Curriculum Vitae

𝐴𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑈𝑠 Underrepresented Biomedical Researcher (UBR) Scholar
Baylor College of Medicine
Projects: Prescription opioid misuse prevalence, heart failure prevalence, and genetic risk factors involved in inflammation in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients selected from a diverse, nationwide cohort of American patients (𝐴𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑈𝑠 Research Program) across all racial/ethnic groups and gender identities using Python to perform high-powered queries and analysis within the 𝐴𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑈𝑠 datasets, including a whole genome sequencing (WGS) dataset, through an integrated, cloud-based Jupyter Notebook

Visiting Research Faculty
Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University School of Public Health
Projects: Decision processes that adult opioid users make to seek or avoid illicit fentanyl-laced drugs and the factors, including social support networks, social connectedness, and social capital, that influence these decision-making processes as well as their relation to sexual and injection risk behaviors

Clinical Research Recommendation Committee Fellow and Co-Lead
Special Populations Research Forum, National Institutes of Health
Projects: Systematic review of evidence-based strategies that increase the participation of historically excluded racial and ethnic groups in clinical trials

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Behavioral Sciences Training in Drug Abuse Research Program
Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University
Projects: (1) Psychosocial drivers of drug-seeking and HIV risk behaviors in illicit and prescription drug users using qualitative and quantitative methodologies; (2) COVID-19 pandemic effects on associations between ethnic identity, religiosity, alcohol or cannabis consumption, social media use, and negative psychological and social factors; and (3) Neural and genetic correlates of caregiver adversity in previously institutionalized youth that were internationally adopted into the United States using magnetic resonance brain imaging, clinical assessments of psychopathology, and allelic variation testing in genes involved in stress responses

Postdoctoral Research Associate
Neuroscience Department, University of Florida
Projects: (1) Methamphetamine and HIV-1 Tat-induced cellular toxicity in microglia and dopaminergic neurons; (2) Sex and brain region specific microglia morphology changes during brain development; and (3) Alpha synuclein triplication effects on firing patterns of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived midbrain dopaminergic neuron

Graduate Research Assistant
Psychiatry Department, Vanderbilt University
Project: Augmented endocannabinoid signaling in affective disorder pathology

Graduate Research Assistant
Neurology Department, Vanderbilt University
Project: RICTOR (RPTOR independent companion of MTOR, complex 2) knockout, and beta-adrenergic and norepinephrine transporter inhibition effects on epileptiform complexes in mice

Graduate Research Assistant
Psychiatry Department, Vanderbilt University
Project: Full-length and headless myosin X function in dendritic spine and synapse development in cultured hippocampal neurons

Graduate Research Assistant
Biological Sciences Department, Vanderbilt University
Project: Fgf signaling in left-right brain asymmetry development and governing cell fate in the zebrafish pineal complex

Lab Manager and Research Assistant
Physiology Department, Meharry Medical College
Project: Molecular and synaptic mechanisms of subchronic methamphetamin

Biological Science Lab Technician
Veterans Affairs Bay Pines Healthcare System
Projects: (1) Molecular mechanisms of cRaf-1 inhibitors, caffeine, and cotinine in a mouse model carrying a transgene that codes for an isoform of human Alzheimer ß-amyloid precursor protein; and (2) Behavioral and molecular effects of cotinine in a mouse model of post-traumatic stress disorder

Undergraduate Research Assistant
Environmental Health Sciences Department, Tulane University
Louis Stokes Louisiana Alliance for Minority Participation Program
Project: Comparison of xenobiotic metabolism mechanisms between humans and freshwater organisms

Undergraduate Research Assistant
Chemistry Department, Xavier University of Louisiana
Project: Protein marker profiling in human prostate carcinoma after exposure to varying concentrations of the phytochemicals, Serenoa repens and Glycyrrhiza glabra

Science and Engineering Apprentice
Chemistry Department, Norfolk State University
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Sharp Plus Program
Project: Bonding structure between molybdenum(VI) and amino acid type ligands

Interdisciplinary Community Health Scholar
Gulfcoast South Area Health Education Center
Projects: (1) Facilitators and barriers to implementation of interactive health educational interventions in pre-teens and teens during a teen empowerment program; (2) Development and implementation of a healthy nutrition and physical activity program in camp youth; and (3) health needs and barriers assessment to affordable, accessible healthcare in seniors and low-income family members at USDA food distributions.

Health System Specialist
Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System
Summer Enrichment Program, Institute for Diversity and Health Equity, American Hospital Assoc.
Project: Strategic planning and implementation to improve patient-provider relationships and delays inpatient hospital admissions in a medical center

Graduate Research Assistant
Health Policy and Management Department, University of South Florida
Project: Quality management case studies and assessment of Florida’s trauma system to guide its future development and improve patient outcomes

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Specialist
Urban Technical Assistant Project, Columbia University
Projects: (1) Demographic data extraction from large U.S. Census Bureau data sets for Gert Town, a neighborhood in the 16th Ward of New Orleans, Louisiana; and (2) Community revitalization and housing development of Gert Town’s blighted and abandoned housing and other infrastructures in the community through urban planning technical assistance, performing physical surveys, and using GIS

User Experience (UX) and User Interface (UI) Designer and Researcher
STEM-Away®, Virtual
Project: User accessibility and usability of navigation bar on STEM-Away platform

Chief Operating Officer (COO)
WeUp

Senior Advisor and Chief Information Officer (CIO)
WeUp

Co-Founder, Chief Operating Officer (COO), and Chief Scientific and Medical Officer (CSMO)
SciX, LLC

Data Entry Specialist for Management Information Systems (MIS) Technical Support Helpdesk
Department of Veterans’ Affairs Central Office, Board of Veterans’ Appeals

“Secret Lives of STEM Ambassadors” Book Project Planning and Editorial Consultant
STEAM Works, LLC

Black SciGirls Advisor
Twin Cities PBS

Health Scientist/AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science (CTRIS)
Office of the Director (OD), Office of Science Policy (OSP)

Pathology Specimen Processing Assistant
Memorial Medical Center

Executive Director for Graduate Life
University of South Florida Graduate School

Executive Administrative Assistant to the Executive Director
Youth Professional Development, Incorporated

• Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA)-Visiting Research Faculty
  Yale University School of Public Health
• Center for Drug Use and HIV/HCV Research (CDUHR)-Affiliated Investigator
  New York University School of Global Public Health

• Trans-NIH Resilience Working Group
  National Institutes of Health
• Trans-NIH and Trans-HHS Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health Working Group
  National Institutes of Health
• All of Us Research Program Team
  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
• Project Scientist
  ImPlementation REsearCh to DEvelop interventions for People Living with HIV Consortium
  Multi-Site Research Initiative on Cardiopulmonary Diseases, Mental Health, and HIV (PRECluDE)
  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
• Program Director
  Hope for Sickle Cell Disease Challenge
  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
• Trans-NIH Special Populations Research Forum (SPRF)
  SPRF Trans-NIH Funding Recommendations Working Group on COVID-19 Health Disparities
  SPRF Research Emphasis Working Group on COVID-19 Health Disparities
  SPRF Clinical Research Recommendation Committee (CRRC)
  National Institutes of Health
• HIV/AIDS Program Team
  Translation Research and Implementation Science Team
  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
• Women’s Health Working Group
  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
• Federal Acquisition Certification-Contracting Officer’s Representative (FAC-COR) Program
  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health

• American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG), Rockville, MD, USA
• Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Washington, D.C., USA
• International Society for Developmental Psychobiology (ISDP), Oradell, NJ, USA
• American Psychological Association (APA), Washington, D.C., USA
• The Royal Society of Medicine, London, England, United Kingdom
• American Psychopathological Association (APPA), Washington, D.C., USA
• American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB), Rockville, MD, USA
• American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Washington, D.C., USA
• American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB), Rockville, MD, USA
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Action Plan Taskforce, 2020-2021
• National Postdoctoral Association (NPA), Rockville, MD, USA
• Associate Editor and Author, the POSTDOCket (the NPA Monthly Newsletter), 2018-2022
• Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), Santa Cruz, CA, USA
• Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI), Washington, D.C., USA
• Japan Neuroscience Society (JNS), Tokyo, Japan
• International Stress and Behavior Society (ISBS), New Orleans, LA, USA
• International Cannabinoid Research Society (ICRS), Winston-Salem, NC, USA
• Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (SEBM), Washington, D.C., USA
• International Behavioral Neuroscience Society (IBNS), Bandera, TX, USA
• American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET), Bethesda, MD, USA
• American Physiological Society (APS), Bethesda, MD, USA
• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Washington, D.C., USA
• AAAS IF/THEN® Ambassador, 2019-2021
• Society for Neuroscience (SfN), Washington, D.C., USA
• Early Career Policy Ambassador, 2018-2019
• International Society to Advance Alzheimer Research and Treatment (ISTAART), Chicago, IL, USA

• Project Management Institute (PMI), Newtown Square, PA, USA
• Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce, Tampa, FL, USA
• Emerging Leaders of Tampa Bay, 2007-2008

• American Association of University Women (AAUW), Washington, D.C., USA
• Association for Women in Science (AWIS), Washington, D.C., USA
• Innovation Women, Lexington, MA, USA

• American Heart Association (AHA), Dallas, TX, USA
• USF COPH Public Health Student Association (PHSA), Tampa, FL, USA
• President, 2004-2005
• American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), Chicago, IL, USA
• Florida Public Health Association (FPHA), Tampa, FL, USA
• Student Liaison to USF College of Public Health, 2004-2005
• American Public Health Association (APHA), Washington, D.C., USA
• National Public Health Mentoring Program Committee Co-Chair, APHA Student Assembly, 2006-2009
• Student Liaison to USF College of Public Health, APHA Student Assembly, 2004-2006

