Education and Training
| Dates Attended | Institution | Degree | Major Subject / Mentor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Undergraduate | |||
| 1978-1981 | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL | B.S., 1981 | Neuroscience |
| Graduate | |||
| 1982-1986 | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL | Ph.D., 1986 | Neuroscience, Floyd Thompson, Ph.D. |
| Post Graduate | |||
| 1986-1989 | Rockefeller University, New York, NY | — | Neurophysiology, Victor Wilson, Ph.D. |
Appointments and Positions
| Years | Institution | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1989-1990 | Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY | Research Associate |
| 1990-1994 | Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY | Assistant Professor |
| 1994-1998 | Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine | Assistant Professor |
| 1994-1998 | Department of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh College of Arts and Sciences | Assistant Professor (Secondary) |
| 1998-2003 | Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine | Associate Professor (with tenure) |
| 1998-2003 | Department of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh College of Arts and Sciences | Associate Professor (Secondary) |
| 2003-Present | Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine | Professor (with tenure) |
| 2003-Present | Department of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh College of Arts and Sciences | Professor (Secondary) |
| 2020 | Chancellor's Office, University of Pittsburgh | Interim Vice-Chancellor for Research Protections |
| 2021-Present | Chancellor's Office, University of Pittsburgh | Vice-Chancellor for Research Protections |
Membership in Professional and Scientific Societies
| Year | Organization |
|---|---|
| 1984 | Society for Neuroscience |
| 1984 | International Brain Research Organization |
| 1984 | American Physiological Society |
| 1987 | American Association for Advancement of Science |
| 1988 | The Bárány Society |
| 1994 | Association for Research in Otolaryngology |
| 1995 | New York Academy of Sciences |
| 1996 | International Society of Gravitational Physiology |
| 1996 | International Society for Autonomic Neuroscience |
| 2000 | Neural Control of Movement Society |
Honors
Awards and Recognitions
| Years | Award/Recognition |
|---|---|
| 1981 | Elected to Phi Beta Kappa |
| 1983, 1984 | Recipient of University of Florida Medical Guild Graduate Student Research Award |
| 1992 | Irma T. Hirschl Career Research Scientist Award |
| 1995 | Invited Speaker, NIH, NIDCD Council Meeting |
| 2006-2014 | Associate Editor for Experimental Brain Research |
| 2010 | Recipient of Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Pittsburgh |
| 2010-2014 | Associate Editor, Frontiers in Respiratory Physiology |
| 2014-2020 | Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Neurophysiology |
| 2018 | Elected to Academy of Medical Educators, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| 2020-Present | Editor-in-Chief, Experimental Brain Research |
| 2020, 2021, 2022, 2025 | Recipient of Excellence in Education Award, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| 2021 | Recipient of Kenneth E. Schuit Award, Recognizing the Dean's Master Educators |
Board and Advisory Committee Appointments
| Years | Role |
|---|---|
| 1994 | Member of NIH, NIDCD panel for updating the balance and balance disorders section of the National Strategic Research Plan |
| 1996-2003 | Member of External Advisory Panel, National Space Biomedical Research Institute |
| 1999-2006 | Member, Steering Committee of the Central Nervous System Section of American Physiological Society (Secretary-Treasurer 2002-2006) |
| 2000-2006 | Member, American Physiological Society's "Committee on Committees" |
| 2003-2005 | Member, International Multidisciplinary Artificial Gravity Review Team (NASA Representative) |
| 2003-2017 | Member, Board of Scientific Councilors, National Space Biomedical Research Institute |
| 2005-2007 | Chair, International Multidisciplinary Artificial Gravity Review Team (NASA representative) |
| 2007-2009 | Member, American Physiological Society's Animal Care and Experimentation Committee |
| 2009 | Peer reviewer, National Academies of Science study on Scientific and Humane Issues in the Use of Random-Source Dogs and Cats |
| 2009-Present | Member, Board of Directors, Americans for Medical Progress |
| 2010-2012 | Chair, American Physiological Society's Animal Care and Experimentation Committee |
| 2010-2015 | Member, Board of Trustees, AAALAC International |
| 2013-Present | Member, Ethics Committee for International Union of Physiological Sciences |
| 2014 | Member, AAALAC Budget and Finance Committee |
| 2014-2017 | Council Member (elected by Society membership), American Physiological Society |
| 2015 | Member of Executive Committee, AAALAC International |
| 2016-2017 | Member, National Academies of Science Committee to Review NASA's Evidence Reports on Human Health Risks |
