- The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s First Episode Schizophrenia Clinic Opens
- UAB Department of Psychiatry Sixth Annual Research Symposium
- Continued Accreditation for General Resident, Geriatric, and Child/Adolescent Training Programs
- April 2012 UAB Department of Psychiatry Employee of the Month
- March 2012 UAB Department of Psychiatry Employee of the Month
- Children’s of Alabama funds Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Training Library
- UAB Psychiatry Supports AFSP Walk for 4th Consecutive Year
- February 2012 UAB Department of Psychiatry Employee of the Month
- Shelton Appointed Vice Chair for Research and to the Charles Byron Ireland Chair of Psychiatric Research
- January 2012 UAB Department of Psychiatry Employee of the Month
- Dr. Merida Grant Joins UAB Psychiatry
- Dr. Jacqueline Feldman Appointed Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs
- Dr. Sam Rubin Receives the American Psychoanalytic Association’s Edith Sabshin Award for Excellence
- Miriam Sevilla Saez-Benito, M.D., Joins UAB Psychiatry
- Dr. Cheryl McCullumsmith Elected President of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) Alabama Chapter
- James T. Cullinan, D.O. “B2061032″ – New
- James T. Cullinan, D.O. “B2061030″ – New
- December 2011 UAB Department of Psychiatry Employee of the Month
- The American Psychiatric Association Recognizes Drs. Tolulope Aduroja, James Meador-Woodruff, and Rita Patton
- Moehle, M.S., Luduena, R.F., Haroutunian, V., Meador-Woodruff, J.H., and McCullumsmith, R.E. Regional Differences in Expression of β-Tubulin Isoforms in Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, in press, 2011.
- Shan, D., Haroutunian, V., Meador-Woodruff, J.H., and McCullumsmith, R.E. Expression of ENT1 Protein in Elderly Patients with Schizophrenia. NeuroReport, in press, 2011.
- Besing, R.C., Hablitz, L.M., Paul, J.R., Johnson, R.L., Prosser, R.A., and Gamble, K.L. NPY-Induced Phase Shifts of PER2::LUC Rhythms Are Mediated by Long-Term Suppression of Neuronal Excitability in a Phase-Specific Manner. Chronobiology International, in press, 2011.
- Rubio, M.D., Drummond, J.B., and Meador-Woodruff, J.H. Glutamate Receptor Abnormalities in Schizophrenia: Implications for Innovative Treatments. Biomolecules and Therapeutics, in press, 2011.
- McCollum, L.A., Roche, J.K., and Roberts, R.C. Immunohistochemical Localization of Enkephalin in the Human Striatum: A Postmortem Ultrastructural Study. Synapse, Published Online Oct 27, 2011. PMID: 22034050
- Fargason, R.E., Gamble, K.L., Avis, K.T., Besing, R.C., Jackson, C., Cates, M., and May, R.S. Ramelteon for Insomnia Related to Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Psychopharm Bull, in press, 2011.
- F. Cleveland Kinney, M.D., Ph.D. “3133K1-3003-WW” – Amendment/Modification
- Foster L. Cook “Court Referral Officer Program” – Renewal
- Foster L. Cook “Jefferson County Juvenile Drug Court” – New
- Harry L. Findley III “JBS REACT Team” – Renewal
- Durgan, D.J., Pat, B.M., Laczy, B., Bradley, J.A., Tsai, J., Grenett, M.H., Ratcliffe,W.F., Brewer, R.A., Nagendran, J., Villegas-Montoya, C., Zou, C., Johnson, R.L., Dyck, J.R.B., Bray, M.S., Gamble, K.L., Chatham, J.C., and Young, M.E. O-GlcNAcylation: A Novel Post-Translational Modification Linking Myocardial Metabolism and the Cardiomyocyte Circadian Clock. Journal of Biol Chem, E-pub ahead of print, Nov 8, 2011. PMID: 22069332
- Laura Montgomery-Barefield, M.D. “Psychiatry Residency Enhancement Program” – New
- Sarah Clinton, Ph.D., Elected Associate Member of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP)
- November 2011 UAB Department of Psychiatry Employee of the Month
- October 2011 UAB Department of Psychiatry Employee of the Month
- Loly Rubio, M.D., Ph.D., Receives 2011 Anuradha Rao Memorial Society for Neuroscience Travel Award
- Rita Cowell, Ph.D., Receives the Chesapeake Civitan McNulty Scientist Award
- Dr. Cheryl McCullumsmith receives Mental Health Professional of the Year Award
- Adrienne Lahti, M.D., Appointed New Director of the Division of Behavioral Neurobiology
- Cheryl McCullumsmith, M.D., Ph.D.“Screening and Brief Treatment for Substance Abuse Disorders in the Emergency Department” – New
- Foster L. Cook “Department of Youth Services” – Renewal
- Polter, A.M. and Li, X. Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3 is an intermediate modulator of serotonin neurotransmission. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, in press, 2011.
