CURRICULUM VITAE
JOAN HELLER BROWN
EDUCATION: Cornell University, A.B. in Neurobiology and Behavior, 1967
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Ph.D. in Pharmacology, 1973
RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1967-1973 Predoctoral Trainee
Department of Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
Thesis title: Dopamine-Sensitive Adenylate Cyclase of Mammalian Retina
Thesis advisor: Maynard H. Makman, M.D., Ph.D.
1973-1975 Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver, Colorado
Research area: Catecholamine metabolism
Research advisor: Perry B. Molinoff, M.D.
1975-1977 Assistant Research Pharmacologist in the laboratory of Steven E. Mayer, Ph.D.
Department of Medicine, Division of Pharmacology
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California
1977-1979 Assistant Research Pharmacologist and Lecturer in Medicine
Department of Medicine, Division of Pharmacology
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California
1979-1980 Assistant Professor of Medicine in Residence
Department of Medicine, Division of Pharmacology
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California
1980-1985 Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine, Division of Pharmacology
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California
1985-1990 Associate Professor of Medicine/Pharmacology
Department of Medicine, Division of Pharmacology/Department of Pharmacology
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California
1990-2012 Professor of Pharmacology
Department of Pharmacology
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California
2001 – 2003 Vice Chair
Department of Pharmacology
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
2003 – 2004 Interim Chair
Department of Pharmacology
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
2004 – 2020 Chair
Department of Pharmacology
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
2012 – Present Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology
Department of Pharmacology
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California
FELLOWSHIP SUPPORT:
NIH Predoctoral Trainee, Department of Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1967-1973
NIH Postdoctoral Trainee, Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Medical Center, 1973-1975
RESEARCH GRANTS:
Past Support:
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American Heart Association Grant-in-Aid, 1980-1982
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American Heart Association Established Investigator Award, 1981-1985
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AHA California affiliate on Grant-in-Aid, July 1982-1985
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Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association Faculty Development Award, 1979-1981
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National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), Young Investigator Award, 1979-1982
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University of California San Diego, Academic Senate Grant, 1979, 1980, 1983
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University of California San Diego, Affirmative Action Faculty Development Grant, 1982-1983
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Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program Research Grant, July 1990-1994
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National Institute of Health, Ischemic Heart Disease SCOR, 1985-1988
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University of California Cancer Research Coordinating Committee, 1985-1986, 1987-1988
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National Institutes of Health (HL61505) Research Grant (RO1), 1998-2002
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National Institutes of Health (HL46345-K. Chien PI) Program Project Grant (PPG), 1992-1997; 1997-2002; 2002-2007
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National Institutes of Health (HL59888) Research Grant (RO1; Co-investigator with G. Dorn) 2002-2007
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SCIOS, Inc. 2004-2006
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UC MEXUS (CN-06-109) 2006-2008
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National Institutes of Health (HL085577-Sussman M, PI, Brown JH, Project I and Core B Leader) Program Project Grant (PPG), 2006-2011 “Protecting myocardium by enhancing mitochondrial integrity”
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National Institutes of Health (HL086879-Ruiz-Lozano P, PI, Brown JH, Co-Investigator) Research Grant (RO1), 2009-2012
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Fast Forward–MERCK KGaA Collaboration (20124193-Brown JH, PI) 2013-2014
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National Institutes of Health (HL105242-McCulloch A, PI, Brown JH, Co-Investigator) Research Grant (RO1), 2011-2016 “Multi-scale systems model of murine heart failure”
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National Institutes of Health (HL080101-Bers D, PI, Brown JH, Project IV Leader) Program Project Grant (PPG), 2006-2011; 2011-2017 “CaMKII and IP3-mediated signaling in cardiac myocytes”
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National Institutes of Health (GM036927-Brown JH, PI) Research Grant, (RO1), January 1986-1990; 1990-1995; 1995-1999; 2000-2004; 2003-2008; 2009-2015, “Rho- and GPCR-mediated signaling through novel cellular effectors”
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National Institute of Health (2P01 HL085577-Sussman, PI, Brown JH, Project II Leader) project grant (PPG), 2013-2018 "Restoration of myocardial healing through G-protein coupled receptor signaling”.
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Tobacco Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP-261P-0040-Brown, JH PI) Research Grant 2017-2019 "Inflammatory cardiovascular disease induced by autonomic effects of e-cigs”
Current Support:
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National Institutes of Health (R01CA218859-Brown JH, PI) Research Grant, 2018-2023, “RhoA and GPCR mediated transcriptional activation regulates glioblastoma"
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National Institutes of Health (HL028143-Brown JH, PI) Research Grant, (R37) 1982-1986; 1986-1990; 1990-1994; 1994-1997; 1997-2001; 2001-2005, 2006-2010, 2010-2015, year 27 (MERIT 2015-2021) “RhoA mediated survival signals in cardiomyocytes”
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National Institute of Health (R01HL145459 Brown JH, MPI with Miyamoto, S) Research Grant , 2019-2023 “Cardiomyocyte CaM kinase II as a driver of cardiac inflammation and remodeling”
TRAINING GRANTS:
Director:
National Institutes of Health (GM007752-36 Brown JH, PI) Training Grant (T32), Graduate Training in Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, 2008 – present
Participating Faculty Member:
Interdisciplinary Anesthesiology Research Training Program (T32) (PI- Patel)
Training in Cardiovascular Physiology & Pharmacology (T32) (PI- Ross, R.)
