Martin H. Plawecki, MD, PhD

Bio

My research background is focused on alcohol research and spans my training in both psychiatry and engineering. Since graduate school, I have contributed to both scientific and technical development of the Computer Assisted Alcohol Infusion System (CAIS) which, through the use of physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling of the distribution and elimination of alcohol, allows for both alcohol self-administration and investigator-controlled exposure based techniques. I collaborate with and help support investigators using intravenous administration techniques in multiple laboratories at Indiana University School of Medicine, the affiliated IUPUI campus, and across the country. I am an investigator in the Indiana Alcohol Research Center and most recently have been developing progressive ratio and other operant-based paradigms to gauge motivation for specific rewards. 

My main clinical activity is focused on the treatment of neurodevelopmental disorders. I serve predominantly children and adolescents but previsouly served adults in the STARS program, through an affiliation with Sandra Eskenazi Mental Health Center (formelty Midtown Mental Health).

I am an invested teacher, across multiple levels of medical education. I am on the Course Management Team for Neuroscience and Behavior, a required MS1 course. I teach medical students and provide clinical supervision of residents and fellows as they rotate through my Riley Pediatric Care Center Clinic.  I recently joined the Psychiatry Residency leadership team as an Associate Program Director, having previsouly served in a similar role for the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Program.

Personally, I am a Star Wars and Comic Book afficianado. I have diligently worked to inspire my children in these interests with limited success. I am a true believer in the value of exercise for both mental and physical health, trying to weightlift or train in Martial Arts several times per week.