CURRICULUM VITA
Bruce B. Svare, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
State University of New York at Albany
1400 Washington Ave.
Albany, New York 12222
518-442-4848 (O)
518-442-4867 (FAX)
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EDUCATION B.A. Psychology, l971-Susquehanna University
Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania
M.A., Experimental Psychology, l973-Bucknell
University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Ph.D., Psychobiology, l976-Rutgers University
New Brunswick, New Jersey
NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Reproductive Biology
Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts 1976-1978
HONORS AND AWARDS
Fulbright Alumni Award, Thai-US Educational Foundation
(TUSEF), Bangkok, Thailand, 2010
Fulbright Senior Scholar to Thailand, Chulalongkorn
University2006-2007
Named to Peer Review Committee of the Council for
International Exchange of Scholars (Fulbright
ScholarProgram) 2008-2012
Fellow, Division 6, (Physiological and Comparative
Psychology) American Psychological
Association (APA) (1984 – present)
Fellow, Division 52 (International Psychology), American
Psychological Association, (APA) (2011-present)
Fellow, American Psychological Society (APS) (1986 –
present)
Named Sigma Xi Lecturer in the Northeast
(l988-1990)
Named to Editorial Advisory Board of PHYSIOLOGY
AND BEHAVIOR (l989 - present)
TEACHING INTERESTS
Introductory Psychology
Physiological Psychology
Experimental Psychology
Behavioral Neuroscience
Developmental Psychology
Developmental Psychobiology
Behavioral Neuroendocrinology
Performance Enhancing Drugs and Sports
The Sociology of Sport
Drugs, Addiction and Society
Psychology Honors Tutorial
Psychosocial Determinants of Sport
MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS
Behavioral Neuroscience with emphasis on
Addiction Research (Anabolic Steroid Abuse)
Neuroendocrinology of Aggression
Biobehavioral Basis of Reproductive and Parental Behavior
Performance Enhancing Drugs and Sports
Sports Psychology
Sociology of Sports
RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
9/07- Adjunct Appointment in the International Program
Department of Psychology
Chulalongkorn University
Bangkok, Thailand
9/87- Professor of Psychology
Department of Psychology
State University of New York at Albany
2/85-1/88 Director of the Animal Laboratory
Department of Psychology
State University of New York at Albany
9/84-9/86 Director of the Biopsychology Program
Department of Psychology
State University of New York at Albany
9/84- Continuing Appointment (Tenure)
Department of Psychology
State University of New York at Albany
9/82-8/87 Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
State University of New York at Albany
9/78-9/82 Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
State University of New York at Albany
1/78-6/78 Research Associate
Laboratory of Dr. Foetus Macrides
Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology
1/76-1/78 NIH Postdoctoral Fellow
Laboratory of Dr. Andrzej Bartke
Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology
1/73-8/75 Research Assistant
Laboratory of Dr. Ronald Gandelman
Department of Psychology
Rutgers University
6/71-8/72 NIMH Predoctoral Fellow in the laboratory of
Dr. Alan I. Leshner, Department of Psychology
Bucknell University
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Fulbright Senior Scholar to Thailand
Grant reviewer for the Council for International Exchange of Scholars,
The Fulbright Program
Adjunct appointment in the Department of Psychology at
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok Thailand
Visiting scientist at the Institute of Neuroscience, Mahidol University,
Bangkok, Thailand
Lecturing throughout East Asia, the Pacific, and Europe
Regular attendance at conferences and symposium presentations at international scientific meetings in Asia, Europe and North America
Co-organizer and attendee at numerous NATO Advanced Study Institutes and NATO Scientific Conferences in France and Italy
Co-organizer and attendee at several scientific meetings at the Ettore
Majorana Center for Scientific Culture in Italy (i.e., chief scientific
agency of Italy’s government)
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
Thai (Speaking)
French (Speaking and writing)
GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
NIA Grant AG01319 entitled "Aging and Testosterone-Dependent Behavior." $120,000 for the period 4/1/80-3/31/83.
