Darren Christensen, University of Lethbridge

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Lethbridge profile.

Addiction Substance Abuse and Gambling. Choice and Decision-Making Learning and Acquisition Mathematical Models Quantitative Analyses Pharmacology Neuroscience

Latest papers

Initial examination of priming tasks to decrease delay discounting
European Journal of Pharmacology · 2016

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Prairie CRISM Node Proposal
CIHR · 2014 · Co-investigator
$1,750,000

All 1 grants and awards

1 publications.

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Initial examination of priming tasks to decrease delay discounting

Sheffer CE, Mackillop J, Fernandez A, Christensen D, Bickel WK, Johnson MW, Panissidi L, Pittman J, Franck CT, Williams J

European Journal of Pharmacology201625 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2016.05.002

Prairie CRISM Node Proposal

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse - Nodes

Principal investigators: Wild, Cameron T; Aubry, Allan; Dell, Colleen A; Hodgins, David C

Keywords: Client Motivation; Knowledge Exchange; Prevention; Screening And Brief Interventions; Substance Misuse; Treatment

$1,750,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

James MacKillop

Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences

1 shared papers, latest 2016

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Addiction Dear Professor Christensen, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Initial examination of priming tasks to decrease delay discounting" (2016), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]