (2004). Differences in sensitivity to cocaine's aversive effects by sex. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, California.
5. G.D. Busse and A.L. Riley (2003). Priming injection of alcohol does not reinstate extinguished cocaine-induced place preferences. Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, Louisiana.
6. G.D. Busse and A.L. Riley (2002). The modulating effects of alcohol on cocaine-induced place preferences. College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Quebec City, Canada.
7. G. Simpson, A. Avila, B. Bayer, G. Busse, J. Randall and A. Riley (2001). Prenatal Cocaine and Immune Function: Temporal Characteristics. College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Scottsdale, Arizona.