- Zhou, W., Chen, L., Yang, S., Li, F., and Li, X. Behavioral stress-induced activation of FoxO3a in the cerebral cortex of mice. Biological Psychiatry, in press, 2011.
- Polter, A.M., Yang, S., Jope, R.S. and Li, X. Functional Significance of Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3 Regulation by Serotonin. Cell Signal, E-pub ahead of print, Sept. 17, 2011.
- Li, X., Frye, M.A., and Shelton, R.C. Review of pharmacological treatment in mood disorders and future directions for drug development. Neuropsychopharmacology, E-pub ahead of print, Sept 7, 2011. PMID: 21900884
- Chen L, Zhou W, Chen P, Gaisina I, Yang S, and Li X. Glycogen synthase kinase-3beta is a functional modulator of serotonin 1B receptors. Mol Pharmacol, 79:974-986, 2011. PMID: 21372171
- Adrienne C. Lahti, M.D.“Smoking Cessation and Smoking Relapse Prevention in Patients with Schizophrenia” – Amendment/Modification
- Foster L. Cook “Birmingham Division Mental Health Court” – New
- Sodhi MS, Simmons M, McCullumsmith RE, Haroutunian V, and Meador-Woodruff JH: Glutamatergic Gene Expression is Specifically Reduced in Thalamocortical Projecting Relay Neurons in Schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry. 70: 646-654, 2011.
- Somerville SM, Conley RR, Roberts RC. Striatal mitochondria in subjects with chronic undifferentiated versus chronic paranoid schizophrenia. Synapse 2011 Sep 9. doi: 10.1002/syn.20981. [Epub ahead of print]
- Pandey GN, Rizavi HS, Ren X, Fareed J, Hoppensteadt DA, Roberts RC, Conley RR, Dwivedi Y. Proinflammatory cytokines in the prefrontal cortex of teenage suicide victims. J Psychiatr Res. 2011 Sept 7. [Epub ahead of print] PMID 21906753
- Funk AJ, McCullumsmith RE, Haroutunian V, and Meador-Woodruff JH: Abnormal Activity of the MAPK and cAMP-Associated Signaling Pathways in Frontal Cortical Areas in Postmortem Brain in Schizophrenia. Neuropsychopharmacology. In press.
- September 2011 UAB Department of Psychiatry Employee of the Month
- March Resident of the Month
- August 2011 UAB Department of Psychiatry Employee of the Month
- Rice MW, Roberts RC, Melendez-Ferro M*and Perez-Costas E* (2011) Neurochemical characterization of the tree shrew dorsal striatum. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy 5:53. doi: 10.3389/fnana.2011.00053
- July Resident of the Month
- Robert E. McCullumsmith, M.D., Ph.D.“Defects of Subcellular Glutamate Transporter Localization in Schizophrenia” – New
- July 2011 UAB Department of Psychiatry Employee of the Month
- James Meador-Woodruff, M.D. – “Schizophrenia as a Disorder of Glutamate Receptor Trafficking” – Competing Continuation
- New NIH Grants totaling $3.9 million in Funding for the study of schizophrenia
- Departmental Reorganization and Leadership Changes
- Adrienne C. Lahti, M.D.- “Smoking Cessation and Smoking Relapse Prevention in Patients with Schizophrenia” – New
- Welcome to the New Psychiatry Interns
- Richard S. Jope, Ph.D.- “Effects of Lithium on Cellular Signaling” – Competing Continuation
- Harry L. Findley, III“Permanent Supportive Housing for the Chronically Homeless with Serious Mental Illness”Competing Continuation
- June 2011 UAB Department of Psychiatry Employee of the Month
- 2011 Resident Graduation Banquet and Awards Ceremony
- Richard S. Jope, Ph.D.- “Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3 in Fragile X Mice” – New
- Kerman IA, Clinton SM, Simpson DN, Bedrosian TA, Bernard R, Akil H, Watson SJ. Inborn Differences in Environmental Reactivity Predict Divergent Diurnal Behavioral, Endocrine, and Gene Expression Rhythms. Psychoneuroendocrinology, In Press.