NSF Grant BNS 80-05846 entitled "Hormonal Determinants of Maternal Aggression in Mice." $45,000 for the period 6/1/80-11/30/82.
NIMH Grant MH 32467 entitled "Hormonal Regulation of Pup-Killing Behavior in Mice." $6,000 for the period 9/15/78-8/31/79.
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Research Grant entitled "Infanticide: Psychobiological Determinants in Mice." $24,000 for the period 7/1/81-8/30/82.
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Research Grant (Competing Renewal) entitled "Infanticide: Psychobiological Determinants in Mice." $25,000 for the period 9/1/82-2/30/84.
NSF Travel Grant to attend the NATO Advanced Study Institute on the "Biology of Aggression." $1,000, July, l980.
NIH Biomedical Science Support Grant H5091 entitled "Hormonal Determinants of Behavior." $2,600 for the period 9/1/80-9/1/81.
SUNY University Award Committee Grant entitled "Psychobiology of Maternal Aggression in mice." $3,375 for the period 3/1/80-2/28/81.
SUNY Research Foundation Grant entitled "Maternal Aggression in Mice: A Behavior Genetic Analysis." $3,800 for the period l/l/79-1/1/80.
NSF Grant BNS 85-10959 entitled "Psychobiological Determinants of Maternal Aggression in mice." $50,000 for the period 8/1/85-1/1/87.
NSF Conference Grant entitled: "Defense and Abuse of Young: Proximate and Ultimate Causation." Co-PIs Dr. Frederick vom Saal and Dr. Stephano Parmigiani. $20,000 for the period 4/1/90-3/31/91.
Ettore Majorana Center for Scientific Culture Conference Grant entitled: "Defense and Abuse of Young: Proximate and Ultimate Causation." Co-PIs Dr. Frederick vom Saal and Dr. Stephano Parmigiani. $30,000 for the period 4/1/90-3/31/91.
NIDA Grant DA06472 entitled: "Anabolic Steroid Abuse: Causes and Consequences." Co-PI Dr. Robert Rosellini. $100,000/year for the period 4/1/90-3/31/95
NSF Grant BNS89-19076 entitled: "Hormonal Modulation of Aggression in the Peripartum Period." $110,000 for the period 9/1/90-8/31/92.
J William Fulbright Scholarship Award, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State, entitled: “Understanding the Biobehavioral Basis of Psychopathology in the Post-Tsunami Period” Department of Psychology, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand for the period 10/1/06 to 3/1/07.
American Psychological Association (APA) Grant Program to Improve High School Psychology Instruction entitled “Bringing Psychology to High School Students in Thailand”, Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Albany and the Department of Psychology, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok Thailand for the period 9/1/2013 to 9/1/ 2015. Co-PIs (from Chulalongkorn University) Dr. Nattasuda Taephant, Dr. Watcharaporn Boonyasiriwat, and Dr. Kullaya Pisitsungkagarn. (pending).
SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
70 articles in refereed scientific journals
6 books
l2 book chapters
2 theoretical monographs
2 scientific papers reprinted in anthologies
42 papers delivered at professional meetings
44 invited colloquia
PUBLICATIONS
Svare, B., and A.I. Leshner (l973). Behavioral correlates of intermale aggression and grouping in mice. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 86: 203-212.
Leshner, A.I., W.A. Walker, A.E. Johnson, J.S. Kelling, S.J. Kreisler, and B.B. Svare (l973). Pituitary-adrenocortical activity and intermale aggressiveness in isolated mice. Physiology and Behavior, ll: 203-210.
Svare, B., and R. Gandelman (l973). Postpartum aggression in mice: Experiential and environmental factors. Hormones and Behavior, 4: 323-334.
Svare, B., and R. Gandelman (l974). Stimulus control of aggressive behavior in androgenized female mice. Behavioral Biology, 10: 447-458.
