Catherine M. Cahill

Catherine Marie Cahill is a Canadian neuropharmacologist who is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Cahill's research investigates how chronic pain can alter specific brain regions associated with emotion, fear, and motivation, and neural plasticity that occurs due to persistent pain and opioid use. Her research is a part of a National Institutes of Health Funded Center of Excellence on Opioid Research and Drug Addiction (CSORDA). In addition, her research is funded by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, the National Institute of Aging, the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, the Department of Defense and the Shirley and Stefan Hatos Foundation.