John Salamone

Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor & Director of Behavioral Neuroscience · University of Connecticut · company speakers →

Dr. John Salamone received his Ph.D. from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, USA in 1982. For postdoctoral training, Dr. Salamone received a National Science Foundation grant and studied at Cambridge University in England, working with Susan Iversen and Trevor Robbins. Dr. Salamone stayed in England for several more years, working at Merck, Sharpe and Dohme pharmaceutical laboratories. After returning to the US, Dr. Salamone joined the Psychological Sciences department of the University of Connecticut in 1988, where he is currently the head of Behavioral Neuroscience and co-Director of the Institute for the Brain and Cognitive Sciences. Dr. Salamone has published multiple articles and book chapters focused on research in the fields of behavioral neuroscience and neuropsychopharmacology, focusing on the neural circuitry regulating motivation, with a particular emphasis on studies related to animal models of effort-related decision making, fatigue, apathy, avolition, depression and Parkinsonism. Dr. Salamone frequently collaborates on translational and industrial projects, having received grants from Chronos, Blackthorn, Shire, Acadia, Noema, Lundbeck, and Otsuka.

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Speaking history

Neuropsychiatric Drug Development Summit

15 September 2026 Boston, United States “Advancing Therapeutics for Apathy: Integrating Dopaminergic & Non Dopaminergic Strategies to Restore Motivation”

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