Alvaro Garcia, PhD *

Alvaro Garcia, PhD

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917-***-****

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Columbia University, New York State Psychiatry Institute, Department of Psychiatry New York, NY Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurobiology in Psychiatry February 2015-Present Associate Research Scientist February 2016-Present Supervisors: E. David Leonardo, MD/PhD, and Dr. Rene Hen, PhD

• Developed a research program to address critical questions in psychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases.

• First author in 3 publications (2 corresponding author) and 4 poster presentations in international conferences.

• Invited to give oral presentations (slide deck) at different research institutions in the US and Europe.

• Invited to work as ad-hoc reviewer for scientific journals.

• Wrote and reviewed IACUC, amendments and study protocols.

• Identify, acquire, and summarize key scientific studies for proposals.

• Develop, write, and edit medical grant proposals.

• Mentored 2 undergraduate students, 1 graduate student and 2 research technician. Postdoctoral Research Scientist February 2011-2016 Supervisors: E. David Leonardo, MD/PhD, and Dr. Rene Hen, PhD

• Designed, performed and interpreted results to address critical questions in development and mental disorders.

• Wrote 8 publications (6 first author) in scientific journals.

• Presented more than 9 posters in international conferences.

• Obtained travel awards to give oral presentations in international conferences.

• Wrote 2 successfully funded international postdoctoral grants.

• Collected primary data and assisted principal investigator in writing successfully funded NIH grant.

• Collaborative work with pharmaceutical companies (Forest and Neurolixis).

• Slide deck presentation; grant writing and research & professional development workshops. University of Navarra, Department of Pharmacology Pamplona, Spain Graduate Researcher October 2006 – December 2010

Supervisors: Rosa Tordera, PhD, and Laurence Lanfumey, PhD

• Worked independently and in a team to study biological mediators of increased vulnerability to chronic stress within an European consortium

• Published 7 scientific manuscripts (2 first author) and presented 11 national and international conference posters.

• Authored publication of PhD research in Biological Psychiatry (highest impact factor publication in the department history).

• Obtained travel awards to attend national and international conferences (8 poster/oral presentations).

• Wrote 2 successfully funded national graduate student grants and an European grant.

• Collaborative work with pharmaceutical company (Servier).

• Prepared summary documents and internal protocols.

• Designed curricula, training sessions and taught undergraduate pharmacology courses. EDUCATION

University of Navarra Pamplona, Spain

Ph.D. Cum Laude in Neuropsychopharmacology December, 2010 University of Navarra Pamplona, Spain

Pharmacy Degree September 2006

SUMMARY OF EXPERTISE

Highly motivated, efficient and driven individual scientist specializing in a varied areas of science and medicine with a proven record of designing, organizing, managing and performing projects from concept to publication. Extensive experience in medical communications, grant writing, protocols and regulatory guidelines. Author and reviewer of several publications in high-tier scientific journals. Alvaro Garcia, PhD 2

SKILLS

• Creative thinker and on top of trends in the medical/scientific community and transformational hands-on leader with the ability to work independently and in a team.

• Substantial knowledge of varied therapeutic areas, regulatory/scientific guidelines and key statistical concepts.

• Extensive experience writing scientifically accurate, informative, and persuasive content across a range of therapeutic areas.

• Publication plan, developing scientific abstracts, posters, manuscripts, or slide decks

• Ability to establish clear objectives, organize ideas and embrace creativity.

• Strong scientific writing, communicating and literature search and reference software skills (Pubmed, Endnote).

• Perform critical content reviews, correctly interpret results, identify potential limitations and discuss findings.

• Highly organized, proactive, and accountability for quality.

• Data analysis and presentation: Adobe Illustrator, StatView, GraphPad Prism, Outlook, Excel, Word and Power Point.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

“Serotonin inputs to the dorsal BNST reduce anxiety in a 5-HT1A receptor dependent manner” Garcia-Garcia, A.L., et al., Molecular Psychiatry, 2018 (Corresponding Author)

“Serotonin signaling through prefrontal cortex 5-HT1A receptors during adolescence determines baseline mood-related behaviors” Garcia-Garcia, A.L., et al., Cell Reports, 2017

“Direct Ventral Hippocampal-Prefrontal Input Is Required for Anxiety-Related Neural Activity and Behavior” Padilla- Coreano, N., ...Garcia-Garcia, A.L., et al., Neuron, 2016

*For a complete list of publications, please visit: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Garcia-Garcia+AL HONORS, AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Society for Biological Psychiatry member 2018

Serotonin International Conference ISSR Pioneers and Prodigies award. 2016 Sackler Foundation for Developmental Psychobiology award. 2016 Symposium on Emotion travel award (Wisconsin). 2015 Science Department (FECYT) postdoctoral fellowship 2014 Ad-hoc reviewer for Molecular Psychiatry 2014

Ad-hoc reviewer for Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 2013 Serotonin International ISSR Member 2013

Ad-hoc reviewer for ACS Chemical Neuroscience 2013 Society for Neuroscience member 2011

Phd “Cum Laude” in Neuropsychopharmacology 2010

European College for Neuropsychopharmacology travel award 2010 French Ministry of Science PhD fellowship 2009

European College of Neuropsychopharmacology member 2009 Spanish Neuroscience Society member 2006

Ph.D. Fellowship “Asociacion de Amigos” private foundation. 2006 Basque Country Government undergraduate fellowship award. 2001 LANGUAGES

Fluent level in English and Spanish (oral and written) Conversational level in French and Italian

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