EDUCATION:

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

GPA: 3.82

PhD in Neurobiology · August 2014 – May 2018

Little Rock, Arkansas

University of Central Arkansas

GPA: 3.70

Bachelor of Science in Psychology · August 2010 – May 2014

Conway, AR

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

Temple University,

Postdoctoral Fellowship, August 2018 – Present

AWARDS:

National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE) Conference Travel Award (2016)

SOCIETIES:

American Medical Writers Association (2018)

American Association of Anatomists (2017 – Present)

Society for Neuroscience (2015 – Present)

Radiation Research Society (2015 – Present)

MANUSCRIPTS ACCEPTED:

Groves, T.R., Farris, R., Anderson, J.E., Alexander, T.C., Kiffer, F.C, Carter, G., Wang, J., Boerma, M., Allen, A.R. 5-Fluorouracil chemotherapy upregulates cytokines and alters hippocampal dendritic complexity in aged mice. Behav Brain Res, 2017. PMID: 27599618.

Groves, T.R., Wang, J., Boerma, M., Allen, A.R. Assessment of hippocampal dendritic complexity in aged mice using the Golgi-cox method. JoVE, 2017. PMID: 28671647.

Alexander, T.C., Simecka, C. M., Kiffer, F., Groves, T.R., Anderson, J., Carr, H., Wang, J., Carter, G., Allen, A.R. Changes in cognition and dendritic complexity following intrathecal methotrexate and cytarabine treatment in a juvenile murine model. Behav Brain Res, 2017. PMID: 29229546.

Kiffer, F.C., Carr, H., Alexander T.C., Groves, T.R., Anderson, J.E., Wang, J., Boerma, M., Allen, A.R. Effects of 1H + 16O charged particle irradiation on short-term memory and hippocampal physiology in a murine model. Radiat Res, 2018. PMID: 29136391.

Carr, H*, Kiffer, F.C.*, Groves, T.R., Anderson, J.E., Alexander, T.C., Wang, J, Boerma, M, Allen, A.R. Early effects of 16O radiation on Neuronal Morphology and Cognition in a Murine Model. Life Sciences in Space Research, 2018. PMID: 29753415

Alexander, T.C., Butcher, H., Krager, K., Kiffer, F., Groves, T.R., Wang, J., Carter, G., Allen, A.R. Behavioral effects of focal radiation in a juvenile murine model. Radiat Res, 2018. PMID: 29584587

Kiffer, F.C., Groves, T.R., Alexander, T.C., Wang, J., Anderson, J.E., Seawright, J.W., Sridharan, V., Carter, G., Boerma, M., Allen, A.R. Late effects of 16O irradiation on female social and cognitive behavior and hippocampal physiology (Accepted). Radiat Res.

MANUSCRIPTS SUBMITTED:

Alexander, T.C., Kiffer, F., Groves, T.R., Anderson, J., Wang, J., Hayar, A., Allen, A.R., Effects of thioTEPA chemotherapy on cognition and motor coordination. Behav Brain Res.

Kiffer, F.C., Carr, H., Alexander, T.C., Groves, T.R., Anderson, J.E., Wang, J., Boerma, M., Allen, A.R. Effects of charged particle irradiation on working memory in a murine model. Life Sciences in Space Research.

MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION:

Groves, T.R., Anderson, J.E., Alexander, T.C., Kiffer, F.C., Allen, A.R. The effects of 5-fluorouracil/leucovorin chemotherapy on cognitive function in mice.

Anderson, J.E., Miousse, I.R., Wang, J., Groves, T.R., Kiffer, F.C., Alexander, T.C., Farris, R., Price, E.T., Allen, A.R. Detrimental effects of cyclophosphamide on synaptic plasticity and hippocampal-dependent behavior in a murine model.

Kiffer, F.C., Groves, T.R., Alexander, T.C., Wang, J., Anderson, J.E., Seawright, J.W., Sridharan, V., Carter, G., Boerma, M., Allen, A.R. Late effects of 1H + 16O irradiation on short-term memory and hippocampal physiology in a murine model.

POSTERS AND PRESENTATIONS:

Groves, T.R., Anderson, J.E., Alexander, T.C., Kiffer, F.C., Allen, A.R. The effects of 5-fluorouracil/leucovorin chemotherapy on cognitive function in mice. Poster presentation at Experimental Biology meeting, 2018. San Diego, California.

Groves, T.R., Borrelli, M.J., Ball, K.K., Allen, A.R. Artificial Extracellular Matrix and Neuronal Complexity. Oral presentation at the Center for Artificial Surface Engineering (CASE) annual meeting, 2018. Morrilton, AR.

Groves, T.R., Kore, R.A., Kadum, K., Borrelli, M.J., Ball, K.K., Biris, A.S., Griffin, R.J., Allen, A.R. Characterization of rat neural stem cells on artificial surfaces. Poster presentation at Center for Artificial Surface Engineering (CASE) meeting, 2017. Little Rock, AR.

Groves, T.R., Farris, R., Anderson, J.E., Alexander, T.C., Kiffer, F.C,. Carter, G., Wang, J., Boerma, M., Allen, A.R. 5-Fluorouracil chemotherapy upregulates cytokines and alters hippocampal dendritic complexity in aged mice. Poster presentation at National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE), 2016. Washington, D.C.

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