Teresa Reyes

Teresa M Reyes, PHD

Senior Associate Dean

Senior Associate Dean for Basic and Translational Research and Professor, Pharmacology, Physiology and Neurobiology

Reading Campus
2120 East Galbraith Road
A-129
Cincinnati, Ohio 45237-0506
Phone 513-558-4338
Fax 513-297-0966
Email reyesta@ucmail.uc.edu

Education

Bachelors of Science: University of Wisconsin Madison, WI, 1992

Masters of Science: University of Wisconsin Madison, WI, 1995

PhD: University of Wisconsin Madison, WI, 1999

Postdoctoral Fellowship : Salk Institute of Biological Sciences San Diego, CA, 2003

Senior Research Associate: Salk Institute of Biological Sciences San Diego, CA, 2004

Positions and Work Experience

2004 -2006 Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL

2006 -2015 Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Research Support

Grant: #W81XWH-21-1-0877 Investigators:Herman, James; Reyes, Teresa; Seroogy, Kim 09-01-2021 -08-31-2024 Department of the Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity PD200038: Stress/Glucocorticoid Mechanisms in Parkinsonian Pathologies Role:Collaborator 1200000.00 Awarded Level:Federal

Grant: #U2CDK059630 Investigators:Davidson, William; Liu, Min; Reyes, Teresa; Tso, Patrick; Ulrich-Lai, Yvonne 07-01-2021 -06-30-2026 National Inst of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease Cincinnati Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center Role:Collaborator 0.00 Hold Level:Federal

Grant: #35235-12 / DK09771 Investigators:Reyes, Teresa; Ulrich-Lai, Yvonne 11-01-2020 -06-30-2021 National Inst of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease Behavioral assay development to assess preference for exercise relative to palatable food Role:Collaborator 87794.00 Active Level:Federal

Grant: #R25GM134976 Investigators:Price, Carolyn; Reyes, Teresa; Weiss, Alison 09-21-2020 -08-31-2025 National Institute of General Medical Sciences Biomedical Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine (PREP@UC) Role:PI 906233.00 Active Level:Federal

Grant: #R01NR019531 Investigators:Reyes, Teresa; Wohleb, Eric 09-07-2020 -06-30-2025 National Institute of Nursing Research Identification of causal factors underlying cognitive deficits in a mouse model of childhood leukemia survival Role:PI $543,381.00 Awarded Level:Federal

Grant: #20IN30 Investigators:Reyes, Teresa 07-01-2020 -06-30-2022 Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research scRNAseq to identify mechanisms of cognitive deficits in ALL survivors Role:PI $100,000.00 Awarded Level:Private Non-Profit

Grant: #R25NS115532 Investigators:Reyes, Teresa; Solomon, Matia 03-15-2020 -02-28-2025 National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Research Innovation in NeuroScience Education for Underserved Populations (RISE UP) Role:PI $105,721.00 Awarded Level:Federal

Grant: #R21DA049253 Investigators:Reyes, Teresa; Wohleb, Eric 09-01-2019 -08-31-2021 National Institute on Drug Abuse DAT18-09 Maternal opioid exposure and executive function evaluation in the mouse Role:PI $240,750.00 Awarded Level:Federal

Grant: #R01DK119135 Investigators:Liu, Min; Reyes, Teresa; Tso, Patrick P.W.; Ulrich-Lai, Yvonne; Woods, Stephen 09-20-2018 -05-31-2023 National Inst of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease Role of the GI lymphatic system in hormonal signaling and nutrient metabolism Role:Collaborator $616,764.00 Active Level:Federal

Grant: #304029 / R01MH090740 Investigators:Reyes, Teresa 07-11-2018 -04-30-2023 National Institute of Mental Health Molecular Mechanisms Controlling Formation of Basal Ganglia Circutry Role:PI $61,053.00 Active Level:Federal

Grant: #Augusta 30835-46 sub U24DK076169 Investigators:Reyes, Teresa; Ulrich-Lai, Yvonne 10-01-2017 -09-30-2019 National Inst of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease Behavioral assay development to assess preference for exercise relative to palatable food Role:Collaborator $93,797.00 Active Level:Federal