- Dr. Cheryl McCullumsmith featured on local news broadcasts
- Kira Fonbah, M.D.
- Sunny R. Slone, Mathieu Lesort, and Talene A. Yacoubian. 14-3-3theta Protects Against Neurotoxicity in a Cellular Parkinson’s Disease Model Through Inhibition of the Apoptotic Factor Bax. PLoS ONE (in Press).
- Andrea Dickens, M.D. Joins UAB Psychiatry
- May 2011 UAB Department of Psychiatry Employee of the Month
- Foster Cook- “Jefferson County Family Drug Court” – New
- Yates, BJ., Kerman, IA., Jian, BJ., Wilson, TD. The vestibulo-autonomic system. In Textbook of Vertigo and Imbalance (Oxford Clinical Neurology Textbook), Ed: Bronstein, A, Oxford University Press. In. Press.
- March/April Residents of the Month
- Harry L. Findley, III- “JBS REACT Team” – Renewal
- April 2011 UAB Department of Psychiatry Employee of the Month
- UAB Department of Psychiatry Fifth Annual Research Symposium
- Foster L. Cook- “TASC-Community Corrections Program” – Renewal
- Mines, M.A., Beurel, E., and Jope, R.S.: Regulation of cell survival mechanisms in Alzheimer’s disease by glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK3). International Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease (2011) in press
- Sun, M., Zhou, T., Gillespie, G.Y., and Jope, R.S.: The role of DDX3 in regulating Snail. BBA-Molecular Cell Research 1813:438-447 (2011)
- Ilan Kerman, M.D., Ph.D.- “Neural Substrates of Somatomotor and Autonomic Disturbances in Major Depression” – New
- LaTamia M. Green, M.D.-“MCH-Block Grant” – Renewal
- Sarah Clinton, Ph.D.- “Neurodevelopmental Underpinnings of Rodent Anxiety and Depressive Behavior” – New
- Kathy B. Avsar, Luke E. Stoeckel, Mark Bolding, David M. White, Malle Tagamets, Henry H. Holcomb, Adrienne C. Lahti: Aberrant visual circuitry associated with normal spatial match-to-sample accuracy in schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, In Press
- March 2011 UAB Department of Psychiatry Employee of the Month
- Beurel, E, Song, L, Jope, RS: Inhibition of glycogen synthase kinase-3 is necessary for the rapid antidepressant effect of ketamine in mice. Molecular Psychiatry (2011). In Press.
- Beurel, E,Wen-I, Y, Michalek, SM, Harrington, LE, and Jope, RS: Glycogen synthase kinase-3 is an early determinant in the differentiation of pathogenic Th17 cells. Journal of Immunology 186: 1391-1398 (2011).
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Chief Residents 2011-2012
- Sodhi MS, Simmons M, McCullumsmith RE, Haroutunian V, and Meador-Woodruff, JH: Glutamatergic Gene Expression is Specifically Reduced in Thalamocortical Projecting Relay Neurons in Schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry. In Press.
- February Residents of the Month
- Flagel Shelly B, Clark Jeremy J, Robinson Terry E, Mayo Leah, Czuj Alayna, Willuhn Ingo, Akers Christina A, Clinton Sarah M, Phillips Paul EM, and Akil Huda: A selective role for dopamine in stimulus-reward learning. Nature 2011; 469(7328):53-7
- New Chief Residents for 2011-2012
- Foster L. Cook- “Jefferson County Adolescent Mentoring Program” – New
- February 2011 UAB Department of Psychiatry Employee of the Month
- Xiaohua Li, M.D., Ph.D.- “331-08-212″ – Amendment/Modification
- Patricia Cornett, Ph.D. Joins UAB Psychiatry
- Foster L. Cook- “Jefferson County-Bessemer Drug Court” – Renewal
- Yuskaitis, C. J., Beurel, E., and Jope, R. S. Evidence of reactive astrocytes but not peripheral immune system activation in a mouse model of Fragile X Syndrome. BBA – Molecular Basis of Disease 1802: 1006-1012 (2010)
- Beurel, E., and Jope, R. S. Glycogen synthase kinase-3 controls inflammatory tolerance in astrocytes. Neuroscience 169: 1063-1070 (2010)
- Dr. Lee Ascherman receives UAB President’s Diversity Award
- Dr. Cheryl McCullumsmith receives HSF funding
- Foster L. Cook- “Family Court Electronic Monitoring Program” – Renewal
- Foster L. Cook- “Adolescent Substance Abuse Program (ASAP)” – Renewal
- January 2011 UAB Department of Psychiatry Employee of the Month
- Dr. Dahl and Dr. Steele attend the MASA Inaugural Reception
- Robert E. McCullumsmith- “Abnormalities of Glutamate Transporter Localization in Schizophrenia” – New
- New Assistant Professor, Marjorie Person, M.D., Arrives At UAB Psychiatry
- Simmons M, Meador-Woodruff JH, Sodhi MS. Increased cortical expression of an RNA editing enzyme occurs in major depressive suicide victims. Neuroreport. 2010 Oct 27;21(15):993-7.