Svare, B., P. Davis, and R. Gandelman (l974). Fighting behavior in female mice following chronic androgen treatment during adulthood. Physiology and Behavior, 12: 399-403.
Gandelman, R., and B. Svare (l974). Mice: Pregnancy termination, lactation, and aggression. Hormones and Behavior, 5: 397-405.
Gandelman, R., and B. Svare (l974). Lactation following hysterectomy of pregnant mice. Biology of Reproduction, 12: 360-367.
Svare, B., and R. Gandelman (l975). Postpartum aggression in mice: Inhibitory effect of estrogen. Physiology and Behavior, 14: 31-36.
Svare, B., and R. Gandelman (l975). Aggressive behavior of juvenile mice: Influence of androgen and olfactory stimuli. Developmental Psychobiology, 8: 405-416.
Svare, B., and R. Gandelman (l976). Suckling stimulation induces aggression in virgin female mice. Nature, 320: 606-608.
vom Saal, F.S., B. Svare, and R. Gandelman (l976). Time of neonatal androgen exposure influences length of testosterone treatment required to induce aggression in adult male and female mice. Behavioral Biology, 17: 391-397.
vom Saal, F.S., R. Gandelman, and B. Svare (l976). Aggression in male and female mice: Evidence for changed neural sensitivity to neonatal but not adult androgen exposure. Physiology and Behavior, 17: 53-57.
Svare, B., and R. Gandelman (l976). Postpartum aggression in mice: The influence of suckling stimulation. Hormones and Behavior, 7: 407-416.
Svare, B., and R. Gandelman (l976). A longitudinal analysis of maternal aggression in Rockland-Swiss albino mice. Developmental Psychobiology, 9: 437-446.
Svare, B (l977). Maternal aggression in mice: Influence of the young. Biobehavioral Reviews, l: 151-164.
Svare, B., A. Bartke, and R. Gandelman (l977). Individual differnces in the maternal behavior of male mice: No evidence for a relationship to circulating testosterone levels. Hormones and Behavior, 8: 372-376.
Svare, B., A. Bartke, and F. Macrides (l978). Juvenile male mice: An attempt to accelerate testis function by exposure to female stimuli. Physiology and Behavior, 21: 1009-1013.
Svare, B., and A. Bartke (l978) Food deprivation induces conspeciffic pup-killing in mice. Aggressive Behavior, 4: 253-261.
Macrides, F., A. Bartke, and B. Svare (l978). Interactions of olfactory stimuli and gonadal hormones in the regulation of rodent social behavior. In: J. Le Magnen (Ed.) Olfaction and Taste (Vol. VI), Plenum Press, New York.
Svare, B., A. Bartke, P. Doherty, I. Mason, S. Michael, and S. Smith (l979). Hyperprolactinemia suppresses copulatory behavior in male rats and mice. Biology of Reproduction, 21: 529-535.
Svare, B. (l979). Maternal aggression in mice: the nonspecific nature of the exteroceptive maintenance by young. Aggressive Behavior, 5: 417-424.
Svare, B. (l979). Steroidal influences on pup-killing behavior in mice. Hormones and Behavior, 13: 153-164.
Svare, B. (l980). Testosterone propionate inhibits maternal aggression in mice. Physiology and Behavior, 24: 435-440.
Svare, B., M. Mann, and O. Samuels (l980). Ergot drugs suppress prolactin and lactation but not aggressive behavior in parturient mice. Hormones and Behavior, 14: 319-329.
Svare, B., C. Beteridge, D. Katz, and O. Samuels (l981). Some situational and experiential determinants of maternal aggression in mice. Physiology and Behavior, 26: 253-258.
Samuels, W., G. Jason, M. Mann, and B. Svare (l98l). Pup-killing behavior in mice: Suppression by early androgen exposure. Physiology and Behavior, 26: 473-477.
Broida, J., S. Michael, and B. Svare (l981). Plasma prolactin is not related to the initiation, maintenance, and decline of maternal aggression in mice. Behavioral and Neural Biology, 32: 121-125.
