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CURRICULUM VITAE
OFFICE ADDRESS:
Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience
Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Disorders
University of Nebraska Medical Center
985880 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska 68198-5880
402-559-8920
Fax 402-559-3744
PERSONAL:
Date and Place of Birth: March 18, 1954, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Citizenship: United States
Marital Status: Married: Bonnie Rae Bloch, MD June 15, 1980.
Children: Lesley Beth, April 1, 1981; Sierra, April 28, 1984;
and Adam Noah, December 22, 1986
HOME ADDRESS:
125 South 127th Plaza
Omaha, Nebraska 68154-2169
EDUCATION:
1971-1975 Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA; Cum Laude
Major-Natural Sciences and Russian Studies
Activities-Varsity Cross Country and Captain 1971-74
Exchange Study-Soviet Union, 1974
Muhlenberg College Russian Club, 1971-1974
Columnist-Muhlenberg College Weekly Newspaper, 1974
Concert Level Classical Guitarist, Allentown Classical Guitar Society, 1972-1974
5/1/1975-5/1/1979 Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine;
Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033
EMPLOYMENT:
01/79-07/79 Research Associate-PA State University College of Medicine, Laboratory of Neurovirology, Department of Microbiology
233 Hockersville Road, Hershey, PA 17033
02/79-05/79 Instructor-Laboratory Neuroanatomy, PA State University College of Medicine
07/79-07/82 Resident in Internal Medicine-Montefiore Hospital Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM), Bronx, NY 10467
07/82-05/85 Clinical and Research Fellow- Departments of Neurology and Internal Medicine (Infectious Diseases), the Johns Hopkins University Hospital,
3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21201
07/85-07/89 Assistant Professor of Medicine- Division of Infectious Diseases, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205
05/85-11/87 Special Expert-Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH,
9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892
11/87-12/92 Laboratory Chief - HIV-Immunopathogenesis Program, Department of Cellular Immunology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington DC
07/88-12/92 Principal Scientist-Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Uniformed Services University Health Science Center (USUHSC), 4301 Jones Bridge Rd., Bethesda, MD 20814
01/90-03/93 Research Associate Professor - Department of Pathology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
07/88-02/92 Staff Physician in Infectious Diseases- Infectious Diseases Clinical Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 6900 Georgia Ave., Washington, DC 20001
01/85-12/92 Lecturer - Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health and Hygiene, Baltimore, MD
01/93- Professor of Medicine, Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), Omaha, NE
01/93-09/97 Chief, Laboratory of Viral Pathogenesis, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, UNMC, Omaha, NE
04/93- Graduate Faculty - UNMC, Omaha, NE
04/93- Graduate Fellow - UNMC, Omaha, NE
10/93- Professor, Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, UNMC, Omaha, NE
05/94- Professor with tenure - Departments of Medicine, Pathology and Microbiology, UNMC, Omaha, NE
06/94- Clinical and Research Professor - Departments of Medicine and Medical Microbiology, Creighton University, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 68131
06/94- Graduate Faculty - Creighton University, Omaha, NE
08/95-10/97 Professor - Department of Surgery, UNMC, Omaha, NE
09/97- Founding Director - Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Disorders, University of Nebraska Neuroscience Program, UNMC, Omaha, NE
12/97- Professor - Department of Psychiatry, UNMC, Omaha, NE
03/98-08/04 David T. Purtilo Distinguished Chair of Pathology and Microbiology, UNMC
09/00-12/00 Adjunct Professor of Neurobiology and J. William Fulbright Research Scholar, the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
12/00- Co-Director, Nebraska Center for Virology, UNL/UNMC/Creighton University Consortium
05/03- Adjunct Professor of Microbiology and Zoology, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
08/03- President and Founder, Brain First, Inc.
10/04- Founder and Editor-in-Chief, the Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology
09/04- Professor and Chairman, Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, UNMC, Omaha, NE
09/04- Larson Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases, UNMC, Omaha, NE
10-08- Vice President and Co-Founder, Neuropel Pharma, Inc., Omaha, NE
ORGANIZATIONS (past and present):
The American College of Physicians
The American Medical Association
The American Society for Neurological Investigation
The Johns Hopkins Immunology Council
The Johns Hopkins Medical and Surgical Association
The Maryland Society of Internal Medicine
The American Society for Microbiology
Reticuloendothelial Society
Clinical Immunology Society
International Society for Interferon Research
The American Association of Immunologists
The American College of Physicians
Infectious Diseases Society of America
American Association for the Advancement of Science
International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research
Society for Neuroscience
Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology
International Society of Neuroimmunology
International Society for NeuroVirology
Neurotoxicity Society
College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Inc.
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)
PROFESSIONAL HONORS, TEACHING AND COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS:
Neuroanatomy Student Fellow, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, January 1979.
