Jill Becker

Jill B. Becker is an American psychological researcher, studying sex differences in addiction using preclinical models. Becker is the Biopsychology Area Chair and the Patricia Y. Gurin Professor of Psychology at University of Michigan. She has advocated for greater research into sex/gender differences, particularly in the area of Substance Use Disorder.

Education After graduating and receiving a Bachelors of Arts and Doctors of Medicine in human development from the University of Texas, Becker moved on and received her Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of Illinois.

Awards and honors 2016- She received the Ting-Kai Li Lecture Award from the Research Society on Alcoholism. In 2019, she was invited to deliver the Neal Miller Distinguished Lecture by the American Psychological Association.

2020- Becker was awarded the Health Education Visionary Award from the Society for Woman's Health Research (SWHR), Becker was honored for her award at the health of woman at SWHR's Annual Awards Dinner on October 22, 2020. The awards celebrate women who have advanced woman's health throughout their careers. "Sex Differences, Gender, and Addiction" published January 2, 2019.

Becker also participated in the construction of the article "Sex differences in vulnerability to addiction" in which she collaborated with Jacqueline A. Quigley, Molly K. Logsdon, Christopher A. Turner, Ivette L. Gonzalez, and Noah B. Leonardo. The paper was published April 1, 2021 and consisted of studies on how estradiol influences dopamine-related motivated behaviors and their vulnerability on both sex.

Selected publications