Ph.D., Experimental Psychology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1989 
B.S. Chemistry and Psychology, Saint Lawrence University, 1983

Alison Oliveto has been with the Center for Addiction Research since 2004, where she is a Professor of Psychiatry and a senior scientist in the Center for Addiction Research.  Her interests include examining the behavioral pharmacology and abuse liability of psychoactive drugs, the development of efficacious pharmacotherapies for psychostimulant or opioid dependence, the combination of pharmacological and behavioral interventions, and the pharmacogenetics of treatment response. She is the Principal Investigator of several NIDA-funded research grants.

Behavioral Effects of Gamma-Hydroxybutyrate in Humans 

Behavioral Pharmacology of Common Medications in Methadone-Maintained Humans

Sertraline augmented with GABA Agents in Depressed, Recently-Abstinent Cocaine Abusers

Disulfiram in Methadone-Maintained Cocaine Abusers: Relevance of Dopamine Beta-Hydroxylase

Oliveto, A., Poling, J., Sevarino, K., Gonsai, K., McCance-Katz, E., Stine, S., Kosten, T.R. (2005) Efficacy of dose and contingency management procedures in LAAM-maintained cocaine-dependent patients. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 79: 157-166.

Sofuoglu, M., Singha, A., Kosten, T.R., McCance-Katz, F.E., Petrakis^, I., and Oliveto, A. (2003) Effects of naltrexone and isradipine, alone or in combination, on cocaine responses in humans. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior 75: 801-808.

Oliveto, A., Sevarino, K., McCance-Katz, E., Benios, T., and Feingold, A. (2003) Clonidine and yohimbine in opioid-dependent humans under a naloxone novel-response discrimination procedure. Behavioural Pharmacology 14: 97-110.

Oliveto, A., McCance-Katz, E., Singha, A.K., Petrakis, I., Hameedi, F., and Kosten, T.R. (2001) Effects of cocaine prior to and during bupropion maintenance in cocaine-abusing volunteers. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 63: 155-167.

Oliveto, A., Feingold, A., Schottenfeld, R., Jatlow, P., and Kosten, T.R. (1999) Desipramine in opioid-dependent cocaine abusers maintained on buprenorphine vs methadone. Archives of General Psychiatry 56: 812-820.