| 2020-2023 | Member, American Physiological Society's "Science Policy Committee" |
| 2020-Present | Board Member, Federation of American Societies of Experimental Biology (Representative for American Physiological Society) |
| 2021 | Chair, NASA HRP/CBS Animal Standardization Technical Interchange Meeting |
Grant Review Appointments
| Years | Role |
|---|---|
| 1996, 1999-2002 | Member of NASA Grant Study Section |
| 2001 | Member, NIH Special Emphasis Panel |
| 2003 | Chair, NASA Grant Study Section for Neuroscience |
| 2004-2005 | Ad Hoc Reviewer, NIH Sensorimotor Integration Study Section |
| 2004 | Ad Hoc Reviewer, NIH Study Section for Fellowships in Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience (ZRG1-F02B) |
| 2005-2008 | Charter ("Permanent") Member, NIH Sensorimotor Integration Study Section |
| 2007 | Member of NASA/NSBRI Study Section for Postdoctoral Research Proposals |
| 2008, 2009 | Chairperson, NIH Special Emphasis Panels for Auditory and Vestibular Neuroscience |
| 2008 | Member, NIH Special Emphasis Panel for Training Grants in Deafness and Communication Disorders |
| 2008 | External reviewer, NASA Lunar Science Institute Cooperative Agreement Solicitation |
| 2009 | Member, NIH Special Emphasis Panel to Review Clinical Research Center Application |
| 2009 | Member, NIH Special Emphasis Panel to Review Challenge Grants |
| 2009 | Member, NIH Special Emphasis Panel in Sensory Neuroscience |
| 2010-2012 | Member of NIH's "College of CSR Reviewers" |
| 2010, 2012 | Member of NIH Special Emphasis Panel to Review Loan Repayment Applications |
| 2013 | Member of NIH Special Emphasis Panel "Control of Breathing/Pulmonary Vascular Biology" |
| 2013 | Member of NIH Special Emphasis Panel "Member Conflicts: Respiratory Diseases" |
| Jan, Sept. 2015 | Member, NIH Sensorimotor Integration Study Section (SMI) |
| 2016 | Member of 4 separate NASA grant study sections |
| 2016-2020 | Chartered Member, National Library of Medicine Literature Selection Committee |
| 2017 | Member of NASA grant study section |
| 2017 | Member of NIH Special Emphasis Panel "Translational Grants Review HB" |
| 2017 | Member, NIH Sensorimotor Integration Study Section (SMI) |
| 2018 | Mail Reviewer, NASA grants |
| 2019 | Member of NASA grant study section |
| 2019 | Member of Veteran's Administration grant study section |
| 2020 | Member of NASA grant study section |
| 2021, 2022, 2023 | Member of NIH Study Section "Hearing and Balance Application Review" |
| 2021 | Member of two NASA grant study sections |
| 2022 | Member of NIH Study Section "Member Conflict: Pain, Chemosensation and Sensory Motor Neurobiology" |
| 2022 | Member of NIH Study Section "Circadian Mechanisms and Sleep" |
| 2023 | Member of NIH Study Section "NIDCD Institutional Training Grants (T32-T35)" |
| 2024 | Member of NASA Study Section "2024 Crew Health Step-2 Reviews" |
| 2024 | Member of NIH Study Section "Education Grant Review Meeting" |
| 2025 | Member of NIH Study Section "Loan Repayment Program Review" |
Invited Seminars, Lectures and Workshops
| Date | Event/Location |
|---|---|
| Nov 1993 | Satellite Symposium of Society for Neuroscience Meeting: Ventral Brainstem Mechanisms for Control of Respiration and Blood Pressure, Washington, DC |
| Feb 1994 | Department of Physiology, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX |
| Jan 1995 | Meeting of National Advisory Council of National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, Bethesda, MD |
| Jun 1995 | New York Academy of Sciences Symposium: New Directions in Vestibular Research, New York, NY |
| Jan 1996 | Department of Neuroscience, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| May 1996 | 1996 Conference at UCLA: Vestibular Adaptation, Los Angeles, CA |
| Aug 1996 | Bárány Society Meeting, Sydney, Australia |
| Aug 1996 | Department of Physiology, Univ. Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia |
| Aug 1996 | Department of Physiology, Univ. Sydney, Sydney, Australia |
| Mar 1997 | NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA |
| Apr 1997 | International Workshop on Neurosciences in Space, Paris, France |
| May 1997 | International Workshop on Motion Sickness, Marabella, Spain |
| Sep 1997 | NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX |
| Sep 1997 | Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA |
| May 1998 | Department of Neurology, University College, London, U.K. |
| Sep 1998 | Bárány Society Satellite Meeting, Freiburg, Germany |
| Apr 2000 | Neural Control of Movement Meeting, Key West, FL |
| Jun 2000 | Department of Neuroscience, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA |
| Sep 2000 | Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT, Boston, MA |
| Jan 2001 | Department of Surgery, University of Mississippi, Jackson, MS |
| Jan 2001 | Symposium on Spatial Cognition and Anxiety, Paris Collège de France, Paris, France |
| Sep 2002 | Keynote Speaker, Sixth Symposium on the Role of Vestibular Organs in Space Exploration, Portland, OR |
