Present | Professor, East Tennessee State University ‐ Biomedical Sciences, Quillen College of Medicine | |
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Present | Professor, East Tennessee State University ‐ Quillen College of Medicine | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
2015 - 2016 | Minority Supplement to Support Daniel J. Peterson |
NIH - 3R15DA034912 | |
Role: Principal Investigator | |
$36,000 | |
2013 - 2016 | Nicotine sensitization in a model of schizophrenia: Roles of Nicotinic Receptors |
National Institutes of Health (NIDA) - NIH 1R15DA 034912-01 | |
Role: Principal Investigator | |
Colleague(s): Matthew I. Palmatier | |
$408,000 | |
2012 - 2015 | TBI Neuroimmune Dysregulation as a Prodrome to Alzheimer's Disease |
US Department of Defense | |
Role: Consultant | |
$564,000 | |
2013 - 2014 | Effect of AT010 on Behavioral Recovery from Cerebral Ischemia in the Mouse |
Ardane Therapeutics | |
Role: Principal Investigator | |
$17,000 | |
2012 - 2014 | A Genetic Strategy to Restore Impaired Noradrenergic Function by Increasing Expression of Noradrenergic Phenotypes in the Locus Coeruleus in Parkinson’s Disease Model Mice |
Michael J. Fox Foundation | |
Role: Collaborator | |
$75,000 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
2014 - Present | Editorial Board Member, Biomed Hub | 2012 - Present | Editorial Board Member, Developmental Neuroscience | 2003 - Present | President, Appalachian Society for Neuroscience |
Honors and Awards
- 2004-2005 - Teacher of the Year- Progressive Education Program
- 2005-2006 - Ruth Henderson Award- Buncombe County Schools
- 2007-2008 - North Carolina Association for Americans with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Rising Star Student Award
- 2007-2008 - Snyder Distinguished Doctoral Fellow for University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- 2008 - North Carolina Applied Behavior Analysis Best Student Poster Award
- 2008-2009 - North Carolina Applied Behavior Analysis Student Scholarship Award
- 2010 - Council for Exceptional Children- Division of Research-Student Research Award in Single Subject Research
- 2015 - ETSU Clemmer College of Education Outstanding Research Award
- 2017 - Recipient of the American Council on Rural Special Education Research Article of the Year Award
December 1998 - August 2000 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Experimental Psychology, University of Lethbridge | |
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1998 | Ph.D, Experimental Psychology, University of Kentucky | |
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1995 | M.S., Experimental Psychology, University of Kentucky | |
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1992 | B.S., Psychology, University of Oklahoma | |
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Contact Information
PO Box 70577
Johnson City, TN 37614
Office: Carl A. Jones Hall (VA Campus) Room 136
Phone: 423-439-8523
Fax: 423-439-2017
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