Professional Activities:
Positions and Honors
Positions
1993-1997 Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track), Dept of Internal Medicine, Univ of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), TX
1997-1999 Associate Professor (Tenured), Dept of Internal Medicine, UTMB, TX
1999-pre Professor (Tenured), Dept of Medicine, Michigan State University, MI
1999-2008 Director, Investigative Medicine, Dept of Medicine, MSU, MI
1999-pre Vice Chair, Basic Research, Dept of Medicine, MSU, MI
2008-pre Chief, Division of Nanomedicine and Molecular Intervention, Dept of Medicine, MSU, MI
Honors (select)
- 1993 NIH First Independent Research Support Transition (FIRST) Award
- 1995 NIH Scholarship for the Conference of “Gene Therapy for Acquired Disease”,
- 1995 Fellow: American Heart Association Council for High Blood Pressure Research
- 1997 The Inter-American Society of Hypertension Travel Award,
- 1997 Outstanding Young Investigator Travel Award from the Microcirculatory Society,
- 1998 Hoechst Marion Roussel Young Scholar Award from American Society of Hypertension,
- 1998 American Heart Association Established Investigator Award,
- 1999 Fellow, Cardiovascular Section of the American Physiological Society,
- 1999 Angiotensin II Young Investigator Award, Merck & Co.,
- 1999 NIH Scholarship for the Course of “Genetic Approaches in Complex Heart, Lung, and Blood Diseases”,
- 2006 Sigma Xi Senior Meritorious Faculty Award, the Sigma Xi Honorary Scientific Society,
- 2007 Excellence Award in Interdisciplinary Scholarship, Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
- 2008 Distinguished Faculty Award, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University,
- 2008 Distinguished Faculty Award, Michigan State University,
National Services And Committees (select)
- 1995 – 1997 Publication Committee of the Inter-American Society of Hypertension,
- 1995 – 1997 Section Editor, Hypertension: Proceedings of the Inter-American Society Hypertension,
- 1999 – 2002 Section Editor, Hypertension: Proceedings of the Council for High Blood Pressure Research,
- 1997-1998 American Heart Association - Texas Affiliate's Central Research Review Committee,
- 1997-2001 Program Committee of the Microcirculatory Society Inc.
- 1998 – 1999 American Heart Association - Western States Affiliates Peer Review Committee,
- 1999 – 2003 Woman in Physiology Committee – American Physiological Society,
- 1999-2002 Publication Committee, American Heart Association Council for High Blood Pressure Research,
- 2000 Editor, Angiotensin Protocol, Methods in Molecular Medicine, Humana Press,
- 2000-2004 American Heart Association - National Peer Review Committee, Cardiovascular,
- 2006-2009 American Heart Association - National Peer Review Committee, Cardiovascular,
- 2001-2003 NIH Study Section Charter Member, Experimental Cardiovascular Sciences,
- 2003-2005 NIH Study Section Charter Member, Hypertension and Microcirculation,
- 2006-2011 NIH Study Section Charter Member, NHLBI NITM Standing Review Committee
- 2001-2008 NIH Special Emphasis Panel Review for ECS, HM, VCMB,
- 1998 American Heart Association Established Investigator Award,
- 1999 Fellow, Cardiovascular Section of the American Physiological Society,
- 1999 Angiotensin II Young Investigator Award, Merck & Co.,
- 1999 NIH Scholarship for the Course of “Genetic Approaches in Complex Heart, Lung, and Blood Diseases”,
- 2006 Sigma Xi Senior Meritorious Faculty Award, the Sigma Xi Honorary Scientific Society,
- 2007 Excellence Award in Interdisciplinary Scholarship, Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
- 2008 Distinguished Faculty Award, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University,
- 2008 Distinguished Faculty Award, Michigan State University,
- National Services And Committees (select)
- 1995 – 1997 Publication Committee of the Inter-American Society of Hypertension,
- 1995 – 1997 Section Editor, Hypertension: Proceedings of the Inter-American Society Hypertension,
- 1999 – 2002 Section Editor, Hypertension: Proceedings of the Council for High Blood Pressure Research
- 1997-1998 American Heart Association - Texas Affiliate's Central Research Review Committee,
- 1997-2001 Program Committee of the Microcirculatory Society Inc.
- 1998 – 1999 American Heart Association - Western States Affiliates Peer Review Committee,
- 1999 – 2003 Woman in Physiology Committee – American Physiological Society,
- 1999-2002 Publication Committee, American Heart Association Council for High Blood Pressure Research,
- 2000 Editor, Angiotensin Protocol, Methods in Molecular Medicine, Humana Press,
- 2000-2004 American Heart Association - National Peer Review Committee, Cardiovascular,
- 2006-2009 American Heart Association - National Peer Review Committee, Cardiovascular,
- 2001-2003 NIH Study Section Charter Member, Experimental Cardiovascular Sciences,
- 2003-2005 NIH Study Section Charter Member, Hypertension and Microcirculation,
- 2006-2011 NIH Study Section Charter Member, NHLBI NITM Standing Review Committee
- 2001-2008 NIH Special Emphasis Panel Review for ECS, HM, VCMB