| Jan 2003 | Department of Neurology, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY |
| Dec 2003 | Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Jun 2004 | Keynote Speaker, 1st International Symposium of Vestibulocochlear System, Wonkwang University, South Korea |
| Jun 2004 | Keynote Speaker, 8th Congress of the Korean Balance Society, Seoul, South Korea |
| Jan 2006 | Department of Physiology, Howard University, Washington, DC |
| Jun 2006 | General Clinical Research Center, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA |
| 2007-2013 | Faculty Member, Vestibular Rehabilitation: An Advanced Course and Update, Pittsburgh, PA |
| Aug 2007 | Neuroscience Lecture Series, University of Mississippi, Jackson, MS |
| Oct 2007 | Neuroscience Seminar Series, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| Jun 2008 | Seminar Series, Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada |
| Oct 2008 | Invited Presentation to the Committee on Scientific and Humane Issues in the Use of Random Source Dogs and Cats for Research, National Academy of Sciences |
| Feb 2009 | Seminar Series, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh |
| Feb 2009 | Invited Speaker for Symposium "Vestibular Compensation: New Clinical and Basic Science Perspectives." Association for Research in Otolaryngology |
| Apr 2009 | Breakout session presenter at 2009 PRIM&R Meeting in San Diego, CA |
| Dec 2009 | Invited speaker for 2009 SCAW meeting in San Antonio, TX |
| Dec 2010 | Invited speaker for 2010 SCAW meeting in San Antonio, TX |
| Dec 2010 | Invited speaker at University of Nebraska Medical Center |
| Jun 2011 | Invited speaker at University of Nebraska Medical Center |
| Aug 2011 | Invited speaker at meeting "U.S. and European Animal-Research Regulations: Impact on Neuroscience Research," sponsored by the Institute of Medicine |
| Dec 2011 | Invited speaker in the Department of Anatomy, George Washington University, Washington, DC |
| Feb 2012 | Invited speaker in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI |
| Mar 2014 | Invited speaker in the Center for Hearing and Balance, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD |
| May 2015 | Invited Speaker in the National Space Biomedical Research Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX |
| Oct 2015 | Invited Speaker at the Nebraska Physiological Society Meeting |
| June 2016 | Invited Speaker and Session Chair, 2016 Barany Society Meeting, Seoul, South Korea |
| Dec 2016 | Invited Speaker in the Department of Physiology, Emory University |
| Aug 2017 | Invited Speaker for the 38th World Congress of the International Union of Physiological Sciences, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Apr 2018 | Invited Speaker in the Department of Neurology, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine |
| Apr 2018 | Invited Speaker for the 2018 Experimental Biology Meeting |
| Mar 2019 | Invited Speaker in the Department of Physiology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan |
| Mar 2019 | Invited Speaker for International Symposium on Living in Space, Kyoto, Japan. Sponsored by JAXA |
| May 2019 | Keynote Speaker for 2019 Vestibular-Oriented Research Meeting, Dayton, Ohio |
| May 2019 | Invited Speaker for the Second Pan-American Congress of Physiological Sciences, Havana, Cuba |
| Oct 2019 | Invited speaker for Vestibular Contributions to Health and Disease Conference, sponsored by Mt. Sinai School of Medicine |
| Apr 2021 | Invited speaker for 2021 Experimental Biology Meeting |
| Dec 2022 | Invited speaker for 2022 PRIM&R Meeting |
| Nov 2025 | Speaker for two sessions at 2025 PRIM&R Meeting |
Meetings and Sessions Organized
| Date | Event/Location |
|---|---|
| Apr 1996 | NIH and NASA-sponsored workshop on Vestibular Autonomic Regulation, Pittsburgh, PA |
| Sep 1999 | Meeting on "Programming Autonomic Function for Action," Club Méditerranée Conference Center, Opio, France |
| Nov 2000 | Vestibular Social at 2000 Society for Neuroscience Meeting |
| Apr 2001 | Featured Topic on "Somatic Sensation during Movement and its Role in Autonomic Control" at 2001 Experimental Biology Meeting |
| Jul 2004 | Symposium on "Vestibulo-Autonomic Regulation" at the 23rd Bárány Society International Congress, Paris, France |
| Apr 2010 | Symposium on "Trends in Animal Rights Activism and Extremism" at the 2010 Experimental Biology Meeting |
| Apr 2012 | Symposium on "Public Outreach and Animal Research: A Toolkit for Investigators" at the 2012 Experimental Biology Meeting |
| Oct 2013 | NIH-sponsored meeting "Biology and Control of Nausea and Vomiting 2013" at the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA |
| Oct 2015 | NIH-sponsored meeting "Biology and Control of Nausea and Vomiting 2015" at the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA |
| Apr 2022 | Symposium on "Understanding the Threat of Foreign Influence on Research" at the 2022 Experimental Biology Meeting |