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, WA | M.S. | 1979 | Fish Biology/Physiology | | University of Washington, Seattle, WA | Ph.D. | 1982 | Fish Biology/Physiology | | University of Texas, Austin, TX | Postdoctoral | 1989 | Neuropharmacology |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | 1982-1985 | Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Division of Pharmacology, University of Texas, Austin, TX | | 1986-1989 | Lecturer and Research Scientist, Division of Pharmacology and Institute for Neurological Sciences, University of Texas, Austin, TX | | 1989-1994 | Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA | | 1994-1999 | Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA | | 1999-2001 | Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA | | 2001-present | Professor, 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 | | 1981-1983 | University of Washington Egtvedt Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Seattle, WA | | 1985-1986 | National Research Service Award (NIMH), University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX | | 1988-1989 | Nominated for Texas Excellence in Teaching Award | | 1991 | Outstanding Professor in Pharmacology/Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA | | 1998-2001 | NIAAA Study Section-AA1 Biomedical Research Review Subcommittee | | 1999 | Outstanding Professor in Pharmacology/Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA | | 2004-present | Chair, NIH Study Section (Neurotoxicology and Alcohol;NAL), Chair 2006-2008
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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. |
