Eric J. Vallender, PhD
Associate Professor
Department:
SOM-Psychiatry
Email:
evallender@umc.edu
Work Phone:
(601) 984-5893
Education
| University of Chicago, PhD, Genetics | 2006 |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, BS, Biochemistry | 2000 |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, BA, Anthropology | 2000 |
| Harvard Medical School, Post-doctoral training, Neuroscience |
Current Positions
| Core Scientist | 07/2015 - Present |
| Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry | 11/2014 - Present |
| The University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi 39216 | |
Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments
| Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry | 06/2012 - 11/2014 |
| Instructor, Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry | 08/2009 - 05/2012 |
Sponsored Program Funding
| Extramural, Tulane National Primate Research Center, AIDS SPF Breeding Colony Maintenance, NIH/OD | 07/2021 - 06/2025 |
| Extramural, Epigenetic Risk Factors in Comorbid Alcohol Use Disorder and Depression, NIAAA | 04/2021 - 04/2026 |
| Extramural, Maintenance of an SPF Macaque Breeding Colony for AIDS Research, NIH/OD | 02/2021 - 01/2025 |
| Extramural, Epigenetic risk factors for suicide in comorbid depression and alcohol use disorder, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention | 10/2020 - 09/2022 |
| Extramural, Genomic sequencing to establish a macaque genotype and phenotype research resource, NIH/OD | 07/2020 - 06/2024 |
| Extramural, Translating ages in humans and model organisms across the lifespan, Delaware INBRE Pilot | 07/2019 - 07/2021 |
| Extramural, Tulane National Primate Research Center, NIH/OD | 07/2018 - 04/2023 |
| Intramural, Molecular mechanisms in the prefrontal cortex of impulsivity-mediated suicide risk, Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience | 01/2017 - 07/2018 |
| Extramural, Tulane National Primate Research Center, AIDS SPF Breeding Colony Maintenance, NIH/OD | 08/2016 - 06/2021 |
| Extramural, The Southwest National Primate Research Center - Overall, NIH/OD | 05/2016 - 04/2019 |
| Extramural, Maintenance of an SPF Macaque Breeding Colony for AIDS Research, NIH/OD | 05/2016 - 01/2021 |
| Extramural, Research to Improve and Standardize Marmoset Nutrition and Dietary Husbandry, NIH/OD | 04/2016 - 03/2020 |
| Extramural, A Metabolomic Model of Aging in the Common Marmoset, NIA | 01/2014 - 10/2014 |
| Extramural, The NEPRC SPF Rhesus Macaque Breeding Colony, NIH/OD | 08/2012 - 03/2015 |
| Extramural, Functional genetic evolution of human brain and behavior, NIAAA | 08/2010 - 07/2015 |
| Intramural, Copy number variation in common marmosets, New England Primate Reserach Center | 02/2010 - 01/2012 |
| Extramural, Opioid receptor polymorphisms and nonhuman primate models of alcohol abuse, NIAAA | 09/2009 - 07/2015 |
| Intramural, Monoamine oxidase A variation in non-human primates, New England Primate Research Center | 02/2009 - 01/2011 |
| Extramural, Modeling the Neurogenetics of Serotonin Regulation, NIMH | 10/2007 - 07/2009 |
Publications
News | |
| Vallender EJ, Pearson NM, Lahn BT, The X chromosome: not just her brother's keeper. Nature genetics, 2005 Apr;37(4):343-5 | 2005 |
Overall | |
| Alkelai A, Baum A, Carless M, Crowley J, Dasbanerjee T, Dempster E, Docherty S, Hare E, Galsworthy MJ, Grover D, Glubb D, Karlsson R, Mill J, Sen S, Quinones MP, Vallender EJ, Verma R, Vijayan NN, Villafuerte S, Voineskos AN, Volk H, Yu L, Zimmermann P, Delisi LE, The XVth World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, October 7-11, 2007: Rapporteur summaries of oral presentations. American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics, 2008 Mar 5;147B(2):233-77 | 2008 |
Journal Article | |
