Before joining Texas Tech in 2004, Dr. Young was professor of Psychology and of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurosciences at Wayne State University, where she served as associate dean for research and graduate programs in the College of Science. She is a former recipient of a NIDA Research Scientist Development Award, and her research and teaching focuses on behavioral pharmacology and applied cognitive psychology. Alice Young, Ph.D. is Associate Vice President for Research-Responsible Research in the Office of Research & Innovation and professor of psychological sciences at Texas Tech University and of pharmacology and neuroscience at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. Dr. Young works with TTU Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) and all TTU research compliance offices to develop programs in responsible conduct of research that support TTU research and scholarship.

Dr. Young received a bachelor's degree from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. She earned a doctorate in experimental psychology from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and received postdoctoral training in pharmacology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.