Academic Section(s):
VAMC Neurology & Neurorehabilitation
Education:
- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, OK (Ph.D.)
- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, OK (M.Sc. Neuroscience)
- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, OK (B.Sc. Biochemistry & Microbiology)
Clinical/Research Interests:
- Stress remodels limbic circuits
- Pain
- Hypersensitivity
- Optogenetic & behavioral techniques in rat models
Select Honors & Accomplishments:
- Travel Award, College of Medicine Graduate Student Association 2003
- GREAT Committee Award for Basic Science Oral Presentation, GREAT Symposium, 2004
- Best Student Oral Presentation, 13th OCNS Symposium, OCNS, OUHSC, 2004
- College of Medicine Graduate Student Association Award for Basic Science Oral
- Presentation, GREAT Symposium 2006
- Sponsored Poster Presenter to The 7th Annual National Institutes of Health (NIH) Pain Consortium 2012
- Symposium, Novel Approaches and Therapy Development for Pain Management, Bethesda,MD
- NIH Pain Consortium Mitchell Max Award for Research Excellence, the 7th Annual NIH Pain
- Consortium Symposium, Bethesda, MD.
- Graduate College Award for Academic Achievement w/Travel Award, GREAT Symposium, 2013
- Oklahoma Center for Neuroscience Travel Award, OCNS Symposium, OUHSC
- American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society Young Investigator Award, Huntington, Beach, CA
- Young Neuroscientist Travel Award, OCNS, OUHSC 2015
- Neuroscience Scholars Program (NSP) Fellow, Society for Neuroscience (2-year program)
- OCNS 25th Anniversary Symposium Travel Award, OUHSC 2016
- American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society Young Investigator Award, New York City, NY 2017
- Professional Development Certificate, Neuroscience Science Scholars Program, Society for Neuroscience 2018