| Tull MT, Baer MM, Spitzen TL, Lee AA, Vallender EJ, Garrett MR, Anestis MD, Gratz KL, The roles of borderline personality disorder symptoms and dispositional capability for suicide in suicidal ideation and suicide attempts: Examination of the COMT Val158Met polymorphism. Psychiatry research, 2021 Aug;302:114011 | 2021 |
| Goodroe A, Wachtman L, Benedict W, Allen-Worthington K, Bakker J, Burns M, Diaz LL, Dick E, Dickerson M, Eliades SJ, Gonzalez O, Graf DJ, Haroush K, Inoue T, Izzi J, Laudano A, Layne-Colon D, Leblanc M, Ludwig B, Mejia A, Miller C, Sarfaty A, Sosa M, Vallender E, Brown C, Forney L, Schultz-Darken N, Colman R, Power M, Capuano S, Ross C, Tardif S, Current practices in nutrition management and disease incidence of common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). Journal of medical primatology, 2021 Jun;50(3):164-175 | 2021 |
| Akinhanmi M, El-Amin S, Balls-Berry JE, Vallender EJ, Ladner M, Geske J, Coombes B, Biernacka J, Kelsoe J, Bipolar Genome Study (BiGS), Frye MA, Decreased core symptoms of mania and utilization of lithium/mood stabilizing anticonvulsants in U.S. bipolar I patients of African vs European ancestry. Journal of affective disorders, 2020 Jan 1;260:361-365 | 2020 |
| Bardeen JR, Daniel TA, Gratz KL, Vallender EJ, Garrett MR, Tull MT, The BDNF Val66Met Polymorphism Moderates the Relationship Between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Trauma Script-evoked Attentional Bias to Cocaine Cues Among Patients with Cocaine Dependence. Journal of anxiety disorders, 2020 May;72:102223 | 2020 |
| Zhang X, Hutchins SD, Blough BE, Vallender EJ, In Vitro Effects of Ligand Bias on Primate Mu Opioid Receptor Downstream Signaling. International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 Jun 3;21(11) | 2020 |
| Vallender EJ. Genetics of human brain evolution. Prog Brain Res. 2019;250:3-39. | 2019 |
| Gilmore RA, Hutchins SD, Zhang X, Vallender EJ. MicrobiomeR: An R Package for Simplified and Standardized Microbiome Analysis Workflows J. Open Source Software. 2019; 4(35):1299 | 2019 |
| Ho AM, Winham SJ, Armasu SM, Blacker CJ, Millischer V, Lavebratt C, Overholser JC, Jurjus GJ, Dieter L, Mahajan G, Rajkowska G, Vallender EJ, Stockmeier CA, Robertson KD, Frye MA, Choi DS, Veldic M, Genome-wide DNA methylomic differences between dorsolateral prefrontal and temporal pole cortices of bipolar disorder. Journal of psychiatric research, 2019 Oct;117:45-54 | 2019 |
| Brown CJ, Mtui D, Oswald BP, Van Leuven JT, Vallender EJ, Schultz-Darken N, Ross CN, Tardif SD, Austad SN, Forney LJ, Comparative genomics of Bifidobacterium species isolated from marmosets and humans. American journal of primatology, 2019 Oct;81(10-11):e983 | 2019 |
| Zhang X, Yasuda K, Gilmore RA, Westmoreland SV, Platt DM, Miller GM, Vallender EJ, Alcohol-induced changes in the gut microbiome and metabolome of rhesus macaques. Psychopharmacology, 2019 May;236(5):1531-1544 | 2019 |
| Mahajan GJ, Vallender EJ, Garrett MR, Challagundla L, Overholser JC, Jurjus G, Dieter L, Syed M, Romero DG, Benghuzzi H, Stockmeier CA, Altered neuro-inflammatory gene expression in hippocampus in major depressive disorder. Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry, 2018 Mar 2;82:177-186 | 2018 |
| Athey A, Overholser J, Bagge C, Dieter L, Vallender E, Stockmeier CA, Risk-taking behaviors and stressors differentially predict suicidal preparation, non-fatal suicide attempts, and suicide deaths. Psychiatry research, 2018 Dec;270:160-167 | 2018 |
| Kondova I, Braskamp G, Heidt PJ, Collignon W, Haaksma T, de Groot N, Otting N, Doxiadis G, Westmoreland SV, Vallender EJ, Bontrop RE Spontaneous endometriosis in rhesus macaques: a useful pre-clinical model for investigation of potential genetic susceptibility Primate Biology. 2017; 4:117-125. | 2017 |
