Education

  • Post-doctoral fellow, 1992-1995, NIMH
  • Ph.D. M.S., Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • M.A., Speech-Language Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • B.A., Communication Sciences and Psychology, summa cum laude, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
  • Undergraduate, Communication Disorders, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont

Professional Experience

2008 - Present Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy and Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Utah
2002 - 2008 Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy and Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Utah
1995 - 2002 Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy and Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Utah
2011 - 2014 Director, Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Utah
1992 - 1995 Intramural Postdoctoral Training Award Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Neurophysiology, NIMH, Section of Neuroanatomy; Chief, Dr. Charles R. Gerfen
1990 - 1992 NIMH Individual NRSA Predoctoral Fellow, University of Pittsburgh, Dept. of Behavioral Neuroscience, laboratories of Drs. Michael J. Zigmond and Elizabeth D. Abercrombie
1988 - 1990 NIMH Institutional Training Grant Fellow, Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh
1986 - 1987 Research Speech Pathologist, Dept. of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh
1985 - 1987 Research Consultant, Child Development Unit, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
1984 - 1986 Andrew Mellon Predoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Communication Disorders, University of Pittsburgh