ARIF A. HAMID, PHD
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Current Position:
Hanna Gray Fellow, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neuroscience, Brown University

Mentors: Christopher I. Moore, PhD and Michael J. Frank, PhD
185 Meeting Street suite 530
Providence, RI 09206
arif_hamid@brown.edu

Education and Training:
  1. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, PhD in Neuroscience: 2016. Mentor: Joshua D. Berke, PhD                     Thesis: Dopamine contributions to motivational vigor and reinforcement learning. PDF
  2. Cold Spring Harbor Labs, Cold spring harbor, NY, Imaging Structure and Function Course, July - August 2017
  3. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa, Japan, Okinawa Computational Neuroscience Course, June-July 2014
  4. Marine Biological Laboratories, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, Neural Systems and Behavior Course, June – August 2010
  5. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, BS in Neuroscience, 2010

Honors and Awards:
2017-2024       HHMI, Hanna H. Gray Fellowship (1.4 million dollar award for 8 years of support)
2017                  Helmsley Fellowship
2016                  University of Michigan Medical School, Neuroscience Research Scholar Award

2014                  NIDA Early Career Investigator Travel Award
2014                  Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (Japan), Travel Grant
2014                  National Institutes of Drugs of Abuse, predoctoral Training Grant
2013                  Gordon Research Conference,  Travel Fellowship
2012                  NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, Honorable Mention
2011-2013        University of Michigan- Ann Arbor, Rackam Merit Fellowship
2011                   University of Minnesota, NorthStar STEM Alliance Travel Fellowship
2010                 NorthStar STEM Alliance Spring symposium, Best Oral Presentation
2009                American Chemical Society, Outstanding Poster Award

Professional Service and Membership:
2018-               Member, Postdocs in Brain Science Executive Committee, Brown University
2018                 Chair, Gordon Research Seminar, Basal Ganglia
2017-               Associate Faculty Member, F1000 Neuroscience / Theoretical & Computational Neuroscience

2016                 Organizing committee for the Gordon Research Seminar on Basal Ganglia
2012-2016      University of Michigan: BrainsRule! Volunteer
2011-                Member, International Basal Ganglia Society (IBAGS)
2009-              Member, Society for Neuroscience (SfN)

Publications:  [GOOGLE SCHOLAR PAGE]
  • Mohebi A, Pettibone JR, Hamid AA, Wong JM, Kennedy R, Berke JD. (2018) Forebrain dopamine value signals arise independently from midbrain dopamine cell firing. bioRxiv, 334060 PDF
  • Hamid AA, Pettibone JR, Mabrouk OS, Hetrick VL, Schmidt S, Vander Weele CM, Kennedy RT, Aragona BJ, and Berke JD. (2016) Mesolimbic dopamine signals the value of work. Nat Neurosci 19, 117-126.  PDF
    • News and Views by Anne Collins and Michael Frank (Nature Neuroscience 19, 3-5, 2016)
    • Recommended by F1000 Prime
  • Resendez SL, Dome M, Gormley G, Franco D, Nevarez N, Hamid AA, Aragona BJ. (2013) mu-Opiod receptors within subregions of the striatum mediate pair bond formation through parallel yet distinct read mechanisms. Journal of Neuroscience, 33(21) 9140-9149. PDF
  • Mishra A, Hamid AA, Newman EA. (2011). Oxygen Modulation of neurovascular coupling in the rat retina. PNAS 108(43):17827-31. PDF 
Manuscripts in preparation
• Hamid AA, Berke JD. Plasticity windows for dopamine mediated update of state and action values.
• Hamid AA, Frank MJ, Moore CI. Reward synchronizes dopamine axons into directional waves.
• Hamid AA, Moore CI, Frank MJ. Sub-second FSCV measurement of absolute dopamine levels to dissociate phasic and tonic dopamine.
• Zacharoff L., Young M., Hamid AA, Engeland WC., Dubinsky JM. Abnormal recovery after stress inR6/2 mice model of Huntington’s disease .

