Physical Therapist Therapy
Resume:
Brendan Joseph Dougherty
PhD, PT
Curriculum Vitae
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Phone: 352-***-**** (Work)
352-***-**** (Cell)
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON MADISON, WI
2012-present College of Veterinary Medicine Department of Comparative Biosciences
Post-doctoral Research Fellowship
Advisor: Gordon S. Mitchell, PhD
Research: Spinal Neuroplasticity and Intermittent Hypoxia
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GAINESVILLE, FL
2006-2011College of Medicine: Interdisciplinary Program in Biomedical Science
Ph.D. Biomedical Science; Neuroscience Concentration
Advisor: David D. Fuller, PhD
Dissertation: Respiratory Motor Plasticity and Cervical Spinal Cord Injury
MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY OF ST. LOUIS ST. LOUIS, MO
1996-2000 Department of Physical Therapy
Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy, September, 2000
Magna Cum Laude
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
2012-present-Doctoral Research Fellow:
Respiratory Neurobiology Laboratory
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Principle Investigator
: Gordon S. Mitchell
2007-2011: Graduate Research Assistant:
Respiratory Neurobiology and Neuroplasticity Laboratory
McKnight Brain Institute
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Principle Investigator: David D. Fuller
2005-2006: Research Assistant:
Respiratory Neurophysiology Laboratory
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
Principle Investigator: Ralph F. Fregosi
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE:
2007-2012Per Diem Physical Therapist, Inpatient and Outpatient Rehabilitation
Shands Rehabilitation Hospital
Gainesville, Florida
2003-2006Full-timeStaff Physical Therapist, Inpatient Rehabilitation
HealthSouth Rehabilitation Institute of Tucson
Tucson, Arizona
2001-2003Full-timeStaff Physical Therapist, Inpatient/Outpatient Therapy Services
Lourdes Health Network
Pasco, Washington
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
2008-2009Graduate Teaching Assistant
DPT Program, Department of Physical Therapy
College of Public Health and Health Professions
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
PHT 6168C: Neuroscience in Physical Therapy
PHT 6218C: Therapeutic Modality Interventions in Physical Therapy
PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION
2006-presentFLORIDA STATE BOARD OF PHYSICAL THERAPY
Licensed Physical Therapist - FL 23494
PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS:__
AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION1999-2010
Member
2006-2010Neurology Section member
2006-2010Research Section member
SOCIETY FOR NEUROSCIENCE
2010-present Member
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke2010-20111F31NS063659-01A2 National Research Service Award Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
Project Title: Embryonic Raphe Cell Transplant and Cervical Spinal Cord Injury
Role: P.I. Priority Score: 10
Amount: $32,711 annually (2 years)
BRYAN ROBINSON NEUROSCIENCE ENDOWMENT
2010Doctoral Research Grant
Tallahassee, Florida
Title: Human Serotonergic Cell Transplants to Enhance Ventilatory Recovery Following
Cervical Spinal Cord Injury
Amount: $500
THE SOCIETY FOR NEUROSCIENCE - North Central Florida Chapter
2010 Nominated for National SfN Graduate Student Chapter Travel Award
Gainesville, Florida
Title: Recovery of Tidal Volume Following Lateral Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: The role
of
ipsilateral phrenic activity
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA - NEUROMUSCULAR PLASTICITY SYMPOSIUM
Brendan J. Dougherty Curriculum Vitae, Page 2
2010 Graduate Student Poster Travel Award
Gainesville, Florida
Title: Fetal Serotonergic Cell Transplants Improve Ventilation after Cervical Spinal Cord
Injury in Adult Rats
Amount: $500
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON NEURAL REGENERATION
2009 Graduate Student Travel Award
Pacific Grove, California
Amount: $1000
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA - College of Medicine
2009 Graduate Student Travel Grant
Gainesville, Florida
Amount: $500
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA - Graduate Student Council
2009 Graduate Student Travel Grant
Gainesville, Florida
Amount: $250
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA MEDICAL GUILD
2008 Research Incentive Award
Gainesville, Florida
Amount: $500
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA - NEUROMUSCULAR PLASTICITY SYMPOSIUM
2008 Graduate Student Poster Travel Award
Gainesville, Florida
Title: Prenatal Nicotine Impairs Respiratory Long-Term Facilitation in Neonatal Rats
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH - National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research
2007-2009 T-32 HD043730 Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
Interdisciplinary Training in Rehabilitation and Neuromuscular Plasticity
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Amount: $22,000 annually
PI: Krista Vandenborne
PRESENTATIONS: __
INVITED LECTURES:
1/22/2011 Florida Physical Therapy Association Student Conclave
Gainesville, Florida
Title: PhD and DPT options for the Physical Therapist
PUBLICATIONS: __
PMID: 20507963
Brendan J. Dougherty Curriculum Vitae, Page 3
3. Fuller DD, Dougherty BJ, Sandhu MS, Doperalski NJ, Reynolds CR, Hayward LF. Prenatal
nicotine
exposure alters respiratory long-term facilitation in neonatal rats. Respiratory
Physiology and Neurobiology.
169 (2009) 333 337. PMID: 19818419
4. Sandhu MS, Dougherty BJ, Lane MA, Bolser DC, Kirkwood PA, Reier PJ, Fuller DD.
Respiratory
Recovery Following High Cervical Hemisection. Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology.
