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Curriculum Vitae

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Professor of Biology and Genetics 

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

School of Medicine 

McAllister Heart Institute 

Education

B.S. - May, 1981

Nasson College

M.A. - December, 1989

Department of Genetics and Development

Columbia University

M. Phil. - December, 1991
Department of Genetics and Development
Columbia University

Ph.D. - October, 1994

Department of Genetics and Development

Columbia University

Thesis advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Robertson, FRS

Postdoctoral Fellow, 1994-2000
National Institute for Medical Research
Mill Hill, London, UK
PI: Sir James C. Smith, FRS

Employment

2013-Present
Professor
Dept. of Genetics
UNC-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

1987-1988

Research Staff Associate

Dr. Richard Axel, Nobel Laureate

Columbia Cancer Institute

Columbia University, NY

1994-2000
Postdoctoral Fellow
Sir Jim Smith, PhD, FRS
Lab. of Developmental Biology
London, UK

2001-2007 

Assistant Professor

Dept. of Genetics

UNC-Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

2007-2009

Associate Director

UNC Cellular and Molecular

Biology Graduate Training Program

UNC-Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

2009-Present
Visiting Scientist
Dr. Ileana Cristea
Department of Molecular Biology
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ

2007-2013

Associate Professor

Dept. of Genetics

UNC-Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

Teaching

2020 - Present

2016 - 2019

2016 

2012-2018

2012-Present

2009, 2010

2008-2015

2008

2007, 2008

2007, 2008

2002-Present

2001-2002

2001-Present

2001

1992

1991, 1992

Sex Differences in Human Disease, UNC (Bio 490)

 

Lecturer, Cell & Developmental Biology of Xenopus, SummerCourse, Cold Spring Harbor, NY

Cardiac Development and Repair, UNC (Bio 680)

Cell & Developmental Biology, UNC (Bio 205)

Lecturer, Proteomics, Summer Course, Cold Spring Harbor, NY

Lecturer, Molecular Biology of the Mouse, Summer Course, Cold Spring Harbor, NY

Molecular and Cellular Basis of Cardiovascular Disease, UNC (Pathology 667)

Seminar in Biological and Biomedical Sciences, UNC (BBSP 902)

Student Advisory Panel: How to write and submit an AHA proposal, UNC

Student Advisory Panel: How to write a manuscript, UNC

Developmental Genetics, UNC (Biology 624/Genetics 624)

Ethics for Biomedical Students, UNC

Undergraduate Biology Research, UNC (Bio 395, 495)

Seminars in Genetics, UNC (Biology 270/Genetics 270)

Teaching Assistant, Advanced Eukaryotic Genetics, Columbia University, NY

Assistant Instructor, Molecular Biology of the Mouse, Summer Course, Cold Spring Harbor, NY

Memberships

2020-2025

 

2017

2016, 2017

2015

 

2015

 

2015

 

2015

 

2015

 

2014

NIH National Study Section, Cardiovascular Differentiation and Development Study Section, Chair

NIH National Study Section, Cardiovascular Differentiation and Development Study Section, Ad Hoc Member

NIH Developmental Biology/Bioinformatics Resource Program, National Study Section, Co-Chair

NIH National Study Section, Cardiovascular Differentiation and Development Study Section, Ad Hoc Member

NIH Systems Developmental Biology for Understanding Embryonic Development and the Ontogeny of Structural Birth Defects, National Study Section, Member

NIH/NHLBI 'Bench-to-Bassinet', National Study Section, Member

NIH National Study Section, Development 1, Ad Hoc Member

NIH National Study Section, Cardiovascular Differentiation and Development Study Section, Ad Hoc Member

NIH National Study Section NIAID Resource-Related Research Projects, Ad Hoc Member

 

2011

2009

 

2008

2008-2013

2008

2008

2007, 2008

2006

2006

NIH Special Emphasis Panel, Genetic and Genomic Analysis in Xenopus, Member

NIH CVRS Member Conflict Special Emphasis Panel, Member

NIH National Study Section, Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation Research Committee (AITRC), Ad Hoc Member

NIH National Study Section, Development 1, Permanent Member

NIH National Study Section, Cardiovascular Differentiation and Development Study Section, Ad Hoc Member

NIH National Study Section, Co-Chairperson, Genetic and Genomic Analysis in Zebrafish, Special Emphasis Panel, Tools for Zebrafish Research, Member

NIH National Study Section, Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group, Mentored Clinical Scientist Career Development Award, Member

NIH/NHLBI National Study Section, Program in Systems Biology-Special Emphasis Panel, Ad Hoc Member

NIH National Study Section, Genetic and Genomic Analysis in Xenopus, Special Emphasis Panel, Member

Other Memberships

2016

2014-Present

2011-Present

2008, 2009

2005

 

2005

Israel Science Foundation, Grant Review Board

 

Weinstein Cardiovascular Development and Regeneration Committee

Editorial Board, Developmental Biology

Co-Chairperson of the American Heart Association Region II Cardiovascular Development Study Group

American Cancer Society, National Study Section, Ad Hoc Member

Erwin Schroedinger Grant Review Board, Austria, Member

2005

2005-2008

2005-2007

2004-2007

2004-2012

2004-2012

Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development, Grant Review Board

American Heart Association, National Study Section, Permanent Member

Medical Research Counsel, England, UK, Grant Review Board

American Heart Association, Mid-Atlantic Study Section, Permanent Member

NIH/NICH Xenopus tropicalis Mutagenesis Sub-Committee

NIH/NICH Xenopus tropicalis Steering Committee

Awards

2020-Present

2019-Present

2011-Present

2008

2007-2011

2002

2002

Section Editor, Journal of Cardiovascular Developent and Disease

 

Associate Editor of PloS Genetics

Editorial Board, Developmental Biology

Kenan Faculty Fellowship

American Heart Association Established Investigator Award

UNC Medical Alumni Award

UNC Junior Faculty Development Award

Sabbatical

Ileana Cristea Laboratory
Princeton University
2009-2010

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