Svare, B. (l98l) Maternal aggression in mammals. In: D. J. Gubernick and P. Klopfer (Eds.) Parental Care in Mammals. New York, Plenum Press, 179-210.
Svare, B. (l981) Models of aggression employing female rodents. In P. Brain and D. Benton (Eds.). The Biology of Aggression. Netherlands: Nordhoff/Sijthofff, 503-508.
Svare, B., and M. Mann (l98l). Infanticide: Genetic, developmental, and hormonal influences in mice. Physiology and Behavior, 27: 921-927.
Svare, B., and J. Broida (l982). Genotypic influences on infanticide in mice: Environmental, situational, and experiential determinants. Physiology and Behavior, 28: 171-175.
Broida, J., and B. Svare (l982). Strain-typical patterns off pregnancy-induced nestbuilding in mice: Maternal and experiential influences. Physiology and Behavior, 29: 153-157.
Broida, J., and B. Svare (l982). Postpartum aggression in C57BL/6J and DBA/2J mice: Experiential and environmental influences. Behavioral and Neural Biology, 35: 76-83.
Mann, M., Michael, S.D., and B. Svare (l982). Ergot drugs suppress plasma levels of prolactin (PRL) but not growth hormone (GH), luteinizing hormone (LH) or corticosterone (CORT) in parturient mice. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 17: 837-840.
Svare, B., Mann, M., Broida, J., and S.D. Michael (l982). Maternal aggression exhibited by hypophysectomized parturient mice. Hormones and Behavior, 16: 455-461.
Mann, M., and B. Svare (l982). Factors influencing pregnancy-induced aggression in mice. Behavioral and Neural Biology, 36: 242-258.
Svare, B. (l983) Psychobiological determinants of maternal aggression in mice. In M. Hahn, E. Simmel, and C. Walters (Eds), Genetic and Neural Aspects of Aggression: Synthesis and New Directions. Lawrence Earlbaum, Hillsdale, New Jersey, 129-146.
Svare, B. (Ed.) (l983) Hormones and Aggressive Behavior. New York, Plenum.
Svare, B. and M. Mann. (l983) Hormonal influences on maternal aggression in mammals. In B. Svare (Ed.) Hormones and Aggressive Behavior. New York, Plenum Press, 91-104.
Bartke, A., B. Svare, P.C. Doherty, M.S. Smith, and H.G. Klemcke. (1983) Effects of hyperprolactinemia on male reproductive function. In A. Negro-Vilar (Ed), The Physiology of Male Reproduction and Fertility. New York, Raven Press, 1-12.
Broida, J., and B. Svare (l983). Genotype modulates testosterone-dependent activity and reactivity in male mice. Hormones and Behavior, 17: 76-85.
Mann, M.A., and B. Svare (l983). Prenatal testosterone exposure elevates maternal aggression in mice. Physiology and Behavior, 30: 503-507.
Mann, M.A., C.K. Kinsley, J.B. Broida, and B. Svare (l983). Infanticide exhibited by female mice: Genetic, developmental, and hormonal influences. Physiology and Behavior, 30: 697-702.
Mann, M.A., J.L. Miele, C.H. Kinsley, and B. Svare (l983). Postpartum behavior in the mouse: The contribution of suckling stimulation to water intake, food intake, and body weight regulation. Physiology and Behavior, 31: 633-638.
Broida, J., and B. Svare (l983). Mice: Progesterone and the regulation of strain differences in pregnancy-induced nestbuilding. Behavioral Neuroscience, 97: 994-1004.
Svare, B., M. Mann, J. Broida, C. Kinsley, L. Ghiraldi, J. Miele, and C. Konen (l983). Intermale aggression and infanticide in aged C57BL/6J male mice: Behavioral deficits are not related to serum testosterone (T) levels and are not recovered by supplemental T. Neurobiology of Aging, 4: 305-312.