Grant: #R13CA217277 Investigators:Reyes, Teresa 06-01-2017 -05-31-2018 National Cancer Institute PNIRS 2017 Annual Meeting Role:PI $12,854.00 Active Level:Federal

Grant: #U2CDK059630 Investigators:Benoit, Stephen; Davidson, William; Howles, Philip; Liu, Min; Reyes, Teresa; Tso, Patrick P.W.; Ulrich-Lai, Yvonne; Welge, Jeffrey; Woods, Stephen; Woollett, Laura 08-01-2016 -06-30-2021 National Inst of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease Cincinnati Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center Role:Collaborator $926,069.68 Active Level:Federal

Grant: #1R01MH106330-01 Investigators:Reyes, Teresa 09-07-2015 -06-30-2017 National Institute of Mental Health Opioids and impulsivity: Neuroanatomical examination in a novel animal model Role:PI $390,597.00 Awarded Level:Federal

Grant: #567152/345034 Investigators:Reyes, Teresa 09-01-2015 -08-31-2016 Simons Foundation Uncovering the impact of16p11.2del on neurons mediating motivated behavior Role:PI $30,555.00 Active Level:Private Non-Profit

Grant: #R21MH100828 Investigators:Reyes, TM National Institute of Health Intrauterine inflammation affects offspring cognitive function Role:PI Completed Type:Grant

Grant: #R01MH087978 Investigators:Reyes, TM National Institute of Health, National Institute of Mental Health In utero programming of the dopamine system: behavior, neuroanatomy & epigenetics Role:PI Completed Type:Grant

Grant: #NARSAD Young Investigator Investigators:Reyes, TM Brain and Behavior Research Foundation Adverse prenatal environment and altered social and anxiety-related behaviors Role:PI Completed Type:Grant

Grant: #R21MH091372 Investigators:Reyes, TM National Institute of Mental Health Novel animal models of impaired social behavior and anxiety: a role for MeCP2 Completed Type:Grant

Grant: #Research Grant Investigators:Reyes, TM Prater Willi Syndrome Association Role:PI Completed Type:Grant

Grant: #Research Grant Investigators:Abel, Reyes Simons Foundation Comprehensive Phenotyping of Mouse Autism Models Role:Co-Investigator Completed Type:Grant

Grant: #R21NS080585-01 Investigators:Saldanha, Reyes National Institute of Health, National Institute of Mental Health Neural estrogen synthesis by astrocytic aromatization, and neuroinflammation Role:Co-Investigator Completed Type:Grant

Grant: #5K01DK064086 Investigators:Reyes, TM NIH/NIDDK Functional Neuroanatomy of Cytokine-Mediated Anorexia Role:PI Completed Type:Grant

Grant: #1R13DA033790 Investigators:Reyes, TM National Institute of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse Stress Neurobiology Workshop 2012 Role:Conference Co-Organizer Completed Type:Grant

Grant: #T73MC00032 07-01-2021 -06-30-2026 Health Resources and Services Administration University of Cincinnati Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Other Related Disabilities Role:PI 3004399.00 Active Level:Federal

Grant: #T73MC00032 07-01-2021 -06-30-2026 Health Resources and Services Administration University of Cincinnati Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Other Related Disabilities Role:PI 3004399.00 Active Level:Federal

Grant: #90DDUC0111 07-01-2022 -06-30-2027 Administration for Community Living University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education Research and Service Role:PI 1804740.00 Active Level:Federal

Grant: #90DDUC0111 07-01-2022 -06-30-2027 Administration for Community Living University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education Research and Service Role:PI 1804740.00 Active Level:Federal

Grant: #NGP10115 Investigators:Cushion, Melanie; DeFranco, Emily; Filak, Andrew; Reyes, Teresa 06-01-2021 -03-31-2025 Burroughs Wellcome Fund The Role of HLA-G+/C+ Extravillous Trophoblasts in Placental Inflammation Role:PI 500000.00 Active Level:Non Profit

