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Dr. Dedra Woolfolk
 Department of General Studies
Associate Professor of Science; Chair, Department of General Studies
Ph.D., Pharmacology, Emory University School of Medicine
M.S., Biological and Biomedical Science, Emory University School of Medicine
B.S., Biology, Morris Brown College
E-mail
Phone: 404-669-2078
Office hours: By appointment
Courses Taught:
Introduction to Biology
Human Anatomy and Physiology
Survey of Chemistry
Selected Professional Experience:
Morris Brown College, Research Consultant, Department of Psychology, 2000.
University of Texas Medical Branch, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, 1997-1998.
Emory University School of Medicine, Graduate Research Assistant, 1992-1997.
Selected Teaching Experience and Presentations:
Teaching Assistant, Mechanisms of Animal Behavior; January-May, 1994.
“Differences in Opioid Modulation of the Discriminative Stimulus Effects of Amphetamine and Cocaine”, Behavioral Pharmacology Research Group, Yerkes Regional Primate Center, Atlanta, GA; February, 1996
“The Effects of Opioid Drugs on the Discriminative Stimulus Effects of Cocaine and Amphetamine in Rats”, Mercer Southern School of Pharmacy, Atlanta, GA; June, 1997.
“The Effects of Mu-, Delta-, and Kappa-Opioid Receptor Agonists and Antagonists on the Discriminative Stimulus Effects of Cocaine and Amphetamine in Rats”, Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA; August, 1997.
“The Effects of Mu-, Delta-, and Kappa-Opioid Receptor Agonists and Antagonists on the Discriminative Stimulus Effects of Cocaine and Amphetamine in Rats”, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX; September, 1997.
Selected Publications:
Metcalf, BR, Stahl, JM, Allen, JD, Woolfolk, DR, Soto, PL (2001) Discrimination of gamma-hydroxybutyrate and ethanol administered separately and as a mixture in rats. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 71:31-41.
Woolfolk, DR and Holtzman, SG (1997) m-, d-, and k-opioid receptor agonists do not alter the discriminative stimulus effects of cocaine and d-amphetamine in rats. Drug and Alcohol Dep 48:209-220.
Woolfolk, DR and Holtzman, SG (1996) The effects of opioid receptor antagonism on the discriminative stimulus effects of cocaine and d-amphetamine in the rat. Behav Pharmacol 7:779-787.
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