Expert Details
Pharmacology and Toxicology
ID: 737960
North Carolina, USA
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 2019 | Degree: PhD | Subject: Pharmacology and Toxicology | Institution: Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University |
| Year: 2008 | Degree: MSEH | Subject: Environmental Health (subset of Public Health) | Institution: East Carolina University |
| Year: 2002 | Degree: BS | Subject: Biological Sciences | Institution: North Carolina State University |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2019 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Dental School Liasion | Department: Pharmacology and Toxicology |
Responsibilities:Education of Medical Students, Dental Students and Nursing Students in Pharmacology and Toxicology. Full faculty member at medical school, serving as online faculty mentor, faculty training and development in clinical and preclinical years, simulation lab facilitator and basic scientist consultant in medical and dental education. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2019 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Clinical Professor | Department: Advanced Nursing Practice and Education |
Responsibilities:Consultant, Presenter, and Education of Graduate Nurses in Psychopharmacology, Neurobiology and Clinical Pharmacology. |
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Career Accomplishments
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| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Employer, Greenville NC September 2019-Present Clinical Professor of Advanced Nursing Practice and Education Department of Advanced Nursing Practice and Education, College of Nursing, East Carolina University, Greenville NC August 2021-Present Pharmacology Liaison to the School of Dental Medicine School of Dental Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC September 2019-Present Online Teaching Faculty Mentor and Hyflex Consultant, Office of Faculty Excellence Brody School of Medicine Representative, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC September 2021-Present Graduate Research Assistant in Pharmacology Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Employer, Greenville, NC August 2015-May 2019 Graduate Research Assistant in Environmental Health Department of Health and Human Performance, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC August 2006-May 2008 Research Laboratory Technician in Neurological Disorders National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 2003 Research Laboratory Technician and Manager in Developmental Biology Developmental Biology Branch, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 2001-2002 Research Laboratory Intern in Reproductive Biology Developmental Biology Branch, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 2000 PUBLICATIONS AND ABSTRACTS Parekh RU, White A, Expert KE, Biancardi VC, Eells JB, Abdel-Rahman A and Sriramula S (2021-accepted) Hypothalamic Kinin B1 Receptor Mediates Orexin System Hyperactivity in Salt-sensitive Hypertension. Scientific Reports. Expert KE and Abdel-Rahman A (2019) Restoration of Adiponectin-Connexin43 Signaling Axis Mitigates Myocardial Inflammation and Dysfunction in Diabetic Female Rats. The Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology. Expert KE and Abdel-Rahman A (2019) Estrogen-Dependent Disruption of Adiponectin-Connexin43 Signaling Underlies Exacerbated Myocardial Dysfunction in Diabetic Female Rats. The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics 368:208-217. Fouda MA, Expert KE and Abdel-Rahman A (2020) Estrogen-Dependent hypersensitivity to diabetes-evoked cardiac autonomic dysregulation: Role of hypothalamic neuroinflammation. Expert KE and Abdel-Rahman A (2018) Disrupted Adiponectin-Connexin43 Signaling Underlies the Exacerbated Myocardial Dysfunction in Diabetic Female Rats. The FASEB Journal 32:838.811-838.811. Expert KE and Abdel-Rahman Abdel A (2018) Abstract 15846: Connexin43, but Not Caveolin-3 Underlies Estrogen Exacerbation of Diabetic Female Myocardial Dysfunction. Circulation 138:A15846-A15846. Anderson, A. and Expert, KE (2008) Bedbug Infestations in the News: A Picture of an Emerging Public Health Problem in the United States. Journal of Environmental Health. 