Talks/Seminars (upcoming):
Mar. 2019       University of Bordeaux Neurocampus Seminar 
Feb. 2019       Winter Conference on Brain Research Panel 
Jan. 2019        NYU Neuroscience Institute Seminar
Dec. 2018      UCSF Neuroscience Seminar

Nov. 2018      SfN 2018 Nanosymposium: BG circuitry for Motivation and Reward 

Oct. 2018      CUNY, Neuroscience Seminar Series
Oct. 2017      Dartmouth University, Psychology Department seminar
Apr. 2017      UCSF Neurology, Alcohol and Addiction Research Group
Jan. 2017       Winter Conference on Brain Research
Mar. 2017      Cold Spring Harbor, Kepecs Group
Apr. 2016      University of Michigan, Neuroscience Spring symposium
Feb. 2016      Brown University, Department of Neuroscience
Oct. 2015      University of Michigan, Neuroscience Graduate Program retreat
Feb. 2014      University of Michigan, Biopsychology colloquium
Oct. 2013      University of Michigan, Neuroscience Graduate Program retreat
Jun. 2013       Gordon Research Seminar on Catecholamines, Mount Snow Resort, VT
Sep. 2010     National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR)
Aug. 2010     NorthStar STEM Alliance, Spring Symposium
Oct. 2009    Minnesota Academy of Science, St. Paul, MN
Jul. 2008      Minnesota State Colleges and Universities: Building a STEM Network, Brooklyn Park, MN

Conference abstracts:
  • Hamid AA, Frank MJ, Moore CI. (2018) Reward synchronizes dopamine axons into directional waves. GRC Basal Ganglia, Ventura, CA
  • Hamid AA, Frank MJ, Moore CI. (2017) Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of dopamine decision signals. Society for Neuroscience. Washington DC
  • Hamid AA, Mohebi A, Berke JD. (2016) Signals for reward prediction and prediction errors on the forebrain-midbrain dopamine axis. Winter Conference on Brain Research. Big Sky, Montana. 
  • Hamid AA, Berke JD. (2016) Signals for reward prediction and prediction errors on the forebrain-midbrain dopamine axis. Society for Neuroscience. San Diego, CA
  • Hamid AA, Berke JD. (2016) Variable plasticity windows for action and state value update by dopamine. Gordon Research Conference on Basal Ganglia. Ventura, CA
  • Patel, PR, Mohebi A, Popov P, Hamid AA, Aragona BJ, Berke JD, Chestek CA. Development of high density carbon fiber arrays for concurrent electrophysiology and fast scan cycle voltammeter detection of dopamine. BRAIN Initiative conference. Bethesda, MD.
  • Pettibone JR, Mohebi A, Hamid AA, Wong JM, Kennedy RT, Berke JD. (2015) Neuromodulation and adaptive decision-making in frontal cortex and striatum. Society for Neuroscience. Chicago, IL
  • Hamid AA, Berke JD. (2015) Mesolimbic dopamine signals the value of work. Gordon Research Conference Catecholamines, Newry, ME.  
  • Pettibone JR, Hamid AA, Schmidt S, Aragona BJ, and Berke JD. (2014) Contribution of tonic and phasic dopamine to adaptive decision-making. Society for Neuroscience. Washington D.C.
  • Hamid AA, Schmidt S,  Pettibone JR, Aragona BJ, and Berke JD. (2014) Dopamine signals the value of work. OIST-OCNC, Okinawa, Japan. 
  • Hamid AA, Schmidt S, Pettibone JR, Aragona BJ, and Berke JD. (2013) Dissociating the roles of phasic and tonic dopamine in adaptive decision-making. Society for Neuroscience. 
  • Hamid AA, Schmidt S, Pettibone JR, Aragona BJ, and Berke JD. (2013) Dopamine coding of error related and motivational signals develop over different time courses. Gordon Research Conference - Catecholamines.
  • Hamid AA, Vander Weele CM, Schmidt S, Pettibone JR, Aragona BJ, and Berke JD. (2012) Accumbens dopamine encodes both incentive motivation and bidirectional reward prediction error signal. Society for Neuroscience 2012.
  • Mishra A, Hamid AA, Newman EA. (2010) Oxygen Modulates functional hyperemia in the retina. Society for Neuroscience 2010.

Teaching and Mentoring: 

Marine Biological Laboratories (MBL)
Teaching Assistant for Striatum and Somatosensory Modules, "Neural Systems and behavior course" 2018

University of Michigan
Guest lecturer in graduate course: Psych 731 “Physiological psychology”- 2013, 2015
  • Lecture on contemporary methods in Neuroscience
Assistant in Instruction, occasional lecturer in undergraduate course: “Drugs of Abuse” Psych 436. 2014
  • Responsible for leading review sessions, host private tutor hours, prepare exam questions, exam grading and preparing some lecture material.
Assistant in Instruction of undergraduate course: Biol 172 “Introduction to Molecular Biology”- 2012
  • Responsible for leading 3 weekly 1.5 hour discussion sections (80 total students), hold review sessions, host private tutor hours, prepare exam questions, exam grading.​
University of Minnesota
  • Assistant in Instruction. Biol 3700 “Gateway to Research” - 2009
    • Provided underrepresented students with framework and resources for starting and succeeding in undergraduate research. This course is an installation of direct efforts to promote STEM participation of underrepresented groups.​












































































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