Diane Lane

Academic Interests:

The basis of all behavior stems from functional changes in neural activity. But what influences these functional changes? This is the question that has fueled multiple lines of research in my laboratory including identifying mechanisms involved with: 1) the increased motivation/decreased reward for abused drugs over time; 2) the development of chronic pain, 3) exosome release from pronociceptive neurons, which we can use a biomarker for pain severity. As a teaching faculty member, my instructional goals are to provide students with a strong foundation in neural circuitry and function that can be applied to understand, develop, and investigate new scientific ideas.

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Biography:

• Associate Teaching Professor of Neuroscience 2026-Present
• Assistant Teaching Professor of Neuroscience 2022-2026
• Assistant Professor of Research in Neuroscience, Weill Cornell Medical College 2011-2022
• Instructor, Weill Cornell Medical College 2008-2011
• PhD, Washington State University 2004
• MS, University of New Orleans 1994
• BA, Eastern Illinois University 1991

Selected Professional Activities:

• Faculty Advisor for the Neuroscience Club and Camp Kessem
• Featured article for World Mental Health Day Collection 2021, Communications Biology https://www.nature.com/collections/jjhjdhaiig
• Cover Illustration, Neuroscience vol 169 (2), 2010
• Teaching Award, University of Notre Dame, 2023
• Teaching Award, Washington State University, Fall 2000
• Teaching Award, Cameron University, Fall, 1998

Primary Interest Areas:

Anatomy and Physiology
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Neuroscience and Behavior

Teaching Specialties:

Neuroanatomy, Pharmacology, Statistics, and Pain Systems
Health Psychology and Research Methods
Statistics and Sensation/Perception
Introductory Psychology
Research Methods
Physiological Psychology
Tests and Measures