Professional Activities:

Professional Societies, Awards and Offices Held:

• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• American Federation for Clinical Research
• American Society of Microbiology
• Chicago Association of Immunologists
• Chicago Tissue Culture Association
• Illinois Institute for the Study of Developmental Disabilities Fellow (1981-1982)
• International Association For The Study of Lung Cancer
• International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine; Board Member
• Recipient of Sigma Xi Grant-In-Aid
• Recipient of NCI/Mary Matthews Memorial Travel Fund Award (Fifth World Conference on Lung Cancer, 1988)
• Recipient of UICC Travel Fund Award (XIIIV 1986 , XVI 1995 , and XVII 1998 International Cancer Congress)Sigma Xi
• The Histochemical Society
• The New York Academy of Science
• Tissue Culture Association
• Veterans Administration Outstanding Rating Performance Award (1985,1987,1990-95)
• Veterans Administration Superior Performance Award (1984,1986) Who's Who

Editorial Boards:

• The Open Lung Cancer Journal, Associate Editor (2009 – Present)
• World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology (2009 –Present)
• Gastrointestinal Cancer Review Letters, Associate Editor (2009 –Present)
• International Scholarly Research Network Notices (2011 –Present)
• Free Radicals and Antioxidants (2010 – Present)
• The Open Journal of Medical Chemistry (Editor) (2011 –Present)                          
• World Journal of Pharmacology (2011 – Present)
• Pharmaceutical Technology and Drug Research (Senior Ed. Board; 2011 – Present)
• Current Pharmaceutical Design (Executive Guest Editor) (2012 – Present)
• Anti-Cancer Agents in medical Chemistry (2012- Present)
• International Journals of Cancer Studies & Research (2012 – Present)
• Journal of Pharmaceutical Technology & Drug Research (Senior Ed. Board; 2012- 2014)
• (Editor-In-Chief; 2014 – Present)
• OncoTargets and Therapy (Honorary Editorial Board; 2012 – Present)
• Disruptive Science and Technology (2013 – Present)
• Journal of Experimental Oncology Research (2013 – Present)
• Journal of Oncology and Biomarker Research (2013 – Present)
• Research Journal of Drug Abuse (2013 – Present)
• Progress in Chemical Engineering (Editor-In-Chief; 2013 - Present)
• Journal of Applied Scientific Reports (Editor-In-Chief; 2013 – Present)
• Journal of Cancer Studies and Therapy (2014 – Present)
• Journal of Oral Biology (2014 – Present)

Academic appointments:

December 2013 – Present	Affiliate Professor, Roosevelt University, College of Pharmacy, Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences
March 2004 –Present	Professor (tenured)/ Staff Research Scientist, University Of Illinois – Dental College and Cancer Center/VA Chicago Health Care System
November 1993 – April 2004	Associate Professor/Staff Research Scientist, Northwestern University/VA Medical Center, Dept. of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery and Cancer Center
Sept 1991 - Sept 1997	Director, Human Tumor Vaccine Laboratory, Northwestern University/VA Medical Center
November 1991 - August 1993	Associate Professor/Staff Research Scientist, Northwestern University/VA Medical Center, Dept.of Medicine, Allergy/Immunology and Cancer Center
July 1990 - Noverber 1991	Assistant Professor/Staff Research Scientist, Northwestern University/VA Medical Center, Dept. of Medicine, Allergy/Immunology
July 1986 - June 1990	Assistant Professor/Staff Research Scientist, Northwestern University/VA Medical Center, Dept.of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology.
April 1985 - June 1985	Staff Research Scientist, Northwestern University/VA Medical Center, Dept. of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology.
Nov. 1983 - May 1985	Postdoctoral research assistsant, Northwestern University/VA Medical Center, Dept. of Medicine, Medical Oncology Section, Dr. Steven Rosen.
June 1983 - Nov. 1983	Postdoctoral research assistant, Northwestern University/VA Medical Center, Dept. of Medicine, Dr. D. Hirsen.
Jan. 1983 - May 1983	Teaching assistantship, U. of  Illinois, Dept. of Biological Sciences (Cell Physiology).
June 1982 - Aug. 1982	Research assistant, U. of Illinois, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Dr. S.L. Barclay.
Sept. 1981 - May 1982	Illinois Institute for the Study of  Developmental Disabilities Fellow, U. of Illinois, Department of Biological Sciences, Dr. S.L. Barclay.
Jan. 1981 - Aug. 1981	Research assistant, U. of Illinois, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Dr. S.L. Barclay.
Sept. 1980 - Dec. 1980	Teaching assistantship, U. of  Illinois, Dept. of Biological Sciences (Cell Physiology).
Jan. 1980 - Aug. 1980	Research assistant, U. of Illinois, Dept. of Biological Sciences,Dr. S.L. Barclay.
Sept. 1979 - Dec. 1979	Teaching assistantship, U. of Illinois, Dept. of Biological Sciences (Cell Physiology).
June 1979 - Aug. 1979	Research assistant, U. of Illinois,  Dept. of Biological Sciences,  Dr. S.L. Barclay.
Sept. 1978 - May 1979	Teaching assistantship, U. of  Illinois, Dept. of Biological Sciences (Advanced Comparative Anatomy and Cell Physiology courses).

Continuing education:

December, 1985	Key Operator Training Course, Coulter EPICS V Fluorescence Activator Cell Sorter, Coulter, Inc., Miami, Florida.
March, 1987	Recombinant DNA Methodology Course, The Center for Advanced Training In Cell and Molecular Biology, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.
April, 1992	Concepts In Molecular Medicine, Department of Veterans Affairs, San Francisco VA, San Francisco, California
July, 1992	Somatic Cell and Molecular Genetics Workshop, NCI/Eleanor  Roosevelt Institute, Denver, Colorado
July, 1993	Short Course in Medical and Experimental Mammalian Genetics,Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor,  Maine
October, 1993	Computer Assisted Protein Modeling and Gene Analysis, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
January, 1999	Good Clinical Practices for Clinical Trial Sites Training, Quintiles, Inc, Chicago, Illinois
February, 1999	Troubleshooting, Maintaining and Upgrading PCs (plus Advanced Course), Arlington Heights, Illinois
June, 2002	Patent Practice, Chicago, Illinois
November, 2003	Clinical Research Coordinator Training Course, Chicago, Illinois