Lifeway Wellness Series

Mary Huhn, MSSW, LISW, LCSW, is the Clinical Director of Lifeway Counseling Center. Mary graduated from the University of Louisville in 1990. She spent 13 yrs. at Christ Hospital working primarily in Outpatient Behavioral Health, where she ran the Partial Hospital Program and the Intensive Outpatient Program. Mary has had a private practice since 1992 and does marital, couples and individual therapy.

Research in the Davis lab is focused on detailing the impact of neuroendocrine signaling on dopamine release and reward-based behaviors. In this capacity, there are two main focuses of the lab: 1) determine the ability of feeding peptides to regulate palatable food, ethanol and psychostimulant reward through action in mesolimbic circuits and 2) evaluating change in addictive behaviors following weight loss surgery.