• USF Graduate and Professional Student Council (GPSC), Tampa, FL, USA
• President, 2006-2007
• USF Student Government (SG), Tampa, FL, USA
• Senator for USF College of Public Health, 2005-2006

• Sigma Xi (Scientific Research Honor Society)
• Omicron Delta Kappa (National Leadership) Honor Society
  • Vice President, University of South Florida Circle
• Delta Omega (Honorary Society for Graduate Studies in Public Health)
• The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi (All-Discipline)
• Phi Lambda Upsilon (Honorary Chemical Society)
• Alpha Kappa Mu (General Scholarship) Honor Society
• Alpha Epsilon Delta (Premedical Honor Society)

• NIH Director’s Award, NIH NHLBI Women’s Health Working Group
• Certificate of Appreciation for Contributions to STEM, Frontiers of Flight Museum
• Nepris Trailblazer Award
• Special Recognition Global Award, WomenTech Network
• Certificate of Recognition for Contributions to STEM, WomenTech Network
• NHLBI Director’s Award for Partnership/Collaboration, NIH NHLBI Women’s Health Working Group
• NIH FY20 COVID-Response Group Award, CTRIS ISB COVID Rapid Response Team
• NIH Special Act Award
• Tampa Bay Business Journal 40 Under 40 Award
• NIH Performance Award
• Certificate of Appreciation, NIH Special Populations Research Forum
• Nepris Outstanding Volunteer Award
• Women in STEM Award, AAAS IF/THEN® Ambassador Program
• Lewis A. Shattuck Small Business Advocate of the Year Award Finalist, National Small Business Association
• Entrepreneur of the Year Award, The Small Business Expo
• SfN Neuroscience Scholars Program Grant Proposal Mentoring Award
• Vanderbilt University OBGAPS Msomi Award for Outstanding Scholarship
• Dr. Levi Watkins Jr. Student Award for Commitment to Diversity at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
• Vanderbilt Reviews Neuroscience Cover Art Award
• Summer Program in Neuroscience, Ethics, and Survival’s Symposium Travel Award
• National Enhancement of Underrepresented Academic Leaders Conference Travel Award
• International Cannabinoid Research Society Monique and George Braudy Student Travel Award
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute/VU Medical Center Graduate Student Travel Award
• Vanderbilt University Graduate School Graduate Student Travel Award
• Vanderbilt University Graduate Student Council Travel Award
• Certificate of Appreciation for Oral Presentation, 13th World Congress on Public Health
• NIDA Frontiers in Addiction Research Travel Award
• Veterans Affairs 1000 Hour Award for Community Service in Neuroscience Research
• Veterans Affairs 500 Hour Award for Community Service in Neuroscience Research
• USF Health Service Corps Outstanding Student Service Leadership and Participation Award
• Volunteer University of South Florida Gold Award for Community Service
• Volunteer Standout Performance of the Year Award
• Volunteer University of South Florida Gold Award for Community Service
• USF COPH Student Honorary Award for Research and Practice
• Female Student Leader of the Year Award
• Volunteer University of South Florida Green Award for Community Service
• Volunteer USF Leadership Service Award
• Volunteer University of South Florida Green Award for Community Service
• Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Service, Xavier University Political Science and Service Learning Department
• Youth Professional Development, Inc. Outstanding Performance Award

• Udacity/Facebook Secure and Private Artificial Intelligence (AI) Challenge Scholarship
• Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation Young Investigator Scholarship
• Foster G. McGaw Student Scholarship
• Florida Public Health Association Graduate Student Scholarship
• Carl A. Gelin Endowed Scholarship
• Harry R. Kendall Leadership Development Grant
• Charles E. Culpepper Scholarship
• UNCF/Giant Foods, Inc. Scholarship
• Xavier University Academic Scholarship

• Intersections Science Fellows Symposium (ISFS) Fellowship
• blackcomputeHER Fellows Program
• Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Data and Analytics for Research Training Program
• REIDS Fellowship, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University
• UW Broadening the Representation of Academic Investigators in NeuroScience (BRAINS) Program
• All of Us Underrepresented Biomedical Researcher Scholars Program, Baylor College of Medicine
• NIDA Diversity Scholars Network (NDSN) Program, NIDA Office of Diversity and Health Disparities
• NIDA Ruth L. Kirschstein Institutional National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowship
• Science and Technology Policy Fellowship, American Association for the Advancement of Science
• National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Diversity Supplement
• Neuroscience Scholars Program, Society for Neuroscience
• UNCF/Merck Graduate Science Research Dissertation Fellowship
• Alcoa Foundation Fellowship, 64^th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (Physiology/Medicine)
• Carl Storm Underrepresented Minority Fellowship, Gordon Research Conferences
• SREB-State Doctoral Scholars Program, Southern Regional Education Board (SREB)
• Vanderbilt Brain Institute Scholars Program
• Northwestern University Academy for Future Science Faculty, National Institutes of Health
• Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity Program, National Institutes of Health
• Marine Biological Laboratory Summer Program in Neuroscience, Ethics, and Survival (SPINES), National Institute of Mental Health
• Leadership Fellows Program, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc./Tyson Foods, Inc.
• Louis Stokes Louisiana Alliance for Minority Participation (LS-LAMP), National Science Foundation (NSF)
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Minority Medical Education Program, Fisk University and Vanderbilt University

Racial and ethnic differences in the association of social cohesion and social capital with HIV testing

Authors: Ransome, Y., Hayashi, K., Gamble-George, J., Dean, L.T., and Villalonga-Olives, E.
Published: 2023 in SSM – Population Health, 21:101327
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101327
PMID: 36618543

Alcohol Use Cravings as a Mediator Between Associated Risk Factors on Increased Alcohol Use among Youth Adults in New York During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Authors: Opara, I., Malik, S., Lardier Jr., D.T., Gamble-George, J., Kelly, R.J., Okafor, C.N., Greene, R.N., and Parisi, D.
Published: 2021 in Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 39(4):415-429
DOI: 10.1080/07347324.2021.1950091
PMID: 34898835

In Parkinson’s patient-derived dopamine neurons, the triplication of α-synuclein locus induces distinctive firing pattern by impeding D2 receptor autoinhibition

Authors: Lin, M., Mackie, P.M., Shaerzadeh, F., Gamble-George, J.C., Miller, D.R., Martyniuk, C.J., and Khoshbouei, H.
Published: 2021 in Acta Neuropathologica Communications, 9(1):107
DOI: 10.1186/s40478-021-01203-9
PMID: 34099060

HIV-1 Tat regulation of dopamine transmission and microglial reactivity is brain region specific

Authors: Miller, D.R., Shaerzadeh, F., Phan, L., Sharif, N., Gamble-George, J., McLaughlin, J.P., Streit, W.J., and Khoshbouei, H.
Published: 2018 in Glia, 00:1-14
DOI: 10.1002/glia.23447
PMID: 29733459
PMCID: PMC6185750

Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibition reduces stress-induced affective pathology

Authors: Gamble-George, J.C., Baldi, R., Halladay, L., Kocharian, A., Silva, C., Roberts, H., Haymer, A., Marnett, L.J., Holmes, A., and Patel, S.
Published: 2016 in eLife, 5:e14137
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.14137
PMID: 27162170
PMCID: PMC4862754

Multiple mechanistically distinct modes of endocannabinoid mobilization at central amygdala glutamatergic synapses

Authors: Ramikie, T.S., Niyles, R., Bluett, R.J., Gamble-George, J.C., Hartley, N.D., Mackie, K., Watanabe, M., Katona, I, and Patel, S.
Published: 2014 in Neuron, 81(5):1111-1125
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.01.012
PMID: 24607231
PMCID: PMC3955008

Chronic Methamphetamine Increases Alpha-Synuclein Protein Levels in the Striatum and Hippocampus but not in the Cortex of Juvenile Mice

Authors: Butler, B., Gamble-George, J., Prins, P., North, A., Clarke, J.T., Khoshbouei, H.
Published: 2014 in Journal of Addiction & Prevention, 2(2):pii: 6
PMID: 25621291
PMCID: PMC4303106

Central anandamide deficiency predicts stress-induced anxiety: behavioral reversal through endocannabinoid augmentation

Authors: Bluett, R.J.*, Gamble-George, J.C.*, Hermanson, D. J., Hartley, N.D., Marnett, L. J., and Patel, S.  *These authors contributed equally to the manuscript
Published: 2014 in Translational Psychiatry, 4:e408
DOI: 10.1038/tp.2014.53
PMID: 25004388
PMCID: PMC4119220

Substrate-selective inhibition of COX-2 enhances central endocannabinoid signaling

Authors: Hermanson, D.J., Hartley, N.D., Gamble-George, J., Brown, N., Shonesy, B.C., Kingsley, P.K., Colbran, R.J., Reese, J., Marnett, L.J., and Patel, S.
Published: 2013 in Nature Neuroscience, 16(9):1291-8
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3480
PMID: 24845457
PMCID: PMC4074568

Convergent translational evidence of a role for anandamide in amygdala-mediated fear extinction, threat processing, and stress-reactivity

Authors: Gunduz-Cinar, O., MacPherson, K.P., Cinar, R., Gamble-George, J., Sugden, K., Williams, B., Godlewski, G., Ramikie, T.S., Gorka, A.X., Alapafuja, S.O., Makriyannis, A., Poulton, R., Patel, S., Hariri, A.R., Caspi, A., Moffitt, T.E., Kunos, G., and Holmes, A.
Published: 2013 in Molecular Psychiatry, 18(7):813-23
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2012.72
PMID: 22688188
PMCID: PMC3549323

