Professional Activities
National Service and Honors (Selection of recent)
- Co-organizer, Retroviruses 2015, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, 2015
- Co-organizer, Workshop on viral models of cellular RNA biology, Syria, VA, 2009 and 2013
- International Committee on the Taxonomy of Viruses, Retroviruses, 2012 - present
- Co-organizer, UCI-sponsored West Coast Retrovirus Meeting, October, Palm Springs, CA, 2012
- Executive Director, Life Sciences Network, Ohio State University, 2011-present
- Elected Fellow, American Association for Microbiology, 2011
- Chair, Council for Graduate Studies, Graduate program in Comparative & Veterinary Medicine, 2010-2012
- State-of-the-Art lecture, American Society for Virology, 28th Annual Meeting at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 2009
- Reviewer, NIH Director’s New Innovator Award study sections, 2008-2010
- David White Endowed Professorship, College of Veterinary Medicine, Ohio State University, 2008-present
- Permanent Member, NIH Virology B study section, 2007-2011
- Ad hoc NIH study sections and site visits 2004, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014
- Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2007
Ohio State University Memberships
- Joint appointment, Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology & Medical Genetics, College of Medicine
- Active graduate faculty mentor
- Comparative and Veterinary Medicine graduate program
- Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology interdisciplinary graduate program
- Biomedical Sciences graduate program
- Molecular Genetics graduate program
- Comprehensive Cancer Center, Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute
- Center for Microbial Interface Biology
- Davis Heart and Lung Institute
- Center for Retrovirus Research
- Center for RNA Biology
Administrative Service (Selected)
- Elected, Executive Committee, College of Veterinary Medicine, 2014-2017
- Chair, Council for Graduate Studies, Comparative and Veterinary Medicine, 2010-2012, member 2012-2015
- Chair, Veterinary Biosciences Faculty Advisory Committee, 2006-2010
- Elected, Veterinary Biosciences Faculty Advisory Committee, 2004-2010
- Elected, College of Veterinary Medicine Honors and Awards Committee, 2004-2008
- Appointed, University Research Committee, 2004-2007
- Elected, University Graduate Research Council, 2001-2007
- Appointed, University Curriculum Committee, 2001-2003
- Appointed, Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology Graduate Studies Committee, 1998-2001
- Elected, Veterinary Biosciences Graduate Studies Committee, 1997-2008, 2009-present
Contributions to Didactic Education
- Veterinary Biosciences/Molecular Genetics/Molecular Biochemistry 7880.07, Advanced post-transcriptional control of genes
- Integrated Biomedical Graduate Program, College of Medicine, Gene regulation core
- Veterinary Biosciences/Medical Microbiology & Immunology, Viral pathogenesis
- Veterinary Medicine 540, Cell biology
- Veterinary Medicine 618, Hemic-Lymphatic
- Veterinary Biosciences /Pathology 640, Fundamentals of oncology
Animal Science Veterinary Medicine (AS/VM) Building
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