Endocrinology Training Grant (PI- Rosenfeld M. G.)
Mentoring Young Minds to Increase Diversity in The Biomedical Research (R25) (PI- De Maio)
Faculty Development Program in Cardiovascular Sciences; PRIDE/FOCUS (R25) (PI- Trejo)
Training Program in Diabetes Research (T32) (PI- Saltiel)
Bioengineering Training Grant (PI- Chien S.)
Hypertension Training Grant (PI- Blantz R.)
Neuroplasticity of Aging (PI- Koo E.)
Respiratory Biology (PI- Finn P.)
Translational Research Training in Pulmonary Vascular Disease Training Grant (T32) (PI- Yuan, J.)
Advisory Committees, UCSD:
Internal Review Panel, Genetics Training Grant (PI- Hamilton, B.), 2010 – present
Executive Committee, Cardiology Training Grant (PI- Ross, R.), 2005 – present
Advisory Committees, External:
External Review Committee, Pharm. Training Grant (PI- Kuhn C), Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, 2013 – present
External Advisory Council member, Pharm Training Grant (PI – Bers D), UC Davis, 2012 – Present
External Review Committee, Rochester Pharmacology Training Program (PI-Smrcka A), 2014 – Present
External Review Committee, The Center for Training in Molecular Pharmacology and Drug Discovery, UW-Madison (PI-Audhya J), 2014 – Present
External Review Committee, Pharm. Training Grant (PI – Gross S) at the Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, 2015 - Present
HONORS AND AWARDS:
Phi Beta Kappa, Cornell University, 1967
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association Faculty Development Award, 1979 – 1981
Young Investigator Award, NHLBI, 1979-1982
Established Investigator Award, American Heart Association, 1981–1985
Faculty Distinguished Lecturer, University of California San Diego, 1998
NHLBI/Baker Research Institute US/Australia Exchange Fellow, 1998 – 1999
White Memorial Lecturer, Loyola University, 2001
Fellow of the American Heart Association (F.A.H.A.), 2001
Fellow of the International Society for Heart Research (ISHR), 2004
Louis S. Goodman Lecturer (OHSU), 2004
Chair, Molecular Pharmacology Gordon Research Conference, 1999
1stAnnual Distinguished Ph.D. Alumna Award, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 2007
Benedict R. Lucchesi Distinguished Lectureship in Cardiac Pharmacology for 2009
PhRMA Foundation Award in Excellence for 2009
Kaiser Excellence in Teaching Award nominee, 2009
ASPET Molecular Pharmacology Awards Symposium Keynote speaker, 2010
Chair, Cardiac Regulatory Mechanisms Gordon Research Conference, 2010
NHLBI Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) Award for NIH grant HL028143, 2010
San Diego Women Who Mean Business Award, 2011
Emory Distinguished Lecturer in Pharmacology Award, 2013
AHA Basic Cardiovascular Sciences (BCVS) Distinguished Achievement Award, 2012
ISHRJanice Pfeffer Distinguished Lecture, 2014
Luis G. Melo Memorial Lecture in Molecular Cardiology, Queen’s University 2016
ASPET Otto Krayer Award in Pharmacology, 2017
Keynote Speaker, 5th Annual Celebration for UCSD New Women Faculty, La Jolla, CA May 2017
Keynote Speaker, ASPET Great Lakes Chapter, 31st Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL June 2018
UCSD Inaugural Faculty Leadership Academy, 2018
Keynote Speaker, Cardiac Muscle Society Meeting, 2020
ASPET Robert R. Ruffolo Career Achievement Award in Pharmacology, 2020
AHA Distinguished Scientists Award, 2020
Fellow of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (FASPET), 2020
ASPET Julius Axelrod Award, 2021
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)
American Heart Association (AHA)
American Heart Association Basic Cardiovascular Sciences Leadership Committee (BCVS)
Association of Women in Science (past)
International Society for Heart Research (ISHR)
Society for Neuroscience (past)
CONSULTING:
COR Therapeutics, South San Francisco 1999 – 2000
Scientific Advisory Board, Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc., Cambridge, MA 1999 – 2002
Mpex BioScience, Inc, San Diego, CA 2002