- Balon R, Guerra E, Meador-Woodruff JH, Oquendo MA, Salloum IM, Casiano DE, Nemeroff CB. Innovative Approach to Research Training: Research Colloquium for Junior Investigators. Acad Psychiatry. 2011 Spring;35(1):11-14.
- Ciarleglio, C.M., Axley, J.C., Strauss, B.R., Gamble, K.L. and McMahon, D.G. (2010). “Perinatal photoperiod imprints the circadian clock.” Nat Neurosci, in press.
- Gamble, K.L.*, Kudo, T., Colwell, C.S., and McMahon, D.G.* (2010). “Gastrin releasing peptide modulates fast delayed rectifier potassium current in Per1-expressing SCN neurons.” J Biol Rhythms, in press. * Co-corresponding authors.
- Foster Cook- “Jefferson County Community Corrections Program” – Renewal
- Foster Cook- “Jefferson County Community Corrections Program” – Renewal
- Foster Cook- “HIV Early Intervention-Prevention-Drug Court Treatment” – Renewal
- UAB Psychiatry Administrator Named Commissioner of Mental Health
- UAB Psychiatrists Make the ‘Best Doctors’ List
- Durgan, D.J., Tsai, J., Grenett, M.H., Pat, B.M., Ratcliffe,W.F., Villegas-Montoya, C., Garvey, M.E., Nagendran, J., Dyck, J.R.B., Bray, M.S., Gamble, K.L., Gimble, J.M., and Young, M.E. (2010). “Evidence suggesting that the cardiomyocyte circadian clock modulates responsiveness of the heart to hypertrophic stimuli in mice.” Chronobiol Int, in press.
- Rusheng Zhang – “AGO178C2399″ – New
- January Resident of the Month
- November 2010 UAB Department of Psychiatry Employee of the Month
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- Miguel MelendezFerro, Emma Perez-Costas, and Rosalinda Roberts – “Neuropathology of Dopamine Systems in Schizophrenia” – Competing Continuation
- Foster L. Cook – “Jefferson County Family Drug Court” – Renewal
- October Residents of the Month
- Reno C Reyes; Giselle Perry; Mathieu Lesort; Vladimir Parpura. “Immunophilin Deficiency Augments Ca2+-Dependent Glutamate Release from Mouse Cortical Astrocytes” Accepted for publication in Cell Calcium.
- October 2010 UAB Department of Psychiatry Employee of the Month
- Successful AFSP Out of the Darkness Walk!
- Li, X., Liu, M., Cai, Z., Wang, G., and Li, X. Regulation of glycogen synthase kinase-3 during bipolar mania treatment. Bipolar Disorders, 12:741-752, 2010.
- Psychiatry Faculty Member, Dr. White-Green, Talks About Autism
- Foster L. Cook – “Department of Human Resources Drug Testing” – New
- Foster L. Cook – “Birmingham Fatherhood Initiative” – New
- Foster L. Cook – “Birmingham Fatherhood Initiative-Parenting Education and Support” – New
- Dr. Karen Gamble’s Circadian Rhythm Research Highlighted in UAB Magazine
- NAMI Alabama Honors Jacqueline Feldman
- F. Cleveland Kinney – “ELN115727-351″ – Amendment/Modification
- F. Cleveland Kinney – “ELN 115727-302″ – Amendment/Modification
- F. Cleveland Kinney – “ELN 115727-301″ – Amendment/Modification
- Foster L. Cook – “Department of Youth Services” – Renewal
- September Resident of the Month
- McCullumsmith RE and Meador-Woodruff JH: Novel Approaches to the Study of Postmortem Brain in Psychiatric Illness: Old Limitations and New Challenges. Biological Psychiatry. In press.
