Research Assistant

John Tonkiss

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ADDRESS

CURRENT

POSITIONS

FELLOWSHIP

Boston

University School of Medicine

715

Albany Street

Boston, MA02118

Associate Research

Professor of Psychiatry / Associate Professor of Anatomy

& Neurobiology (pending)

National Biosafety and Biocontainment Training Program (January 2007 –

December 2008)

EDUCATION

MANCHESTER

UNIVERSITY,England.

Ph.D. (Faculty of Medicine), 1982

Thesis Title: Interactive Effects of Genotype and Undernutrition on the

Development of Behaviour in Rats

Advisor: James L. Smart, Ph.D., D.Sc.

MANCHESTER POLYTECHNIC,England.

B.Sc. (First class Honours),

1979

Biological Sciences

Specialist subjects - Mammalian Physiology & Biochemistry

EMPLOYMENT

HISTORY

BostonUniversitySchool of MedicineAssociate (Research)

Professor of Psychiatry: 7/1994 – present Associate Professor

of Anatomy & Neurobiology (pending)Scientific Member

BUSM Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee: 2/2001-10/2006Associate Director

(Center for Behavioral Development & Mental Retardation):

1/1999-7/2006Protocol Compliance

Reviewer (for all USDA regulated species): 7/1/05 – 12/31/05Assistant (Research)

Professor of Psychiatry: 7/1988 – 6/1994

Current Research (1): Examination of the effects of aging on the brain and cognitive behavior of prenatally malnourished rats.

Current Research (2): Evaluating rats with early nutritional protein restriction as an animal model of attention deficit disorder.

Former Research (3): Identifying the separate and combined effects of two early-life insults (prenatal malnutrition and prenatal cocaine) on behavioral development in rats.

Oxford University, EnglandPostdoctoral

Research Assistant: 1/1987 - 6/1988

Former Research: Determining the roles of hippocampal afferent and efferent projections in memory storage and behavioral inhibition.

University of MinnesotaPostdoctoral Fellow:

9/1985 - 8/1986

Former Research: Studying the effects of postnatal protein-calorie restriction on later operant behavior and the behavioral responsiveness to acute morphine exposure and naloxone-precipitated withdrawal.

University of Manchester, EnglandPostdoctoral

Research Associate: 8/1982 - 8/1985

Former Research: Studying the lasting behavioral consequences of postnatal protein-calorie restriction in rat pups being reared without their mothers (i.e., artificially).

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Member of the following organizations:American

Association for the Advancement of Science [link]European Brain and

Behavior Society [link]International

Society for Developmental Psychobiology [link]Society for

Neuroscience [link]Neurobehavioral

Teratology Society [link]

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Participating lecturer in the following courses:Biostatistics

(MS700 A1 – Fall 2006)Basic Neuroscience

Survey Course (BN778)Research Writing

(PH830)Professional Skills

for Students in the Biomedical Sciences (AN715 A1)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Peer reviewer for the following journals:Brazilian Journal

of Medical and Biological ResearchEuropean Journal of

NeuroscienceJournal of

Experimental PsychologyLearning &

MemoryNeuroscience & Biobehavioral ReviewsNeurotoxicology

& TeratologyPhysiology &

BehaviorPharmacology,

Biochemistry & Behavior

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