| Vallender EJ, Goswami DB, Shinday NM, Westmoreland SV, Yao WD, Rowlett JK, Transcriptomic profiling of the ventral tegmental area and nucleus accumbens in rhesus macaques following long-term cocaine self-administration. Drug and alcohol dependence, 2017 Jun 1;175:9-23 | 2017 |
| Sweeney CG, Rando JM, Panas HN, Miller GM, Platt DM, Vallender EJ, Convergent Balancing Selection on the Mu-Opioid Receptor in Primates. Molecular biology and evolution, 2017 Jul 1;34(7):1629-1643 | 2017 |
| Chandler CM, Follett ME, Porter NJ, Liang KY, Vallender EJ, Miller GM, Rowlett JK, Platt DM, Persistent negative effects of alcohol drinking on aspects of novelty-directed behavior in male rhesus macaques. Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.), 2017 Sep;63:19-26 | 2017 |
| Xue C, Raveendran M, Harris RA, Fawcett GL, Liu X, White S, Dahdouli M, Rio Deiros D, Below JE, Salerno W, Cox L, Fan G, Ferguson B, Horvath J, Johnson Z, Kanthaswamy S, Kubisch HM, Liu D, Platt M, Smith DG, Sun B, Vallender EJ, Wang F, Wiseman RW, Chen R, Muzny DM, Gibbs RA, Yu F, Rogers J, The population genomics of rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) based on whole-genome sequences. Genome research, 2016 Dec;26(12):1651-1662 | 2016 |
| Yasuda K, Oh K, Ren B, Tickle TL, Franzosa EA, Wachtman LM, Miller AD, Westmoreland SV, Mansfield KG, Vallender EJ, Miller GM, Rowlett JK, Gevers D, Huttenhower C, Morgan XC, Biogeography of the intestinal mucosal and lumenal microbiome in the rhesus macaque. Cell host & microbe, 2015 Mar 11;17(3):385-391 | 2015 |
| Ogawa LM, Vallender EJ. Evolutionary conservation in genes underlying human psychiatric disorders. Front Hum Neurosci. 2014 May 6;8:283. | 2014 |
| Looney TJ, Zhang L, Chen CH, Lee JH, Chari S, Mao FF, Pelizzola M, Zhang L, Lister R, Baker SW, Fernandes CJ, Gaetz J, Foshay KM, Clift KL, Zhang Z, Li WQ, Vallender EJ, Wagner U, Qin JY, Michelini KJ, Bugarija B, Park D, Aryee E, Stricker T, Zhou J, White KP, Ren B, Schroth GP, Ecker JR, Xiang AP, Lahn BT, Systematic mapping of occluded genes by cell fusion reveals prevalence and stability of cis-mediated silencing in somatic cells. Genome research, 2014 Feb;24(2):267-80 | 2014 |
| Ward JM, Buslov AM, Vallender EJ, Twinning and survivorship of captive common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) and cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus). Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS, 2014 Jan;53(1):7-11 | 2014 |
| Kanthaswamy S, Johnson Z, Trask JS, Smith DG, Ramakrishnan R, Bahk J, Ng J, Wiseman R, Kubisch HM, Vallender EJ, Rogers J, Ferguson B, Development and validation of a SNP-based assay for inferring the genetic ancestry of rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). American journal of primatology, 2014 Nov;76(11):1105-13 | 2014 |
| Ogawa LM, Vallender EJ, Genetic substructure in cynomolgus macaques (Macaca fascicularis) on the island of Mauritius. BMC genomics, 2014 Aug 31;15(1):748 | 2014 |
| Vallender EJ, Bringing non-human primate research into the post-genomic era: how monkeys are teaching us about elite controllers of HIV/AIDS. Genome biology, 2014 Nov 7;15(11):507 | 2014 |
| Vallender EJ, Miller GM. Nonhuman primate models in the genomic era: a paradigm shift. ILAR J. 2013;54(2):154-65. | 2013 |
| Lynch LJ, Sullivan KA, Vallender EJ, Rowlett JK, Platt DM, Miller GM. Trace amine associated receptor 1 modulates behavioral effects of ethanol. Subst Abuse. 2013 Jun 4;7:117-26. | 2013 |
| Vallender EJ. How brains are built: genetics and evolution. Brain Behav Evol. 2013;81(2):71-3. | 2013 |
| Goswami DB, Ogawa LM, Ward JM, Miller GM, Vallender EJ, Large-scale polymorphism discovery in macaque G-protein coupled receptors. BMC genomics, 2013 Oct 11;14:703 | 2013 |
