Bio
2010-present Senior Instructor – Department of Integrative Biology, University of Colorado, Denver.
2010-present Affiliate Faculty – School of Physical Therapy, Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions, Regis University, Denver, Colorado.
2003-present Research Associate (intermittent) – Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. Characterizing changes in telomere length associated with stress, and identification of SNPs associated with behavior disorders in mono- and dizygous twin pairs and individuals with addiction and behavior disorders, in collaboration with Andrew Smolen, PhD.
2007-2010 Instructor – Department of Biology, Regis University, Denver, Colorado.
2003-2007 Assistant Professor - Department of Physical Therapy, Rueckert-Hartman School for Health Professions, Regis University, Denver, Colorado.
2002-2003 Affiliate Faculty - Department of Physical Therapy, Rueckert-Hartman School for Health Professions, Regis University, Denver, Colorado.
2001-2002 Postdoctoral Fellow - Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. Investigating the association between behavioral disorders and genes for several neurotransmitter-associated proteins (such as dopamine and serotonin transporters, dopamine receptors, and dopamine modifiers). Supervised by Andrew Smolen, PhD.
2000-2003 Affiliate Faculty (intermittent)- Department of Environmental, Population, and Organismic Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder.
2000-2001 Postdoctoral Fellow - Division of Endocrinology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO. Researching coactivators and corepressors interacting with the A and B isoforms of the progesterone receptor with respect to partial-agonist and partial-antagonist activity in the regulation of breast cancer. Supervised by Katherine Horwitz, Ph.D.
1999-2000 National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Associate - Geological Survey and University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. Investigating the fate of steroid hormones in wastewater and receiving streams, and the effect of endocrine disrupters on the timing of seasonal reproduction of fish, in collaboration with David O. Norris, Ph.D, and Larry Barber, MS.
1998-1999 Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO. Investigating the molecular mechanisms controlling DNA replication and cell-cycle arrest following cellular damage, under the direction of David J. Kroll, PhD.
1994-1998 Research Assistant - Department of Environmental, Population and Organismic Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. Investigating neural and hormonal mechanisms