Convener - AIDS Research Workshop, American Society of Virology, June 1987.
Ray Kroc Lectureship - University of California, Los Angeles. "Molecular Pathogenesis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection", February 1987.
Tenure review committees - University of Pittsburgh, School of Public Health, the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, the University Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Georgetown University Medical Center.
Graduate Student Advisory Committee, School of Arts and Sciences, The Georgetown University Medical Ctr., Washington, D.C.
Scientific Advisory Committee-Policy Advisory Committee-National Neurological Research Bank 1987-
Scientific Advisory Committee, Senior Member-American Foundation for AIDS Research 1989-
Scientific Advisory Committee, Pediatric AIDS Foundation, 1997-2002.
Scientific Review and Advisor - National Institutes of Health for AIDS policy, funding and grant review, NIAID HLB, NINDS and NIMH.
AARR5 (combined NINDS, NIMH and NIDA) NIH study section, 2000-2003.
Advisor, medical students UNMC, 1993-
Group Leader, Bioethics Medical Core Curriculum, UNMC, 1994-1999.
Member, UNMC/UNO Biosafety Committee, University of Nebraska, 1993-
Consultant, UNMC Board of Counselors, UNMC, 1994.
Group Leader, Problem based learning, medical student 2nd yr, UNMC, 1993-2000.
Member, Cancer Center External Advisory Committee, UNMC, 1994-
Member, Research and Development Committee, UNMC, 1996-1999.
Fellow, Infectious Diseases Society of America, IDSA, 1996-
Member and Chairman, NINDS, Neurologic AIDS Research Consortium (NARC) Oversight Committee, 1999-2007
Scientific Review, Michael J. Fox Foundation, Parkinson’s Disease Research, 2003.
Scientific Review, Alzheimer’s Disease Foundation, 2001-
Regional Director, Neurotoxicity Society, 2003-
Professional Conduct Committee, UNMC Faculty Senate, 2003-
Mentor, undergraduate BRIN scholars program, UNMC, 2004-
Promotion and Tenure Committee, UNMC Department of Pathology/Microbiology, 2002-2004.
Laboratory Advisory Council (LAC), UNMC, 2004-
Council of Postdoctoral Education (CPE), UNMC, 2002-2004.
Governing Board, Society for NeuroImmune Pharmacology, 2004-
Beth Israel Synagogue Board of Commissioners, 1995-2004; 2008-.
National Conference for Community and Justice, 2004-
AWARDS:
The Leo M. Davidoff Society Award-for Distinction in Medical Student Teaching-Albert Einstein College of Medicine, July 1981
Degenshein Memorial Award-for research on breast tumors and diseases, June 1981, awarded by the American Cancer Society, New York Metropolitan Breast Cancer Society
Postdoctoral Investigation Award-"Certificate of Merit", the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1984 and 1985
Distinguished Faculty of the American Association of Pathologists, The US and Canadian Academy of Pathology, 1986
Henry L. Moses Award in Basic Science - Montefiore Hospital Ctr. and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1989
National Registry of Who’s Who tm , 1992-
Carter-Wallace Fellow Distinction in AIDS Research, 1987-1994
American Men and Women of Science, 1994
David T. Purtilo Distinguished Chair of Pathology and Microbiology-UNMC, 1998-
UNMC Outstanding Achievement Award, 1999 and 2000
UNMC Special Achievement Award, 1999 and 2000
Pennsylvania State University”Distinguished Alumnus” Alumni Fellow Pennsylvania State University-Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, 1999
J. William Fulbright Research Scholar, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, 2000
Jacob Javits Neuroscience Research Award, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Council, NIH, NINDS, 2001
ISI Highly Cited Top < 1% of publication citations in the field of Microbiology
Top Physicians, Consumer’s Research Council of America, 2003
Internal Medicine Research Career Excellence Award, UNMC, Department of Internal Medicine, 2003
UNMC Distinguished Scientist, 2008
NINDS Board of Scientific Counselors, ad hoc 2008
UNMC Scientist Laureate, 2008
TRAINEES
Graduate Students (MS or PhD) Supervised
Training Period Student (degree) Current Status
1990-93 Lisa Baca-Regen MS Pharmacist
1995-97 Paul Boch, MS, MD Physician-Scientist
1995-97 Ebony Carter, MD Physician-Scientist
1994-98 Adeline Nukuna PhD Physician-Scientist
1995-97 Michael Thylin, BS Surgeon-Scientist
1997-01 Walter Zink, PhD Fellow, Cornell Med. Ctr.