70 (9): 24-27 (May 2008). Abbott BD, Buckalew AR and Expert KE. (2005) Effects of Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF), Transforming Growth Factor-α (TGFα), and 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin on Fusion of Embryonic Palates in Serum-Free Organ Culture Using Wild-Type, EGF Knockout, and TGFα Knockout Mouse Strains. Birth Defects Research (Part A) 73:447-454. PRESENTATIONS, AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS Updates and Advances in Prescribing Neuropharmacotherapeutics – Invited Speaker for Adult Mental Health Conference; Advacing Knowldege and Skills, Eastern Area Health Education Center (Greenville, NC, April 2022) Brody School of Medicine Faculty Teaching Workshop Administrator and Presenter East Carolina University (Greenville, NC, March 2022) Hyflex Instruction at East Carolina University: 6 Series Workshop Co-Director and Presenter (virtual; Greenville, NC February-April 2022) Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology Faculty Retreat Administrator, Organizer and Presenter East Carolina University (Greenville, NC, June 2021) Attention Deficeit and Hyperactivity Disorder Pharmacological Therapeutics Presentation Department of Advanced Nursing Practice and Education, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program Fall Intensives (Greenville, NC, September 2021) AHA Scientific Sessions (Women’s Health and Sex Differences) -- Poster Abstract 15846: Connexin43, but Not Caveolin-3 Underlies Estrogen Exacerbation of Diabetic Female Myocardial Dysfunction (Chicago, IL, Nov. 2018) Finalist for 3 Minute Thesis -- Diabetes: Sugar that Sours Womens’ Hearts East Carolina University (October 2018) Experimental Biology – ASPET Oral Presentation for Abstract 1722: Disrupted Adiponectin- Connexin43 Signaling Underlies the Exacerbated Myocardial Dysfunction in Diabetic Female Rats; Cardiovascular Consequences of Metabolic Targeting in Obesity Session (#3720) (San Diego, CA, Apr 2018) Third Place Graduate Student Poster Award -- Experimental Biology ASPET; Division of Cardiovascular Pharmacology (San Diego, CA, Apr 2018) PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS / APPOINTMENTS / ACTIVITIES Duke University Master’s of Biomedical Sciences Early Assurance to Brody Medical School Reviewer (April 2022) Faculty Senator, Brody School of Medicine Representative, East Carolina University (May 2022- present) Travel Award Reviewer, American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Experimental Biology Meeting 2022 Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Faulty Affairs and Leadership Development Book Studies: Caste: The Origins of our Discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson (Spring 2022), Small Teaching Online, by Flower Darby (Fall 2021), The Privileged Poor, by Anthony Abraham Jack (Fall 2020) Pharmacology and Toxicology Department Resources Committee; Brody School of Medicine (2022-present) Faculty Tenure-Tract Recruitment Committee, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Brody School of Medicine (February 2022-present) Academic Strive: Online Publishing. Associate Editor (2021-present) Ethical Standards and Professionalism Workgroup for Medical Students, Brody School of Medicine (February 2022-present) Brody School of Medicine Early Assurance Interviewer; Selection Committee (February 2022) Executive Curriculum Committee Basic Sciences Representative, Brody School of Medicine, (July 2021-present) Medicine and Therapeutics Subcommittee, School of Dental Medicine, ECU (July 2021-present) Executive and Leadership Board (Program Chair), Brody Women Faculty Committee, (2021- Present) Brody School of Medicine Admissions Interviews Committee (2021-present) Faculty Mentor for Online Instruction, East Carolina University; 4 mentees (2021-present) Curricular Redesign Committee, School of Dental Medicine, East Carolina University (2020) International Association of Medical Science Educators Member (2020-present) Faculty Advisor on Doctoral Thesis Committee (Mary Katherine Donovan; 2020-present) Graduate Studies Committee, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology (2019-present) Invited Speaker for the College of Nursing, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Fall Intensives, topic: Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder Pharmacotherapeutics (2021) Research Instructor in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology Hiring Committee (Fall of 2020) Reviewer for Early Career Awards at Experimental Biology for the Cardiovascular Pharmacology Division of American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (2019-2020) Reviewer of poster abstracts for Travel Awards to Undergraduate and Graduate Students at Experimental Biology for the Cardiovascular Pharmacology Division of American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (2019-2020; 2022) Guest presenter for STEM outreach in Middle Schools (2019-2020) Admissions Reviewer for Summer