- September 2010 UAB Department of Psychiatry Employee of the Month
- Kristiansen LV, Bakir B, Haroutunian V, and Meador-Woodruff JH: Expression of the NR2B-NMDA Receptor Trafficking Complex in Prefrontal Cortex From a Group of Elderly Patients With Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research. 119: 198-209, 2010.
- Eleonore Beurel – “Interactions Between Depression, Neuroinflammation and Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3″ – New
- Xiaohua Li – “CAG0178C2302″ – New
- Harry L. Findley, III – “Permanent Supportive Housing for the Chronically Homeless with Serious Mental Illness” – Renewal
- August 2010 UAB Department of Psychiatry Employee of the Month
- Eppolito AK, Bachus SE, McDonald CG, Meador-Woodruff JH, Smith RF: Late emerging effects of prenatal and early postnatal nicotine exposure on the cholinergic system and anxiety-like behavior. Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2010 May-Jun;32(3):336-45.
- Sathyasaikumar KV, Stachowski EK, Wonodi I, Roberts RC, Rassoulpour A, McMahon RP, Schwarcz R: (2010) Impaired kynurenine pathway metabolism in the prefrontal cortex of individuals with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin, in press.
- Kerman and Clinton
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- Cristy Tower; Lianwu Fu; Rachel Gill; Mark Prichard; Mathieu Lesort; Elizabeth Sztul: Human Cytomegalovirus UL97 Kinase Prevents the Deposition of Mutant Protein Aggregates in Cellular Models of Huntington’s Disease and Ataxia. Neurobiology of Disease (In Press).
- Foster L. Cook – “Domestic Violence Advocate Support” – New
- Li, X., and Jope, R.S. Is Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3 a Critical Enzyme in Mood Regulation? Neuropsychopharmacology, E-Pub ahead of print July 28, 2010.
- Simmons M, Meador-Woodruff JH, and Sodhi MS: Increased cortical expression of an RNA editing enzyme occurs in major depressive suicide victims. NeuroReport. In press.
- Adrienne L. King, Telisha M. Swain, Dale A. Dickinson, Mathieu J. Lesort, and Shannon M. Bailey: “Chronic ethanol consumption enhances sensitivity to Ca2+-mediated opening of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore and increases cyclophilin D in liver”. American Journal of Physiology (In Press)
- July 2010 UAB Department of Psychiatry Employee of the Month
- Somerville SM., Conley RR, Roberts RC. Mitochondria in the Striatum of Subjects with Schizophrenia. World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, in press.
- Xiaohua Li – “331-09-222″ – New
- June 2010 UAB Department of Psychiatry Employee of the Month
- Mary Y. Heng, Duy K. Duong, *Roger L. Albin, Sara J. Tallaksen-Greene, Jesse M. Hunter, Mathieu J. Lesort, Alex Osmand, Henry L. Paulson, Peter J. Detloff: Early Autophagic Response in a Novel Knock-In Model of Huntington Disease. Human Molecular Genetics (In Press).
- Mathieu Jean Lesort – “Mitchondria Therapeutic in Huntington’s Disease” – New
- Foster L. Cook – “TASC – Community Corrections Program” – Renewal
- Perry G, Tallaksen-Greene S, Kumar A, Heng MY, Kneynsberg A, van Groen T, Detloff P, Albin R and Lesort M.: Mitochondrial calcium uptake capacity as a therapeutic target in the R6/2 mouse model of Huntington’s disease. Human Molecular Genetics (in Press).
- UAB’s New Magnetic Therapy for Depression Succeeds Where Drugs Fail
- Kinney Appointed Professor Emeritus
- Director of Development honored at the Birmingham Urban League’s Inaugural Awards Gala
- Psychiatry Teams Up with Beijing Anding Hospital to Establish Exchange Program
- May 2010 UAB Department of Psychiatry Employee of the Month
- Gautam Bijur – “Brain Mitchondria and Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3beta” – New
- Hammond JC, McCullumsmith RE, Funk AJ, Haroutunian V, and Meador-Woodruff JH: Evidence for Abnormal Forward Trafficking of AMPA Receptors in Frontal Cortex of Elderly Patients with Schizophrenia. Neuropsychopharmacology. In press.