1997-02 Robin Cotter, PhD Assist. Prof. AZ State Univ. (with J. Zheng)
1998-02 Lisa Ryan, PhD Pediatric Resident, UW St. Louis (with J. Zheng)
1999-01 Shrinivas Bishu, MD NIH/NIMH, Clinical Fellow, Bethesda, MD
1999-04 Eric Anderson, PhD MD student, UNMC (with H. Xiong)
1999-05 Eric Benner, PhD Neonatology Fellow, Duke Univ, Durham, NC
2002-2006 Mariano Uberti, MS Current Ph.D. Student-Michael Boska
2003-2008 Irena Kadiu, PhD Research Associate, UNMC
2003-present Chad Laurie, MS College of Pharmacy, Kansas State University
2004-2009 Dawn Eggert, MS Current Graduate Student
2004-2008 Ashley Reynolds, PhDPost-Doc Research Associate, UNMC
2007-present Ari Nowacek, BS Current Graduate Student
2007-present Anna Brynskikh Current Graduate Student (with A. Kabanov)
2007-present Stephanie Kraft-Terry Current Graduate Student
2007-present Sugato Banerjee, BS Current Graduate Student (with A. Ghorpade)
2008-present Jessica Hutter, BS Current Graduate Student
2008-present David Stone, BS Current Graduate Student
Postdoctoral Fellows Supervised
Training Period Postdoctoral Fellow Current Status
1992-93 Peter Genis Resrch. Coord. (ABI, Gaithersburg, MD)
1993-96 S. Haggerty Major, USAF (Active Duty, USAF)
1993-96 Hans Nottet Assoc. Prof. (Uthrect, the Netherlands)
1995-96 Jialin Zheng Professor (Pharmacology, UNMC)
1994-96 Yuri Persidsky Prof. & Chair (Pathology, Temple Univ.)
1995-97 Anuja Ghorpade Prof. & Vice Chair (Cell Biology, UNTHSC)
1996-98 Jenae Limoges ID Specialist (Internal Medicine, Maine)
1997-99 Gary Leisman Res. Technologist (Univ. Wisconsin)
1997-99 Huangui Xiong Assoc. Prof. (Pharmacology, UNMC)
1998-99 Winai Ratanasuwan Phys.-Scientist (Bangkok, Thailand)
1998-00 Jinan Al-Omashi Deceased (Neurology, UNMC)
1998-00 Yong Chen Zeng Fellow (Physiology, UNMC)
1998-01 Kimberly Carlson Asst. Prof. (Biochemistry, UNK)
1998-01 Larisa Poluektova Assoc. Prof. (Pharmacology, UNMC)
1999-02 Annemarie Shibata Assist. Prof. (Creighton Univ.)
2002-03 Xiaoguang Luo Assoc. Prof. (S. Univ., Neurology, China)
2002-03 Marina Zelivyanskaya Fellow (Northwestern Univ.)
2002-05 Yoshimi Enose Fellow (NINDS, NIH)
2004-05 Alok Dhar Fellow (Eppley Res. Inst., UNMC)
2002-05 Huanyu Dou Asst. Prof. (Pharmacology, UNMC)
2002-2005 Santhi Gorantla Asst. Prof. (Pharmacology, UNMC)
2004-2006 Jeff Kingsley Fellow (Pediatrics, UCSF)
2004-2006 Jason Glanzer Fellow (COD, UNMC)
2005-2007 Mary Ricardo-Dukelow Assist. Prof. (Internal Medicine, U/Hawaii)
2005-2006 Danette Kibuule Fellow (Radiology, UNMC)
2006-2008 Rebecca Banerjee Resrch. Assoc. (Neuroscience/Cornell Univ)
2006-2007 Anathbandhu Chaudhuri Resrch. Assoc. (Ophthalmology, UNMC)
2006-2008 Tong Wang Fellow (Lab. Medicine, U/Washington)
2006-2007 Shengyuan Ding Fellow (U/Tennessee)
2006-2007 Adelina Holguin Fellow (UNL-Nebraska)
2007-2008 Arnaud Beduneau Assist. Prof (INSERM, Paris, France)
2008-present Zhiya Ma Fellow (Pharmacology-UNMC)
2008-present Prasanta Dash Fellow (Pharmacology-UNMC)
ACCREDITATION:
Board of Medical Examiners (New York, Maryland and Nebraska). 1981
Diplomat, American Board of Internal Medicine-September. 1982
JOURNAL REVIEW:
The Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry
Journal of Virology
American Journal of Pathology
Journal of Clinical Investigation
Journal of Neuroimmunology
AIDS
Journal of Immunology
Gastroenterology
Laboratory Investigation
AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses
Journal of AIDS
Journal of Infectious Disease
Reviews of Infectious Disease
Science
Journal of Neuroscience
Glia
Editor: Journal of Leukocyte Biology (1987-1998)
Editorial Board: Journal of Neurovirology (1996-2006)
Associate Editor: Journal of Neurovirology (1997-2006)
Editorial Board: Journal of Neurotoxicology (1999- )
Editorial Board: International WEB, J. Am. Med. Assoc. (1996-1997)
Editorial Board: Journal of Neuroimmunology (2001- )
Editorial Board: Current HIV Research (2001- )
Editor-in-Chief: Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology (2005- )
Academic Editor: Public Library of Science, PLoS ONE (2008- )
MILITARY:
Captain, US Army Reserve, 1984-1987
