Marc S. Abel , Ph.D. CURRICULUM VITAE Name: MARC STEVEN ABEL Office Address: College of Pharmacy Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science 3333 Green Bay Road North Chicago, Illinois 60064 (847) 578-3236 email: [email protected] APPOINTMENTS AND POSITIONS 2013 – present: College of Pharmacy Associate Dean for Academic Affairs RFUMS North Chicago, Illinois 2009 – 2013: College of Pharmacy Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs RFUMS North Chicago, Illinois 2009 – present: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Professor (2011) / Associate Professor (2009) College of Pharmacy RFUMS North Chicago, Illinois 2009 – present: Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy Associate Professor (secondary appointment) RFUMS/The Chicago Medical School North Chicago, Illinois 1998 - 2009: Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy Associate Professor RFUMS/The Chicago Medical School North Chicago, Illinois 2006 – 2009: Special Academic Projects Coordinator RFUMS 2003 – 2006: Office of Educational Technology Director RFUMS North Chicago, Illinois 1990 - 1998: Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy Assistant Professor FUHS/The Chicago Medical School North Chicago, Illinois 1989 - 1990: Molecular Neurobiology Group Team Leader Department of CNS Biology American Cyanamid Company Medical Research Division Pearl River, New York 1984 - 1989: Molecular Neurobiology Group Senior Research Biochemist Department of CNS Biology American Cyanamid Company 1981 - 1983: Department of CNS Biology Research Scientist American Cyanamid Company 1982 - 1986: Department of Psychology Adjunct Assistant Professor City College City University of New York New York, New York 1 031014 Marc S. Abel , Ph.D. EDUCATION GRADUATE Ph.D., Neurobiology, 1981 Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy University of Texas, Houston, Texas M.S., Physiology, 1977 Department of Physiology Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan UNDERGRADUATE B.A., Psychology, 1974 Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan B.S., Biology, 1974 Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Member, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Member, North Suburban Pharmacists Member, American College of Clinical Pharmacy Member, Illinois Pharmacists Association Member, Society for Neuroscience Member, American Association of Anatomists Member, Sigma Xi Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science Councillor, Chicago Chapter, Society for Neuroscience 1998 Inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha, 2008 Secretary, CMS chapter, Alpha Omega Alpha, 2010 PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES RESEARCH GRANTS RECEIVED NIDA “Cocaine-Induced Behavioral Sensitization and Seizures: Effects on the GABAA Receptor” (1 RO1 DA11504-01) 02/15/98 - 12/31/03 Principal Investigator N.I.H. Biomedical Research Support Grant (Division of Research Resources) FUHS/The Chicago Medical School (S07 RR05366-28) “The Effect of Chemical Kindling on GABAA Receptor mRNA” 04/1/91 - 03/31/92 Principal Investigator American Heart Assoc. #29015590“Myocardial Carbon Dioxide Production During Cardiac Arrest” 07/1/92 - 06/30/94 Co-investigator 2 031014 Marc S. Abel , Ph.D. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs (College of Pharmacy) Guided curriculum development in the College of Pharmacy. Instrumental in preparing and facilitating the accreditation process, including curricular mapping. Initiated inaugural programming, including Orientation, White Coat Ceremony, Advising Program. The Assistant Dean for Assessment reports to my office. Manage the budget and oversee an administrative assistant. Inaugural Director of the Office of Educational Technology. Established the office, including a staff of three, and managed the budget. Brought the first University-wide Learning Management System to RFUMS Educational Affairs Committee (Chicago Medical School) As Chair, I established Vertical Integration Groups (VIGs), which evaluated the curriculum by systems (cardiovascular, GI, respiratory, etc.) With co-Chair, guided the development of a revised first-year medical school curriculum, enlisting the assistance of faculty, students, and administration Course Director, Developmental and Clinical Anatomy Oversight of multiple faculty for a course with ~100 students Course Director, Clinical Epidemiology Oversight of multiple faculty for a course with ~200 students Principle Investigator, NIH-funded research Oversight of laboratory with several graduate students, one postdoctoral fellow, and a laboratory manager Team Leader, Molecular Neurobiology Group, American Cyanamide Company (Pharmaceutical company) Oversight of laboratory, including research associates and laboratory technicians Gross Anatomy Laboratory renovation, RFUMS Conceived and proposed the design of a state-of-the-art facility. Collaborated with University administration, in-house operations, audio-visual, information