Undergraduate:
1981 BA Psychology, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson
Graduate School:
1984 MS Biobehavioral Sciences (Neuromorphology), Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs
1992 Ph.D. Biobehavioral Sciences (Neuromorphology), Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs
1992-1996 Molecular
Neurobiology, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA (Molecular Neurobiology Lab, Steve
Heinemann PI)
1996- 2001 Staff Scientist, Molecular Neurobiology Lab (Steve Heinemann, PI)
2001- 2010 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Neuroscience, Tufts Univ. School of Medicine
2001- 2010 Program faculty member, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts Univ.
2007- 2010 Program faculty member, Program in Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Tufts Univ. School of Medicine
2010- 2011 Visiting Assist. Prof. Dept. of Anatomy and Cell Biology
2011- pres Associate Prof., Dept. Neurobiology and Anatomical Sciences, Univ. Mississippi Medical Center
1999- Innovations Grant Award, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
2009- US patent #7488865, Urocortin-deficient mice and uses thereof (Feb. 10, 2009)
2002-2003- “Transgenic and proteomic analysis of olivocochlear system function and development”
Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation (formerly The Chestnut Hill Charitable Foundation) 1/1/02-12/31/03-12/30/04, $200,000 (direct)
2004-2009- “Investigations into the mouse olivocochlear system”
NIH NIDCD 1 R01 DC006258, 4/1/04-3/31/09, $1,250,000
(direct)
Hospital, Medical School or University Committee Assignments
2004-2010, Animal Facility Advisory Committee
2004-2005, member, LCME Institutional Self-Study Committee on Faculty
2006-2009, Scientific Affairs Committee
2008, Sackler School Website Focus Group
Peer review panel service
2001- external reviewer, West Virginia Univ. Senate Review
2002- Panel Member Nebraska EPSCoR/NIH IDeA grant review board
2005- Ad Hoc member AUD study section (NIH) June 7-8
2006- Ad Hoc member AUD study section (NIH) Jan. 31- Feb. 1
2006- Ad Hoc member SMI special emphasis panel (ZRG1-IFCN-B-03M)
2008- Panel member CDC/National Office of Public Health Genomics (NOPHG) study section Feb. 12-13
2009- Ad Hoc member MCB- Cellular Systems study section, NSF
2011- external reviewer, Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID- Action on Hearing Loss), London
2011- external reviewer, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Australia
National/International meeting events service
2008-2009, member, organizing committee for The Molecular Biology of Hearing and Deafness tri-annual meeting (meeting dates June 20-23, 2009, Boston)
Scientific Journal Peer Review Activity
Ad Hoc reviewer for the following journals 2001-present:
Audiology and Neuro-otology, Cytogenetic and Genomic Research, Development, European J. Neuroscience, Genes, Journal of Biological Chemistry,