Broida, J., and B. Svare (l984). Sex differences in the activity of mice: Modulation by postnatal gonadal hormones. Hormones and Behavior, 18: 65-78.
Mann, M.A., C. Konen, and B. Svare (l984). The role of progesterone in pregnancy-induced aggression in mice. Hormones and Behavior, 18: 140-160.
Svare, B., J. Broida, J., C. Kinsley, and M. Mann (l984). Psychobiological mechanisms underlying infanticide in mice. In G. Hausfater and S. Hrdy (Eds), Comparative and Evolutionary Perspectives. New York, Aldine, pp 387-400.
Broida, J., S.D. Michael, and B. Svare (l984). Acute endocrine correlates of attack by lactating females in male mice: Effects on plasm prolactin, luteinizing hormone and corticosterone levels. Physiology and Behavior, 32: 891-894.
Svare, B., C.H. Kinsley, M.A. Mann, and J. Broida (l985). Infanticide: Accounting for genetic variation in mice. Physiology and Behavior Monograph, 32: 137-152.
Kinsley, C., J. Miele, C. Konen, L. Ghiraldi, and B. Svare (l986). Intrauterine contiguity influences regulatory activity in adult female and male mice. Hormones and Behavior, 20: 7-12.
Ghiraldi, L., and Svare, B. (l986) Postpubertal isolation decreases infanticide and elvates parental care in C57BL/6J male mice. Physiology and Behavior, 36: 59-62.
Kinsley, C., J. Miele, L. Ghiraldi, C. Konen, and B. Svare (l986). Intrauterine position modulates maternal behaviors in female mice. Physiology and Behavior, 36: 793-799.
Kinsley, C., and B. Svare (l986). Prenatal stress reduces intermale aggression in mice. Physiology and Behavior, 36: 783-786.
Kinsley, C., and B. Svare (l986). Are prenatal stress effects mediated by reductions in maternal food and water intake and body weight gain accompanying the stress procedure? Physiology and Behavior, 37: 191-193.
Svare, B., J. Miele, and C. Kinsley (l986). Mice: Progesterone stimulation of aggression in pregnancy-terminated females. Hormones and Behavior, 20: 194-200.
Konen, C., C. Kinsley and B. Svare (l986). Mice: Postpartum aggression is elevated following prenatal progesterone exposure. Hormones and Behavior, 20: 212-221.
Kinsley, C., J. Miele, C. Konen, L. Ghiraldi, J. Broida, and B. Svare (l986). Prior intrauterine position modulates body weight in male and female mice. Hormones and Behavior, 20: 201-211.
Svare, B., and C. Kinsley (l987). Hormones and sex-related behavior: A comparative analysis. In K. Kelley (Ed.), Females, Males, and Sexuality. SUNY-Press, Albany, pp. 10-57.
Kinsley, C., and B. Svare (l987). Genotype modulates prenatal stress effects on aggressive behavior in male and female mice. Behavioral and Neural Biology, 47: 138-150.
Kinsley, C., and B. Svare (l987). Adrenal modulation of parental behavior in neonatally gonadectomized C57BL/6J male mice. Physiology and Behavior, 41: 519-521.
Kinsley, C., and B. Svare (l988). Prenatal stress alters maternal aggression in female mice. Physiology and Behavior, 42: 7-13.
Svare, B (l988).Genotype modulates the aggression promoting quality of progesterone in pregnant mice. Hormones and Behavior, 22: 90-99.
Svare, B (l988). Some trends in the responses studied and the species employed by behavioral endocrinologists. Hormones and Behavior, 22: 139-142.
Miele, J., R. Roselllini, and B. Svare (l988). Estradiol benzoate can function as an unconditioned stimulus in a conditioned taste aversion paradigm. Hormones and Behavior, 22: 116-130.
Garland, M., and Svare, B. (l988) Suckling stimulation modulates the maintenance of postpartum aggression in mice. Physiology and Behavior, 44: 301-305.