Dissociable effects of CB1 receptor blockade on anxiety-like and consummatory behaviors in the novelty-induced hypophagia test

Authors: Gamble-George, J.C., Conger, J.R., Hartley, N.D., Gupta, P., Sumislawski, J.J., and Patel, S.
Published: 2013 in Psychopharmacology (Berl), 228(3):401-9
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-013-3042-8
PMID: 23483200
PMCID: PMC3707973

Chronic methamphetamine exposure produces a delayed, long-lasting memory deficit

Authors: North, A.*, Swant, J.*, Salvatore, M. F., Gamble-George, J., Prins, P., Butler, B., Mittal, M. K., Clark, J., Hasting, R., Khoshbouei H.  *These authors contributed equally to the manuscript
Published: 2013 in Synapse, 67(5):245-57
DOI: 10.1002/syn.21635
PMID: 23280858
PMCID: PMC3831527

α-Synuclein stimulates a dopamine transporter-dependent chloride current and modulates the activity of the transporter

Authors: Swant, J., Goodwin, J.S., North, A., Ali, A.A., Gamble-George, J., Chirwa, S., and Khoshbouei, H.
Published: 2011 in Journal of Biological Chemistry, 286(51):43933-43
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111.241232
PMID: 21990355
PMCID: PMC3243541

Sorafenib inhibits nuclear factor kappa B, decreases inducible nitric oxide synthase, and cyclooxygenase-2 expression, and restores working memory in APPswe mice

Authors: Echeverria, V., Burgess, S., Gamble-George, J., Zeitlin, R., Lin, X., Cao, C., and Arendash, G.W.
Published: 2009 in Neuroscience, 162(4):1220-1231
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.05.019
PMID: 19447162

Raf inhibition protects cortical cells against β-amyloid toxicity

Authors: Echeverria, V., Burgess, S., Gamble-George, J., Arendash, G.W., and Citron, B.A.
Published: 2008 in Neuroscience Letters, 444(1):92-96
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.07.092
PMID: 18706973

HIV-Related Stigma Research as a Priority at the National Institutes of Health

Authors: Greenwood, G.L., Wilson, A., Bansal, G.P., Barnhart, C., Barr, E., Berzon, R., Boyce, C.A., Elwood, W., Gamble-George, J., Glenshaw, M., Henry, R., Lida, H., Jenkins, R.A., Lee, S., Malekzadeh, A., Morris, K., Perrin, P., Rice, E., Sufian, M., Weatherspoon, D., Whitaker, M., Williams, M., Zwerski, S., and Gaist, P.
Published: 2021 in AIDS and Behavior
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-021-03260-6
PMID: 33886010

Maternal Morbidity and Mortality: Are We Getting to the “Heart” of the Matter?

Authors: Varagic, J., Desvigne-Nickens, P., Gamble-George, J., Hollier, H., Maric-Bilkan, C., Mitchell, M., Pemberton, V.L., and Redmond, N.
Published: 2020 in Journal of Women’s Health
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2020.03.006
PMID: 33259740

ImPlementation REsearCh to Develop Interventions for People Living with HIV (the PRECluDE consortium): Combatting chronic disease comorbidities in HIV populations through implementation research

Authors: Gamble-George, J.C., Longenecker, C.T., Webel, A.R., Au, D.H., Brown, A.F., Bosworth, H., Crothers, K., Cunningham, C.E., Fiscella, K.A., Hamilton, A.B., Helfrich, C.D., Ladapo, J.A., Luque, A., Tobin, J.N., Wyatt, G.E., and for the Implementation Research to Develop Interventions for People Living with HIV (PRECluDE) Consortium
Published: 2020 in Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2020.03.006
PMID: 32199901
PMCID: PMC7237329

HIV, Tat and dopamine transmission

Authors: Gaskill, P.J., Miller, D.R., Gamble-George, J., Yano, H., and Khoshbouei, H.
Published: 2017 in Neurobiology of Disease, 105:51-73
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2017.04.015
PMID: 28457951
PMCID: PMC5541386

Substrate-selective COX-2 inhibition as a novel strategy for therapeutic endocannabinoid augmentation

Authors: Hermanson, D.J., Gamble-George, J.C., Marnett, L.J., and Patel, S.
Published: 2014 in Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, 35(7):358-67
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tips.2014.04.006
PMID: 24845457
PMCID: PMC4074568

Letter by Gamble-George et al Regarding Article, “Identification of Racial Inequities in Access to Specialized Inpatient Heart Failure Care at an Academic Medical Center”

Authors: Gamble-George, J.C., Redmond, N., and Boyce, C.A.
Published: June 5, 2020 in Circulation: Heart Failure
DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.120.007171
PMID: 32498622

Substrate-selective COX-2 Inhibition Decreases Anxiety via Endocannabinoid Activation

Authors: Hermanson, D. J., Gamble-George, J., Marnett, L. J., and Patel, S.
Published: May 1, 2014 in Biological Psychiatry, 75(9): S274
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2014.03.015

Planning and Development of Human Resources in Africa – Practical Approaches

Authors: Asilia, P. and Gamble-George, J.
Published: April 2012 in 13th World Congress on Public Health – Towards Global Health Equity: Opportunities and Threats, Ethiopian Public Health Association, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
DOI: https://bit.ly/3c0d5Fd

Methamphetamine exposure affects α-synuclein expression in the cortex

Authors: Gamble-George, J.C. and Khoshbouei, H.
Published: April 1, 2011 in The FASEB Journal, 25(S1): 1005.2
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.25.1_supplement.1005.2

Sorafenib as a therapeutic agent against Alzheimer’s disease

Authors: Echeverria Moran, V., Gamble-George, J.C., Burgess, S., Dickson, A., Mamcarz, M., and Arendash, G.W
Published: July 1, 2008 in Alzheimer’s and Dementia, 4(4S Part 23): T760
DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2008.05.2373

Cotinine is neuroprotective against beta-amyloid toxicity

Authors: Burgess, S., Zeitlin, R., Gamble-George, J.C., and Echeverria Moran, V.
Published: July 1, 2008 in Alzheimer’s and Dementia, 4(4S Part 14): T466
DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2008.05.1396

“Pathways Toward Social Change: NPA Race and Ethnicity Equity Summit”

Authors: Gamble-George, J..
Published: March 2023 in The POSTDOCket
Online: https://www.nationalpostdoc.org/page/POSTDOCket_2101

Public Engagement with Biotechnology Inside and Outside the Classroom: Community-Focused Approaches

Authors: Jorge, J., Gamble-George, J., Danies, G., Hamm, R.L., and Porras, A.M.
Published: 2022 in GEN Biotechnology
DOI: 10.1089/genbio.2022.0024
PMID: 36032190

“Science Policy Careers: More to Them Than What Meets The Eye”

Authors: Gamble-George, J..
Published: December 2022 in The POSTDOCket
Online: https://www.nationalpostdoc.org/page/POSTDOCket_2003

“Going Beyond Brain Science to Impact Public Health”

Authors: Gamble-George, J..
Published: December 2021 in The POSTDOCket
Online: https://www.nationalpostdoc.org/page/POSTDOCket_1904

“Let Congress Know Postdocs Matter at the Rally For Medical Research”

Authors: Gamble-George, J..
Published: August 2019 in The POSTDOCket
Online: https://www.nationalpostdoc.org/page/postdocket_08186

“The PhD Project: A Means to Diversifying the Business Professoriate and Corporate America”

Authors: Gamble-George, J..
Published: July 2019 in The POSTDOCket
Online: https://www.nationalpostdoc.org/page/postdocket_0718

NextGen VOICES: Full Speed Ahead to the City on the Hill

Authors: Gamble-George, J.C., et al
Published: 2016 and Online Supplement in Science, 352(6288): 886-889
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aag1520

NextGen VOICES: Measures of Success

Authors: Gamble-George, J.C., et al
Published: 2016 and Online Supplement in Science, 352(6281): 28-30
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.352.6281.28

NextGen VOICES: Definition of Success

Authors: Gamble-George, J.C., et al
Published: 2012 and Online Supplement in Science, 336(6077): 32-34
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.336.6077.32

Article Image: “Signaling pathways, potential biomarkers, and therapeutic targets in preeclampsia (PE)”

Authors: Gamble-George, J..
Published: 2021, 30:2, p. 180, Fig. 1, in Journal of Women’s Health, showing how placental ischemia-derived imbalance in proangiogenic and antiangiogenic factors, oxidative stress, and inflammation led to systemic vascular dysfunction reflected in hypertension and proteinuria in PE and potential targeted interventions, by Jasmina Varagic, Patrice Desvigne-Nickens, Joyonna Gamble-George, Lisa Hollier, Christine Maric-Bilkan, Megan Mitchell, Victoria L. Pemberton, and Nicole Redmond.

Article Image: “Pathophysiology of peripartum cardiomyopathy”

Authors: Gamble-George, J..
Published: 2021, 30:2, p. 181, Fig. 2, in Journal of Women’s Health, showing the role of cathepsin D-cleaved 16-kDa prolactin fragment, microRNA146a, and decreased VEGF signaling and suppression of prolactin production by bromocriptine, by Jasmina Varagic, Patrice Desvigne-Nickens, Joyonna Gamble-George, Lisa Hollier, Christine Maric-Bilkan, Megan Mitchell, Victoria L. Pemberton, and Nicole Redmond.