Major, 1987-1993
Lieutenant Colonel 1993-1997
Honorable Discharge as Lieutenant Colonel, October 1997
Consultant, in Molecular Biology and Immunology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington DC, 1984
Army Service Ribbon, July 1986
Letter(s) of Appreciation, USAR, July 1985, May 1986, and July 1986
Staff Physician, Walter Reed Army Medical Center 1986-1992
CONSULTANTSHIPS:
Bethesda Research Laboratories, Inc. Gaithersburg, Maryland, 1984
Oncor, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, 1987
Glaxo Research, Inc. Chapel Hill, NC, 1988
Applied Biotechnologies, Beltsville, MD, 1990
Schering Corporation, 1990-1992
Viragen, 1990, 1995
Advanced Biotherapy Concepts, 1992-1994
New Horizons Diagnostics, 1992-1994
Scientific Advisory Board, Viragen, 1995-1997
Alzheimer’s Research Foundation 2001-present
Michael J. Fox Parkinson’s Research Foundation, 2003-present
External Advisory Committee, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University Medical,
Center Program Project Grant, Immunity and Peripheral Neuropathy, 2003-present
External Advisory Committee, Department of Neuropharmacology, the Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, 2001-present
Teva Pharmaceuticals, 2003-present
Baxter Health Care, 2003-present
Amgen, 2004-present
BioLine, 2008-present
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS:
Past awards
Co-Investigator, Baclofen Surveillance Study: Periodic Ultrasonic and Manual Examination of Ovarian Size and Cyst Formation in Multiple Sclerosis Patients on Baclofen and Controls, Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Summit, NJ. 1982-1983.
Neurovirology and Neuroimmunology Training Grant, National Institute of Neurologic and Communication Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. 5-T32-NS07000009. 1982-1985.
Principal Investigator, Immunologic Responses to Central Nervous System Transplants, United States Army, 1984-1985.
Co-Investigator, Program Project Grant. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease. Dr. K. Shah, Principal Investigator. Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and Hygiene. 1985-1990.
Carter Wallace Fellowship, Distinction in AIDS research, principal investigator, 1988-1994 $100,000 per annum (7 year award).
Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Project title: Clinical, biochemical and molecular studies of human immunodeficiency virus-macrophage interactions, 1988-1992.
NIHLB, CoPI H.E. Gendelman, PI David J. Volsky 04/28/93-05/01/97 Alveolar Macrophage-HIV-1 interactions. $128,000.
NINDS, Section PI: Howard E. Gendelman (program project grant, PI DJ Volsky) Molecular mechanisms for HIV-associated encephalopathy 10% effort 01/01/93-12/30/98 $112,000 (5 year award).
AMFAR, PI: Howard E. Gendelman HIV-1-interferon interactions. 10% effort 12/01/92-12/01/94 $100,00 (2 year award).
Nicholaus Badami Research Award for the acquired immune deficiency syndrome, PI: Howard E. Gendelman $20,000 per annum 12/07/92-12/07/02 (10 year award).
Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals, IL-10-HIV interactions 1-1-93, $13,000.
Dana Foundation "Therapeutics into AIDS Dementia", 1/1/94-12/30/96, $60,000 ($20,000/year 3 year award).
Immunobiology Research Institute, Title: Effects of TP-5 on HIV-1 Replication in Primary Human Monocytes, PI: H.E. Gendelman, 09/1/94-08/30/95, $89,000.
Department of Veterans Affairs, "Inflammatory Mediators of Matrix Metabolism in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm", PI: B. T. Baxter, 10/30/95-9/30/96, $491,787.
Viragen, Inc., "Induction and Characterization of Natural Human Interferon", PI: H.E. Gendelman, 3/1/95-2/96, $85,000.
Translational/Collaborative Seed Grant, UNMC, "Mechanisms of HIV-1 Induced Neurotoxicity" PI: Richard Morrisett, 07/01/95- 06/30/96, $9,937.
British Biotechnology, “Developmental Therapeutics for AIDS Dementia”, PI: Howard E. Gendelman, 9/01/96-8/31/97, $20,000.
NIH, Title: AIDS-related neurotoxicity: gp120 and NMDA antagonists. PI: Lipton, Co-PI: Gendelman 2/1/95-1/31/00 (2%) $1,232,604.