technology, additional faculty, and architectural consultants Conceptual design and project leader, RFUMS GALEN Dissector (Gross Anatomy Laboratory Educational Network) Directed the design and implementation of a web-based instructional tool, including recording and editing of video demonstrations. Collaborated with IT programmers, faculty, and students EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY Students learn. That is why people become students. It is my role as an educator to assist and facilitate that student/learner-centered process. This should be accomplished in a clear, concise manner in which expectations are well defined, and guidance is offered as to how goals may be achieved. Myriad lines of research demonstrate that learners incorporate and process information in various ways; sometimes best via a single modality, often through several different, complementary mechanisms. These include traditional didactic lectures, self-study, group interactions, problem- or case-based exercises, auditory input, visual input, peer-teaching, and others. As such, I provide video and audio recordings of my didactic lectures, facilitate several online courses and discussions, mentor small group discussions, utilize an audience-response system in large lectures, and require team projects. Another component of the educational process is assessment. Learners do best when given frequent, timely feedback regarding their performance and status. As course director, it is important to maintain faculty awareness of this goal, and assist them to the extent possible. Quizzes are utilized as both formative and summative assessments in my courses. These techniques and technologies are not used for their own sake, but rather as support for the concept that learners learn, not that teachers teach. That is my guiding principle. 3 031014 Marc S. Abel , Ph.D. TEACHING ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE Medical Literature Evaluation, 2011-present ; Co-Course Director Developmental and Clinical Anatomy, 1991-present (Course Director - Summer 1995, 1996, 1997; Fall, 1997) Clinical Anatomy, 1991-present (Assistant Course Director - Fall, 1995) Clinical Epidemiology AY 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 (Course Director in 2008 and 2009) Introduction to Medical Ethics AY 2007, 2008, 2009 Online Clinical Ethics AY 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Interprofessional Healthcare Teams – Group Leader AY 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011. Lecture on Informatics Culture in Health Care – Group Leader AY 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Molecular and Genetic Basis of Brain Disorders – Lecture on Epilepsy CUNY - Graduate courses in Neurobiology (lecture and demonstration) UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS - Graduate and Medical School Neurochemistry, Neural Systems (lecture) Neuroanatomy (teaching assistant, lecture and laboratory) Gross Anatomy (teaching assistant, lecture and laboratory) WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY - Undergraduate, Graduate and Medical School Physiology (lecture and laboratory), including Cardiovascular dog laboratory Endocrinology (laboratory) STUDENTS Darrion Mitchell (MD/PhD PhD completed 2009), Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Committee Member. Anne Lee (MD/PhD – PhD completed 2007), Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Committee Member Cindy Brandon (PhD, 2002), Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Committee Member. Christopher Vega (PhD, 2002), Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Committee Member. Shivinanad Lad (PhD, 2002), Department of Biochemistry, Committee Member. Jayms Peterson (PhD, 2002), Program in Neuroscience, Committee Member. Anthony Olinger (PhD, 2001), Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Thesis Advisor. Tim Koeltzov (PhD, 2000), Program in Neuroscience, Committee Member. Don Cooper, (PhD, 2000), Program in Neuroscience, Committee Member. Suketu Patel (PhD, 2000), Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Committee Member. Joh Kapoor (PhD, 2000), Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Committee Member. Yan Dong (PhD, 1998), Program in Neuroscience, Committee Member. Neelu Kohli, Department of of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Thesis Advisor. Neelu was awarded First Place in Faculty (Graduate Student) Research Forum, January, 1997. Susan Sarajari (PhD, 1997), Deptartment of Cell Biology, Committee Member. Rob Wechsler (PhD, 1997), Program in Neuroscience, Committee Member. Daniel Carney (MD/PhD – PhD completed 1995), Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Thesis Advisor. Paula Moskowitz (PhD, 1994), Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Committee Member. Nousha Taleghany (PhD, 1994), Program in Neuroscience, Committee Member. Susan Drengler (PhD, 1993), Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Biology, Committee Member. Yuan Qing Jiang