Article Image: “Map of study sites in the PRECluDE consortium”

Authors: Gamble-George, J..
Published: 2020, 63:2, p. 86, Fig. 1, in Progress in Cardiovascular Disease, showing the PRECluDE consortium extending over twelve geographical areas throughout the U.S. at more than 30 healthcare organizations, by Joyonna Carrie Gamble-George, Christopher T. Longenecker, Allison R. Webel, David H. Au, Arleen F. Brown, Hayden Bosworth, Kristina Crothers, William E. Cunningham, Kevin A. Fiscella, Alison B. Hamilton, Christian D. Helfrich, Joseph A. Ladapo, Amneris Luque, Jonathan N. Tobin, Gail E. Wyatt, and Implementation Research to Develop Interventions for People Living with HIV (PRECluDE) Consortium.

Article Image: “Effects of COX-2 inhibition in the NIH assay”

Authors: Gamble-George, J..
Published: 2016, 5:e14137, p. 3, Fig. 1, in eLife, showing the novelty-induced hypophagia (NIH) test protocol with stress exposure and drug treatment time intervals, by Joyonna Carrie Gamble-George, Rita Baldi, Lindsay Halladay, Adrina Kocharian, Nolan Hartley, Carolyn Grace Silva, Holly Roberts, Andre Haymer, Lawrence J Marnett, Andrew Holmes, and Sachin Patel.

Article Image: “Effects of COX-2 inhibition in the elevated-plus maze”

Authors: Gamble-George, J..
Published: 2016, 5:e14137, p. 5, Fig. 2, in eLife, showing the elevated-plus maze (EPM) test protocol with stress exposure and drug treatment time intervals, by Joyonna Carrie Gamble-George, Rita Baldi, Lindsay Halladay, Adrina Kocharian, Nolan Hartley, Carolyn Grace Silva, Holly Roberts, Andre Haymer, Lawrence J Marnett, Andrew Holmes, and Sachin Patel.

Article Image: “Effects of COX-2 inhibition on contextual fear conditioning”

Authors: Gamble-George, J..
Published: 2016, 5:e14137, p. 6, Fig. 3, in eLife, showing the contextual fear conditioning protocol, by Joyonna Carrie Gamble-George, Rita Baldi, Lindsay Halladay, Adrina Kocharian, Nolan Hartley, Carolyn Grace Silva, Holly Roberts, Andre Haymer, Lawrence J Marnett, Andrew Holmes, and Sachin Patel.

Article Image: “Molecular architecture of endocannabinoid signaling at an excitatory synapse in the brain”

Authors: Gamble-George, J..
Published: 2013, 3:19, p. 2, Fig. 1, in Biology of Mood & Anxiety Disorders, showing how endocannabinoid signaling induces synaptic depression at excitatory synapses, by Matthew N. Hill and Sachin Patel.

Article Image: “cRaf-1 activation, inhibitors, and downstream signaling mechanisms”

Authors: Gamble-George, J..
Published: 2010, 9, p. 121, Fig. 1, in CNS & Neurological Disorders – Drug Targets, showing the activation of cRaf-1 by insults that stimulate oxidative stress and, consequently, the abnormal expression of proinflammatory and proapoptotic factors, which can be decreased by cRaf-1 inhibitors, by Sarah Burgess and Valentina Echeverria.

Article Image: “Chronic treatment with sorafenib inhibits cRaf-1 and ppERKs in the brain of Tg mice”

Authors: Gamble-George, J..
Published: 2009, 162:4, p. 1223, Fig. 1c, in Neuroscience, showing the phosphorylation of cRaf-1 at Ser 259 and Ser 338, by Valentina Echeverria, Sarah Burgess, Joyonna Gamble-George, Ross Zeitlin, Xiaoyang Lin, Chuanhai Cao, and Gary W. Arendash.

Article Image: “Molecular mechanisms underlying the beneficial actions of sorafenib in AD brains”

Authors: Gamble-George, J..
Published: 2009, 162:4, p. 1228, Fig. 6, in Neuroscience, showing how sorafenib, by inhibiting cRaf-1, decreases IKK complex activation, by Valentina Echeverria, Sarah Burgess, Joyonna Gamble-George, Ross Zeitlin, Xiaoyang Lin, Chuanhai Cao, and Gary W. Arendash.

IMPOWR-YOU “Rapid Return” Pilot Project Award in Research on Chronic Pain and Opioid Use Disorder or Misuse
Title: “Social Connectedness and Spirituality Influences on Chronic Pain and Opioid Misuse among United States Adults in Midlife”
Project Number: funded as part of the NIH Helping End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) Initiative, 1RM1 DA 055310-01
Source: Integrative Management of Chronic Pain and Opioid Use Disorder for Whole Recovery-Yale Organizations United (IMPOWR-YOU) Research Center
Awardee Organization: Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
PI: Yusuf Ransome, DrPH; Co-I: Joyonna Gamble-George, PhD
Role: Postdoctoral Trainee (Award Recipient)

HIV Research Education Institute for Diverse Scholars (REIDS) Fellowship
Title: “Research Education Institute for Diverse Scholars (REIDS)”
Project Number: R25 MH 087217-12
Source: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Awardee Organization: Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA), Yale University, New Haven, CT
PI: Trace S. Kershaw, PhD; Co-PI: LaRon E. Nelson, PhD
Role: Visiting Research Scientist/Faculty (Award Recipient)

Ruth L. Kirschstein Institutional National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowship
Title: “Behavioral Sciences Training in Drug Abuse Research”
Project Number: 5T32 DA007233-37
Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Awardee Organization: New York University, New York, NY
PI: Gregory P. Falkin, PhD
Role: Postdoctoral Trainee (Award Recipient)

Collaboration Sustainability Seed Award
Title: “Cardiovascular Disease and Genetic Risk Factors in Systemic Lupus Erythematous”
Project Number: 3R01 DA026947-08S1
Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Awardee Organization: University of Florida School of Medicine, Gainesville, FL
PI: Joyonna Gamble-George, PhD; Co-PIs: Fatemeh Choupani, PhD, RN, Zaida Ramirez-Ortiz, PhD, Lalita Wadhwa, PhD, Renita Horton, PhD, and Xyanthine Parillon, PhD, EdD

Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research
Title: “Methamphetamine Regulates the Dopamine Transporter via an Intracellular Mechanism”
Project Number: 3R01 DA026947-08S1
Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Awardee Organization: University of Florida School of Medicine, Gainesville, FL
PI: Habibeh Khoshbouei, PharmD, PhD
Role: Postdoctoral Trainee (Award Recipient)

UNCF/Merck Graduate Science Research Dissertation Fellowship,
Title: “Endocannabinoid Augmentation Through Substrate-Selective COX-2 Inhibition:
Behavioral and Synaptic Effects in an Animal Model of Stress-Induced Anxiety”
Awardee Organization: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
PI: Joyonna Gamble-George

Neuroscience Scholars Program Fellowship
Title: “Next-Generation Neuroscience Scholars Program”
Project Number: 5R25 NS089462-02
Source: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Awardee Organization: Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C.
PI: Julio J. Ramirez, PhD
Role: Predoctoral Trainee (Award Recipient)

64th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (Physiology/Medicine) Fellowship
Awardee Organization: Foundation Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings, Lindau, Germany
Source: Alcoa Foundation
PI: Joyonna Gamble-George

Carl Storm Underrepresented Minority (CSURM) Fellowship
Title: “Cannabinoid Function in the CNS (Cannabinoids in Synapses, Circuits and the Human Brain)”
Awardee Organization: Gordon Research Conferences, West Kingston, RI
PI: Joyonna Gamble-George

SREB-State Doctoral Scholars Program Fellowship (Doctoral Award)
Awardee Organization: State Regional Education Board (SREB), Atlanta, GA
PI: Joyonna Gamble-George

Vanderbilt Brain Institute Scholars Program
Awardee Organization: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
PI: Joyonna Gamble-George

Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity Program
Title: “Initiative for Maximizing Student Development”
Project Number: 5R25 GM062459-15
Source: National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Awardee Organization: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
PI: Linda Sealy, PhD; Co-PI: Roger G. Chalkley, PhD
Role: Predoctoral Trainee (Award Recipient)

LS-LAMP Summer Research Program
Title: “Louis Stokes Louisiana Alliance for Minority Participation (LS-LAMP) Phase II”
Project Number: 0000272
Source: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Awardee Organization: Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
PI: Diola Bagayoko, PhD; Co-PIs: Robert Ford, PhD and Kerry Davidson, PhD
Role: Undergraduate Trainee (Award Recipient)

Scholarships to Enhance and Empower Diversity (SEED) Fund Award
Title: “SEE-Diversity to Success Program at the Marine Biology Laboratory”
Source: American Psychological Foundation Minority Fellowship Program Fund for Racial and Ethnic Diversity
Awardee Organization: American Psychological Association, Washington, DC
Role: Postdoctoral Trainee (Award Recipient)

National Institutes of Health Tuition Award
Title: “CSHL Cellular Biology of Addiction Course”
Project Number: 5R13 DA019791-10
Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Awardee Organization: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
PI: David J. Stewart, PhD
Role: Postdoctoral Trainee (Award Recipient)

The Academy for Future Science Faculty
Title: “Translating Theory to Practice to Diversify the Biomedical Research Community”
Project Number: DP4 GM096807-01
Source: National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Awardee Organization: Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C.
PI: Richard McGee, PhD
Role: Predoctoral Trainee (Award Recipient)

Summer Program in Neuroscience, Ethics, and Survival (SPINES)
Title: “Training in Professional Development for Neuroscience”
Project Number: 5R25 MH055929-16
Source: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Awardee Organization: Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
PI: Joseph L. Martinez, PhD
Role: Predoctoral Trainee (Award Recipient)

Pre-Health Summer Enrichment Program (PSEP)
Title: “PSEP Educational Grant”
Awardee Organization: University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL
Source: University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine
PI: Joyonna Gamble-George, Ph.D.

