Dr. Edwards received his PhD in the Departments of Neuroscience and Psychiatry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center with support from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Afterwards, he joined the Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders at The Scripps Research Institute where he was awarded a K99/R00 Pathway to Independence award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). Dr. Edwards joined the Department of Physiology at LSU Health New Orleans in 2013 and is a member of the NIAAA-funded P60 Comprehensive Alcohol-HIV/AIDS Research Center and Alcohol & Drug Abuse Center of Excellence. His preclinical and translational research examines neurobiological interactions between chronic pain and substance use disorders.