Dr. Vatsalya has been a Special Volunteer since February 2014. He is a research scientist in the Department of Medicine at the University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville KY. His interests include novel human paradigm for alcoholism; identifying treatment for alcoholism; pathophysiological and psychobehavioral evaluations; vulnerable and comorbid conditions [age and sex factors, viral infection]; and biomarkers of alcoholism and alcohol-based organ injury.