Minority Medical Education Program (MMEP)
Title: “UNCF Summer Premedical Institute”
Awardee Organization: Fisk University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
PI: Mary E. McKelvey Welch, PhD
Role: Undergraduate Trainee (Award Recipient)

• Mamcarz, M B, Gamble-George, Joyonna, Burgess, Sarah, Arendash, Gary W, and Echeverria Moran, Valentina. (2008, November 19). Caffeine Stimulates Dopamine and Cyclic AMP-Regulated Phosphoprotein (DARPP-32) and Activity-Regulated Cytoskeleton-Associated Protein (Arc): New Insight Into Caffeine’s Beneficial Actions Against Alzheimer’s Disease. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience’s 38th Annual Meeting, Neuroscience 2008, Washington, DC, 831.6: H9.
• Echeverria Moran, Valentina, Gamble-George, Joyonna, Burgess, Sarah, Dickson, Alexander, Mamcarz, Malgorzata, and Arendash, Gary W. (2008, July 30). Sorafenib as a Therapeutic Agent Against Alzheimer’s Disease. Poster presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease (ICAD), Chicago, IL, P4-303.
• Gamble-George, Joyonna, Burgess, Sarah, and Echeverria, Valentina. (2008, July 30). Chronic Caffeine Treatment Restores Arc Expression and Promotes DARPP-32/PKA Signaling. Poster presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease (ICAD), Chicago, IL.
• Burgess, Sarah, Zeitlin, Ross, Gamble-George, Joyonna, and Echeverria Moran, Valentina. (2008, July 28). Cotinine is Neuroprotective Against Beta Amyloid Toxicity. Poster presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease (ICAD), Chicago, IL, P2-319.
• Gamble-George, Joyonna, Burgess, Sarah, Arendash, Gary W, and Echeverria Moran, Valentina. (2008, May 9). Caffeine Stimulates Dopamine and Cyclic AMP-Regulated Phosphoprotein and Activity-Regulated Cytoskeleton-Associated Protein. Poster presented at the Second Annual Signature Interdisciplinary Program in Allergy, Immunology, and Infectious Disease (SIPAIID) Symposium: Immunity and Pathogens, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

• Pham-Lake, Camille, Gamble-George, Joyonna, and Patel, Sachin. (2015, July 30).  Behavioral Mediation Through Substrate-Selective COX-2 Inhibitors. Poster presented at the Vanderbilt Summer Science Academy (VSSA) Research Symposium, Nashville, TN.
• Gamble-George, Joyonna, Hermanson, Daniel J., Marnett, Lawrence J., and Patel, Sachin. (2014, July 1).  Endocannabinoid Augmentation Through Substrate-Selective COX-2 Inhibition: Behavioral Effects in an Animal Model of Stress-Induced Anxiety. 24^th Poster presented at the Annual Symposium of the International Cannabinoid Research Society, Baveno, Itlay, P2-50.
• Hermanson, Daniel, Hartley, Nolan, Gamble-George, Joyonna, Marnett, Lawrence, and Patel., Sachin (2013, December 10). Substrate-Selective COX-2 Inhibition Decreases Anxiety via Endocannabinoid Activation. Poster presented at the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) 52nd Annual Meeting, Hollywood, FL, T232.
• Gamble-George, Joyonna, Weeber, Edwin, Peters, Mindy, Burgess, Sarah, and Echeverria, Valentina. (2009, October 21).  Cotinine Reduces Fear and Anxiety Related Behavior in a Mouse Model of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience’s 39th Annual Meeting, Neuroscience 2009, Chicago, IL, 841.18: N23.

• Gamble-George, Joyonna and Khoshbouei, Habibeh. (2011, April 12).  Methamphetamine exposure affects α-synuclein expression in the cortex. Poster presented at the Experimental Biology 2011, Washington, DC, C207: 1005.2.
• Gamble-George, Joyonna, Goodwin, Jeffrey S, Patel, Tina, Fennell, Ashley, Ferguson, Marcus, Ansah, Twum, Swant, J, and Khoshbouei, Habibeh. (2010, November 16).  Discontinuous and Continuous Methamphetamine Exposures Have Distinct Molecular Targets. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience’s 40th Annual Meeting, Neuroscience 2010, San Diego, CA, 576.15: OO18.
• Fennell, Ashley, Gamble-George, Joyonna, Swant, J, Ferguson, Marcus, Ansah, Twum, Goodwin, Jeffrey S, and Khoshbouei, Habibeh. (2010, November 16).  The Pattern of Methamphetamine Exposure Determines its Mnemonic Consequences. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience’s 40th Annual Meeting, Neuroscience 2010, San Diego, CA, 576.13: OO16.
• Khoshbouei, Habibeh, Swant, Jarod, Gamble-George, Joyonna, Goodwin, Jeffrey S, and Chirwa, Sanika. (2010, November 12).  Alpha-Synuclein Regulates the Activity of Dopamine Transporter. Poster presented at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Mini-Convention: Frontiers in Addiction Research, San Diego, CA
• Gamble-George, Joyonna, Goodwin, Jeffrey S, Patel, Tina, Fennell, Ashley, Ferguson, Marcus, Ansah, Twum, Swant, J, and Khoshbouei, Habibeh. (2010, November 12).  Discontinuous and Continuous Methamphetamine Exposures Have Distinct Molecular Targets. Poster presented at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Mini-Convention: Frontiers in Addiction Research, San Diego, CA.

• Gamble-George, Joyonna, Gunduz-Cinar, Ozge, Holmes, Andrew, and Patel, Sachin. (2013, November 10).  Molecular mechanisms and differential strain-dependence of CB1 signaling in the amygdala. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience’s 43rd Annual Meeting, Neuroscience 2013, San Diego, CA, 129.08/C29.
• Ramikie, Teniel S., Gamble-George, Joyonna, Hartley, Nolan D., and Patel, Sachin. (2012, July 23).  Endocannabinoid-Mediated Synaptic Depression in the Central Amygdala: Cholinergic-Cannabinoid Interactions. 22^nd Poster presented at the Annual Symposium of the International Cannabinoid Research Society, Freiburg, Germany, P1-41.

• Gamble-George, Joyonna. (2009, April 26). Health Illiteracy in the US: What’s the Solution?, Poster presented at the Society of Public Health Specialists (TSPHS), International Students’ Meeting on Public Health (ISMOPH), 12th World Congress on Public Health, Istanbul, Turkey.

• Bazzino, Paula, Gamble-George, Joyonna, and Khoshbouei, Habibeh. (2017, November 2). Microglia Morphology in the Postnatal, Mouse Brain. Poster presented at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), Phoenix, AZ, B-258.

• Advancing Learning Through Evidence-Based STEM Teaching (Massive Open Online Course)
• Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL), Madison, WI
• Teaching Institute (Teaching-as-Scholarship Certificate Program)
• Teaching Academy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
• An Introduction to Evidence-Based Undergraduate STEM Teaching (MOOC)
• Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning, Madison, WI
• Integrating Creativity, Innovation, and Design Thinking in STEM Courses
• Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning, Madison, WI
• Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Certificate Program
• Center for Teaching, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
• College Teaching Certificate Program
• Center for Teaching, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Adjunct Faculty
Natural Sciences Department, St. Petersburg College, Clearwater, FL
Course: Special Topics in Biology Lab – Cell and Molecular Biology Lab (BSC 3931L)
Contact Hours: 11 contact hours/week (19 lectures)
Description: This semester long course was an open format lab course designed to address the needs and interests of the students as well as provide an opportunity to focus on current biological science techniques.

Adjunct Faculty
Natural Sciences Department, St. Petersburg College, Clearwater, FL
Course: Plant and Animal Cell Culture (BSC 2419C)
Contact Hours: 11 contact hours/week (19 lectures)
Description: This semester long course for a class of 8 undergraduate students introduced the skills used in the biotechnology industry for plant and animal cell culture. It emphasized hands-on training in the principles and practices of cultivation, maintenance, and preservation of established cell lines including implementation of these practices in project design and management.

Teaching Assistant
Psychology Department, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Course: Neuroscience (NSC 2201)
Contact Hours: 4.5 contact hours/week (25 lectures; 25 lecture reviews; 4 exam reviews)
Description: This semester long course assessed student knowledge and enhanced student comprehension for a class of 175 undergraduate students on the mammalian nervous system, particularly the organization of the human brain: (1) nerve cells – their structure, propagation of nerve impulses, and transfer of information between them; (2) sensory systems (e.g., sight and perception, hearing, and touch); (3) the motor system; (4) whole-brain systems that control sleep and consciousness, emotions, sexual behavior, and learning and memory; and (5) the biological basis of mental disorders, diseases of the brain, and repair mechanisms following brain injury.
Responsibilities:

• Held monthly review sessions for students on concepts discussed in lecture
• Administered monthly exams derived from lectures, on-line quizzes, and textbook readings
• Provided additional assistance outside of class during office hours to students who needed help comprehending concepts discussed in lecture and assessed through quizzes and exams
• Led and monitored discussion boards on concepts covered in lectures, on-line quizzes, textbook readings, and review sessions, and other topics related to current hypotheses, methods of experimentation, and the field of neuroscience that students found interesting

Instructor
Chemistry Department, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA
Course: General Chemistry I Drill (CHEM 1010D)
Contact Hours: 2 contact hours/week (16 lecture reviews and drills)
Description: This semester long course reviewed basic general chemistry concepts – chemical reactions, stoichiometry, thermochemistry, gases, atomic structure, periodic trends, bonding, molecular structure, physical properties, intermolecular forces, and geometry of molecules – for a class of 15 undergraduate students that were discussed in lectures to assess student knowledge and further remediation.
Responsibilities:

• Administered weekly quizzes (drills) derived from homework after lecture review to encourage students to study chemistry regularly
• Provided additional assistance to students who needed help comprehending concepts discussed in lecture

Course Manager/Coordinator and Faculty
Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
Course: Summer Program in Neuroscience, Excellence and Success (SPINES) for Neuroscience Ph.D. Students
Contact Hours: 56 contact hours/week (1 lecture: “From Mice to Humans: Behavioral Mechanisms of Substance Use and Misuse”)
Description: This three-week summer intensive immersion course that is dedicated to creating and sustaining an outstanding diverse workforce in neuroscience was for predoctoral students majoring in neuroscience (Class Size: 18). The course trains successful neuroscientists from backgrounds underrepresented in neuroscience to be leaders in the field, honing a variety of important professional skills, including communicating your science, winning grants, honing quantitative skills and preparing to be a top-notch PI.
Responsibilities:

• Organized, ordered and received all equipment and supplies for the course, Summer Program in Neuroscience, Excellence and Success (SPINES), which trains successful neuroscientists from backgrounds underrepresented in neuroscience to be leaders in the field
• Coordinated communications between the course director and all others who teach in the course
• Supervised course assistants under the direction of the education office
• Interfaced with education office as needed to ensure communication regarding contracts, travel reimbursements, and rules/regulations at MBL
• Interacted/communicated with 18 predoctoral students to assist with student needs regarding (but not limited to) parking, housing, food, medical issues, and local amenities
• Communicated as necessary with facilities and course directors regarding course emergencies, equipment failure, breakage, and supply storage
• Participated in organizing and implementing arrangements for social gatherings of the course, including a datablitz with two other courses, Neural Systems & Behavior and Neurobiology: Mechanisms & Advanced Approaches, and a student symposium
• Purchased food and beverages for course faculty, staff and students as needed; reserved space as needed for course gatherings
• Was responsible for set-up and take-down of the course

Co-Leader
Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Course: FOCUS (Facilitating Open Communication to Understand Science)
Contact Hours: 2 contact hours/week (16 lectures)
Description: This semester long course for 1st Year Ph.D. Students (Class Size: 11) covered research papers that complement the didactic portion of the Fall semester of Bioregulation. It served as a teaching tool to understand how science is done, the basics behind key experimental methods, authorship issues, publication practices, and Responsible Conduct in Research.
Faculty Mentor: Roger Chalkley, D.Phil., Senior Associate Dean for BRET
Responsibilities:

• Facilitated discussion of seminal research papers in the field of biomedical sciences that complement the didactic portion of the fall semester Bioregulation I course
• Prepared students in proficiently reading and critically analyzing primary scientific literature
• Co-led discussions on identifying central hypotheses being tested, various experimental methods and technologies used, key experimental controls, analyzing the author’s data interpretations, and using the discussions as a springboard to identify future directions

Lecturer
Neuroscience Graduate Program, Vanderbilt University
Course: 2nd Annual Neuroscience Boot Camp for Incoming Ph.D. and M.D./Ph.D. Students
Contact Hours: 1 contact hour/week (1 lecture: “Cell and Molecular Biology of the Neuron”)
Description: This one-week immersive lecture, discussion, and laboratory course was for new graduate students in the Neuroscience Graduate Program (Class Size: 10). The program provided a common knowledge base of neuroscience fundamentals, hands-on experience with techniques commonly used to explore cellular/molecular, circuits, systems, and cognitive neuroscience, and an introduction to a wide variety of Vanderbilt University faculty and graduate students and available resources to ensure a successful graduate career.

British Journal of Pharmacology (BJP)
Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology (CDP)
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Infectious Disorders – Drug Targets (IDDT)

Mayor’s Office on African American Affairs FY 2022 African American Community Grant
Government of the District of Columbia, Executive Office of the Mayor (Mayor Muriel Bowser)

Research on the Health of Underrepresented, Understudied, and Underreported (U3) Populations
Administrative Supplements, Office of Research on Women’s Health, National Institutes of Health

Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Served on Computer Science Panel

Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Cancer (TIDIRC)
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute

HIV/AIDS and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Research Priority
Administrative Supplements, HIV/AIDS Program, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

National Infrastructure for Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 within Racial and Ethnic Minority Communities (NIMIC) Initiative
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH)/Office of Minority Health (OMH)
Served as Chairperson of the Objective Review Committee (ORC)

National Institutes of Health HIV/AIDS Research Priorities
Administrative Supplements for National Institutes of Health Centers for AIDS Research

• Disparities in Treatment and Outcomes in People with HIV with Multiple Comorbidities and Co-infections
• Increasing the Integration of Substance Abuse Services and HIV Prevention and Care
• Interactions and Effects of Microbiome and Metabolome on Comorbidities and Co-infections in People with HIV
• Intersectional Stigma and its Effect on HIV Prevention, Treatment, and Care
• Methodology and Data Science of HIV
• Uptake and Retention for Long-Acting HIV Prevention and Treatment

Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America (EHE) Initiative
EHE Implementation Science Administrative Supplements
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) AIDS Research Centers (ARCs)
National Institutes of Health Centers for AIDS Research (CFARs)

• Panelist for Virtual Science Day
• Pineview Elementary, Tallahassee, FL
• National High Magnetic Field Lab, Center for Integrating Research & Learning, Tallahassee, FL
• Panelist on Virtual STEM Expo (“Data Bites: Connecting Girl Scouts to the STEM Community”)
• Girls Scouts of Greater Atlanta, Mableton, GA
• Panelist on “Minorities in S.T.E.M.” Virtual Career Panel
• Communities in Schools, Jacksonville, FL
• US Department of Education GEAR UP Project, Jacksonville, FL
• Panelist on STEAM Dreamers Virtual Panel Series
• Reinvented Magazine, Cocoa, FL
• Program Committee Member
• MedTech Conference, AdvaMed, Virtual
• Science and Engineering Fair Judge for K-5th Graders
• Harmony DC Public School, Washington, D.C.
• Judge for the 3rd Annual Science Symposium for NIH Pre-Doc/Post-Doc Research Fellows
• Harmony DC Public School, Washington, D.C.
• Mentor Judge and Scientific Abstract, Presentation, and Travel Scholarship Reviewer
• The National Diversity in STEM Conference, SACNAS, Santa Cruz, CA
• STEM Scholars Program Reviewer
• United Negro College Fund, Washington, D.C.
• Brain Awareness Week Volunteer for K-8th Graders and Their Families
• Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Nashville, TN
• Reviewer for Young Scientist (high school research journal)
• Vanderbilt Center for Science Outreach, Nashville, TN
• Wiley Science Advisor
• John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ

• Scientific Abstract Reviewer for Health Administration
• Topic Areas:
• Using Data to Improve Quality in Health Services and Programs
• Addressing Specific Health Outcomes through Partnerships and Innovation
• American Public Health Association (APHA) 2021 Annual Meeting and Expo, Denver, CO
• Volunteer for Work Group on Education
• World Federation of Public Health Associations, Geneva, Switzerland
• Organizing Committee Member,
• 2nd International Students’ Meeting on Public Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• Scientific Abstract Reviewer Mentor Judge for Student Presenters
• 12th World Congress on Public Health, Istanbul, Turkey
• 13th World Congress on Public Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• 14th World Congress on Public Health, Kolkata, India
• Board Member
• Ovacome (Ovarian Cancer Support and Advocacy), Tampa, FL
• Clinic Volunteer
• Interdisciplinary Health Service Collaborative, El Yayal, Dominican Republic
• Graduate Advisor for Volunteer USF Alternative Break
• AIDS Project Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
• Volunteer for Step Up Florida (Physical Activity Program)
• Florida Department of Health, Tampa, FL
• Graduate Advisor for Volunteer USF Alternative Break
• Volunteer USF Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts, Ocean Springs, MS
• Graduate Advisor for Volunteer USF Alternative Break
• Care Assurance System for the Aging and Homebound, Huntsville, AL
• Team Captain
• USF Dance Marathon, Children’s Miracle Network Hospital, Tampa, FL
• Volunteer for Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System, Tuskegee, AL
• Team Captain
• USF Dance Marathon, Children’s Miracle Network Hospital, Tampa, FL
• Volunteer for Cancer Patients and Their Caregivers
• American Cancer Society’s Hope Lodge, Tampa, FL
• Volunteer for Pre-Teen Visual Art and Health-Related Activities
• University Area Community Health Outreach, Promotion, and Education Project, Tampa, FL
• Team Captain Mentor Judge for Student Presenters
• American Heart Association’s Heart Walk, Tampa, FL
• Volunteer for HIV/AIDS Patients
• Tampa Bay AIDS Network, Tampa, FL
• Co-Chair and Committee Member
• USF College of Public Health’s Flu Shot Drive, Tampa, FL
• Volunteer for the Elderly
• John Knox Village, Tampa, FL
• Volunteer for the Homeless
• Trinity Café, Tampa, FL
• Food Outreach Volunteer for Families in Need
• Metropolitan Ministries, Tampa, FL