Scientific Advisory Board, Kardia Therapeutics, Inc., Houston, TX 2003
IONIS Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Carlsbad, CA 2020
Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA 2020
PATENTS:
U.S. Patent Application UCSD Ref. # SD2004-125-1, issued date: April 2, 2004, Joan Heller Brown, Tong Zhang, “Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure Treatment”
EDITORIAL BOARDS:
Editorial Board, Molecular Pharmacology, 1984 – 2000
Editorial Board, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1988 – 1994
Editorial Board, American Journal of Physiology: Cell Physiology, 1998 – 1999
Editorial Advisory Board, Molecular Interventions, 2000 – 2010
Editor in Chief, Molecular Pharmacology, 2000 – 2003
Associate Editor, Molecular Pharmacology, 2003 – 2005
Editorial Board, Cellular Signaling, 1990 – present
Editorial Board, Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, 1999 – present
Advisory Board, Nature Reviews Drug Discovery Highlights, 2002 – present
Editorial Board, Circulation, 2003 – 2016
Editorial Board, Circulation Research, 2003 – present
Editorial Advisory Board, Life Sciences 2013 – present
Editorial Advisory Board, Molecular Pharmacology 2017 – present
TRAINING EXPERIENCE:
Thesis Committee member:
Jim Reese, Dave Sibley, Mark Hamblin, Stuart Leff, Rich Hawkins, Lesley Morrow, Frank Longo, Geoff Groome, Jean LeBeau, Bob Maue, Sandy Slivka, Kelly Ambler, Grai Andreason, Vicki Boyd, Jeff Jasper, Lin Yu, Ed Kipreos, Barbara Weiss, Donald Button, John Reece, Kathy Grako, Kathy Rasmussen, Adrienne Harris, Lee Way Jin, Chris Irons, Amy Sprenkle, Bonnie Firestein, Maggie Rathauz, Hong Wu, Lisa Flanagan, Karin Eagle, Sonia Villegas, Annette Gonzalez, Yi-Ching Lio, Antje Zapf, Tim Fitzsimmons, Estella Jacinto, David Kang, Kristen Hart, Larry Kane, Marcia Karen, Song Li, Amy Edwards, Jonathan Hecht, Sheryl Denker, Tom Cleland, Patti Staub, Deanna Hanford, Dietmar Zechner, Chun Hong Xia, Shelly Nelson, Sheil Jalili, William Ricketts, Yuka Kimura, Rocky Contos, Sonya Sommerour, Erica Dutil, Eric Bushong, Yingxiao (Peter) Wang, Keith Ching, Corey Bentley, Kevin Li, Xiaojing Lou, Slava Vasilyov, Ron Kraunas, Kristin Lee Hood, Kim Hoover, Jason Lam, Celia Cravatt, Jason Wall, Nicole Gellings, Jennifer Floyd, William Lee Phillips, Jaime Marach, Joseph Tsai, Sara Epperson, Ryan Adams, Camilla Svensson, Christine Gould, Joshua Martindale, Ross Whittaker, Xu Wu, Fei Du, Joann M. Chang, Stephanie Boyer, John Muraski, Alejandra Negro, Alfred E. Chappell, Anthony O. Beas, Kristin I. Stanford, Sheng Zhang, Stephanie J. Turner, Lisa R. Gallegos, Elyssa Burg, Ben Sachs, Williem Westra, Yun Yung, Archana Tadimalla, Katherine Blain, Tingdong Tang, Peter Belmont, Wendy Huang, Alyssa Wu, David Lin, Suzette Farber-Katz, Diane Bushman, Siew Teng (Keira) Teo, Merrie Mosedale, Matthew Rardin, Antonio Soto, Isabel Canto, Thomas Smith, Alycia Mosley, Michael Song, Shirin Doroudgar, Kristine Park, Amanda White, Robert Lee Thomas, Mengke Xing, Rebecca Jimenez, James Robinson, Amabel Orogo, Nicole Stoddard, Patrick Menzies, Julia Callendar, Babette Hammerling, Winston Stauffer, Alisha Caliman, Cayce Dorrier, Aaron Frantz, Nadia Arang, Victoria Wu
Thesis advisor:
Glenn Wetzel, Susan Brown Masters, Stephanie Orellana, Ioanna Trilivas, James Eubanks, JoAnn Trejo, Terrie Ramirez, Lila Collins, Mousumi Majumdar, Valerie Tan-Sah, Sarah Moskowitz Sagi, Michael Morissette, Amy Pagel Howes, Chris Means, Dominic Del Re, Shikha Mishra, Stephanie Dusaban, Charles Gray, Olivia Wu, Andrew Willeford
Predoctoral PhD Student Thesis co-advisor
Yun Yung, Mu-En Lin, Diane Bushman, Elaine Pirie, Olga Prikhodko, Suzanne Rohrback, Aaron Frantz
Postdoctoral/project scientist mentor:
Patrick McDonough, Linda K. Jones, Lawrence Quilliam, Betsy Martinson, Haruo Abe, Eleanor Kennedy, Maria Nieto, Ginell Post, Tania Massamiri, Xiao-Lan Zhao, John Adams, Tammy Seasholtz, Eric Johnson, Tong Zhang, Shuji Kawamura, Chun-Yang Xiao, Shigeki Miyamoto, Rosalia Matteo, Julie Radeff-Huang, Simona Citro, Colin Walsh, Geir Florholmen, Haiyun Ling, Michael Grimm, Nicole Purcell, Sunny Yang Xiang, Nekeisha Nogal, Jacqueline Sayyah, Xia Zhao, Daan Westenbrink, Alessandra Castaldi, Cameron Brand, Takeshi Suetomi, Jing Li, Olga Chaim, Van Ninh, Anabel Flores
Masters student advisor/co-advisor:
Kathryn Huang, Gino Chesini, Eric Ding, Bryan Yung, Ramsinh Dodia (SCRM, MS), Daniel Ryback, Jeiting Hu, Andrea Klein , Amy Leung, Jacqueline Lara, Justin Yu, Michelle Tu, Ashley Du, Jacqueline Bella Anderson Enni, Hoyoung Moon
Visiting scholar/exchange student advisor:
Prakesh Sulakhe, Haruo Abe, Michel Puceat, Elizabeth Woodcock, Hiroshi Yoshida, Deirdre O’Shaughnessey, Jorge Carretero-Ortega, Min Kyung Cho, Anna Aragay, Cristiane Benincá, Elena Hernandez, Tolani Olonisakin, Anna Ferreté Bonastre, Ramsinh Dodia, Olga Chaim, Jing Li, Gisela Zalcman
Junior faculty mentor:
Sarah Blair, Department of Surgery, UCSD ; Laura Crotty Alexander, Department of Medicine , UCSD ; Paola Rosas, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Chicago
UNIVERSITY SERVICE:
University of California, San Diego:
Health Science Advisory Committee, 1980
Investigational Review Board (Human Subjects Committee), 1981-1984
Faculty Club, Board of Directors, 1985-1991
ACS Institutional Grant Review Committee, 1987
Committee on Research, School of Medicine Subcommittee, 1988-1989
Faculty Council, 1992-1995
Graduate Council, 1993-1995 (Vice Chair)
Search Committee Anesthesiology Department Chair, 1996-1997
Faculty Research Lecturer Committee 1997, 1998 (Chair)
Task Force on Space Policies, 1999-2001
Professorship in Neuroregeneration Review Committee, 2000
Review Committee Asst. Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Studies, 2000
Review Committee Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Medicine, 2001
Task Force on Space Policy – 60/40 Subcommittee, 2001
School of Medicine Global Space Committee, 1988 - 2005
Faculty of Basic Biomedical Science (FBBS) Council, 1999 - 2008
Search Committee School of Pharmacy Dean, 2001 - 2003
Commission for Enhancing Faculty Research Effectiveness (CEFREF) 2001
Search Committee Pulmonary Chair, 2003
Search Committee Anesthesiology Department Chair, 2004
Search Committee Professor of Cardiology, 2006
Search Committee Dean of Scientific Affairs, 2007 - 2008, Chair 2010
Health Sciences Budget Strategy Committee, 2009 - 2010
Advisory Committee, Institute of Genomic Medicine, 2009 - present
Cardiac Biomedical Science and Engineering Center (CBSEC) member, 2009 - present
Dean of the Division of Physical Sciences Review Committee, 2010
Search Committee, Cancer Center Director, 2011 - present
UCSD-Roche Master Discovery Agreement Steering Committee Co-Director, 2011 - present
Health Sciences Interim Scientific Affairs Committee (ISAC), 2011 - 2013
Graduate Programs Education Committee (GPEC), 2011 – 2015
Search Committee, School of Pharmacy Dean, 2013
Director’s Council, Center for Brain Activity Mapping 2013 – present
Review Committee, Vice Chancellor Health Sciences and Dean, School of Medicine, 2017-2018
Research Council, 2015-present
Council of Health Sciences Chairs, 2016-2020
Standing Review Committee, Moores Cancer Center, 2019 – present
UCSD New Chair Mentor Committee, 2021
Health Sciences HR Working Group, 2021
Academic Senate Committee on Privilege and Tenure, 2021
Neuroscience Department and Graduate Program
Student Advisory Committee, 1983, 1984
Faculty Recruitment Committee, September 1984
Career Advisory Committee, 1998 - 2001
Biomedical Sciences (formerly Physiology-Pharmacology) Graduate Program
Vice Chairman, 1988 - 1989
Chairman, 1989 - 1991
Admissions Committee, 1981 (Chair), 1982 (Chair), 1984, 1992, 1993
Core Committee, 1982 - 2002
Minor Proposition Committee, 1980, 1984, 1996 - 2002
Membership Committee, 1990 - 2010
Molecular Pharmacology Track Leader, 2002-2010
Executive Committee, 1981 - present
