Kirsten A Porter-Stransky, PhD

Kirsten A Porter-Stransky, PhD
Kirsten A Porter-Stransky, PhD

Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences

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Kirsten Porter-Stransky, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at 汤头条app. She graduated from Sweet Briar College and earned her doctorate in biopsychology from the University of Michigan. After completing a short postdoctoral position at the Medical University of South Carolina, she joined Emory University School of Medicine as a postdoctoral fellow, where she received a Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award from the NIH. She has taught neuroscience classes at Oglethorpe University and the University of Michigan.聽

In her current role at 汤头条app, Dr. Porter-Stransky serves as the basic science course director for the Behavioral Medicine course and the Advances and Perspectives in Medicine course and is the neuroscience and behavioral health thread director. She also serves as co-chairperson of the Women in Medicine and Science (WIMS) group at 汤头条app. Her scholarship focuses on medical education, neuroscience, and behavior.

  • 汤头条app and Training
    • Postdoctoral Fellowship 2018, Human Genetics, Emory University
    • PhD 2014, Biopsychology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
    • Postdoctoral Fellowship 2014, Neuroscience, Medical University of South Carolina
    • BS 2009, Psychology, Sweet Briar College

  • Research
    • Teaching and Curriculum Development
    • Sleep Arousal Disorders
    • Reward
    • Norepinephrine
    • Neuroanatomy of drug abuse
    • Drug Abuse and Dependence
    • Dopamine
    • Animal Behavior or Ethology

  • Publications

    • Porter-Stransky K.A., Horneffer-Ginter K.J., Bauler L.D., Gibson K.M., Haymaker C.M., Rothney M. BMC Medical 汤头条app. 2024;24

    • Porter-Stransky K.A., Yang W., Vollbrecht P.J. Examining the relationship between attitudes toward science and socioeconomic status among middle-class, midwestern middle school students Frontiers in 汤头条app. 2024;9

    • Restini C.B.A., Weiler T., Porter-Stransky K.A., Vollbrecht P.J., Wisco J.J. Frontiers in Public Health. 2024;12

    • Porter-Stransky K.A., Gibson K., VanDerKolk K., Edwards R.A., Graves L.E., Smith E., Dickinson B.L. How Medical Students Apply Their Biomedical Science Knowledge to Patient Care in the Family Medicine Clerkship Medical Science Educator. 2023;33:63-72.

    • Porter-Stransky K.A., Gallimore R.M. Academic Psychiatry. 2022;46:128-132.

    • Porter-Stransky K.A., Vollbrecht P.J., Riddle D.R. A Case-Based Neuroanatomy Laboratory on the Neurobiology of Psychiatric Conditions for Second-Year Medical Students Medical Science Educator. 2021;31:15-16.

    • Butkovich L.M., Houser M.C., Chalermpalanupap T., Porter-Stransky K.A., Iannitelli A.F., Boles J.S., Lloyd G.M., Coomes A.S., Eidson L.N., De Sousa Rodrigues M.E., Oliver D.L., Kelly S.D., Chang J., Bengoa-Vergniory N., Wade-Martins R., Giasson B.I., Joers V., Weinshenker D., Tansey M.G. Journal of Neuroscience. 2020;40(39):7559-7576.

    • Dickinson B.L., Gibson K., VanDerKolk K., Greene J., Rosu C.A., Navedo D.D., Porter-Stransky K.A., Graves L.E. BMC medical education. 2020;20:428.

    • Dickinson B.L., Gibson K., Vanderkolk K., Greene J., Rosu C.A., Navedo D.D., Porter-Stransky K.A., Graves L.E. BMC Medical 汤头条app. 2020;20

    • Porter-Stransky K.A., Petko A.K., Karne S.L., Liles L.C., Urs N.M., Caron M.G., Paladini C.A., Weinshenker D. Addiction Biology. 2020;25(6)

    • Vollbrecht P.J., Porter-Stransky K.A., Lackey-Cornelison W.L. Advances in Physiology 汤头条app. 2020;44:722-725.

    • Manvich D.F., Petko A.K., Branco R.C., Foster S.L., Porter-Stransky K.A., Stout K.A., Newman A.H., Miller G.W., Paladini C.A., Weinshenker D. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2019;44(8):1445-1455.

    • Porter-Stransky K.A., Centanni S.W., Karne S.L., Odil L.M., Fekir S., Wong J.C., Jerome C., Mitchell H.A., Escayg A., Pedersen N.P., Winder D.G., Mitrano D.A., Weinshenker D. Biological Psychiatry. 2019;85(3):237-247.

    • Al-Hasani R., Wong J.M.T., Mabrouk O.S., McCall J.G., Schmitz G.P., Porter-Stransky K.A., Aragona B.J., Kennedy R.T., Bruchas M.R. eLife. 2018;7

    • Christopher M., Myrick D., Barwick B., Engstrom A., Porter-Stransky K., Boss J., Weinshenker D., Levey A., Katz D. Nature Communications. 2017;8(1)

    • Porter-Stransky K., Weinshenker D. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 2017;361(3):341-348.

    • Porter-Stransky K.A., Bentzley B.S., Aston-Jones G. Addiction Biology. 2017;22(2):303-317.

    • Resendez S.L., Keyes P., Day J.J., Hambro C., Austin C.J., Maina F.K., Eidson L.N., Porter-Stransky K.A., Nev谩rez N., McLean J.W., Kuhnmuench M.A., Murphy A.Z., Mathews T.A., Aragona B.J. eLife. 2016;5(JULY)

    • Vander Weele C.M., Porter-Stransky K.A., Mabrouk O.S., Lovic V., Singer B.F., Kennedy R.T., Aragona B.J. European Journal of Neuroscience. 2014;40(7):3041-3054.

    • Porter-Stransky K.A., Seiler J.L., Day J.J., Aragona B.J. Development of behavioral preferences for the optimal choice following unexpected reward omission is mediated by a reduction of D2-like receptor tone in the nucleus accumbens European Journal of Neuroscience. 2013;38(4):2572-2588.

    • Slaney T.R., Mabrouk O.S., Porter-Stransky K.A., Aragona B.J., Kennedy R.T. ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 2013;4(2):321-329.

    • Porter-Stransky K.A., Wescott S.A., Hershman M., Badrinarayan A., Vander Weele C.M., Lovic V., Aragona B.J. Neuroscience Letters. 2011;504(1):13-17.

  • Presentations
    • Community-Level Intervention to Drive Interest in STEM: An Active Learning Somatosensation Lesson Developed by Medical Students for Rural Middle Schoolers. Magoline JA, Vollbrecht PJ, Porter-Stransky KA, 41st Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical & Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 05/2023
    • Developing a Culture of Psychological Safety: Microlearning, Infographics, and Champions. Porter-Stransky K, Haymaker C, Gibson K, Rothney M, Chan T, Horneffer-Ginter K, 2023 AAMC Group on Institutional Planning National Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 04/2023
    • Brain Explorers: A Neuroscience-Based Outreach for Middle School Students. Shehadeh A, Wurster A, VanRiper K, Beck P, Porter-Stransky K, Vollbrecht P, 38th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Virtual Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2021