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About Travis J. A. Craddock

Travis J.A. Craddock, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Psychology & Neuroscience, Computer Science and Clinical Immunology at Nova Southeastern University (NSU) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He serves as the Director of the Clinical Systems Biology Group at NSU’s Institute of Neuro-Immune medicine where he applies computational systems biology and biophysics methods towards the purpose of identifying novel treatments for complex chronic illness involving neuroinflammation.

Dr. Craddock received his Ph.D. in the field of biophysics at the University of Alberta where his graduate research activities focused on subneural biomolecular information processing, and nanoscale neuroscience descriptions of memory, consciousness and cognitive dysfunction in neurodegenerative disorders. His current research activities are focused on using a theory driven approach to understand the underlying molecular regulation of chronic illness resulting from exposure to neurotoxins, such as anesthesia and nerve agents, in order to improve diagnosis and putative treatment strategies. This work is primarily funded by the U.S. Department of Defense. Craddock contributed the book chapter "The “Quantum Underground”: Where Life and Consciousness Originate" to Biophysics of Consciousness: A Foundational Approach (2016). Craddock's most recent publication is “Anesthetic Alterations of Collective Terahertz Oscillations in Tubulin Correlate with Clinical Potency: Implications for Anesthetic Action and Post-Operative Cognitive Dysfunction.”

Prior to receiving his doctoral degree, Dr. Craddock’s graduate research activities focused on sub-neural biomolecular information processing, and nanoscale neuroscience descriptions of memory, consciousness and cognitive dysfunction in neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease.

Positions

Present Associate Director, Nova Southeastern University College of Psychology
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2013 Assistant Professor, Nova Southeastern University College of Psychology
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Grants

2021 - Present Machine Learning and Network Modeling in Gulf War Illness Paradigm
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - 75D30121P10648
Role: Principal Investigator
$248,452
2019 - Present Understanding of Light-Based Quantum Processes in Selected Biomaterial from the Brain, Microtubules, and Cells
Army Research Office - W911NF-19-1-0373-(74884-PH)
Army Research Office
Role: Principal Investigator (NSU Site - 15% effort)
Colleague(s): Robert R. Alfano (Principal Investigator)
$295,000
2018 - Present The Gulf War Illness Clinical Trials and Interventions Consortium (GWICTIC)
Department of Defense - W81XWH-18-2-0062
Department of Defense
Role: Co-Principal Investigator (5% effort)
Colleague(s): Nancy G. Klimas (Principal Investigator)
$6,000,000
2016 - 2022 Improving Diagnostics and Treatments for GWI Females by Accounting for the Effects of PTSD
Department of Defense - GW150199
Department of Defense
Role: Principal Investigator (10% effort)
$500,000
2020 - 2021 Gateway Institute for Brain Research - Private Research Contract
Gateway Institute for Brain Research
Private Research Contract
Role: Principal Investigator (15% effort)
$57,000
2020 - 2021 Private Research
Private Research
Gateway Institute for Brain Research - Private Research Contract
Role: Principal Investigator
$57,000
2019 - 2021 Understanding of light-based quantum processes in selected biomaterial from the brain, microtubules, and cells
Department of Defense (sub-award) - W911NF-19-1-0373-(74884-PH)
Army Research Office
Role: Principal Investigator (15% effort)
Colleague(s): Robert R. Alfano, PI, CCNY
$60,000
2018 - 2021 Immunomodulation in GWI
Department of Defense - W81XWH-18-1-0660
Department of Defense
Role: Co-Principal Investigator (4% effort)
Colleague(s): Lubov Nathanson (Principal Investigator)
$700,000
2018 - 2021 Using Periodic Spatial Disturbance to Manipulate Cooperation in Bacteria
Department of Defense - W911NF-17-S-0010
Department of Defense
Role: Co-Principal Investigator (7% effort)
Colleague(s): Smith (Principal Investigator)
$434,105
2016 - 2021 Disentangling the Effects of PTSD from GWI for Improved Diagnostics and Treatments
Department of Defense - GW150144
Department of Defense
Role: Principal Investigator (10% effort)
$450,000
2017 - 2019 Genomic Approach to Find Female-Specific Mechanisms of GWI Pathobiology
Department of Defense - GW160116
Department of Defense
Role: Co-Principal Investigator (3% effort)
Colleague(s): Lubov Nathanson (Principal Investigator)
$667,000
2015 - 2019 High Fidelity Design of Multi-modal Restorative Interventions in Gulf War Illness
Department of Defense - GW140142
Department of Defense
Role: Principal Investigator (15%)
$810,000
2014 - 2019 Gender Differences in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
National Institutes of Health - R01 NS090200-01
National Institutes of Health
Role: Co-Principal Investigator (5% effort)
Colleague(s): Mary Ann Fletcher (Principal Investigator)
$1,984,256
2013 - 2017 Understanding Gulf War Illness: An Integrative Modeling Approach
Department of Defense - W81XWH-13-2-0085
Department of Defense
Role: Co-Principal Investigator (5%)
Colleague(s): Mariana Morris (Principal Investigator)
$4,102,527
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Professional Service and Affiliations

2018 - Present Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Medical Hypotheses
2017 - Present Member, American Physical Society
2017 - Present Affiliate Member, Center for Computational Sciences, University of Miami
2017 - Present Member, NIH-VA GWI Deep Phenotyping Study: Workgroup
2017 - Present Board Member, The Penrose Institute, Scientific Advisory
2016 - Present Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Biosystems
2015 - Present Member, Behavioral Neuroscience Curriculum Committee
2015 - Present Member, College of Psychology Research Committee
2015 - Present Member, Complex Systems Society
2015 - Present Member, NSU High Performance Computing Architecture Design Planning Committee
2013 - Present Member, GWIRP Consortium Publication Committee
Present Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Scientific Reports
2021 - 2021 Ad Hoc Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Traumatic Stress
2021 - 2021 Pre-application Scientific Reviewer, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (PRE-ME/CFS) peer review panel of the 2021 Peer R
2017 - 2018 Member, Department of Veterans Affairs, Gulf War Research Strategic Plan, Systems Biology
2017 Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Brain, Behavior and Immunity
2017 Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Consciousness Studies
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Education

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2008 - 2012 Ph.D., Physics, University of Alberta
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2005 - 2008 M.Sc., Physics, University of Alberta
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1997 - 2002 B.S., Physics, University of Guelph
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Contact Information

(954) 262-2868

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Articles (87)

Journal articles written or co-written by Dr. Travis J.A. Craddock