Dr. Huhn is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and has an active research program at Ashley Addiction Treatment, a non-profit residential and outpatient treatment provider serving communities of the Northern Chesapeake region of Maryland. His research focuses on the intersection of neuroscience and the clinical treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD), with the ultimate goal of improving health services for persons with substance use and related disorders. Much of his work with OUD patients is aimed at directly improving sleep, stress, and symptoms of depression and anxiety. Dr. Huhn also has an active interest in predictive modeling of relapse risk and treatment attrition for persons with OUD. His lab is independently funded by the National Institutes of Health and other non-profit support, and he has over 40 publications in peer-reviewed journals.
Email: ahuhn1@jhmi.edu
Current Academic Positions
- Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, JHU School of Medicine
- Lead Research Associate, Ashley Addiction Treatment
Expertise
- Randomized-controlled trials for the treatment of opioid use disorder and pain
- Objective assessment of sleep disturbances in persons with substance use disorders
- Ambulatory monitoring of sleep, stress, emotion, and craving in the natural environment
- Depressive symptoms and anhedonia
- Opioid withdrawal and post-withdrawal outcomes (protracted withdrawal; protracted abstinence)
- Predictive modeling of relapse risk and treatment attrition
- Neuroimaging using electroencephalography (for sleep) and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (for cue-induced craving and decision-making)
Education
- 2010, B.S., Psychology, Michigan State University, summa cum laude
- 2016, Ph.D., Neuroscience, Penn State College of Medicine
- 2016, Certificate in College Teaching, Penn State College of Medicine
- 2018, M.B.A., Healthcare Management, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School,
Current Service Positions
- Review Editor, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
- Associate Editor and Editorial Board member for Frontiers in Neuroergonomics
- Guest Editor, Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology: Special Issue on Translational Research on Harm Reduction
- American Psychological Association, Division 28, Chair of Finance Committee
- College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Early Career Members-in-Training Committee
Awards
- Innovator of the Year, Granted by Penn State Office of Technology Development
- Dean’s Scholarship, Granted by the Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School
- Wilson Memorial Scholarship, Granted by the Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School
- Early Career Travel Award, College on Problems of Drug Dependence
- Early Career Travel Award, American Psychological Association
- BGE Scholarship, Granted by the Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School
- NIDA Loan Repayment Program
- Young Psychopharmacologist, Division 28, American Psychological Association
- Junior Investigator Travel Award, College on Problems of Drug Dependence