| Sweeney C, Ward J, Vallender EJ. Naturally occurring, physiologically normal, primate chimeras. Chimerism. 2012 Apr-Jun;3(2):43-4. | 2012 |
| Vallender EJ. Genetic correlates of the evolving primate brain. Prog Brain Res. 2012;195:27-44. | 2012 |
| Panas MW, Xie Z, Panas HN, Hoener MC, Vallender EJ, Miller GM, Trace amine associated receptor 1 signaling in activated lymphocytes. Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology, 2012 Dec;7(4):866-76 | 2012 |
| Achat-Mendes C, Lynch LJ, Sullivan KA, Vallender EJ, Miller GM, Augmentation of methamphetamine-induced behaviors in transgenic mice lacking the trace amine-associated receptor 1. Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, 2012 Apr;101(2):201-7 | 2012 |
| Sweeney CG, Curran E, Westmoreland SV, Mansfield KG, Vallender EJ, Quantitative molecular assessment of chimerism across tissues in marmosets and tamarins. BMC genomics, 2012 Mar 19;13:98 | 2012 |
| Ward JM, Vallender EJ, The resurgence and genetic implications of New World primates in biomedical research. Trends in genetics : TIG, 2012 Dec;28(12):586-91 | 2012 |
| Gokcumen O, Babb PL, Iskow RC, Zhu Q, Shi X, Mills RE, Ionita-Laza I, Vallender EJ, Clark AG, Johnson WE, Lee C. Refinement of primate copy number variation hotspots identifies candidate genomic regions evolving under positive selection. Genome Biol. 2011;12(5):R52. | 2011 |
| Westmoreland SV, Annamalai L, Lentz MR, Ratai EM, Assaf B, Boisvert K, Huynh T, Vallender EJ, Miller GM, Madras BK, Gonzalez RG, Growth-associated protein-43 and ephrin B3 induction in the brain of adult SIV-infected rhesus macaques. Journal of neurovirology, 2011 Oct;17(5):455-68 | 2011 |
| Vallender EJ, Expanding whole exome resequencing into non-human primates. Genome biology, 2011 Sep 14;12(9):R87 | 2011 |
| Vallender EJ Comparative genetic approaches to the evolution of human brain and behavior. Am J Hum Biol. 2011 Jan-Feb;23(1):53-64. | 2010 |
| Chen GL, Novak MA, Meyer JS, Kelly BJ, Vallender EJ, Miller GM, The effect of rearing experience and TPH2 genotype on HPA axis function and aggression in rhesus monkeys: a retrospective analysis. Hormones and behavior, 2010 Feb;57(2):184-91 | 2010 |
| Chen GL, Novak MA, Meyer JS, Kelly BJ, Vallender EJ, Miller GM, TPH2 5'- and 3'-regulatory polymorphisms are differentially associated with HPA axis function and self-injurious behavior in rhesus monkeys. Genes, brain, and behavior, 2010 Apr;9(3):335-47 | 2010 |
| Vallender EJ, Rüedi-Bettschen D, Miller GM, Platt DM, A pharmacogenetic model of naltrexone-induced attenuation of alcohol consumption in rhesus monkeys. Drug and alcohol dependence, 2010 Jun 1;109(1-3):252-6 | 2010 |
| Panas HN, Lynch LJ, Vallender EJ, Xie Z, Chen GL, Lynn SK, Scanlan TS, Miller GM, Normal thermoregulatory responses to 3-iodothyronamine, trace amines and amphetamine-like psychostimulants in trace amine associated receptor 1 knockout mice. Journal of neuroscience research, 2010 Jul;88(9):1962-9 | 2010 |
| Vallender EJ, Xie Z, Westmoreland SV, Miller GM, Functional evolution of the trace amine associated receptors in mammals and the loss of TAAR1 in dogs. BMC evolutionary biology, 2010 Feb 18;10:51 | 2010 |
| Vallender EJ, Lynch L, Novak MA, Miller GM, Polymorphisms in the 3' UTR of the serotonin transporter are associated with cognitive flexibility in rhesus macaques. American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics, 2009 Jun 5;150B(4):467-75 | 2009 |
| Vallender EJ, Bioinformatic approaches to identifying orthologs and assessing evolutionary relationships. Methods (San Diego, Calif.), 2009 Sep;49(1):50-5 | 2009 |