Grant: #BWF 1011031 Investigators:Ball, William; Cushion, Melanie; Filak, Andrew; Reyes, Teresa; Way, Sing Sing 10-01-2012 -09-30-2030 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Maternal Regulatory T cells Control the Immune Pathogenesis of Prenatal Infection Role:PI 500000.00 Active Level:Non Profit

Grant: #Billing Agreement for Vallez; F30AI188599 Investigators:Reyes, Teresa 11-18-2024 -11-17-2028 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Mechanisms of CD8+ T cell-induced Innate Immune Activation - (Charles Vallez CCHMC Billing Agreement) Role:PI 37165.00 Hold Level:Federal

Grant: #R21NS143130 -03-31-2027 National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Methotrexate effects on synaptic plasticity: a path to female resiliency to chemotherapy-induced cognitive deficits Role:PI 0.00 Hold Level:Federal

Grant: #R21NS143130 -03-31-2027 National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Methotrexate effects on synaptic plasticity: a path to female resiliency to chemotherapy-induced cognitive deficits Role:PI 0.00 Hold Level:Federal

Grant: #OA00000631; AHA 25PRE1372244 Investigators:Reyes, Teresa 01-01-2025 -12-31-2026 American Heart Association - National Chapter The contribution of JNK signaling to development of EPR dysfunction in primary hypertension Role:PI 32774.00 Hold Level:Non Profit

Grant: #R21NS145425 -06-30-2027 National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Role of perinatal testosterone in programming behavioral and astrocyte responses to early life chemotherapy Role:PI 0.00 Hold Level:Federal

Grant: #R21NS145425 -06-30-2027 National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Role of perinatal testosterone in programming behavioral and astrocyte responses to early life chemotherapy Role:PI 0.00 Hold Level:Federal

Grant: #GenScript (Student - Min Quian Pek) Investigators:Pek, Nicole; Reyes, Teresa 10-01-2025 -09-30-2026 Life Sciences Research Foundation Therapeutic Restoration of Vascular Development in ACDMPV Using LNP-Delivered FOXF1 mRNA Role:PI 10000.00 Hold Level:Non Profit

Grant: #2T32HL007752-31A1; BA Kesaraju Investigators:Reyes, Teresa 09-01-2025 -08-31-2026 National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Pulmonary Development and Disease Pathogenesis Training Program - (T32 - Snehha Kesaraju Billing Agreement) Role:PI 31373.52 Hold Level:Federal

Publications

Peer Reviewed Publications

Smith, Brittany L; Hassler, Ally; Lloyd, Kelsey R; Reyes, Teresa M  (2023). Perinatal morphine but not buprenorphine affects gestational and offspring neurobehavioral outcomes in mice. Neurotoxicology, 99, 292-304More Information

Laaker, Collin J; Cantelon, Claire; Davis, Alyshia B; Lloyd, Kelsey R; Agyeman, Nana; Hiltz, Adam R; Smith, Brittany L; Konsman, Jan Pieter; Reyes, Teresa M  (2023). Early life cancer and chemotherapy lead to cognitive deficits related to alterations in microglial-associated gene expression in prefrontal cortex. Brain, behavior, and immunity, 113, 176-188More Information

Smith, Brittany L; Guzman, Tess A; Brendle, Alexander H; Laaker, Collin J; Ford, Alexis; Hiltz, Adam R; Zhao, Junfang; Setchell, Kenneth D R; Reyes, Teresa M  (2022). Perinatal Morphine Exposure Leads to Sex-Dependent Executive Function Deficits and Microglial Changes in Mice. eNeuro, 9 (5) More Information

Lloyd, Kelsey; Reyes, Teresa  (2022). High fat diet consumption restricted to adolescence has minimal effects on adult executive function that vary by sex. Nutritional neuroscience, 25 (4) , 801-811More Information

Konsman, Jan Pieter; Laaker, Collin J; Lloyd, Kelsey R; Hiltz, Adam; Smith, Brittany L; Smail, Marissa A; Reyes, Teresa M  (2022). Translationally relevant mouse model of early life cancer and chemotherapy exposure results in brain and small intestine cytokine responses: A potential link to cognitive deficits. Brain, behavior, and immunity, 99, 192-202More Information