Biomedical Research Program, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University (2019; 2022) American Society for Women in Science Member (2019-present) ASPET Cardiovascular Pharmacology Division Executive Committee Representative (2018-2020) American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) Member; Cardiovascular Pharmacology (2016-present) American Heart Association Professional Member (2017-present) Brody School of Medicine Graduate Association (member: 2015-2019) Philanthropy Committee Chair (2017-2018) TEACHING EXPERIENCE Faculty Development Workshops, Brody School of Medicine, improvement of medical education with faculty development at both the departmental and Medical school wide level. These workshops are presented annually (2021-present) Online Teaching Mentor and Hyflex Instructional Consultant, Office for Faculty Excellence, East Carolina University, private mentor for grant awardee and online forums University-wide and at the Brody School of Medicine (2021-present) Foundations of Biological Sciences I (SODM 8110, 8210, 8310), D1 curriculum, School of Dental Medicine, liaison for the department and lectures include Foundational Principals, Pharmacodynamics, Pharmacology for Special Patient Populations, Drug-Drug Interactions, Antiviral and Antiretrovirals, Applied Dental Pharmacotherapeutics, Antihistamines and Antirheumatics, Anti-inflammatories, Centrally Acting Analgesics (Opioids), Central Nervous System Stimulants, Drugs for Chronic Orofacial Pain, Drugs for Movement Disorders and Spasticity, Pharmacologic treatment of Neurodegenerative Disorders, Antidepressents and Drugs for Mood Disorders, Antiepileptic Drugs, Antiarrhythmic Therapeutics, Antihypertensive Therapeutics, Disorders of Calcium, Bone and Joint Pharmacology and Clinical Medicine of Pregnancy (2019-present) Foundations of Disease and Therapeutics (FDND 8000), Block 3, BSOM M1 curriculum, lectures include Antiviral and Antiretroviral Therapeutics and have given Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID) drugs (2020-present) Organ Systems Courses (SYST9100-9600), Block 4, BSOM M2 curriculum, lectures include Antiarrhythmic Drugs, Pulmonary Pharmacology, Central Nervous System Stimulants and Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Therapeutics, and Local Anesthetics (2020-present) Medical Pharmacology for Health Sciences I and II (PHAR 7601, 7602), Fall/Spring Graduate Program, Course Director and lectures are same from FND 8000 and SYST9100-9600 (2020-present) Advanced Pharmacology for Nurse Anesthesia (NURS 8805, 8806), Spring/Fall CRNA Program, lectures are same from FND 8000 and SYST9100-9600 (2020-present) Clinical Pharmacology for Advanced Nursing Practice (NURS 6611), Fall/Spring Graduate Nursing Program, Course Director, online delivery of all lectures across all topics (2019-present) Neurobiology and Psychopharmacology for Advanced Nursing Practice (NURS 7501), Fall Graduate Nursing Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program, Course director, online delivery of all lectures across all topics (2021-present) Pharmacotherapeutics in Nursing (NURS 3380), Fall/Spring Undergraduate Nursing Program, developed online recorded lectures in response to the COVID pandemic, substitute lecturer as needed (2019-present) Introduction to Pharmacology (PHAR 7609), Fall Graduate Program, lectures include serotonin receptors and anti-inflammatories (2020-present) Foundations of Biomedical Sciences I and II (BMSC 7002, 7003), Fall/Spring Graduate Program, lectures included antihypertensives, cardiac glycosides and pharmacology foundations (2020-present) Practical Problems in Biometry (PHAR 7777), Spring Graduate Program, Course co-director and delivered lectures on the ANOVA unit (2020-present) Principles of General Toxicology (PHAR 7680), Fall Graduate Program, invited lecturer on Effects of Air Pollution (2020) Introduction to Pharmacology (PAPD 6500), Fall/Spring Physician Assistant Program, lectures included Antihypertensive Therapeutics (2017-2018) Remediation for M2 students in the Pharmacology Thread of Organ Systems (Summer 2020) Undergraduate Mentor for East Carolina Undergraduate in laboratory (2016-2018) Peer Tutor – Peer tutor for graduate physiology and medical pharmacology course (2016-2018) Summer Biomedical Research Program Graduate Assistant – Assisted and mentored undergraduate students in the development and execution of a research project (2015) Instructor for Undergraduate Environmental Health Laboratory, East Carolina University (2007- 2008) Instructor for Undergraduate Ecology Laboratory, North Carolina State University (2001-2002) |