- Yonghe Li, Wenyan Lu, Taj D. King, Chia-Chen Liu, Gautam N. Bijur and Guojun Bu PLoS One : Dkk1 Stabilizes Wnt Co-receptor LRP6: Implication for Wnt Ligand-induced LRP6 Down-regulation. In-press.
- Monica E. Calkins, Ph.D., Ping Tepper, Ph.D., Ruben C. Gur, Ph.D., J. Daniel Ragland, Ph.D., Lambertus Klei, Ph.D., Howard W. Wiener, Ph.D., Jan Richard, M.S., Robert M. Savage, Ph.D., Trina B. Allen, M.D., Judith O’Jile, Ph.D., Bernie Devlin, Ph.D., Joseph Kwentus, M.D., Muktar H. Aliyu, M.D., Dr.P.H., L. DiAnne Bradford, Ph.D., Neil Edwards, M.D., Paul D. Lyons, M.D., Ph.D., Vishwajit L. Nimgaonkar, M.D., Ph.D., Alberto B. Santos, M.D., Rodney C.P. Go, Ph.D., and Raquel E. Gur, M.D., Ph.D.: Project Among African-Americans to Explore Risks for Schizophrenia (PAARTNERS): Evidence for Impairment and Heritability of Neurocognitive Functioning in Families of Schizophrenia Patients. American Journal of Psychiatry. 167: 459-472, 2010.
- Rita Cowell, Ph.D.
- Gautam Bijur – “National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke” – New
- April Resident of the Month
- Egleston, B.L., Cropsey, K.L., Lazev, A.B., Heckman, C.J. (2010). A tutorial on principal stratification-based sensitivity analysis: application to smoking cessation studies. Clinical Trials, Apr 27. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 20423924.
- Breland, A., Koch, J.R., Shawver, M., Cropsey, K.L. (2010). Assessing the Utility of Consumer Surveys for Improving the Quality of Behavioral Healthcare Service. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 20333475.
- Cropsey, K.L., Hale, G.J., Jackson, D.O., Villalobos, G.C., Stitzer, M.L. (2010). Psychiatric and substance abuse characteristics of smoking and non-smoking female prisoners. Journal of Behavioral Analysis-Offender and Victim Treatment and Prevention, 2, 104-113.
- Cropsey, K.L., Matthews, C.A., Campbell, S., Ivey, S., Adawadkar, S. (2010). Long-term, reversible contraception use among high-risk women treated in a university-based gynecology clinic: comparison between IUD and Depo Provera. Journal of Women’s Health, 2, 349-353.
- Gulf Spill Can Have Emotional Impact on Children, Says UAB Expert
- Dr. Francisca Mgbodile Wins Physician of the Year Award
- Psychiatry Resident Helps Birmingham’s Youth
- Reducing the Stigma of Mental Illness Through Volunteering
- Engel Therapeutic School Wins Award
- Building Hope with Maria Regina Foundation
- Keri A. Barksdale, Emma Perez-Costas, Johanna C. Gandy, Miguel Melendez-Ferro, Rosalinda C. Roberts*, and Gautam N. Bijur* (*co-corresponding authors) Itochondrial Viability in Mouse and Human Postmortem Brain. FASEB Journal (in press)
- Transitional Psychiatry Clinic Wins Award
- Identifying Proteins and Genes in the Brain to Battle Bipolar Disorder
- April 2010 UAB Department of Psychiatry Employee of the Month
- F. Cleveland Kinney – “JANSSEN AI R&D” – New
- Foster L. Cook – “Jefferson County Drug Court Expansion” – New
- Latamia M. Green – “MCH-Block Grant” – New
- Elizabeth Lucas, Sean Markwardt, Swati Gupta, James Meador-Woodruff, Jiandie Lin, Linda Overstreet-Wadiche, and Rita Cowell: Parvalbumin Deficiency and GABAergic Dysfunction in Mice Lacking PGC-1alpha. Journal of Neuroscience, in press.
- Meredith A. Reid, Luke E. Stoeckel, David M. White, Kathy B. Avsar, Mark S. Bolding, N. Shastry Akella, Robert C. Knowlton, Jan A. den Hollander, and Adrienne C. Lahti: Assessments of Function and Biochemistry of the Anterior Cingulate Cortex in Schizophrenia. In Press, Biological Psychiatry
- Filiano, A.J., Tucholski, J., Dolan, P.J., Gozde, C., Johnson, G.V.W.: Transglutaminase 2 protects against ischemia stroke. Neurobiology of Disease, in press.