• Mentor for Virtual Entrepreneurship and Career Development Roundtable Discussions (Government Policy and Economic Development)
• 6th Annual BCLA Biotech Summit, Biotech Connection Los Angeles (BCLA), Los Angeles, CA
• Mentor Judge for Undergraduate Student Poster Presenters
• The National Diversity in STEM Virtual Conference, SACNAS, Santa Cruz, CA
• Mentor for Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) “Hacking Racism in Healthcare” Hackathon (Track on Data Bias and Clinical Research and Trials)
• MIT COVID19 Challenge, Black Tech Matters, and MIT Hacking Medicine, Virtual
• Mentor for LabX Jamming the Curve Gamemakers
• The National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.
• Lecturer for High School Students on “Anxiety and Mindfulness”
• Brite Virtual Summer Camp
• World Science Foundation, National Girls Collaborative Project, and Hello Studios
• Lecturer for Elementary, Middle, and High School Students
• Nepris (IF/THEN® Classroom Connection), Plano, TX
• Business Mentor,
• Everwise, San Francisco, CA
• Teacher for High School Students in Discover Biomedical Research Program
• Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity Program, Vanderbilt University
• PenPal to 6th Grade Students at Wright Middle School
• PenPal with a Purpose Project, Vanderbilt University
• 3rd-5th Grade Teacher Volunteer for Work Group on Education
• Poyen Elementary School in Rural Arkansas
• Aspirnaut™ Beaming STEM Labs Program, Vanderbilt University
• Teacher
• Great American Teach at Wiregrass Ranch High School, Wesley Chapel, FL
• Mentor to Teenage Mothers
• Woman to Woman Program, Gulf Coast Community Care, Tampa, FL
• Tutor
• Ivy Reading AKAdemy at West Tampa Elementary School, Tampa, FL

• Face Painter for Brain Blast (Brain Awareness Campaign Event)
• Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Nashville, TN
• Face Painter for Youth Festival
• Tampa Housing Authority, Tampa, FL
• Face Painter for University Area Community Health Outreach, Promotion and Education (UAC HOPE) Project
• University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL

1. Martinez, Amy and Vogel, Mike. “A new generation of Florida executives is making its mark.” Florida Trend Media Company, 26 December 2021. https://bit.ly/3qqDlPF.
2. Ward, Brendan. “Learn more about Joyonna Gamble-George, a 2020 40 Under 40 honoree.” Tampa Bay Business Journal, 30 October 2020. https://bit.ly/2HMmvbj.
3. Ward, Brendan. “40 Under 40: Joyonna Gamble-George, COO and chief scientific and medical officer, SciX, LLC.” Tampa Bay Business Journal, 23 October 2020. https://bit.ly/3kIhxLi.
4. Ward, Brendan. “From Coke Florida to the Buccaneers, This Year’s 40 Under 40 Honorees Span Many Industries.” Tampa Bay Business Journal, 2 September 2020. https://bit.ly/33rXzy2.
5. Day, Molly. (2019, June 13). NSBA Names Joyonna Gamble-George Finalist for Advocate of the Year Award. National Small Business Association. https://nsba.biz/award-3/.
6. Baah, Susan. (2019, January 14). Small Business Expo Reveals Winners for 2018 Best of Small Business Awards™. The Small Business Expo. https://bit.ly/2JmmjjV.

1. Sigma Xi. (2021, April 21). Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Report. Sigma Xi, p. 23. https://bit.ly/3qnxoCG.
2. Dr. Natoshia Anderson, host. “Meet Dr. Joyonna Gamble-George: It’s the Science Y’all; Ignorance Is Not Bliss; COVID-19.” STEMming in Stilettos with Dr. Toshia Podcast, Spotify, 2 February 2021. https://spoti.fi/3dHuPWe.
3. Gamble-George, Joyonna. (2020, September 11). Interview by John Steele, Publisher and Editorial Director. STEM and Science Fair Stories. Nautilus Magazine. Podcast Series.
4. Southern Regional Education Board. (2017, Spring). Graduate and Scholar Accomplishments. Presentations. Southern Regional Education Board. https://bit.ly/2TRpndy.
5. Gamble-George, Joyonna. (2016, April 26). Interview by Rae Ellen Bichell, Journalist. Endocannabinoid System, Drug Discovery, and Clinical Trials. Health News from the National Public Radio (NPR). Online Report.
6. Vanderbilt University. (2015, May 6). Joyonna Gamble-George awarded a UNCF-Merck Fellowship. Recent News, Vanderbilt Brain Institute. https://bit.ly/3k3YjCv.
7. Poulin, Emily. (2015, Spring). Reversing the Effects of Stress on Anxiety. BRET: Results and Discussion, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 1, p. 6. https://bit.ly/3jwZwik.
8. Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health. (2014, June 6). South Florida Alumna Selected to Attend Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. Student & Alumni Achievements. https://bit.ly/36wz2tB.
9. University of South Florida College of Public Health. (2014, May 23). Joyonna Gamble-George Selected to Attend Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. College of Public Health News. https://bit.ly/2GtUV1T.
10. Collins, Francis. (2014, April 10). Anxiety Reduction: Exploring the Role of Cannabinoid Receptors. NIH Director’s Blog. https://bit.ly/3iuWGck.
11. Snyder, Bill. (2013, August 5). Vanderbilt Scientists Discover Potential New Way to Treat Anxiety. VUMC Reporter. https://bit.ly/2SrrLmR.

1. Oldach, Laurel. (2021, 27 December). Gamble–George, Garneau–Tsodikova represented in statuary form. Member News, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB). https://bit.ly/3JyWjfV.
2. Ribic, Adema. (2021, 26 November). Episode 20: Joyonna Gamble-George, PhD. Conjugate: Illustration and Science Blog, Hidden Figures: Brain Science through Diversity, University of Virginia. https://bit.ly/3E5MG58.
3. Johnson, Grace. (2021, July 7). The Science Behind Anxiety and Depression: Joyonna Gamble-George, PhD. Women of STEM. https://bit.ly/3r2u28i.
4. 1 Million Women in STEM. (2021, January 27). Joyonna Carrie Gamble-George, Co-Founder, COO, and Chief Scientific and Medical Officer, SciX. 1 Million Women in STEM. https://bit.ly/3rVh1wl.
5. Spiro, Mary. (2021, January 15). Member profile: Joyonna Gamble-George. The American Society for Cell Biology. https://bit.ly/3mskn8I.
6. Baskas, Harriet. (2021, January 2). 3D statues at Dallas Love Field celebrate women in aviation. Runway Girl Network. https://bit.ly/3cYQI3X.
7. Baskas, Harriet. (2020, December 27). If/Then: Women in Aviation Statues at Dallas Love Field. Stuck at the Airport. https://bit.ly/3msqCJO.
8. Dallas Love Field. (2020, December 10). Rotating Exhibitions: If/Then. #If/ThenSheCan Exhibit Preview from December 10, 2020 – March 9, 2021. Dallas Love Field. https://bit.ly/31UMaFz.
9. IF/THEN. (2020, December 10). Dallas Love Field Exhibit Preview from December 10, 2020 – May 9, 2021. IF/THEN. https://ifthenexhibit.org/exhibit_preview/.
10. Carnathan, Penny. “Beyond COVID-19: Homefront Heroes. Humanitarianism + Scientific Discovery = Impact.” USF Magazine, December 2020, p. 41. https://bit.ly/2LJnkDD.
11. Browning, Julia. “If She Can See it…She Can Be it.” èBella Magazine, October 2020, p. 52-55. https://bit.ly/33gFPWr.
12. Holden, Laura Kate, host. “Episode 2.” Columbus High School Girls in Engineering, Math, and Science (G.E.M.S.) Podcast, SoundCloud, 21 September 2020. https://bit.ly/3cUOdOy.
13. Geeky Girl Reality. “#STEMStories: Joyonna, Scientist, USA.” STEMStories Blog, Geeky Reality Foundation, 1 August 2020, https://bit.ly/36vRvqc.
14. Girl Scouts of the United States of America. (2020, July 21). Junior STEM Career Exploration Badge Activity. https://bit.ly/2EputWb.
15. Graeber, Laurel. “Digital Field Trips: Museum Adventures Abound for Kids.” The New York Times, 19 June 2020, Section C, p.7. https://nyti.ms/36wupjo.
16. National Children’s Museum, host. “Health Science Heroes.” STEAM Daydream with the National Children’s Museum Podcast, Spotify, 11 June 2020, Episode 1. https://spoti.fi/3iv3qXG.
17. Sigma Xi. (2019, September 17). Members Selected as AAAS IF/THEN Ambassadors. https://bit.ly/3lg9SnJ.
18. Bernal, Daniela. (2019, September 12). Eight SACNAS Members Selected As AAAS Ambassadors for Women in STEM. Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science. https://bit.ly/3kcyPPx>.
19. Vanderbilt University Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity. “Joy Gamble George Wins 2016 Levi Watkins, Jr. Student Award.” Vanderbilt IMSD News, December 2016, 6, p. 5. https://bit.ly/36vX0VW.
20. Whitney, Kathy. (2016, October 13). Johnson Recounts Lessons From Parents, Watkins. VUMC Reporter. https://bit.ly/2GzucBa.

1. Traub, Juliet. (2015, May 8). CFT Congratulates 58 Certificate in College Teaching Graduates. News, Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching. https://bit.ly/3itDwDR.

1. Lisa Mae Brunson, host. “S1E07: Defying Expectations with Dr. Joyonna Gamble-George, MHA, Ph.D., Co-Founder of Sci‪X.” The Wonder Women Tech Show Podcast, Spotify, 26 January 2021. https://spoti.fi/39MUM5x.