Standings and Promotion and Advisory Committee, (SPAC) 1983 - present
Planning Committee, 2002 - present
OUTSIDE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:
National Institute of Health
Pharmacological Sciences Review Committee, 1987 - 1991
Program Project Grant Review Committee, 2006
Pharmacology Sciences Training Grant Site Visit Committee, 2006 - 2007
Myocardial Ischemia and Metabolism Study Section, adhoc member, 2009
Molecular and Integrative Signal Transduction Study Section, permanent member, 2009 – 2012
NIH Special Emphasis Panel (SEP) ZRG1 CBJ70, Common Fund Program "Illuminating the Druggable Genome" 2019, 2020
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)
ASPET Subcommittee on Women in Pharmacology, 1982 - 1992
ASPET Award Selection Committee, 1985 and 1994
Nominating Committee, 1986, 1998 (Chair)
Executive Committee, Division for Molecular Pharmacology, 1997, 1998
Board of Publication Trustee, 1999 - 2003
ASPET Fellows Review Committee, 2021
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
Burroughs Wellcome Visiting Professorship Committee, 1998 – 2001
FASEB Excellence in Science Award Committee, 2014 – 2017
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)
Equal Opportunity Committee
American Heart Association, National (AHA)
Research Study Section, 1987 - 1988, 1988 - 1989
Katz Prize Committee, 1995 - 1997
Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences, (Program Committee) 2004 - 2008
Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences, (Leadership Committee) 2003 - 2005, 2010 - 2014
American Heart Association, California (Western States) Affiliate
Peer Review Committee, 1992, 1993 - 1995 (Vice Chair), 1995 - 1997 (Chair)
Research Committee, 1995-2000
Basic Cardiovascular Sciences Council 2010-2012
Keystone Symposia Drug Discovery Study Group, 2008
International Society for Heart Research (ISHR)
Councilor, North American Section 2003 – 2005; 2012-2016
Nominating Committee (Chair), 2005 – 2006
World Congress, Chair, 2013
Gordon Research Conferences
Molecular Pharmacology, Vice-Chair 1997, Chair 1999
Cardiac Regulatory Mechanisms, Vice-Chair 2008, Chair 2010
Training Grant External Review Committees
UW-Madison, Center for Molecular Pharmacology and Drug Discovery (Audhya)
University of Rochester, Pharmacology Training Grant (Smrckas)
Duke University Medical Center, Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology (Kuhn C)
UC Davis, Pharmacology (Bers D)
Weill Cornell Medical College, Pharmacology (Gross S)
National University of Singapore, Cluster Visiting Review Committee, Oct. 2016
Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology Review, Nov. 2016
Association of Medical School Pharmacology Chairs (AMSPC) Councilor, 2020 – 2023
Center for Circadian Biology (CCB), External Advisory Board Executive Committee, 2019-present
COMMUNITY SERVICE:
San Diego Opera: Advisory Board member, Student Ticket Initiative Committee, Life Sciences Night Committee
America's Next Top Scientist (UCSD Undergraduate Project)
INVITED SEMINARS, PRESENTATIONS AND SYMPOSIA:
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, 1980
City of Hope Medical Center, Division of Neuroscience, 1981
UCLA School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, 1981
ASPET Cardiovascular Conference, Banff, 1981
University of Pennsylvania, Department of Pharmacology, 1983
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, 1983
Chair, ASPET Symposium on Parasympathetic Neuroeffector Mechanisms in the Heart, Chicago, IL, 1983
UCLA School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, 1984
University of Michigan, Department of Neuroscience, 1985
University of Southern California, Department of Physiology, 1985
Chair, Symposium on Intracellular Messengers, Otto Krayer Memorial Symposia on the Role of Calcium in Cardiac Function, Boston, MA, August 1985
ASPET Symposium on Cardioselective Muscarinic Antagonists, Boston, MA, August 1985.