Lloyd, Kelsey R; Reyes, Teresa M  (2020). Treading water: mixed effects of high fat diet on mouse behavior in the forced swim test. Physiology & behavior, 223, 112965More Information

Smith, Brittany L; Laaker, Collin J; Lloyd, Kelsey R; Hiltz, Adam R; Reyes, Teresa M  (2020). Adolescent microglia play a role in executive function in male mice exposed to perinatal high fat diet. Brain, behavior, and immunity, 84, 80-89More Information

Konsman, Jan Pieter; Reyes, Teresa M  (2020). The lost cause of not being mechanistic enough? A perspective inspired by philosophy of science. Brain, behavior, and immunity, 84, 1-3More Information

Makinson, Ryan; Lloyd, Kelsey; Grissom, Nicola; Reyes, Teresa M  (2019). Exposure to in utero inflammation increases locomotor activity, alters cognitive performance and drives vulnerability to cognitive performance deficits after acute immune activation. Brain, behavior, and immunity, 80, 56-65More Information

Grissom, Nicola M; Reyes, Teresa M  (2019). Correction: Let's call the whole thing off: evaluating gender and sex differences in executive function. Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 44 (7) , 1344More Information

Grissom, Nicola M; Reyes, Teresa M  (2019). Let's call the whole thing off: evaluating gender and sex differences in executive function. Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 44 (1) , 86-96More Information

Huo, XiaoJiao; Reyes, Teresa M; Heijnen, Cobi J; Kavelaars, Annemieke  (2018). Cisplatin treatment induces attention deficits and impairs synaptic integrity in the prefrontal cortex in mice. Scientific reports, 8 (1) , 17400More Information

McKee, Sarah E; Reyes, Teresa M  (2018). Effect of supplementation with methyl-donor nutrients on neurodevelopment and cognition: considerations for future research. Nutrition reviews, 76 (7) , 497-511More Information

McKee, Sarah E; Zhang, Sisi; Chen, Li; Rabinowitz, Joshua D; Reyes, Teresa M  (2018). Perinatal high fat diet and early life methyl donor supplementation alter one carbon metabolism and DNA methylation in the brain. Journal of neurochemistry, 145 (5) , 362-373More Information

Kumar, Vinod Jangir; Grissom, Nicola M; McKee, Sarah E; Schoch, Hannah; Bowman, Nicole; Havekes, Robbert; Kumar, Manoj; Pickup, Stephen; Poptani, Harish; Reyes, Teresa M; Hawrylycz, Mike; Abel, Ted; Nickl-Jockschat, Thomas  (2018). Linking spatial gene expression patterns to sex-specific brain structural changes on a mouse model of 16p11.2 hemideletion. Translational psychiatry, 8 (1) , 109More Information

Lloyd, Kelsey R; Yaghoubi, Sarah K; Makinson, Ryan A; McKee, Sarah E; Reyes, Teresa M  (2018). Housing and testing in mixed-sex rooms increases motivation and accuracy during operant testing in both male and female mice. Neurobiology of learning and memory, 150, 20-24More Information

Thanos, Panayotis K; Zhuo, Jianmin; Robison, Lisa; Kim, Ronald; Ananth, Mala; Choai, Ilon; Grunseich, Adam; Grissom, Nicola M; George, Robert; Delis, Foteini; Reyes, Teresa M  (2018). Suboptimal maternal diets alter mu opioid receptor and dopamine type 1 receptor binding but exert no effect on dopamine transporters in the offspring brain. International journal of developmental neuroscience : the official journal of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience, 64, 21-28More Information

Makinson, Ryan; Lloyd, Kelsey; Rayasam, Aditya; McKee, Sarah; Brown, Amy; Barila, Guillermo; Grissom, Nicola; George, Robert; Marini, Matt; Fabry, Zsuzsanna; Elovitz, Michal; Reyes, Teresa M  (2017). Intrauterine inflammation induces sex-specific effects on neuroinflammation, white matter, and behavior. Brain, behavior, and immunity, 66, 277-288More Information

