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Marc S. Abel, Ph.D.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: MARC STEVEN ABEL
Office Address: College of Pharmacy
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
North Chicago, Illinois 60064
email: ****.****@****************.***
APPOINTMENTS AND POSITIONS
2009present: College of Pharmacy Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs
RFUMS
North Chicago, Illinois
2009present: Department of PharmaceuticalSciences Professor
(
2011) / Associate
Professor (
2009)
College of Pharmacy
RFUMS
North Chicago, Illinois
2009present: Department of Cell Biology and AnatomyAssociate Professor (secondary
appointment)
RFUMS/The Chicago Medical School
North Chicago, Illinois
1998 - 2009: Department of Cell Biology and AnatomyAssociate ProfessorRFUMS/The Chicago Medical School
North Chicago, Illinois
20062009: Special Academic Projects CoordinatorRFUMS
20032006: Office of Educational Technology DirectorRFUMS
North Chicago, Illinois
1990 - 1998: Department of Cell Biology and AnatomyAssistant ProfessorFUHS/The Chicago Medical School
North Chicago, Illinois
1989 - 1990: Molecular Neurobiology GroupTeam LeaderDepartment of CNS BiologyAmerican Cyanamid Company
Medical Research Division
Pearl River, New York
1984 - 1989: Molecular Neurobiology Group Senior Research Biochemist
Department of CNS BiologyAmerican Cyanamid Company
1981 - 1983: Department of CNSBiology Research ScientistAmerican Cyanamid Company
1982 - 1986: Department of PsychologyAdjunct Assistant Professor
City College
City University of New York
New York, New York
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EDUCATION
GRADUATE
Ph.D., Neurobiology, 1981 Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy
University of Texas, Houston, Texas
M.S., Physiology, 1977 Department of Physiology
Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
UNDERGRADUATE
B.A., Psychology, 1974 Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan
B.S., Biology, 1974 Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
Member, North Suburban Pharmacists
Member, American College of Clinical Pharmacy
Member, Illinois Pharmacists Association
Member, Society for Neuroscience
Member, American Association of Anatomists
Member, Sigma Xi
Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Councillor, Chicago Chapter, Society for Neuroscience 1998
Inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha, 2008
Secretary, CMS chapter, Alpha Omega Alpha, 2010
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
RESEARCH
GRANTS RECEIVED
NIDA Cocaine-Induced Behavioral Sensitization and Seizures: Effects on the GABA
A
Receptor (1 RO1 DA11504-01)
02/15/98 - 12/31/03Principal InvestigatorN.I.H. Biomedical Research Support Grant (Division of Research Resources)
FUHS/The Chicago Medical School (S07 RR05366-28)
The Effect of Chemical Kindling on GABA Receptor mRNA
A
04/1/91 - 03/31/92Principal InvestigatorAmerican Heart Assoc. #29015590 Myocardial Carbon Dioxide Production During Cardiac
Arrest
07/1/92 - 06/30/94Co-investigator
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ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs (College of Pharmacy)
Guided curriculum development in the College of Pharmacy. Instrumental in preparing and
facilitating the accreditation
process, including curricular mapping. Initiated inaugural programming, including
Orientation, White Coat Ceremony,
Advising Program. The Assistant Dean for Assessment reports to my office. Manage the
budget and oversee an
administrative assistant.
Inaugural Director of the Office of Educational Technology.
Established the office, including a staff of three, and managed the budget. Brought the
first University -wide Learning
Management System to RFUMS
Educational Affairs Committee (Chicago Medical School)
As Chair, I established Vertical Integration Groups (VIGs), which evaluated the
curriculum by systems (cardiovascular,
GI, respiratory, etc.)