FASEB Conference on Neurotransmitters, VT, 1985
University of Texas Health Science Center, Department of Pharmacology, 1986
University of Calgary Health Science Center, Alberta Heritage Scholar, 1986
UCLA School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, 1986
Cold Spring Harbor Symposium on Guanine Nucleotide Binding Proteins, 1986
American Motility Society Symposium on Muscarinic Receptor Subtypes, San Francisco, CA, 1986
Gordon Research Conference on Second Messengers and Protein Phosphorylation, 1986
ASPET Fall Meeting Symposium on Muscarinic Receptors, Baltimore, MD, 1986
University of British Columbia, Department of Pharmacology, 1987
Emory University, Department of Physiology, 1987
University of North Carolina, Department of Pharmacology, 1987
Gordon Research Conference on Biological Regulatory Mechanisms, 1987
Tenth International Congress of Pharmacology Symposium on Muscarinic Receptors, Sydney, Australia, 1987
International Symposium on Neurotransmitter Receptors, Hiroshima, Japan, 1987
University of California Irvine, Department of Pharmacology, 1988
Cal State Long Beach, Departments of Anatomy and Physiology, 1988
University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Pharmacology, 1988
University of Iowa, Department of Pharmacology, 1989
Visiting Lecturer, Cardiovascular Research Institute, UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 1989
Gordon Research Conference on Cardiac Inotropic Mechanisms, 1989
Chair, Endocrine Society Symposium on Receptor Stimulation by Multiple Signals, Seattle, WA, 1989
Nobel Symposium on Cholinergic Neurotransmission, Stockholm, 1989
Society for Experimental Biology Symposium on Hormone Perception and Signal Transduction in Animals and Plants, Nottingham, England, 1989
Duke University, Department of Pharmacology, 1990
Cornell University, Department of Pharmacology, 1990
University of California Riverside, Division of Biomedical Science, 1990
American Society of Neurochemistry Symposium on Neural Muscarinic Receptors, Phoenix, AZ, 1990
University of Oregon, Department of Biochemistry, 1991
Vanderbilt University, Department of Pharmacology, 1991
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Symposium on Signal Transduction, Sarasota, FL, 1991
ISN Satellite Meeting on Sedative and Hypotic Drugs, Brisbane, 1991
International Society for Neurochemistry Symposium on Phospholipid Generated Second Messengers, Sydney, Australia, 1991
Gordon Research Conference on Cardiac Biology, NH, 1992
Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) Symposium on Neurotransmitter Mechanisms, Dublin, Ireland, 1992
University of North Carolina, Department of Pharmacology, 1994
Gordon Research Conference on Cardiac Regulatory Mechanisms, RI, 1994
University of Colorado, Department of Pharmacology, 1995
University of Utah, Department of Pharmacology, 1996
San Diego State University, Department of Biology, 1996
Chair, Experimental Biology Symposium on Nuclear Signaling by G-protein Receptors, Atlanta, GA, 1995
International Society for Heart Research Symposium on Signal Transduction, Chicago, IL, June 1996
Experimental Biology Meeting Symposium on Gq-coupled receptors in hypertrophy, Washington, DC, April 1996
Gordon Conference on Cardiac Regulatory Mechanisms, July 1996
Symposium on Muscarinic Receptor Subtypes, Washington, DC, 1996
ASBMB Fall Symposium on Integration of Growth Factor Signalling Pathways, Lake Tahoe, CA, 1996
University of Cincinnati, Department of Internal Medicine, 1997
Cleveland Clinic, Department of Molecular Cardiology, 1997
Vice Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Molecular Pharmacology, 1997
International Society for Heart Research, Vancouver, Canada, July 1997
Endocrine Society Symposium on Interactions in Signaling Networks, Minneapolis, MN, 1997
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Iowa Fall Symposium on Signal Transduction Leading to Cellular Activation or Death, Iowa City, IA, 1997
University of Cincinnati Cardiovascular Center Distinguished Lecturer, Cincinnati, OH, 1997
COR Therapeutics, San Francisco, 1998
Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physiology, 1998
University of Pennsylvania, Department of Pharmacology, 1998
Third Annual Goeppert Mayer Symposium, San Diego, CA, 1998
Antwerp-La Jolla-Kyoto Research Conference on Cardiac Function, La Jolla, CA, 1998
National Institutes of Aging, Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, Baltimore 1999
Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Molecular Pharmacology, Ventura, CA, 1999
Endocrine Society Symposium on Kinase Activation Pathways, San Diego, CA, 1999
AHA Snowbird, Molecular, Cellular and Integrated Physiological Approaches to the Failing Heart, 1999
Columbia University, Department of Pharmacology, 2000
New York Academy of Sciences, Symposium on G-Protein coupled Receptor Signaling Pathways in Cardiac Hypertrophy and Failure, New York, 2000
Antwerp-La Jolla-Kyoto Research Conference on Cardiac Function: Cardiomyopathy 2000, Kyoto, Japan, 2000
Experimental Biology Meeting, Symposium on Rho in GPCR signaling, Boston, June 2000
Gordon Research Conference on Cardiac Regulatory Mechanisms, July 2000
Heart Failure Society of America, Boca Raton, September 2000
American Heart Association, New Orleans, November 2000
Eli Lilly Symposium, Congestive Heart Failure from Genomics to the Clinic, Indianapolis, December 2000