Smith, B L; Reyes, T M  (2017). Offspring neuroimmune consequences of maternal malnutrition: Potential mechanism for behavioral impairments that underlie metabolic and neurodevelopmental disorders. Frontiers in neuroendocrinology, 47, 109-122More Information

Grissom, Nicola M; George, Robert; Reyes, Teresa M  (2017). Suboptimal nutrition in early life affects the inflammatory gene expression profile and behavioral responses to stressors. Brain, behavior, and immunity, 63, 115-126More Information

McKee, Sarah E; Grissom, Nicola M; Herdt, Christopher T; Reyes, Teresa M  (2017). Methyl donor supplementation alters cognitive performance and motivation in female offspring from high-fat diet-fed dams. FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 31 (6) , 2352-2363More Information

Grissom, N M; George, R; Reyes, T M  (2017). The hypothalamic transcriptional response to stress is severely impaired in offspring exposed to adverse nutrition during gestation. Neuroscience, 342, 200-211More Information

McKee SE, Grissom NM, Herdt CT, Reyes TM.  (2017). Methyl donor supplementation alters cognitive performance and motivation in female offspring from high-fat diet-fed dams. FASEB J. , (6), 2352-2363

Grissom NM, George R, Reyes TM.  (2017). Suboptimal nutrition in early life affects the inflammatory gene expression profile and behavioral responses to stressors. Brain Behav Immun. (63) , 115-126

Thanos PK, Zhuo J, Robison L, Kim R, Ananth M, Choai I, Grunseich A, Grissom NM, George R, Delis F, Reyes TM.  (2016). Suboptimal maternal diets alter mu opioid receptor and dopamine type 1 receptor binding but exert no effect on dopamine transporters in the offspring brain. Int J Dev Neurosci., 16, 30211-8

Carlin JL, Grissom N, Ying Z, Gomez-Pinilla F, Reyes TM.  (2016). Voluntary exercise blocks Western diet-induced gene expression of the chemokines CXCL10 and CCL2 in the prefrontal cortex. Brain Behav Immun. (58) , 82-90

J. L. Carlin, S. E. McKee, T. Hill-Smith, N. M. Grissom, R. George, I.Lucki and T. M Reyes  (2016). Removal of high fat diet after chronic exposure drives binge behavior and dopaminergic dysregulation in female mice. Neuroscience (326) , 170-9.

Carlin, Jesse L; Grissom, Nicola; Ying, Zhe; Gomez-Pinilla, Fernando; Reyes, Teresa M  (2016). Voluntary exercise blocks Western diet-induced gene expression of the chemokines CXCL10 and CCL2 in the prefrontal cortex. Brain, behavior, and immunity, 58, 82-90More Information

Carlin, Jesse L; McKee, Sarah E; Hill-Smith, Tiffany; Grissom, Nicola M; George, Robert; Lucki, Irwin; Reyes, Teresa M  (2016). Removal of high-fat diet after chronic exposure drives binge behavior and dopaminergic dysregulation in female mice. Neuroscience, 326, 170-179More Information

Grissom NM, George R, Reyes TM  (2015). The hypothalamic transcriptional response to stress is severely impaired in offspring exposed to adverse nutrition during gestation. Neuroscience

N. M. Grissom, C. T. Herdt, J. Desilets, J. Lidsky-Everson, T. M. Reyes.  (2015). Dissociable deficits of executive function caused by gestational adversity are linked to specific transcriptional changes in the prefrontal cortex. Neuropsychopharmacology, 40 (6)

Hale MW, Spencer SJ, Conti B, Jasoni CL, Kent S, Radler ME, Reyes TM, Sominsky L.  (2015). Diet, behavior and immunity across the lifespan. Neurosci Biobehav Rev., 58, 46-62

Patents and Inventions

US 09/919,473 6838274 Urocortin proteins and uses thereof Reyes, TM, Awarded 2005

US 10/973,092 7223846 Urocortin proteins and uses thereof Reyes, TM, Awarded 2007

Contact Information

Academic - Reading Campus
2120 East Galbraith Road
Cincinnati  Ohio, 45237-0506
Phone: 513-558-4338
Fax: 513-297-0966
reyesta@ucmail.uc.edu