1. Frost, Jessica. (2021, July 7). Innovating Sickle Cell Disease education models. All News: Research Feature, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. https://bit.ly/3htFwP1.
2. Holland, Jennifer S. (2020, October 9). Up for the Challenge: The NHLBI Seeks Competitive Ideas From Diverse Innovators. News and Announcements, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
3. Gamble-George, Joyonna. (2018, November 20). Interview by Ryan Brown, Journalist. Pros and Cons of Delivery Drones as a Public Health Intervention. The Christian Science Monitor. Online Report.
4. Johnson, Teddi Dineley. “Speed Mentoring Ramps Up Future Public Health Leaders’ Careers.” The Nation’s Health, February 2009, 39(1): 8. https://bit.ly/33xtI7L.
5. Prater, Tiffany, and Mathis, Christina. (2008, Fall). From CSI to STDs: AHEC Scholars Help Communities in Need. Laurel Civic Association, Area Health Education Center Program, USF College of Medicine, p. 6. https://bit.ly/3xvjrGx.
6. Bouchard, Elise. “Going Homeless for Friday Night.” The Oracle, 21 November 2005. https://bit.ly/36CsycG.

• Federal Acquisition Certification-Contracting Officer’s Representative (FAC-COR) Program
• Federal Acquisition Institute (FAI)
• Advanced QVR for Scientific Review Officers (SROs)
• Office of Extramural Research (OER), National Institutes of Health
• Introduction to QVR for Review Staff
• Office of Extramural Research (OER), National Institutes of Health
• Integrated Core Curriculum
• Topic Areas:
• Fundamentals of Extramural Activities (FEA)
• Initiative Development
• Application Submission, Receipt, and Referral
• Scientific Peer Review
• Extramural Staff Resources and Tools
• Pre-Award & Council
• Post-Award Monitoring and Closeout
• Office of Extramural Research (OER), National Institutes of Health
• Measuring Research Outputs – iCite 2.0
• Office of Portfolio Analysis, National Institutes of Health
• Network Analysis Training Using Cytoscape and Sci2 (Structuring and Cleaning Data) Software
• Office of Portfolio Analysis, National Institutes of Health
• Research Integrity Workshop for Extramural Staff
• Office of Extramural Research (OER), National Institutes of Health
• IN-SPIRE (Text Analysis and Visualization Tool) Training
• Office of Portfolio Analysis, National Institutes of Health
• Measuring Research Outputs (iCite – Relative Citation Ratio (RCR) and Bench-to-Bedside Translation Data)
• Office of Portfolio Analysis, National Institutes of Health
• Portfolio Analysis for Program Officers
• Office of Portfolio Analysis, National Institutes of Health
• iSearch-Portfolio Tool
• Office of Portfolio Analysis, National Institutes of Health
• iSearch (Portfolio Analysis Platform) Training
• Office of Portfolio Analysis, National Institutes of Health
• Query/View/Report (QVR) Training for Program Officers
• Office of Portfolio Analysis, National Institutes of Health
• Portfolio Analysis: Introduction (PA101)
• Office of Portfolio Analysis, National Institutes of Health

• Spatial Transcriptomics and Trajectory Analysis in Partek Flow
• Office of Research Services, National Institutes of Health
• ChIP Sequencing Data Analysis
• Office of Research Services, National Institutes of Health
• Exome Sequencing Data Analysis
• Office of Research Services, National Institutes of Health
• Single and Multi-Omics Analysis
• Office of Research Services, National Institutes of Health
• Single Cell RNA-Seq Data Analysis in Partek Flow
• Office of Research Services, National Institutes of Health
• Bioinformatics Workshop: Single Cell Sequencing
• Office of Research Services, National Institutes of Health
• DNA-Seq and ATAC-Seq Data Analysis in Partek Flow
• Office of Research Services, National Institutes of Health
• Promoter Analysis with Genomatix Software
• Office of Research Services, National Institutes of Health
• RNA-Seq Analysis Training
• Office of Research Services, National Institutes of Health
• Variant Selection in Genomics DNA Sequences
• Office of Research Services, National Institutes of Health
• Pathway Analysis
• Office of Research Services, National Institutes of Health
• Engineering with CRISPR, TALENS, and ZFNs (BioTech 55)
• Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences (FAES), National Institutes of Health
• Human Induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) Cells: Neural Differentiation Workshop (BioTech 47)
• Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences (FAES), National Institutes of Health
• Laser Capture Microdissection: Methods for Microgenomic Analysis (BioTech 29)
• Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences (FAES), National Institutes of Health
• Super Resolution Microscopy: Principles and Methods (BioTech 53)
• Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences (FAES), National Institutes of Health
• Using Single-Cell Genomics to Analyze Neurons, Glia, and Circuits Short Course
• Neuroscience 2016, Society for Neuroscience,
• Optogenetics Training Workshop
• Optogenetics Innovation Lab, Bio-X, Stanford University
• Optimizing Experimental Design for High-Quality Science Short Course
• Neuroscience 2015, Society for Neuroscience

• Data Science and Artificial Intelligence: Medical Imaging Datasets Using MATLAB
• Office of Research Services, National Institutes of Health
• Data Science and Artificial Intelligence: Signals and Time Series Datasets Using MATLAB
• Office of Research Services, National Institutes of Health
• From Data to Insights with Google Cloud Platform Specialization
• Google Cloud and the Science and Technology Research Infrastructure for Discovery, Experimentation, and Sustainability (STRIDES) Initiative, National Institutes of Health
• Machine Learning with TensorFlow on Google Cloud Platform Specialization
• Google Cloud and the Science and Technology Research Infrastructure for Discovery, Experimentation, and Sustainability (STRIDES) Initiative, National Institutes of Health
• Data Engineering, Big Data, and Machine Learning on GCP Specialization
• Google Cloud and the Science and Technology Research Infrastructure for Discovery, Experimentation, and Sustainability (STRIDES) Initiative, National Institutes of Health
• Architecting with Google Compute Engine
• Google Cloud and the Science and Technology Research Infrastructure for Discovery, Experimentation, and Sustainability (STRIDES) Initiative, National Institutes of Health
• Developing Applications with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Google Cloud and the Science and Technology Research Infrastructure for Discovery, Experimentation, and Sustainability (STRIDES) Initiative, National Institutes of Health
• Security in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Google Cloud and the Science and Technology Research Infrastructure for Discovery, Experimentation, and Sustainability (STRIDES) Initiative, National Institutes of Health
• Programming Foundations with JavaScript, HTML and CSS (with Honors)
• Duke University
• API Design and Fundamentals of Google Cloud’s Apigee API Platform (with Honors)
• Google Cloud and the Science and Technology Research Infrastructure for Discovery, Experimentation, and Sustainability (STRIDES) Initiative, National Institutes of Health
• Big Data and Machine Learning on AWS
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the Science and Technology Research Infrastructure for Discovery, Experimentation, and Sustainability (STRIDES) Initiative, National Institutes of Health
• Architecting on AWS
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the Science and Technology Research Infrastructure for Discovery, Experimentation, and Sustainability (STRIDES) Initiative, National Institutes of Health
• Security Engineering on AWS
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the Science and Technology Research Infrastructure for Discovery, Experimentation, and Sustainability (STRIDES) Initiative, National Institutes of Health
• Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
• Office of Research Services, National Institutes of Health
• Python Programming for Scientists Series
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health
• Design and Implement UI Behavior
• National Institutes of Health
• Introduction To UI/UX
• National Institutes of Health
• Data Visualization in R: ggplot
• Office of Research Services, National Institutes of Health
• Data Wrangling in R
• Office of Research Services, National Institutes of Health
• Introduction to R Data Types
• Office of Research Services, National Institutes of Health
• Principles of Effective Data Visualization
• Office of Research Services, National Institutes of Health
• Data Science and Data Skills for Neuroscientists Short Course
• Neuroscience 2016, Society for Neuroscience
• Technology Commercialization Module
• ASPIRE Program, BRET Office of Career Development, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

• Bridge to Leadership (B2L) Training Program
• Office of Management, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health

• Epidemiologic Applications of GIS
• Summer Institute of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Conflicts of Interest
• Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program)
• Essentials of Research Administration
• Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program)
• FDA-Regulated Research
• Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program)
• Good Clinical Practice for Clinical Trials with Investigational Drugs and Medical Devices
• Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program)
• Good Clinical Practice – Social and Behavioral Research Best Practices for Clinical Research
• Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program)
• Human Subjects Protection – Social and Behavioral Research and Biomedical Research
• Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program)
• Research with Minors – Social and Behavioral Research and Biomedical Research
• Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program)
• Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) – Social and Behavioral Research and Biomedical Research
• Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program)
• Social and Behavioral Research
• Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program)
• Foundations of Health Equity Research
• Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Principles of Clinical Pharmacology
• Office of Clinical Research, National Institutes of Health
• Introduction to Health Survey Research Methods
• Summer Institute of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• ePCT Training Workshop: Supporting Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trials (ePCTs)
• Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory, National Institutes of Health
• Good Clinical Practice in Social and Behavioral Research
• Society of Behavioral Medicine
• Ethical and Regulatory Aspects of Clinical Research
• Office of Clinical Research, National Institutes of Health
• Opioid Overdose Skills Station (Naloxone) Training
• Office of Preparedness and Response, Maryland Department of Health
• US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
• National Institutes of Health
• Clinical and Translational Research Course for Ph.D. Students
• Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health
• Introduction to the Principles and Practice of Clinical Research (IPPCR)
• Office of Clinical Research, National Institutes of Health

• Meta-Analysis: Quantifying a Systematic Review
• Office of Research Services, National Institutes of Health
• Writing and Publishing Your Systematic Review
• Office of Research Services, National Institutes of Health
• Screening Best Practices and Managing Your Data for Systematic Reviews
• Office of Research Services, National Institutes of Health
• Systematic Reviews – Getting Started: The Scope, the Protocol, and the Literature Search
• Office of Research Services, National Institutes of Health
• An Introduction to the Systematic Review Process
• Office of Research Services, National Institutes of Health
• Grant Proposal Writing Workshop and Coaching Group
• National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) and Society for Neuroscience
• Grant Writing Online Course
• Grant Writing Institute (GWI), American Society for Microbiology