AHA Snowbird Conference, Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Heart Failure, Snowbird, 2000
University of California, Riverside, Department of Biomedical Sciences, 2001
University of Illinois, Department of Pharmacology, 2001
Loyola University, Cardiovascular Institute, 2001
Children’s Hospital/Los Angeles Research Institute, Affiliate of USC, 2001
11thInternational Conference on Second Messenger and Phosphorylation, Melbourne, Australia, April 2001
International Society for Heart Research, Winnipeg Canada, July 2001
Case Western Reserve University, Department of Biochemistry, 2002
University of North Carolina, Department of Pharmacology, 2002
Duke University, Signal Transduction Colloquium, 2002
14thWorld Congress of Pharmacology (IUPHAR), San Francisco, July 2002
The La Jolla – Rome- Yamaguchi Research Conference on Cardiac Function, La Jolla, December 2002
International Society for Heart Research, Madison, Wisconsin, 2002
University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine, 2003
University of California, Irvine, Department of Pharmacology, 2003
University of Washington, Department of Pharmacology, 2003
Loyola University, Department of Physiology, 2004
Gordon Research Conference, Ventura, California, February 2003
Gordon Research Conference on Second Messengers and Protein Phosphorylation, New Hampshire, June 2003
FASEB Summer Conference on Lysophospholipids, Colorado, June/July 2003
AHA Snowbird Conference, Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Heart Failure, Snowbird, Utah, August 2003
American Physiological Society Adaptation to Stress Conference, La Jolla, California, August 2003
Heart Failure Society of American (HFSA), Las Vegas, Nevada, September 2003
International Society for Heart Research 20thAnnual Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, November 2003
Vanderbilt University, Limbird Honorary Symposium, 2004
University of Oregon, Health Sciences, Goodman Lectureship, October, 2004
Vanderbilt Page Campbell Heart Institute, Nashville, TN, October, 2004
International Society for Heart Research North American Section, Cancun, Mexico, May 2004
Gordon Research Conference on Cardiac Regulatory Mechanisms, New Hampshire, June 2004
International Society for Heart Research World Congress, Brisbane, Australia, August 2004
Heart Failure Society of America, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, September, 2004
Basic Concepts and Innovative Strategies in Heart Disease, Capri, Italy, October, 2004
AHA Scientific Sessions, New Orleans, LA, November, 2004
Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston, MA, April, 2005
U. T. Southwestern, Dallas, TX, May, 2005
University of Milan, Milan, Italy, June, 2005
Biophysical Society Symposium, San Diego, CA February, 2005
IBC Target Talks, San Diego, CA March, 2005
Mini Symposium for Perry Molinoff, Philadelphia, PS May, 2005
AHA Keystone BCVS Conference, Keystone, CO, July, 2005
AHA Scientific Sessions, Dallas, TX, November, 2005
International Society for Heart Research, North American Section, Toronto, Canada, June, 2006
Gordon Research Conference on Cardiac Regulatory Mechanisms, New Hampshire, July, 2006
11thLa Jolla-Capri-Yamaguchi-Seoul Conference, Hagi, Yamaguchi, Japan, October, 2006
AHA Scientific Sessions, Chicago, IL November 2006
Gordon Research Conference on Molecular Pharmacology, California, January, 2007
CINVESTAV-IPN, Department of Pharmacology, Mexico City, Mexico, January 2007
International Society for Heart Research, North American Section, Bologna, Italy, June, 2007
International Society for Heart Research World Congress, Bologna, Italy, June 2007
Cardiac Stem Cells Symposium, Rome, Italy, June 2007
Signal Transduction Meeting, Veracruz, Mexico, September, 2007
Heart Failure Society 11thAnnual Scientific Meeting, Washington, D.C., September 2007
Women in Science & Engineering (WISE), La Jolla, CA, February 2008
Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, University of California, Los Angeles, May, 2008
Keystone Symposium on G-Protein-Coupled Receptors, Killarney, Ireland, May, 2008
International Society for Heart Research, 2008 North American Section, Cincinnati, OH, June, 2008
Gordon Research Conference on Cardiac Regulatory Mechanisms, Vice Chair, New Hampshire, July, 2008,
12thAnnual Scientific Meeting of the Heart Failure Society, Toronto, Canada, September 2008
AHA Scientific Sessions, New Orleans, LA, November, 2008
Experimental Biology Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 2009
Benedict R. Lucchesi Distinguished Lectureship in Cardiac Pharmacology, New Orleans, LA, April 2009
Gordon Research Conference on Molecular Pharmacology, Lucca, Italy, May, 2009
Gordon Research Conference on Phosphorylation and G-Protein Mediated Signaling Networks, Biddeford, ME, June 2009
FASEB Summer Conference on Lysophospholipids, Carefree, AZ, June/July 2009
AHA Keystone BCVS Conference, Las Vegas, NV, July 2009
IUBMB and FAOBMB International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shanghai, China, August 2009
Heart Failure Society 13thAnnual Scientific Meeting, Boston, MA, September 2009
Medical University of South Carolina Molecular and Cellular Biology and Pathobiology Seminar, Charleston, SC, October 2009
Progress in the Science of Medicine Lecture Series, La Jolla, CA, November 2009
Symposium Organizer, Experimental Biology Meeting, Anaheim, CA, April, 2010
Keynote speaker, ASPET Molecular Pharmacology Division Awards Symposium, Anaheim, CA, April, 2010
