Martin A. Javors, Ph.D.

Professor (Tenured)

Professor (Tenured), Departments of Psychiatry and Pharmacology

Director of the Biological Psychiatry Analytical Labs, Department of Psychiatry

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Adjuct Professor, College of Pharmacy, University of Texas at Austin

Biographical Sketch

Dr. Javors is a Professor in the Division of Alcohol and Drug Addiction at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) and an active collaborator on projects within the Neurobehavioral Research Division. Dr. Javors is director of the Biological Psychiatry Analytical Laboratory, which is located in the Department of Psychiatry at UTHSC. The BPAL provides a wide variety of biochemical measurements related to psychiatric research. Dr. Javors has been an active collaborator on many of the NRLC studies. Much of this work involves characterization of serotonin function and its relationship to impulsivity among the various clinical groups we work with. Dr. Javors has also been a mentor to Dr.Hill-Kapturczak in her transition to applying her molecular biology skills to Psychiatry.

Research Interests

Biochemical markers of alcohol consumption
Biochemical markers of nicotine use
Serotonin, dopamine and norepinephrine transporters
Measurement of catecholamines in various tissues
Membrane transducing systems
Second messenger function of Ca2+
Development of analytical tests for psychotherapeutic drugs

Education

Year	Degree	Major	Institution
1982	Internship	Pharmacology	The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
1979	Ph.D.	Pharmacy (Pharmacology)	The University of Colorado at Boulder
1967	B.A.	Pharmacy	The University of Texas at Austin

Presentations/Publications with the NRLC

Pharmacokinetics of Phosphatidylethanol 16:0/20:4 in Human Blood After Alcohol Intake
Lopez-Cruzan, M., Roache, J. D., Hill-Kapturczak, N., Karns-Wright, T. E., Dougherty, D. M., Sanchez, J. J., Koek, W., and Javors, M.A. (i2018).

Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, 42, 2094-2099
Pilot investigation of a phosphatidylethanol-based contingency management intervention targeting alcohol use
McDonell, M. G., Skalisky, J., Leickly, E., Orr, M. F., McPherson, S., Roll, J., Hill-Kapturczak, N., and Javors, M. (2017).

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 31, 608-613.
Characterization of the pharmacokinetics of Phosphatidylethanol 16:0/18:1 and 16:0/18:2 in human whole blood after alcohol consumption in a clinical laboratory study.
Javors, M. A., Hill-Kapturczak, N., Roache, J. D., Karns-Wright, T. E., and Dougherty, D. M. (2016).

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 40, 1228-1234.
Drinking histories in alcohol-use-disordered youth: preliminary findings on relationships to platelet serotonin transporter expression with genotypes of the serotonin transporter.
Dawes, M. A., Roache, J. D., Javors, M. A., Bergeson, S. E., Richard, D. M., Mathias, C. W., Ait-Daoud, N., Dougherty, D. M., and Johnson, B. A. (2009)

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 70, 899-907.