With co-Chair, guided the development of a revised first-year medical school curriculum,
enlisting the assistance of
faculty, students, and administration
Course Director, Developmental and Clinical Anatomy
Oversight of multiple faculty for a course with ~100 students
Course Director, Clinical Epidemiology
Oversight of multiple faculty for a course with ~200 students
Principle Investigator, NIH-funded research
Oversight of laboratory with several graduate students, one postdoctoral fellow, and a
laboratory manager
Team Leader, Molecular Neurobiology Group, American Cyanamide Company (Pharmaceutical
company)
Oversight of laboratory, including research associates and laboratory technicians
Gross Anatomy Laboratory renovation, RFUMS
Conceived and proposed the design of a state-of-the-art facility. Collaborated with
University administration, in-house
operations, audio-visual, information technology, additional faculty, and architectural
consultants
Conceptual design and project leader, RFUMS GALEN Dissector (Gross Anatomy Laboratory
Educational Network)
Directed the design and implementation of a web-based instructional tool, including
recording and editing of video
demonstrations. Collaborated with IT programmers, faculty, and students
EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY
Students learn. That is why people become students. It is my role as an educator to
assist and facilitate that
student/learner-centered process. This should be accomplished in a clear, concise manner
in which expectations are
well defined, and guidance is offered as to how goals may be achieved. Myriad lines of
research demonstrate that
learners incorporate and process information in various ways; sometimes best via a single
modality, often through
several different, complementary mechanisms. These include traditional didactic lectures,
self-study, group
interactions, problem- or case-based exercises, auditory input, visual input, peer-
teaching, and others. As such, I
provide video and audio recordings of my didactic lectures, facilitate several online
courses and discussions, mentor
small group discussions, utilize an audience-response system in large lectures, and
require team projects. Another
component of the educational process is assessment. Learners do best when given frequent,
timely feedback
regarding their performance and status. As course director, it is important to maintain
faculty awareness of this goal,
and assist them to the extent possible. Quizzes are utilized as both formative and
summative assessments in my
courses. These techniques and technologies are not used for their own sake, but rather as
support for the concept that
learners learn, not that teachers teach. That is my guiding principle.
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TEACHING
ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCEMedical Literature Evaluation, 2011-present
;
Co-Course DirectorDevelopmental and Clinical Anatomy, 1991-present
(
Course Director - Summer 1995, 1996,
1997; Fall, 1997
)
Clinical Anatomy, 1991-present
(
Assistant Course Director - Fall, 1995)
Clinical Epidemiology AY 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 (Course Director in 2008 and 2009)
Introduction to Medical Ethics AY 2007, 2008, 2009
Online Clinical Ethics AY 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Interprofessional Healthcare Teams Group Leader AY 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010,
2011. Lecture on
Informatics
Culture in Health Care Group Leader AY 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Molecular and Genetic Basis of Brain Disorders Lecture on Epilepsy
CUNY - Graduate courses in Neurobiology (lecture and demonstration)
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS - Graduate and Medical School
Neurochemistry, Neural Systems (lecture)
Neuroanatomy (teaching assistant, lecture and laboratory)
Gross Anatomy (teaching assistant, lecture and laboratory)
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY - Undergraduate, Graduate and Medical School
Physiology (lecture and laboratory), including Cardiovascular dog laboratory
Endocrinology (laboratory)
STUDENTS
Darrion Mitchell (MD/PhD PhD completed 2009), Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy,
Committee Member.
Anne Lee (MD/PhD PhD completed 2007), Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Committee
Member
Cindy Brandon (PhD, 2002), Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Committee Me mber.
Christopher Vega (PhD, 2002), Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Committee Member.
Shivinanad Lad (PhD, 2002), Department of Biochemistry, Committee Member.
Jayms Peterson (PhD, 2002), Program in Neuroscience, Committee Member.
Anthony Olinger (PhD, 2001), Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Thesis Advisor.
Tim Koeltzov (PhD, 2000), Program in Neuroscience, Committee Member.
Don Cooper, (PhD, 2000), Program in Neuroscience, Committee Member.
Suketu Patel (PhD, 2000), Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Committee Member.
Joh Kapoor (PhD, 2000), Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Committee Member.
Yan Dong (PhD, 1998), Program in Neuroscience, Committee Member.
Neelu Kohli, Department of of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Thesis Advisor.
Neelu was awarded First Place in Faculty (Graduate Student) Research Forum, January,
1997.
Susan Sarajari (PhD, 1997), Deptartment of Cell Biology, Committee Member.
Rob Wechsler (PhD, 1997), Program in Neuroscience, Committee Member.
Daniel Carney (MD/PhD PhD completed 1995), Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy,
Thesis Advisor.
Paula Moskowitz (PhD, 1994), Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Committee Member.
Nousha Taleghany (PhD, 1994), Program in Neuroscience, Committee Member.
