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Curriculum Vitae
Education
1966-70 Oberlin College, B.A., Chemistry
1970-75 Harvard University
Ph.D., Cell and Developmental Biology

Department of Physiology
Robert L. Perlman, M.D., Ph.D., thesis advisor

Professional Experience
1970-71 Teaching Assistant, Organic Chemistry
Harvard University
1971 Teaching Assistant, Biochemistry
Harvard Medical School
1972-73 Teaching Assistant, Cell Physiology
Harvard Medical School
1975-81 Postdoctoral Fellow
(with David W. Martin, Jr., M.D.)
Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry
University of California, San Francisco
1975-79 Supported by N.I.H. Institutional Fellowship Grant
Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetics
1977 Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry
University of California, San Francisco
1979-81 Fellow, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
1981-85 Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry
College of Medicine, University of Kentucky
1985-87 Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry
Oregon Health Sciences University
1987-92 Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Oregon Health Sciences University
1992-present Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Oregon Health & Science University
1994-99 Faculty, Biology of Parasitism Course
Woods Hole, Massachusetts

Professional Responsibilities
1985 Ad hoc member, Microbial Physiology and Genetics Study Section,
National Institutes of Health
1985 Ad hoc member, Biochemistry II Study Section,
National Institutes of Health
1986-90 Member, Biochemistry II Study Section
National Institutes of Health
1985-present Editorial Board Member, Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology
1986-93 Scientific Advisory Board Member, Gensia Pharmaceutical Co.
1992-95 Ad Hoc Member, Tropical Medicine and Parasitology Study Section
National Institutes of Health
1994-97 Faculty Member, Biology of Parasitism Course, Woods Hole, MA
1995 Review Panel for Tropical Diseases Research Units Applications
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health
1995- Editorial Board Member, Biochemical Journal
1995- Editorial Board Member, Experimental Parasitology
1998 Chairperson, Review Panel for Tropical Diseases Research Units Applications
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health
1998-00 Co-organizer, Molecular Parasitology Meetings IX-XI, Woods Hole, MA
2000-present Editor, Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Awards and Honors
Research Awards
1983-87 Research Career Development Award, National Institutes of Health
1987 Donald B. Slocum Award for Excellence in Research by a Junior Faculty Member
1993 Gerlinger Research Award
1993-00 Burroughs Wellcome Scholar Award in Molecular Parasitology
1998-present NIH MERIT Award (AI23682)

Teaching Awards
1988 Excellence in Teaching Award - first year medical students
1989 Excellence in Teaching Award - first year medical students
1990 David W.E. Baird Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Junior Faculty Member
1990 Allan J. Hill, Jr. Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Basic Science Faculty Member
1990 Excellence in Teaching Award - first year medical students
1990 Elected Marshal at Graduation by fourth year medical students
1991 Excellence in Teaching Award - first year medical students
1992 Excellence in Teaching Award - first year medical students
1992 Elected Marshal at Graduation by fourth year medical students
1992 Excellence in Teaching Award - nursing students
1992 Excellence in Teaching Award - graduate students
1993 Elected Hooder at Graduation by fourth year medical students
1993 Excellence in Teaching Award - first year medical students
1993 Allan J. Hill, Jr. Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Basic Science Faculty Member
1993 Excellence in Teaching Award - graduate medical students
1994 Elected Hooder at Graduation by fourth year medical students
1995 Excellence in Teaching Award - first year medical students
1996 Excellence in Teaching Award - first year medical students
1997 Excellence in Teaching Award - first year medical students
1998 Excellence in Teaching Award - first year medical students
1999 Excellence in Teaching Award - first year medical students
2000 Excellence in Teaching Award - first year medical students
2001 Allan J. Hill, Jr. Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Basic Science Faculty Member
2001 Elected Marshal at Graduation by fourth year medical students
2001 Excellence in Teaching Award - first year medical students
2001 First Annual Outreach Award for Contributions to Public Awareness Through Teaching Youth
2002 Elected Marshal at Graduation by fourth year medical students

Graduate and Postdoctoral Training
Graduate Students (Ph.D.)
1981-86 David Iovannisci
1983-86 Bruce Aronow
1985-89 Joanne Beck
1986-91 Sheri Hanson
1988-92 Keith Wilson
1989-93 Tom Allen
1990-94 Jerry Scott
1991-97 Sue Bergeson
1993-97 Darrick Carter
1993-97 Yuqui Jiang
1998-present Ben Brooks
1999-present Jan Zarella
1999-present Shirin Arastu

Postdoctoral Trainees
1994-present Nicola Carter
1994-2000 Armando Jardim
1994-present Sigrid Roberts
2001-present Casey Arendt
2001-present    Marie-Pierre Hasne

Grant Support
Active
National Institutes of Health, R37 AI23682 (principal investigator)
"Genetic Analysis of Purine Metabolism in Leishmania donovani"
Abstract    Specific Aims  (PDF file)
 
National Institutes of Health, R01 AI41622 (principal investigator)
"Polyamine Metabolism in Trypanosomatids"
Abstract    Specific Aims  (PDF file)
 
National Institutes of Health, R01 AI46416 (principal investigator)
"Mechanism Based Drug Selection and Design - Nucleotide Salvage in T. gondii"
Abstract    Specific Aims  (PDF file)
 
National Institutes of Health, R01 AI44138 (coinvestigator)
"Nucleoside Transport in Leishmania and Trypanosomes"
Abstract    Specific Aims  (PDF file)
 
National Institutes of Health, R01 AI51507 (principal investigator)
"Nucleoside Transporters of Plasmodium falciparum"
Abstract    Specific Aims  (PDF file)
 

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by Wendy Showell