Dr. Balachandar Kathirvelu, M.B.B.S, Ph.D. Clinical Assistant Professor, Rehabilitation Sciences Office: 915-747-7260 University of Texas at El Paso Email:
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[email protected] El Paso, Texas 79902 EDUCATION Ph.D., Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA Behavioral Neuroscience, 2013 Advisor: Dr. Paul J. Colombo Dissertation: Investigations of the role of the transcription factor CREB in memory formation, and interactions between the hippocampus and the striatum memory systems M.S., Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA Behavioral Neuroscience, 2010 Thesis: Learning-induced changes in CREB phosphorylation during memory formation: evidence for interaction between the hippocampus and dorsal striatum M.B.B.S. The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 2002 Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai, TN, INDIA PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS Clinical Asst Prof. University of Texas at El Paso 06/ 2019 - Present Rehabilitation Sciences Instructor of Central Michigan University, College of Medicine Anatomy 08/2018 -05/2019 Postdoctoral Central Michigan University, Neuroscience Program Research Associate 11/2017 – 05/2019 Postdoctoral Scholar The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) 2012 – 2017 David Geffen School of Medicine, Department of Neurology Page 1 of 6 Teaching Assistant Tulane University 2006 –2012 Neuroscience program & Department of Psychology Research Assistant Department of Public Health and Preventive medicine, Chennai, 2004 – 2005