Susan Drengler (PhD, 1993), Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Biology, Committee
Member.
Yuan Qing Jiang (PhD, 1993), Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Committee Member.
Kathy Kujawa (PhD, 1992), Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Committee Member.
Thomas Kirages, Summer Research Fellow, Medical Student, FUHS/The Chicago Medical School.
Evgenia Megalou (PhD completed 2008), Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Committee
Member.
Supervise Jinyuan Li, Postdoctoral Fellow
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COMMITTEES
2011 - present Delegate of Record, House of Delegates, American Association of Colleges
of Pharmacy
2011 - present Ex Officio, College of Pharmacy Assessment & Evaluation Committee
2011 - present Ex Officio, College of Pharmacy Student Promotion, Evaluation, & Awards
Committee
(Interim Chair in 2010)
2010 - present Ex Officio, College of Pharmacy Curriculum Committee (Interim Chair 2010-
2011)
2010 Member, Educational Program Leading to the MD Degree; LCME Self Study
2007 - present RFUMS Assessment Committee
2009 - present Member, Interprofessional Curriculum Committee, RFUMS
2009 - present Member, Year One Interprofessional Experience Committee, RFUMS
1990 - present University Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
2006 - present RFUMS Conflict of Interest Committee
2005 - 2010 CMS Student Evaluation, Promotion, and Awards Committee (SEPAC)
2008 - 2010Co-Chair,
CMS Educational Affairs Committee
2002 - 2008Chair, CMS Educational Affairs Committee
2008 - 2010Co-Chair,
CMS Curriculum Steering Committee
2009University Task Force: Industry Funding of Medical Education
2006 - 2010 Chair, CMS Vertical Integration Committee (curriculum)
2005 - 2010Co-chair,
Key Strategy 1 Group for Dean s CMS Strategic Plan Committee
2005 - 2010 Member, CMS Dean s Core Plan Team, CMS Strategic Plan Committee
2006 - 2010Faculty representative,
RFUMS Strategic Plan Steering Committee
2008 - 2010Student Learning Center Committee
2005 - 2010RFUMS
IT Steering/Advisory Committee
2000 - 2010CMS Faculty Executive Committee
2007 - 2009RFUMS Intranet Committee
2004 - 2009 RFUMS Interprofessional Healthcare Teams HMTD500 course development
2006 - 2008 Chair, Criterion Two self-study for University Accreditation (site visit in
2008, by the Higher
Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools)
2005, 2006, 2007CMS Dean
s Curriculum Retreat
2006 - 2007RFUMS Copyright Committee
2004 - 2006Selection Committee, CMS Gold Humanism Society
2005 - 2006
Student Computer Needs Committee
2006 Ad hoc Baccalaureate Health Sciences Degree Committee
2004 CMS Dean s Competency Development Committee
2000 - 2002Speaker, CMS Academic Assembly
1998 - 2000Vice Speaker,
CMS Academic Assembly
1997 - 2000 Ad hoc University Advisory Committee on Medical Informatics and Computing
1996 - 2002Councillor, University Senate
1993 - 2000Chair, Rules Committee,
University Senate
1994 - 2007Faculty Advisor, University Student Council
1994 - 2000CMS Admissions Committee
1991 - 2002CMS Educational Affairs Committee
1991 - 2005
University Library Committee
1993 - 1995 Senator at Large, University Senate
1991 - 1993Sabbatical Leave Committee,
University Senate
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MISCELLANEOUS AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Faculty Award for Service to the University, RFUMS, 2008
Induction into Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Society, Illinois Chapter, 2008
Faculty Advisor for M1 and M2 students, CMS, AY 2007, 2008, 2009
Presentation to the Council of Deans regarding lecture recording, which was
subsequently instituted, 2008
Interviewer for CMS admissions, 2005 present
iTunes University; successful application for RFUMS acceptance, 2006
Conceptual design and project leader, RFUMS GALEN Dissector (Gross Anatomy Laboratory
Educational Network),
2005 present
Find Out What You re Made Of . Service Learning anatomy demonstration at The Museum of
Science and
Industry, January 2009 and October 2009.
