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Home > CDAP > Dr. John Woodward
Dr. John Woodward

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Dr. John Woodward

Professor, Department of Neurosciences
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Visit Dr. Woodward's Lab Web site: at http://www.musc.edu/~woodward

EDUCATION

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX  B.S.  1977  Fish Biology/Physiology
University of Washington, Seattle, WAM.S.1979Fish Biology/Physiology
University of Washington, Seattle, WAPh.D.1982Fish Biology/Physiology
University of Texas, Austin, TXPostdoctoral   1989Neuropharmacology

 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1982-1985  Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Division of Pharmacology, University of Texas, Austin, TX
1986-1989Lecturer and Research Scientist, Division of Pharmacology and Institute for Neurological Sciences, University of Texas, Austin, TX
1989-1994Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
1994-1999Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
1999-2001Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2001-presentProfessor, Department of  Neurosciences and Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC

AWARDS AND HONORS

1976   Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society
1976-1977  University Undergraduate Research Fellow, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
1981-1983University of Washington Egtvedt Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Seattle, WA
1985-1986National Research Service Award (NIMH), University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
1988-1989Nominated for Texas Excellence in Teaching Award
1991Outstanding Professor in Pharmacology/Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
1998-2001NIAAA Study Section-AA1 Biomedical Research Review Subcommittee
1999Outstanding Professor in Pharmacology/Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2004-presentChair, NIH Study Section (Neurotoxicology and Alcohol;NAL), Chair 2006-2008

PUBLICATIONS (2006-present)
Das A, Garner DP, Del Re AM, Woodward JJ, Kumar DM, Agarwal N, Banik NL & Ray SK. Calpeptin provides functional neuroprotection to rat retinal ganglion cells following Ca(2+) influx. Brain Research 1084(1):146-157, 2006.

Davies DL, Asatryan L, Kuo ST, Woodward JJ, King BF, Alkana RL, Xiao C, Ye JH, Sun H, Zhang L, Hu XQ, Hayrapetyan V, Lovinger DM & Machu TK. Effects of ethanol on adenosine 5'-triphosphate-gated purinergic and 5-hydroxytryptamine receptors. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 30(2):349-358, 2006.

Del Re AM, Dopico AM & Woodward JJ. Effects of the abused inhalant toluene on ethanol-sensitive potassium channels expressed in oocytes. Brain Research 1087(1):75-82, 2006.

Jin C & Woodward JJ. Effects of 8 different NR1 splice variants on the ethanol inhibition of recombinant NMDA receptors. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research 30(4):673-679, 2006.

Ogata J, Shiraishi M, Namba T, Smothers CT, Woodward JJ & Harris RA. Effects of anesthetics on mutant N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes. Journal of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics 318(1):434-443, 2006.

Smothers CT & Woodward JJ. Effects of amino acid substitutions in transmembrane domains of the NR1 subunit on the ethanol inhibition of recombinant N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 30(3):523-530, 2006.

Woodward JJ, Ron D, Winder D & Roberto M. From blue states to up states: A regional view of NMDA-ethanol interactions. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 30(2):359-367, 2006.

Xu M & Woodward JJ. Ethanol inhibition of NMDA receptors under conditions of altered protein kinase A activity. Journal of Neurochemistry 96(6):1760-1767, 2006.

Smothers CT & Woodward JJ. Pharmacological characterization of glycine-activated currents in HEK 293 cells expressing N-Methyl-D-aspartate NR1 and NR3 subunits. Journal of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics 322(2):739-748, 2007.

Tu Y, Kroener S, Abernathy K, Lapish C, Seamans J, Chandler LJ & Woodward JJ. Ethanol inhibits persistent activity in prefrontal cortical neurons. Journal of Neuroscience 27(17):4765-4775, 2007.

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