Dr. Scofield is interested in the cellular substrates of drug addiction with a focus on the molecular underpinnings of relapse vulnerability. To date, studies in his laboratory have been focused on the corticostriatal pathway, heavily implicated in drug seeking and relapse. One unique aspect of their group is that the studies performed in the lab are designed to isolate and measure aspects of both neuronal and non-neuronal cells in order to gain a better understanding of how the interaction of both cell types contributes to the plasticity linked to addiction.