Professional Presentations
My Journey as a Pharmacologist: Regulation of Neuronal Nicotinic Receptors and Beyond;
5th Annual Brody Lectureship; Michigan State University; 2012
Neuronal Nicotinic Receptors: Neurotransmitter Release, Consensus Sequences and Phosphorylation Sites;
Invited Speaker; Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute; 2000
Neuronal Nicotinic Receptors: Neurotransmitter Release, Consensus Sequences and Phosphorylation Sites;
Invited Speaker; Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute; 2000
Regulation of Neuronal Nicotinic Receptors;
Invited Speaker, 65th Annual Meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence; CPDD Annual Meeting, Bal Harbour, FL; 2003
Alpha4Beta2 Nicotinic Receptors: To Phosphorylate or Not Phosphorylate, That is the Question;
Invited Seminar Speaker; Department of Pharmacology, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, D.C; 2005
Selegiline: A Potential Pharmacotherapy for Smoking Cessation;
Invited Speaker; NCI/NIDA Translational Medication Development for Nicotine Dependence Workshop, Washington, D.C. ; 2007
Phosphorylation of alpha4beta2 Neuronal Nicotinic Receptors;
Invited Seminar Speaker; Department of Pharmacology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, I; 2007
Drug Therapy and Exercise: Potential Interactions;
Invited Speaker; State of Florida Physical Therapy Student Enclave, Tampa, FL; 2008
Pharmacology Update;
Invited Speaker; Florida Physical Therapy Association Spring Conference, Orlando, FL ; 2009
Effects of Nicotinic Agonists on Ataxia in An Animal Model;
Invited Speaker; Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance Symposium: Cultivating a Cure, Tampa, FL ; 2010
Role of PKA and PKC in the Nicotine-Induced Up Regulation of alpha4beta2 Nicotinic Receptors;
Invited Speaker; East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, NC; 2010
An Update on Monoamine Oxidases and Behavior;
Annual Meeting; American Psychiatric Association; 2001
Regulation of a4b2 Nicotinic Receptors: To Phosphorylate or Not Phosphorylate, That is the Question;
The Fifteenth Annual Graduate Student Research Forum; Pennsylvania State Hershey Medical Center; 2003
Nicotinic Receptor Modulation and Spinocerebellar Ataxia;
Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance Symposium; Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance; 2011
Pharmacogenomics, Pharmacogenetics and Psychiatry;
Grand Rounds; USF Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Medicine; 2008
Drug Therapy and Exercise: Potential Interactions;
State of Florida Physical Therapy Student Enclave; State of Florida Physical Therapy Student Association; 2008
Selegiline: A Potential Pharmacotherapy for Smoking Cessation;
NCI/NIDA Translational Medication Development for Nicotine Dependence Workshop; NCI/NIDA; 2007