Professional Activities

Chronology Of Employment:

1988-1989 Research assistant, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, TX.
1989-1990 Graduate Student, Department of Microbiology, UTHSCSA, San Antonio, TX.
1990-1991 Company Commander, 114th Field Evacuation Hospital, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
1991-1994 Graduate Student, Department of Microbiology, UTHSCSA, San Antonio, TX.
1991-1994 Adjunct Research Associate, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, TX.
1994-1996 Postdoctoral Fellow, Surgery Branch, National Cancer Institute, IRTA Fellow, NIH, Bethesda, MD.
1996-1999 Assistant Professor, Karmanos Cancer Institute and Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI.
1999-2002 Chief of the Laboratory of Prostate Cancer Biology, Robert W. Franz Cancer Research Center, Earle Chiles Research Institute, Providence Portland Medical Center, Portland, OR.
2002-2006 Director of Basic Research, Southwest Cancer Treatment and Research Center, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX.
2002-2006 Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX.
2006-present Associate Professor, with Tenure, Immunology and Molecular Microbiology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX.
2008-present Associate Professor, with Tenure, Department of Urology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX.

Faculty appointments:

1996-1999 Assistant Professor, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI.
1996-1999 Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI.
1996-1999 Member, Experimental and Clinical Therapeutics program, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI.
1996-1999 Member, Aerodigestive Cancer program, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI.
1999-2002 Chief of the Laboratory of Prostate Cancer Biology, Robert W. Franz Cancer Research Center, Portland Oregon.
2000-2002 Member Oregon Cancer Center, Portland, Oregon.
2002- 2006 Director of Basic Research, Southwest Cancer Treatment and Research Center, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX.
2002- present Associate Professor, Department of Immunology and Molecular Microbiology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX.
2008- present Associate Professor, Department of Urology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX.

Major Professional Society Memberships (Active):

  • American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • American Association of Immunologists (AAI)
  • American Association of Cancer Researchers (AACR)
  • AACR Cancer Immunology Working Group (CIMM)
  • European Society of Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy  (ESCII)
  • Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (formerly iSBTC) (SITC)

Honors & Awards:

1985-1987 Deans Academic Excellence List, University of Idaho.
1987 Phi Sigma National Honor Society for Biological Sciences.
1993 Student Travel Award, 12th Annual American Society for Virology meeting, University of California, Davis, CA.
1994-1996   Intramural Research Training Award Fellowship (IRTA) NCI, NIH.
1995 Armand J. Guarino Award for Research and Academic Excellence, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX. (Top 1% of students).
1996 NIH Fellows Award for Research Excellence, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. (Top 10% of Intramural Fellows).
1998 Performance Recognition Award, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI.
1998 CO-Chair, “Vaccination in Tumor Immunity, AAI annual meeting, EB98, CA.
2000 Panel member DOD study section for breast cancer grant applications (Adhoc).
2000 NIH Study Section Molecular Methods for Cancer Detection, U mechanism (Adhoc).
2000-2004  American Cancer Society Research Scholar Grant Award.
2001 Panel member DOD study section for prostate cancer grant applications (Adhoc).  
2002-2006 NIH SBIR/STTR Immunology study section.
2002-2003 DOD breast cancer IMS I study section.
2002-2006  American Cancer Society, molecular genetics and oncogenes study section.
2003 Neely Treadwell Outstanding Investigator in Cancer Research, SWCC, Lubbock,TX.
2004 Invited speaker; 6th Walker’s Cay Colloquium on Cancer Vaccines and Immunotherapy, Sabin Vaccine Institute, Walker’s Cay, Abaco Bahamas.
2005 Chair, DOD, CDMRP, PCRP IMS study section.
2009 NIH/ NCI-subcommittee-I Career Awards Study Section Member.
2006 DOD breast cancer IMS study section.
2006 Awarded Academic Tenure, SOM, TTUHSC
2007 Student Advocate and Teacher of the Year, GSBS,  TTUHSC, Lubbock, TX.
2010 Chair, DOD, CDMRP, PCRP, IMM study section.
2011 Associate Editor ISRN Immunology
2011 Chair, DOD, CDMRP, PCRP, END/IMM study section
2011 Highlighted Investigator Innovative Minds in Prostate Cancer Today (IMPaCT), CDMRP,PCRP, http://cdmrp.army.mil/pubs/video/pc/IMPaCTVideo_bright.shtml
2011-2014 Recognition Award for Core Curriculum Course Directors, TTUHSC, GSBS
2013 Unsung Hero Award, School of Medicine, TTUHSC
2013 Associate Editor Austin Journal of Clinical Immunology
2014 Teaching Award, School of Medicine, TTUHSC, Lubbock, TX

ROBERT K. BRIGHT

Associate Professor

 

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