| Ferguson B, Capitanio J, Folks T, Hotchkiss C, Johnson Z, Kean L, Kubisch HM, Lank S, Lyons L, Miller GM, Nylander J, O'Connor D, Vallender EJ, Wiseman R, Resource brief: the National Non-Human Primate DNA Bank. Methods (San Diego, Calif.), 2009 Sep;49(1):3-4 | 2009 |
| Kanthaswamy S, Capitanio JP, Dubay CJ, Ferguson B, Folks T, Ha JC, Hotchkiss CE, Johnson ZP, Katze MG, Kean LS, Kubisch HM, Lank S, Lyons LA, Miller GM, Nylander J, O'Connor DH, Palermo RE, Smith DG, Vallender EJ, Wiseman RW, Rogers J, Resources for genetic management and genomics research on non-human primates at the National Primate Research Centers (NPRCs). Journal of medical primatology, 2009 Oct;38 Suppl 1:17-23 | 2009 |
| Vallender EJ Exploring the origins of the human brain through molecular evolution. Brain Behav Evol. 2008;72(2):168-77. | 2008 |
| Xiang AP, Mao FF, Li WQ, Park D, Ma BF, Wang T, Vallender TW, Vallender EJ, Zhang L, Lee J, Waters JA, Zhang XM, Yu XB, Li SN, Lahn BT, Extensive contribution of embryonic stem cells to the development of an evolutionarily divergent host. Human molecular genetics, 2008 Jan 1;17(1):27-37 | 2008 |
| Chen GL, Vallender EJ, Miller GM, Functional characterization of the human TPH2 5' regulatory region: untranslated region and polymorphisms modulate gene expression in vitro. Human genetics, 2008 Jan;122(6):645-57 | 2008 |
| Lee AS, Gutiérrez-Arcelus M, Perry GH, Vallender EJ, Johnson WE, Miller GM, Korbel JO, Lee C, Analysis of copy number variation in the rhesus macaque genome identifies candidate loci for evolutionary and human disease studies. Human molecular genetics, 2008 Apr 15;17(8):1127-36 | 2008 |
| Vallender EJ, Priddy CM, Chen GL, Miller GM, Human expression variation in the mu-opioid receptor is paralleled in rhesus macaque. Behavior genetics, 2008 Jul;38(4):390-5 | 2008 |
| Vallender EJ, Priddy CM, Hakim S, Yang H, Chen GL, Miller GM, Functional variation in the 3' untranslated region of the serotonin transporter in human and rhesus macaque. Genes, brain, and behavior, 2008 Aug;7(6):690-7 | 2008 |
| Xie Z, Vallender EJ, Yu N, Kirstein SL, Yang H, Bahn ME, Westmoreland SV, Miller GM, Cloning, expression, and functional analysis of rhesus monkey trace amine-associated receptor 6: evidence for lack of monoaminergic association. Journal of neuroscience research, 2008 Nov 15;86(15):3435-46 | 2008 |
| Vallender EJ, Mekel-Bobrov N, Lahn BT, Genetic basis of human brain evolution. Trends in neurosciences, 2008 Dec;31(12):637-44 | 2008 |
| Xie Z, Westmoreland SV, Bahn ME, Chen GL, Yang H, Vallender EJ, Yao WD, Madras BK, Miller GM, Rhesus monkey trace amine-associated receptor 1 signaling: enhancement by monoamine transporters and attenuation by the D2 autoreceptor in vitro. The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, 2007 Apr;321(1):116-27 | 2007 |
| Rhesus Macaque Genome Sequencing and Analysis Consortium, Gibbs RA, Rogers J, Katze MG, Bumgarner R, Weinstock GM, Mardis ER, Remington KA, Strausberg RL, Venter JC, Wilson RK, Batzer MA, Bustamante CD, Eichler EE, Hahn MW, Hardison RC, Makova KD, Miller W, Milosavljevic A, Palermo RE, Siepel A, Sikela JM, Attaway T, Bell S, Bernard KE, Buhay CJ, Chandrabose MN, Dao M, Davis C, Delehaunty KD, Ding Y, Dinh HH, Dugan-Rocha S, Fulton LA, Gabisi RA, Garner TT, Godfrey J, Hawes AC, Hernandez J, Hines S, Holder M, Hume J, Jhangiani SN, Joshi V, Khan ZM, Kirkness EF, Cree A, Fowler RG, Lee S, Lewis LR, Li Z, Liu YS, Moore SM, Muzny D, Nazareth LV, Ngo DN, Okwuonu GO, Pai G, Parker D, Paul HA, Pfannkoch C, Pohl CS, Rogers YH, Ruiz SJ, Sabo A, Santibanez J, Schneider BW, Smith SM, Sodergren E, Svatek AF, Utterback TR, Vattathil S, Warren W, White CS, Chinwalla AT, Feng Y, Halpern AL, Hillier LW, Huang X, Minx P, Nelson JO, Pepin KH, Qin X, Sutton GG, Venter E, Walenz BP, Wallis JW, Worley KC, Yang SP, Jones SM, Marra MA, Rocchi M, Schein JE, Baertsch R, Clarke L, Csürös