- March Resident of the Month
- Annual Research Symposium Exhibits the Strength of UAB Psychiatry
- Foster L. Cook – “Jefferson County Drug Court Expansion” – New
- UAB Research Highlighted at NARSAD Symposium
- Axtell, R. C., de Jong, B. A., Boniface, K., van der Voort,, L. F., Bhat, R., De Sarno, P, Naves, R., Han, M., Zhong, F., Castellanos, J. G., Mair, R., Christakos, T., Kolkowitz, I., Katz, L., Killestein, J., Polman, C. H., de Waal Malefyt, R., Steinman, L and Raman, C. 2010. T-helper types 1 and 17 determine efficacy of interferon-β in multiple sclerosis and experimental encephalomyelitis. Nat. Medicine 16:406:412.
- Latamia M. Green – “MCH-Block Grant” – New
- Polter AM, Li X., 5-HT1A Receptor-Regulated Signal Transduction Pathways in Brain. Cell Signal. 2010 Apr 1. [Epub ahead of print]
- Disruption of Sleep May Contribute to Many Symptoms of Mental Illness
- TASC and Foster Cook: The Man Behind the Program
- 2010 Brings a Successful Match to our Residency Training Programs
- Mines, M. A., Yuskaitis, C. J., King, M. K., Beurel, E., and Jope, R. S.: (2010) GSK3 influences social preference and anxiety-related behaviors during social interaction in a mouse model of Fragile X syndrome and autism. PLoS One 5 (3): e9706
- Beurel, E., Michalek, S. M., and Jope, R. S.: Innate and adaptive immune responses regulated by glycogen synthase kinase-3. Trends in Immunology 31:24-31 (2010)
- Yuskaitis, C. J., Mines, M. A., King, M. K., Sweatt, J. D., Miller, C. A., and Jope, R. S.: Lithium ameliorates altered glycogen synthase kinase-3 and behavior in a mouse model of Fragile X Syndrome. Biochemical Pharmacology 79: 632-646 (2010)
- New Child & Adolescent Chief Resident for 2010-2011
- March 2010 UAB Department of Psychiatry Employee of the Month
- Rita Cowell – “PGC-1alpha and GABAergic Dysfunction in Huntington Disease” – New
- Foster L. Cook – “Jefferson County Recovery-Oriented System of Care (ROSC)” – New
- Balon R, Guerra E, Meador-Woodruff JH, Oquendo MA, Salloum IM, Casiano DE, and Nemeroff CB: Innovative Approach to Research Training: Research Colloquium for Junior Investigators. Academic Psychiatry. In press.
- Jacinda C. Hammel, Ph.D.
- February Resident of the Month
- New Chief Residents for 2010-2011
- Dr. Cleveland Kinney on Fox News
- Kristiansen LV, Patel SA, Haroutunian V, Meador-Woodruff JH. Expression of the NR2B-NMDA receptor subunit and its Tbr-1/CINAP regulatory proteins in postmortem brain suggest altered receptor processing in schizophrenia. Synapse. 2010 Feb 19;64(7):495-502.
- Kristiansen LV, Bakir B, Haroutunian V, and Meador-Woodruff JH: Expression of the NR2B-NMDA Receptor Trafficking Complex in Prefrontal Cortex From a Group of Elderly Patients With Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research. In press.
- Abigail Polter, Eleonore Beurel, Sufen Yang, Rakesha Garner, Ling Song, Courtney A. Miller, J. David Sweatt, Lori McMahon, Alfred A. Bartolucci, *§Xiaohua Li, and *§Richard S. Jope. Deficiency in the inhibitory serine-phosphorylation of glycogen synthase kinase-3 increases sensitivity to mood disturbances. *§Corresponding authors and Equal contribution. Neuropsychopharmacology. In press.