169 (2009) 94
101. PMID: 19560562
5. Fuller DD, Doperalski NJ, Dougherty BJ, Sandhu MS, Bolser DC, Reier PJ. Modest
Spontaneous
Recovery of Ventilation Following Chronic High Cervical Hemisection in Rats. Experimental
Neurology. 211
(1): p.97-106. PMID: 18308305
MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION:
1. Dougherty BJ, Lee KZ, Gonzalez-Rothi EJ, Lane MA, Reier PJ, Fuller DD. Spontaneous
recovery of
inspiratory intercostals following high cervical hemisection in rats. In preparation for
Respiratory Physiology
and Neurobiology.
2. Dougherty BJ, Lee KZ, Ross HH, Reier PJ, Fuller DD. Transplantation of embryonic
medullary raphe cells
enhances tidal volume and phrenic bursting following C2 hemisection in rats. In
preparation for
Experimental Neurology.
3. Sandhu MS, Ross HH, Dougherty BJ, Lee KZ, Reier PJ, Fuller DD. Transplantation of
neural precursor
cells into the injured cervical spinal cord enhances phrenic motor output. In preparation
for Experimental
Neurology.
4. Lee KZ, Gill L, Dougherty BJ, Fuller DD. Neuromuscular plasticity in the phrenic motor
system following
chronic cervical spinal cord injury. In preparation for Journal of Neuroscience.
ABSTRACTS:
1. Dougherty BJ, Lee KZ, Ross HH, Reier BJ, Fuller DD. Transplantation of embryonic
medullary raphe cells
enhances tidal volume and phrenic bursting following C2 hemisection in rats. Program No.
255.06. 2011
Neuroscience Meeting Planner. Washington D.C: Society for Neuroscience, 2011. Online.
2. Lee KZ, Mattio RY, Lane MA, Dougherty BJ, Sandhu MS, Sanchez JC, Reier PJ, Fuller DD.
Bursting
patterns of embryonic spinal cord grafts following repetitive acute intermittent hypoxia
training in cervical
spinal cord injured rats. Program No. 255.03. 2011 Neuroscience Meeting Planner.
Washington D.C:
Society for Neuroscience, 2011. Online.
3. Kun-Ze Lee, Michael A. Lane, Brendan J. Dougherty, Lynne M. Mercier, Justin C.
Sanchez, Paul J. Reier,
David D. Fuller. Functional integration of fetal spinal cord tissue following
transplantation into a high
cervical spinal cord lesion in adult rats. 2011. 7th Congress of the Federations of Asian
and Oceaniac
Physiological Societies, Taipei, Taiwan. Abstract: Y27.
4. Dougherty BJ, Lee KZ, Ross HH, Reier PJ, Fuller DD. Recovery of tidal volume following
lateral cervical
spinal cord injury: the role of ipsilateral phrenic activity and the impact of spinal
serotonergic cell
transplants. University of Florida Neuromuscular Plasticity Symposium. March 2011,
Gainesville, FL.
5. Lee KZ, Dougherty BJ, Sandhu MS, Reier PJ, Fuller DD. Recruitment and rate-coding
strategy of phrenic
motoneurons during hypoxia-induced plasticity following high cervical spinal cord injury.
University of
Florida Neuromuscular Plasticity Symposium. March 2011, Gainesville, FL.
Brendan J. Dougherty Curriculum Vitae, Page 4
6. Gonzalez-Rothi EJ, Gill L, Dougherty BJ, Lee KZ, Mattio RY, Reier PJ, Vandenborne KH,
Fuller DD.
Upper Extremity Skeletal Muscle Adaptations Following High Cervical Spinal Cord Injury.
University of
Florida Neuromuscular Plasticity Symposium. March 2011, Gainesville, FL.
7. Lee KZ, Dougherty BJ, Sandhu MS, Reier PJ, Fuller DD. Modulation of phrenic motoneuron
plasticity
following chronic high cervical spinal cord injury in the rat. FASEB J March 17, 2011
25:1111.7
8. Gonzalez-Rothi EJ, Gill LC, Lee KZ, Dougherty BJ, Reier PJ, Vandenborne K, Fuller DD.
Upper extremity
skeletal muscle adaptations following high cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) in adult
rats. FASEB J March
17, 2011 25:1105.16
9. Dougherty BJ, Lee KZ, Ross HH, Reier PJ, Fuller DD. Recovery of inspiratory tidal
volume following
lateral cervical spinal cord injury: the role of ipsilateral phrenic activity and the
impact of spinal serotonergic
cell transplants. Program No. 661.7. 2010 Neuroscience Meeting Planner. San Diego, CA:
Society for
Neuroscience, 2010. Online.
10. Lee KZ, Dougherty BJ, Lane MA, Meyer J, Sanchez JC, Reier PJ, Fuller DD. Neuronal
bursting patterns
recorded in fetal spinal cord derived grafts at 3-5 mo following placement into a
cervical spinal cord lesion
cavity in adult rats. Program No. 661.8. 2010 Neuroscience Meeting Planner. San Diego,
CA: Society for
Neuroscience, 2010. Online.
11. Sandhu MS, Ross HH, Dougherty BJ, Laywell ED, Ormerod BK, Reier PJ, Fuller DD.
Respiratory changes
following transplantation of post-natal neural precursors into high cervical hemilesions
of the adult rat.
Program No. 469.8. 2010 Neuroscience Meeting Planner. San Diego, CA: Society for
Neuroscience, 2010.
Online.
12. Dougherty BJ, Lee KZ, Reier PJ, Fuller DD. Recovery of tidal volume following lateral
cervical spinal cord
injury: the role of ipsilateral phrenic activity. Society for Neuroscience: North Central
Florida Chapter
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