Planning, Lead America National Junior Leaders Conference on Medicine and Healthcare,
2005, 2006, 2007
Workshops for Lead America National Junior Leaders Conference on Medicine and
Healthcare, 2006, 2007, 2008,
2009
Planning, Congressman Mark Kirk s Tenth District Student Laureates Program, 2005,
2007, 2008
History of Anatomy lecture and anatomy workshop for Tenth District Student Laureates
Program, 2005, 2007,
2008, 2009
Gross Anatomy Laboratory renovation, RFUMS, 2003.
Organizer Student Council Student Leadership Awards, 2004 2007
Facilitator for artist Ken DeWaard s visit to the anatomy laboratory/lectures, as part
of the The Fine Arts Examine
The Medical Arts exhibition, 2007 2008
WORKSHOPS AND INVITED TALKS
Strategies for Improving National Board Scores in Anatomy
Organizers: Dr. Richard M. Libbin and Dr. Marc S. Abel.
American Association of Anatomists. New York, 1992.
Multimedia in Health Sciences Education
Slice of Life Workshop, Planning Committee. Chicago, 1997
Educational Technology Mini-Retreat RFUMS, 2005
Desire2Learn Training
Multiple sessions during 2005-2006
Desire2Learn Status Report RFUMS, 2005
Invited Speaker - The 23rd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Clinical
Anatomists
Anatomical Services Symposium:Anatomy Labs in the 21st Century
The Anatomy Lab at the Chicago Medical School, Milwaukee, July, 2006
Discussant regarding the theatrical performance, Corpus Delicti: Just Desserts, RFUMS,
October, 2006
Podcasting: Evolution of the Pod People - Educational Research and Scholarship
Interest Group
RFUMS, December, 2006
Development and Implementation of an Integrated Medical School Curriculum .
Presentation at the Strategic
Planning Retreat of the Chicago Medical School. Marc S. Abel and Gary A. Oltmans, Spring
2008.
Paradigm Shift: The RFUMS Model of Education - Educational Research and Scholarship
Interest Group
RFUMS, October, 2008
The New College of Pharmacy at Rosalind Franklin University panelist in New
Directions in Health
Professions,Chicago Medical Society: Annual Midwest Clinical Conference & Technology
Summit, March, 2010
Anatomy of the Heart, Second Look Day, RFUMS, March, 2012
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EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES
Editorial Board: Metabolic Brain Disease
Manuscript Reviews: Experimental Neurology, Journal of Neuroscience Research,
Neuroscience Letters, Metabolic
Brain Disease, Molecular Brain Research
Book Chapter Review: Atlas of Anatomy, Tank and Gest, Eds., Lippincott, Williams, &
Wilkins, 200 9
Member, Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS) N euroscience/Pharmacology Review
Panel, NIGMS, NIH.
2/95, 2/97, 6/98, 2/99, 6/99, 2/01, 2/02, 2/04
PUBLICATIONS
J. Li, M.S. Dassow and M.S. Abel. Neuroscience. 118(2):451-62, 2003.
20. Science and Music; Music and Science; The Science of Music; The Music of Science
HEctor Rasgado -Flores, Marc S.
Abel, Maria Cristina Galvez Correa, Cecilia PeNa-Rasgado and Victor Rasgado. The
ABSTRACTS AND PAPERS PRESENTED
1. Metabolic profile of glucose uptake into chemical frac tions of rat brain during and
after a swim-escape task, M. Abel
and L. Irwin, Michigan Society for Neuroscience, Lansing, Michigan, 1975.
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2. Analysis of peptides from pigeon cerebrum, M. Abel and R. Barraco, American Society
for Neurochemistry, Denver,
Colorado, 1977.
3. Elevation of cyclic GMP levels in the hippocampus following electrical stimulation of
the medial septal region, Y.C.
Cormier, P. Divakaran, J. DeFrance, J. Stanley and J. Marchand, Presented in authors'
absence at Texas
Pharmacologists Meeting, Galveston, Tx., 1978.
4. Dopamine receptor characterization: Agonist requirements for binding [3H] 6,7 -
dihydroxy-1,2,3,4-
tetrahydronapthalene (ADTN) - A potential specific dopamine receptor ligand, M. Abel and
Y.C. Clement -Cormier,
ASPET/SOT, Houston, Texas, 1978.
REFERENCES: Furnished upon request.11 03/19/12
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