- Jefferson County Family Court Adolescent Mentoring Program (AMP) Needs Mentors
- January Resident of the Month
- February 2010 UAB Department of Psychiatry Employee of the Month
- Foster L. Cook – “Staffing and Management of the Family Court Electronic Monitoring Program” – Renewal
- Emma Perez-Costas, Miguel Melendez-Ferro, Rosalinda C Roberts. Basal ganglia pathology in schizophrenia: Dopamine connections and anomalies. Journal of Neurochemistry 2010 [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 20089137
- Rosalinda C. Roberts – “Pathology in Postmortem Schizophrenic Basal Ganglia” – Revised Award
- Adrienne C. Lahti – “Treatment Response in Schizophrenia: Bridging Imaging and Postmortem Studies” – Revised Award
- Adrienne C. Lahti – “Confidential Title” – New
- Dr. Xiaohua Li Appointed to Tate Jordan Thomas Professorship
- HUD Grants Help UAB Provide Housing for Homeless Persons With Mental Illness
- Janusz Tucholski. TG2 protects neuroblastoma cells against DNA-damage induced stress, suppresses p53 activation. Amino Acids. (In press)
- Mathieu Lesort, Ph.D.
- Foster L. Cook – “Jefferson County Family Court Youth Monitoring Program” – New
- Emma Perez-Costas, Johanna C. Gandy, Miguel Melendez-Ferro, Rosalinda C. Roberts, and Gautam N. Bijur* Light and electron microscopy study of glycogen synthase kinase-3β in the mouse brain. PLoS ONE. (In press)
- Axtell, R. C., de Jong, B. A., Boniface, K., van der Voort,, L. F., Bhat, R., De Sarno, P, Naves, R., Han, M., Zhong, F., Castellanos, J. G., Mair, R., Christakos, T., Kolkowitz, I., Katz, L., Killestein, J., Polman, C. H., Malefyt, R. de W., Steinman, L and Raman, C. TH1 and TH17 Pathways Determine Opposite Results of IFN-β treatment of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis and Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis. Nature Medicine (in press).
- Madan A, White-Williams C, Borckardt JJ, Rayburn BK, Bush BA, Thurstin AH. “Assessing Historical Compliance with Medical Recommendations among Transplant Candidates: Preliminary Findings.” Progress in Transplantation (In press)
- Schwarz LR, Thurstin AH, and Levine LA. “Grand Rounds: A Single Case Report of Moyamoya Disease Presenting in a Psychiatric Setting”. Applied Neuropsychology (In press)
- Foster L. Cook – “Department of Human Resources Drug Testing” Renewal
- Cropsey, K.L., McClure, L.A., Jackson, D.O., Villalobos, G.C., Weaver, M.F., Stitzer, M.L. The impact of quitting smoking on weight in female prisoners participating in a smoking cessation intervention. American Journal of Public Health. (In press)
- Cropsey, K.L., Jones, S. Jackson, D.O., Hale, G.J. Smoking characteristics of community corrections clients. Nicotine and Tobacco Research. (In press).
- Cropsey, K.L., Matthews, C.A., Campbell, S., Ivey, S., Adawadkar, S. Long-term, reversible contraception use among high-risk women treated in a university-based gynecology clinic: comparison between IUD and Depo Provera. Journal of Women’s Health.
- Foster L. Cook – “Adolescent Substance Abuse Program” – Renewal
- New drug research offers hope for a cure in Alzheimer’s disease
- It’s the Holiday Season . . . So What if You’re Not So Happy?
- Foster L. Cook – “HIV Early Intervention – Prevention – Drug Court Treatment” – Renewal
- James Meador-Woodruff, M.D. “Neuron Subtype and Circuit Specific Patterns of Gene Expression in Schizophrenia NIH” – New
- December 2009 UAB Department of Psychiatry Employee of the Month
- November 2009 UAB Department of Psychiatry Employee of the Month
- November 2009 Resident of the Month
- October 2009 Employee of the Month
- Congratulations to Psychiatry’s Johanna Gandy
- Donating to the Department of Psychiatry
- Psychiatry’s Dr. Xiaohua Li Appointed Vice Chair for Research
- The Department Welcomes Dr. Jacinda C. Hammel
- Gary Drummond, Jr. Memorial Research Award Created
- Clinical Scientist Receives Doris Duke Award
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Resident Of The Month
The UAB Psychiatry Chief Residents are pleased to announce the winner of the Resident of the Month for March 2012. Congratulationsto Dr. Laurence McMillan! Dr. McMillan was selected for going above and beyond his clinical duties to keep patients calm and safe during an emergency situation at the CPM.
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Employee Of The Month
Denese Pounds, Administrative Office Specialist IV, has been selected as the April 2012 UAB Department of Psychiatry Employee of the Month. Denese was nominated for customer service and productivity. She has a very heavy charge entry load, yet her charge entry lag time is the lowest in the department. Even during her busiest times she [...]
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