M, Glasscock J, Harris RA, Havlak P, Jackson AR, Jiang H, Liu Y, Messina DN, Shen Y, Song HX, Wylie T, Zhang L, Birney E, Han K, Konkel MK, Lee J, Smit AF, Ullmer B, Wang H, Xing J, Burhans R, Cheng Z, Karro JE, Ma J, Raney B, She X, Cox MJ, Demuth JP, Dumas LJ, Han SG, Hopkins J, Karimpour-Fard A, Kim YH, Pollack JR, Vinar T, Addo-Quaye C, Degenhardt J, Denby A, Hubisz MJ, Indap A, Kosiol C, Lahn BT, Lawson HA, Marklein A, Nielsen R, Vallender EJ, Clark AG, Ferguson B, Hernandez RD, Hirani K, Kehrer-Sawatzki H, Kolb J, Patil S, Pu LL, Ren Y, Smith DG, Wheeler DA, Schenck I, Ball EV, Chen R, Cooper DN, Giardine B, Hsu F, Kent WJ, Lesk A, Nelson DL, O'brien WE, Prüfer K, Stenson PD, Wallace JC, Ke H, Liu XM, Wang P, Xiang AP, Yang F, Barber GP, Haussler D, Karolchik D, Kern AD, Kuhn RM, Smith KE, Zwieg AS, Evolutionary and biomedical insights from the rhesus macaque genome. Science (New York, N.Y.), 2007 Apr 13;316(5822):222-34 | 2007 |
| Vallender EJ, Lahn BT, Uncovering the mutation-fixation correlation in short lineages. BMC evolutionary biology, 2007 Sep 21;7:168 | 2007 |
| Evans PD, Vallender EJ, Lahn BT, Molecular evolution of the brain size regulator genes CDK5RAP2 and CENPJ. Gene, 2006 Jun 21;375:75-9 | 2006 |
| Dorus S, Anderson JR, Vallender EJ, Gilbert SL, Zhang L, Chemnick LG, Ryder OA, Li W, Lahn BT, Sonic Hedgehog, a key development gene, experienced intensified molecular evolution in primates. Human molecular genetics, 2006 Jul 1;15(13):2031-7 | 2006 |
| Choi SS, Vallender EJ, Lahn BT, Systematically assessing the influence of 3-dimensional structural context on the molecular evolution of mammalian proteomes. Molecular biology and evolution, 2006 Nov;23(11):2131-3 | 2006 |
| Vallender EJ, Paschall JE, Malcom CM, Lahn BT, Wyckoff GJ, SPEED: a molecular-evolution-based database of mammalian orthologous groups. Bioinformatics (Oxford, England), 2006 Nov 15;22(22):2835-7 | 2006 |
| Vallender EJ, Lahn BT, A primate-specific acceleration in the evolution of the caspase-dependent apoptosis pathway. Human molecular genetics, 2006 Oct 15;15(20):3034-40 | 2006 |
| Evans PD, Mekel-Bobrov N, Vallender EJ, Hudson RR, Lahn BT, Evidence that the adaptive allele of the brain size gene microcephalin introgressed into Homo sapiens from an archaic Homo lineage. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2006 Nov 28;103(48):18178-83 | 2006 |
| Wyckoff GJ, Malcom CM, Vallender EJ, Lahn BT, A highly unexpected strong correlation between fixation probability of nonsynonymous mutations and mutation rate. Trends in genetics : TIG, 2005 Jul;21(7):381-5 | 2005 |
| Evans PD, Gilbert SL, Mekel-Bobrov N, Vallender EJ, Anderson JR, Vaez-Azizi LM, Tishkoff SA, Hudson RR, Lahn BT, Microcephalin, a gene regulating brain size, continues to evolve adaptively in humans. Science (New York, N.Y.), 2005 Sep 9;309(5741):1717-20 | 2005 |
| Mekel-Bobrov N, Gilbert SL, Evans PD, Vallender EJ, Anderson JR, Hudson RR, Tishkoff SA, Lahn BT, Ongoing adaptive evolution of ASPM, a brain size determinant in Homo sapiens. Science (New York, N.Y.), 2005 Sep 9;309(5741):1720-2 | 2005 |
| Evans PD, Anderson JR, Vallender EJ, Gilbert SL, Malcom CM, Dorus S, Lahn BT, Adaptive evolution of ASPM, a major determinant of cerebral cortical size in humans. Human molecular genetics, 2004 Mar 1;13(5):489-94 | 2004 |
| Vallender EJ, Lahn BT, How mammalian sex chromosomes acquired their peculiar gene content. BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology, 2004 Feb;26(2):159-69 | 2004 |
| Evans PD, Anderson JR, Vallender EJ, Choi SS, Lahn BT, Reconstructing the evolutionary history of microcephalin, a gene controlling human brain size. Human molecular genetics, 2004 Jun 1;13(11):1139-45 | 2004 |
