Ph.D., Physiological Psychology/Psych
University of Virginia, 1996
MA, Physiological Psychology/Psych
University of Virginia, 1995
BA, Physiological Psychology/Psych
Florida State University, 1990
Awards & Honors
Distinguished Teacher Award
GRU Graduate School, 2015
Distinguished Service Award
GRU Graduate School, 2014
Ajinomoto Young Investigator in Gustation
Association for Chemoreception Sciences, 2006
National Multiple Sclerosis Society Fellow
1999
National Research Service Award
1999
Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year
NURO 9210
Inv of a Problem in Neuro
NURO 9300
Research in Neuroscience
BIOM 8080
Neuroscience I
NURO 9010
Neuroscience Seminar
Scholarship
Selected Recent Publications
Interleukin (IL)-1 receptor signaling is required for complete taste bud regeneration and the recovery of neural taste responses following axotomy, 2023 Journal Article, Academic Journal
Neuropsychiatric sequelae of long COVID-19: Pilot results from the COVID-19 neurological and molecular prospective cohort study in Georgia, USA., 2022 Journal Article, Academic Journal
Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) Receptor Signaling is Required for Taste Bud Regeneration and Neurophysiological Recovery from Chorda Tympani Nerve Sectioning., 2022 Abstract
Immune responses in the injured olfactory and gustatory systems: a role in olfactory receptor neuron and taste bud regeneration?, 2022 Journal Article, Academic Journal
Phagocytosis of Degenerating Taste Receptor Cells Following Chorda Tympani Nerve Sectioning., 2021 Abstract
Professional Service
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
2013 - 2015
Role: Committee Member
Search Committee, Brain & Behavior Discovery Institute
2012 - 2015
Role: Committee Member
Molecular Medicine Graduate Education Committee (MMGEC)
2009 - 2015
Role: Chairperson
Association for Chemoreception Sciences
2001 - 2015
Role: Member
Neural Systems Cluster, Integrative Organismal Systems Division, National Science Foundation
- 2014
