2000-2003 Member, Perl Prize Selection Committee, 2000- Member, 2000 Co-organizer, Symposium celebrating the Decade of the Brain 2003- Member, Dana 2004- Member, International Science Advisory Council, Neuroscience 2004- 2008- External Advisory Board, Various Consultant to funding agencies: NIH ad hoc member of study sections (IFCN4; Training grant committee; Site visits ( MRC Canada- site visits to Wellcome Trust ( Various Consultant on research and academic programs at: University of Florida; Medical College of Pennsylvania; Yale University; University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston; Centre of Excellence Network on Recovery of Function (Canada); Program in Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington; Center for Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham; University of Florida Brain Institute; Wright State University; University of Connecticut, Dept of Physiology and Neurobiology; State University System of Florida, Spinal Cord and Head Injury Programs; Centre de Recherches en Sciences Neurologiques, Université de Montréal Editorial Boards Journal of Neurophysiology 1978-1989; 1996- Journal of Neuroscience 1984-1989 Somatosensory and Motor Research 1988- Current Opinion in Neurobiology 1990- News in Physiological Sciences 1994- 1999 Primary Sensory Neuron 1995-2000 Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology 1996-2001
Research Areas
Electrophysiology of the Spinal Cord and Sensory Neurons Cellular Mechanisms of Adjustment after Spinal Injury Functional Effects of Growth Factors Pain Mechanisms
Current Research Support
Mechanisms of Plasticity in Neuronal Connections -NINDS R01 NS 16996 (initially NS 08411 at Duke) -1969- 2012 (current annual direct costs: $215,000): Neurotrophins and Spinal Cord Injury -Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation Consortium on Spinal Cord Injury -2007-2009 (current annual direct costs: $227,000)
Current Teaching assignments
BIO 208, Cell Brain and Mind responsible for 50% of the course (non BIO major undergraduates) BNB 562, Systems Neuroscience for graduate students: 9 hours of lecture: Course Director BNB 655 Neuropharmacology for graduate students: 2 hr. lecture on Pain Mechanisms
Current Departmental Assignments
Organizer, Seminar Program Member, Departmental search committee
Current University activities external to Department of Neurobiology
Member, Library Committee, Member, Core Committee, Center for Computational Neuroscience (责任编辑:泉水) |