| Wong A, Vallender EJ, Heretis K, Ilkin Y, Lahn BT, Martin CL, Ledbetter DH, Diverse fates of paralogs following segmental duplication of telomeric genes. Genomics, 2004 Aug;84(2):239-47 | 2004 |
| Vallender EJ, Lahn BT, Positive selection on the human genome. Human molecular genetics, 2004 Oct 1;13 Spec No 2:R245-54 | 2004 |
| Vallender EJ, Lahn BT, Effects of chromosomal rearrangements on human-chimpanzee molecular evolution. Genomics, 2004 Oct;84(4):757-61 | 2004 |
| Dorus S, Vallender EJ, Evans PD, Anderson JR, Gilbert SL, Mahowald M, Wyckoff GJ, Malcom CM, Lahn BT, Accelerated evolution of nervous system genes in the origin of Homo sapiens. Cell, 2004 Dec 29;119(7):1027-40 | 2004 |
| Chen FC, Vallender EJ, Wang H, Tzeng CS, Li WH Genomic divergence between human and chimpanzee estimated from large-scale alignments of genomic sequences J Hered. 2001 Nov-Dec;92(6):481-9. | 2001 |
Book Chapter | |
| Vallender EJ The Genome of the Common Marmoset In: R Marini, L Wachtman, S Tardif, K Mansfield JG Fox (eds.), The Common Marmoset in Captivity and Biomedical Research. Elsevier, Oxford, 2018. | 2018 |
| Vallender EJ Molecular evolution and phenotypic change Kaas, J (ed.), Evolution of Nervous Systems 2e. vol. 4, pp. 101–119. Oxford: Elsevier. | 2017 |
| Vallender EJ, Lahn BT Study of Human Brain Evolution at the Genetic Level D Broadfield, M Yuan, K Schick and N Toth, eds. The Human Brain Evolving: Paleoneurological Studies in Honor of Ralph L. Holloway. Gosport, IN: Stone Age Institute Press, 2010:107-118. | 2010 |
| Vallender EJ, Johnson WE Balancing selection in human evolution ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIFE SCIENCES. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester | 2008 |
Comment | |
| Vallender EJ, Lahn BT, Multiple independent origins of sex chromosomes in amniotes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2006 Nov 28;103(48):18031-2 | 2006 |
Presentations
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Development of Genetic Non-Human Primate Models of Disease, UMMC Department of Neurobiology and Anatomical Sciences, Jackson, MS | 10/2020 |
| Platform Presentations, Attitudes towards genetic research in patients with bipolar disorder, Annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Philadelphia, PA | 05/2020 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Physiological and genetic effects on the gut microbiome of rhesus macaques, Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Biloxi, MS | 02/2020 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Nonhuman Primates in the Post-Genomic Era, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, LA | 12/2019 |
| Poster Presentation, Developing a Community-Informed Biopolar Biobank to Address Health Disparities, World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics, Los Angeles, CA | 10/2019 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Bioinformatic needs among the nonhuman primate genomics community, NIH/ORIP NHP Genetics and Genomics Working Group, Seattle, WA | 09/2019 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Identifying Genetic Variation in the Post-Genomic Era: From Sample Collection to Information Return, UMMC Bioinformatics Collaborative, Jackson, MS | 06/2019 |
| Platform Presentations, Effects of genetic polymorphism on ligand biased signaling: Mu-opioid receptor, Annual meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, San Antonio, TX | 06/2019 |
| Platform Presentations, Assessing Level of Interest and Reasons for Participation in a Genetic Biobank for Bipolar Disorder, Annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, San Francisco, CA | 05/2019 |
| Poster Presentation, Gene expression in the prefrontal cortex associated with impulsivity, NIDA and NIAAA Genetics and Epigenetics Research Meeting, Bethesda, MD | 01/2019 |