Svare, B (l988). Steroid use and aggressive behavior. Science (Letter), 242: 153.
Svare, B (l989). Recent advances in the study of female aggressive behavior. In P.F. Brain, D. Mainardi, and S. Parmigiani (Eds), House Mouse Aggression: A Model for Understanding the Evolution of Social Behavior. Harwood Academic Publishers, Switzerland, pp. 135-159.
Svare, B (l990). Maternal aggression: Hormonal, genetic, and developmental determinants. In N. Krasnegor and R. Bridges (Eds), Mammalian Parenting: Biochemical, Neuorbiological, and Behavioral Determinants. Oxford Press, New York, pp. 135-154.
Svare, B (1990). Anabolic Steroids and Behavior: A Preclinical Research Prospectus. L. Erinoff (Ed.), NIDA Research Monograph #102 on Anabolic Steroid Abuse, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., pp. 224-241.
Ghiraldi, L., M. Plonsky and B. Svare. (l993) Estrogen modulation of aggression in the peripartum period. Hormones and Behavior, 27, 251-268.
Ganesan, R., R. Rosellini, and B. Svare (l993). Investigation of anabolic steroids in two taste aversion paradigns. Appetite, 20: 1-11.
Svare, B. and M. Boechler (1994). Protection and abuse of young in mice: Influence of mother-young interactions. In S. Parmigiani and F. vom Saal, Protection and Abuse of Young in Animals and Man. Harwood: London. Pp 465-476.
Caldarone, B.J., H.S. Stock, G.C. Abrahamsen, M.L. Boechler, B. B. Svare, and R. R. Rosellini (1996). Nonassociative processes and place preferences conditioned by testosterone. Psychological Record, 46, 373-390.
Svare, B. How the Science of Psychology Gets Done. Thomson Publishing, New York, l998.
Svare, B. The Psychology 101 Supplement: Getting Familiar With the Study of Behavior. Thomson Publishing, New York, l998
Svare, B. Achieving Success in Introductory Psychology: An Insider’s View. Thomson Publishing, New York, l999.
Frye, C.A., D. Park, M. Tanaka, R. Rosellini, and B. Svare. (2001) The testosterone metabolite and neuosteroid 3 alpha-Androstanediol may mediate the effects of testosterone on conditioned place preference. Psychoneuroendocrinology,26, 731-750.
Svare, B., R. Rosellini, and C. Frye. (2001) Preclinical assessments of the abuse liability of anabolic steroids: Implications for sport and society. Proceedings of the 10th World Congress of Sport and Society, 4, 164-166.
Rosellini, R.A., B.B. Svare, M.E. Rhodes, and C.A. Frye. (2002) The testosterone metabolite 3 alpha-Androstanediol may mediate the effects of testosterone on conditioned place preference. Brain Research Reviews, 37, 162-171.
Frye, C.A., M.E. Rhodes, R. Rosellini, and B. Svare. (2002) The nucleus accumbens as a site of action for rewarding properties of testosterone and its 5 alpha reduced metabolites. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior, 74, 119-127.
Svare, B. (2004). Reforming Sports Before the Clock Runs Out: One Man’s Journey Through Our Runaway Sports Culture. Sports Reform Press, New York.
Svare, B. Young and in the Big Leagues. Newsweek, July 12, 2004.
Svare, B. Minor Reforms Not Enough for College Sports. Chronicle of Higher Education, 2005, March 4, 2005.
Bigelow, B., Svare, B., Irving, R., Fisher, S. and Abrams. S. (2006) An Open Letter to Communities: What Community Leaders Can Do to Improve Youth Sports. In B. Lampman and S. Prettyman, Learning Culture Through Sports: Exploring the Role of Sport in Society, Rowman and Littlefield Education, 15-25.
Svare, B. (2006). What athletic directors can do about the steroid abuse crisis. Scholastic Coach and Athletic Director, 75, no 9., 76-78.