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Thomas E. Wooters, PhD

E-mail: abg40a@r.postjobfree.com Phone: (336)

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QUALIFICATIONS

. Extensive knowledge of experimental design, statistical analysis,

neuroscience, pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, CNS medications and drug

development.

. Experienced writer with 15 peer-reviewed publications in leading

scientific journals.

. Experienced presenter with 25+ poster and 4 lecture presentations

delivered at international conferences including Society for

Neuroscience, College on Problems of Drug Dependence and Nicotinic

Receptors as Therapeutic Targets.

. Regularly provide requested expert manuscript reviews to high-impact

journals.

. Proficient in MS Office, GraphPad Prism, SigmaPlot, SPSS, EndNote,

Reference Manager and various data acquisition software. Basic knowledge

of Adobe products, Visual Basic, XML, LaTeX and SQL.

. Knowledge of GCP/ICH guidelines, as well as APA, AMA, Chicago and CBE

styles.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Wake Forest University Health Sciences

(2010-Pres)

. Designed and constructed computer-controlled animal behavioral

equipment. Characterized a novel procedure for studying cocaine

addiction that provided insight to the control of addiction by

environmental factors. Devised new spreadsheet macros that increased

data analysis efficiency and identified discrepancies across

spreadsheets.

. Demonstrated unique neurochemical effects of ethanol administration in

brain reward regions in rats reared in different environmental

conditions with in vivo microdialysis and HPLC-EC.

Research Assistant at the University of Kentucky (2003-10).

. Conducted translational research studies in rodents to examine the

roles of age/sex, environmental factors and genetics in behavioral and

neurochemical responses to prescription and illicit stimulant drugs.

. Played a key role in identification of the prototype of new class of

medication with potential utility for smoking cessation. Developed a

server database to maintain all current data from different groups of

scientists.

. Wrote a funded independent NIH grant application, study protocols,

manuscripts and analyzed data for several projects.

EDUCATION

PhD in Behavioral Neuroscience University of Kentucky Lexington, KY

MS in Behavioral Neuroscience University of Kentucky Lexington, KY

BA in Psychology UNC-Wilmington Wilmington, NC

MANUSCRIPT REVIEWS

Behavioural Pharmacology, Neuropsychopharmacology, Pharmacology

Biochemistry and Behavior, Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, Brain

Research, PLoS ONE

HONORS AND AWARDS

2006 Outstanding Presentation Award, Society for Stimulus Properties

of Drugs

2006 NIDA Institutional T32 Predoctoral Training Fellowship

2007 UK Research Challenge Trust Fund Predoctoral Fellowship

2008 Outstanding Presentation Award, Bluegrass Society for

Neuroscience Chapter

2008 NIDA Individual F31 Predoctoral National Research Service Award

2008 College on Problems of Drug Dependence Early Career

Investigator Award

2009 Outstanding Behavioral Neuroscience Program Student Award

2010 NIAAA Institutional T32 Postdoctoral Training Fellowship

2011 Nietzel Award for Outstanding UK Psychology PhD Recipient

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Wooters TE, Dwoskin LP, Bardo MT (2006). Age and sex differences in the

locomotor effect of repeated methylphenidate in rats classified as high

or low novelty responders. Psychopharmacology 188:18-27.

Wooters TE, Bardo MT (2007). The monoamine oxidase inhibitor phenelzine

enhances the discriminative stimulus effects of nicotine in rats.

Behavioural Pharmacology 18:601-608.

Wooters TE, Neugebauer NM, Rush CR, Bardo MT (2008). Methylphenidate

enhances the abuse-related behavioral effects of nicotine in rats:

intravenous self-administration, drug discrimination and locomotor cross-

sensitization. Neuropsychopharmacology 33:1137-1148.

Dwoskin LP, Wooters TE, Sumithran SP, Siripurapu KB, Lockman PR, Manda VC,

Ayers JT, Zhang Z, Deaciuc AG, McIntosh JM, Crooks PA, Bardo MT (2008).

N,N'-alkane-diyl-bis-3-picolinium analogs as nicotinic receptor

antagonists: inhibition of nicotine-induced dopamine release and

hyperactivity. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

326:563-576.

Wooters TE, Bardo MT (2009). Nicotinic receptors differentially modulate

the induction and expression of behavioral sensitization to

methylphenidate in rats. Psychopharmacology 204:551-62.

Dwoskin LP, Smith AM, Wooters TE, Zhang Z, Crooks PA, Bardo MT (2009).

Nicotinic receptor antagonist-based therapies and candidates for smoking

cessation. Biochemical Pharmacology 78:732-43.

Wooters TE, Bevins RA, Bardo MT (2009). Neuropharmacology of the

interoceptive stimulus properties of nicotine. Current Drug Abuse Reviews

2:243-255.

Smith AM, Pivavarchyk M, Wooters TE, Zhang Z, McIntosh JM, Crooks PA, Bardo

MT, Dwoskin LP (2010). Repeated nicotine administration robustly

increases bPiDDB potency at alpha6beta2-containing nicotinic receptors

mediating nicotine-evoked dopamine release. Biochemical Pharmacology

80:402-9.

Wooters TE, Walton M, Bardo MT (2011). Oral administration attenuates the

rewarding effects of methylphenidate in rats. Neuroscience Letters

487:293-6.

Wooters TE, Bardo MT, Dwoskin LP, Midde NA, Gomez AM, Mactutus CF, Booze

RM, Zhu J (2010). Effect of environmental enrichment on methylphenidate-

induced locomotion and dopamine transporter dynamics. Behavioural Brain

Research 219:98-107.

Wooters TE, Smith A, Pivavarchyk M, Siripurapu KB, McIntosh JM, Zhang Z,

Crooks PA, Bardo MT, Dwoskin LP (2010). bPiDI: a novel selective ?6?2*

nicotinic receptor antagonist and preclinical candidate treatment for

nicotine abuse. British Journal of Pharmacology 163:346-57.

Wooters TE, Bardo MT (2011). Fluphenazine and methylphenidate, but not

amphetamine, differentially alter impulsive choice in spontaneously

hypertensive, Wistar-Kyoto and Sprague-Dawley rats. Brain Research

1396:45-53.

Meyer AC, Horton DB, Neugebauer NM, Wooters TE, Nickell JR, Dwoskin LP,

Bardo MT (2011). Tetrabenazine inhibition of monoamine uptake and

methamphetamine behavioral effects: Locomotor activity, drug

discrimination and self-administration. Neuropharmacology 61:849-56.

Wooters TE, Dwoskin LP, Bardo MT (2011). Discriminative stimulus properties

of NMDA, AMPA and mGluR5 glutamate receptor ligands in methamphetamine-

trained rats. Behavioural Pharmacology (in press).

Wooters TE, Liu Y, Childers SR, Davies HML, Morgan D (submitted). Monoamine

transporter affinity and cocaine-like discriminative stimulus effects of

novel methylphenidate analogs.

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