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Susan Nagel Education and Research Activities
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Education and Research Training

Postdoctoral Training: 1998 - 2002
Department of Pharmacology & Cancer Biology
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina 27710.
Advisor: Donald P. McDonnell, Ph.D.

Doctoral Education: 1993 - 1998
Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211.
Doctor of Philosophy, August 1998
Advisor: Frederick S. vom Saal, Ph.D.
Area of Study: Reproductive and Environmental Endocrinology

Dissertation title: The role of serum and the physiology of delivery in determining the bioactive fraction of estradiol and xenoestrogens

Research Technologist II: 1991-1993
Arkansas Cancer Research Center, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205.
Principal Investigator: Anne Marie Maddox, M.D.

Undergraduate Education: 1987-1991
Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas 72032.
Bachelor of Arts in Biology, June 1991

Visiting Summer Scholar: 1989 & 1990
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205.
Advisor: James W. Hardin, Ph.D.

Fellowships and Grants [ top ]

University of Missouri-Columbia Research Council Award, 2004, $7500
“Fetal xenoestrogen exposure may permanently alter endometriosis gene expression”

Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (KO1 DK60567-01) 7/1/02-6/30/06, $310,275
"Development and use of systems to study estrogen action"
National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Disorders, National Institute of Health

National Research Service Award (T32 DK-07012-23) 1998-2001, $93,200
Endocrinology and Diabetes Training Program, National Institute of Health
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

Raychem/Duane Rodgers/John Morrish Fellow in Cancer, 1999, $4,000
Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, Durham, North Carolina

Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research, 1997, $545
National Academy of Sciences

Patricia Roberts Harris Graduate Fellowship, 1993-1998, $72,000
U. S. Department of Education Training Grant
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia

Professional Activities [ top ]

Poster Session Judge, Life Sciences Week, University of Missouri, Columbia, April 12-13, 2005.

Endocrine Disruptor Methods Validation Subcommittee Member, 2001-2003 Federal Advisory Committee to the United States Environmental Protection Agency

Endocrine Society Member, 1999-2002

Women in Endocrinology Member, 2000-2002

Manuscript Reviewer: Endocrinology, Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment, Toxicology and Industrial Health.

Duke University Medical Center Continuing Medical Education Course (12 hrs): Faculty Workshop on Effective Writing taught by Dr. George D. Gopen, 2000.

Poster session chair for the Gordon Research Conference on Environmental Endocrine Disruptors, Plymouth State College, New Hampshire, July 12-17, 1998.

Session recorder at the NIH/NIEHS Workshop on Characterizing the Effects of Endocrine Disruptors on Human Health at Environmental Exposure Levels, Raleigh, North Carolina, May 11-13, 1998.

Invited participant "Infertility - to what extent do pollutants threaten our future." Umwelt Akademie, Stuttgart, Germany, March 20-21, 1997.

Honors and Awards [ top ]

Gordon Research Conference “Environmental Endocrine Disruptors,” Travel Award, $600 New London , NH , June 6-11, 2004

Endocrine Society Travel Award for attendance and oral presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society, Denver, Colorado, June 18-22, 2001, $500.

Selected as one of thirty-five young investigators to attend the Second Annual Conference on Sex and Gene Expression, Winston Salem, NC, March 8-11, 2001. All expenses paid.

Endocrine Society Travel Award for attendance and poster presentation at the Recent Progress in Hormone Research 55th Annual Conference, Stevenson, Washington, August 7-11, 1999, $800.

Superior Graduate Student Achievement Award, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1998.

College of Veterinary Medicine Research Poster Competition, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1995. Poster competition award, $200.

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