Education:

• Undergraduate: University of Massachusetts, Amherst, BS, 1989
• Postgraduate: University of California, Riverside, MA, 1991; PhD, 1994
• Fellowship: New England Regional Primate Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Division of Behavioral Biology, 1994-98

Interests:

• Teaching: Comparative Psychology, Research Methods, Statistics, Introductory Psychology
• Research: Primatology, Behavioral Genetics, Psychopharmacology, Cognition

Recent Publications:

Freimer NB, Service SK, Ophoff RA, Jasinska AJ, McKee K, Villeneuve A, Belisle A, Bailey JN, Breidenthal SE, Jorgensen MJ, Mann JJ, Cantor RM, Dewar K, Fairbanks LA.  A quantitative trait locus for variation in dopamine metabolism mapped in a primate model using reference sequences from related species. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Oct 2;104(40):15811-6.

Kavanagh K, Fairbanks LA, Bailey JN, Jorgensen MJ, Wilson M, Zhang L, Rudel LL, Wagner JD. Characterization and heritability of obesity and associated risk factors in vervet monkeys. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2007 Jul;15(7):1666-74.

Jasinska AJ, Service S, Levinson M, Slaten E, Lee O, Sobel E, Fairbanks LA, Bailey JN, Jorgensen MJ, Breidenthal SE, Dewar K, Hudson TJ, Palmour R, Freimer NB, Ophoff RA.  A genetic linkage map of the vervet monkey (Chlorocebus aethiops sabaeus). Mamm Genome. 2007 May;18(5):347-60.

Melega WP, Jorgensen MJ, Laćan G, Way BM, Pham J, Morton G, Cho AK, Fairbanks LA. Long-Term Methamphetamine Administration in the Vervet Monkey Models Aspects of a Human Exposure: Brain Neurotoxicity and Behavioral Profiles. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2007 Jul 11; [Epub ahead of print]

Bailey JN, Breidenthal SE, Jorgensen MJ, McCracken JT, Fairbanks LA.  The association of DRD4 and novelty seeking is found in a nonhuman primate model. Psychiatr Genet. 2007 Feb;17(1):23-7.

Fairbanks LA, Jorgensen MJ, Huff A, Blau K, Hung YY, Mann JJ.  Adolescent impulsivity predicts adult dominance attainment in male vervet monkeys. Am J Primatol. 2004 Sep;64(1):1-17.

Fairbanks LA, Newman TK, Bailey JN, Jorgensen MJ, Breidenthal SE, Ophoff RA, Comuzzie AG, Martin LJ, Rogers J.  Genetic contributions to social impulsivity and aggressiveness in vervet monkeys. Biol Psychiatry. 2004 Mar 15;55(6):642-7.

Fairbanks LA, Melega WP, Jorgensen MJ, Kaplan JR, McGuire MT. Social impulsivity inversely associated with CSF 5-HIAA and fluoxetine exposure in vervet monkeys. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2001 Apr;24(4):370-8.

Lutz CK, Tiefenbacher S, Jorgensen MJ, Meyer JS, Novak MA. Techniques for collecting saliva from awake, unrestrained, adult monkeys for cortisol assay. Am J Primatol. 2000 Oct;52(2):93-9.

Tiefenbacher S, Novak MA, Jorgensen MJ, Meyer JS. Physiological correlates of self-injurious behavior in captive, socially-reared rhesus monkeys. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2000 Nov;25(8):799-817.

Novak MA, Kinsey JH, Jorgensen MJ, Hazen TJ. Effects of puzzle feeders on pathological behavior in individually housed rhesus monkeys. Am J Primatol. 1998;46(3):213-27.