International Society for Heart Research World Congress, Kyoto, Japan, May 2010
Gordon Research Conference on Cardiac Regulatory Mechanisms, Chair, New London, NH, June 2010
AHA BCVS Conference, Palm Springs, CA, July 2010
Heart Failure Society 14thAnnual Scientific Meeting, San Diego, CA, September 2010
AHA Scientific Sessions, Chicago, IL, November, 2010
Keystone Symposium on Molecular Cardiology, Keystone, CO, February 2011
La Jolla Cardiovascular International Collaborative Research Conference, La Jolla, CA, March 2011
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Integrative Biology & Pharmacology Seminar, Houston, TX, April 2011
International Society for Heart Research North American Section Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, May, 2011
FASEB Summer Research Conference: Regulation and Function of Small GTPases, Saxtons River, VT, June, 2011
AHA BCVS Conference, New Orleans, LA, July 2011
FASEB Summer Research Conference: Lysophospholipid Mediators in Health and Disease, Lucca, Italy, August 2011
AHA Scientific Sessions, Orlando, FL, November 2011
AMSPC Chairs Meeting, Maui, HI, January 2012
Experimental Biology Meeting, San Diego, CA, April, 2012
Cardiology Research Speaker, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, May 2012
Wells Center Seminar at the Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, May 2012
International Society for Heart Research North American Section Meeting, Banff, AB, Canada, May 2012
GRC Cardiac Regulatory Mechanisms, New London, NH, June 2012
GRC Phosphorylation & G-Protein Mediated Signaling Networks, Biddeford, ME, June 2012
International Society for Heart Research Australian Section Meeting, Brisbane, Australia, August 2012
University of Oklahoma, Department of Cell Biology, Annual student invited speaker October 2012
American Heart Association, Los Angeles, November 2012
Emory University of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, March 2013
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, March 2013
Keystone Symposia, Snowbird, UT, April 2013
HSFA Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL September 2013
AHA Scientific Session, Dallas, TX November 2013
AHA Go Red Building Research Event, UCSD February 6, 2014
Experimental Biology, San Diego, CA, April 2014
ISHR, Miami, May 2014
International Society for Heart Research, Barcelona, June 2014
Basic Cardiovascular Research, Las Vegas, July 2014
Biological Regulation and Enzyme Activity in Normal and Neoplastic tissues, Bologna, Italy, September 2014
12thannual CHFR symposium on heart failure, Oslo, Norway, September 2014
GRC, Molecular Pharmacology, Ventura, California, February 2015
Cornell University, New York, May 2015
Rutgers University, New Jersey, May 2015
ISHR, North American Section meeting, Seattle, June 2015
BCVS, New Orleans, July 2015
AHA, Scientific Sessions, Orlando, Nov 2015
Experimental Biology, San Diego, April, 2016
ISHR World Congress, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2016
Lipid Mediators in Health and Disease, San Diego, May 2016
GRC, Phosphorylation & G-Protein Mediated Signaling Networks, Biddeford, ME June 2016
FASEB SRC Phospholipid Signaling, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, August 2016
BCVS Scientific Sessions, Phoenix, Arizona, July 2016
Queen’s University, Luis G. Melo Memorial Lecture Series in Molecular Cardiology, Toronto, Canada, Oct 2016
University of Minnesota, Lillehei Heart Institute, Minneapolis, MN, Oct 2016
UC Davis, Frontiers in Pharmacology Seminar Series, Davis, CA, March 2017
Experimental Biology, Chicago, IL, April 2017
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL April 2017
Cincinnati Children’s Heart Institute, 2016-2017 Cody Lecture Series, Cincinnati, OH, May 2017
ISHR, New Orleans, LA, May 2017
FASEB Science Research Conference, New Orleans, LA, August 2017
The Heart Institute, San Diego State University, October 2017
24th Annual Arthur H. Briggs Lectureship, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, October 2017
AHA Scientific Sessions, Anaheim, CA November 2017
University of Washington Mitochondria and Metabolism Center, Seattle, WA December 2017
Experimental Biology, San Diego, CA, April 2018
ASPET Great Lakes Chapter, 31st Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL June 2018
World Congress of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, Kyoto, Japan, July 2018
BCVS San Antonio, TX July 2018
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, September 2018
AHA Scientific Sessions, Chicago, IL, November 2018
ASC-EMBO Joint Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, December 2018
UCSD-UCLA Diabetes Research Center Retreat, La Jolla, CA, April 2019
ISHR World Congress Beijing, China, June 2019
Institute of Experimental Cardiology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany, November 2019
University Medical Center, Göttingen, Germany, November 2019
Max Plank Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany, November 2019
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, November 2019
University of Alabama, Comprehensive Cardiovascular Center (CCVC), Birmingham, AL, January 2020
Keynote Speaker, Cardiac Muscle Society Meeting, San Diego, CA, February 2020
New York Academy of Science , Immune Contribution to Heart Failure and Therapeutic Opportunities, Oct. 2020
Stanford Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Virtual Series, Jan. 2021