Research Interests
I am examining the ability of Group III metabotropic glutamate receptors to potentiate morphine analgesia in a model of peripheral pain.

Honors and Awards                     

• APS Young Investigator Travel Support Program Award,The American Pain Society 32nd Annual Scientific Meeting (2013)
• Ann and John Hamilton Endowed Scholarship Award (2012)
• APS Young Investigator Travel Support Program Award, The American Pain Society 31st Annual Scientific Meeting (2012)        
• Bromberg Scholar, The Bench Tutorials: Scientific Research and Design Program (2011)
• APS Young Investigator Travel Support Program Award, The American Pain Society 30th Annual Scientific Meeting (2011)
• Best Student Poster Award (MSTAR Category), 13th Annual Forum on Aging (2009)
• National Member, Alpha Epsilon Delta, Pre-Health Honor Society (2004)
• Eugene McDermott Scholar, UT Dallas (2003)
• President’s List, South Plains College (2001)
• National Merit Commended Scholar (2001)        

Publications:

• Morphine-induced pain sensitivity is associated with the insertion of GluA4-containing AMPA receptors at spinal cord synapses. D. Cabanero, Z. Melyan, A. Baker, S. Zhou, G. Hargett, Y. Xia, H. Beaudry, L. Gendron, S. Carlton, J. Moron-Concepcion. In submission.
• Systemic morphine treatment induces changes in responses and firing patterns of nociceptive fibers in mouse glabrous skin. D. Hogan, A. Baker, J. Moron-Concepcion, S. Carlton. In submission.

Presentations:

• 13th Annual Forum on Aging.  University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas (November 12, 2009)
• Presented a poster on the aging amygdala and pain.
• Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, California (November 3-7, 2007).
• Assisted with presenting a poster from the SL McKnight and AA Pieper Laboratories.

Hobbies/General Information:
I enjoy reading, running, church activities, and spending time with my family.