| Poster Presentation, Genetic effects on mu-opioid receptor ligand biased signaling, Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA | 11/2018 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Gene expression in the prefrontal cortex associated with suicide and impulsivity, 2018 Mississippi IDeA Conference, Jackson, MS | 07/2018 |
| Platform Presentations, Gene expression in the prefrontal cortex associated with impulsivity, Annual Meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, San Diego, CA | 06/2018 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Understanding Brain and Behavior through Comparative Genomics, Millsaps College Neuroscience Colloquium, Jackson, MS | 11/2017 |
| Poster Presentation, Genetic Effects of Mu-Opioid Receptor Ligand Biased Signaling, World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics, Orlando, FL | 10/2017 |
| Poster Presentation, Differential Gene Expression in the Prefrontal Cortex Associated with Suicide, World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics, Orlando, FL | 10/2017 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Differential Gene Expression in the Prefrontal Cortex Associated with Suicide, Southeast Regional IDeA Conference, Morgantown, WV | 10/2017 |
| Invited Symposia, Comparative Nonhuman Primate Genomics: Implications for Animal Models, Annual Meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Montreal, QC, Canada | 06/2017 |
| Poster Presentation, Comparative mammalian genetics of addiction disorders, College of Problems of Drug Dependence, Montreal, QC, Canada | 06/2017 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, The Rhesus Macaque Gut Microbiome as a Model for Human Health and Disease, Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Hattiesburg, MS | 02/2017 |
| Poster Presentation, Mu opioid receptor ligand bias on GPCR signaling pathways, Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA | 11/2016 |
| Poster Presentation, Unbiased gene profiling of the rhesus macaque mesolimbic system following long-term cocaine self-administration, College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Palm Springs, CA | 06/2016 |
| Platform Presentations, Transcriptomic profiling of the ventral tegmental area and nucleus accumbens in rhesus macaques following long-term cocaine self-administration, Behavior and Neurogenetics of Nonhuman Primates, Cold Spring Harbor, New York | 11/2015 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Making sense of psychiatric genetics, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Grand Rounds, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS | 09/2015 |
| Poster Presentation, Functional and behavioral consequences of genetic variation in the dopaminergic system of rhesus macaques, College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Phoenix, AZ | 06/2015 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Functionally Parallel Genetic Variation: Causes and Consequences, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomical Sciences, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS | 06/2015 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Comparative Functional Genetics in Understanding Human Brain and Behavior, Neuroscience Research Day, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS | 05/2015 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Basics of RNA-Sequencing Analysis: A case study, Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics Seminar Series, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS | 04/2015 |
| Invited Symposia, Detecting signatures of selection through interspecific comparisons, Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing 2015, Big Island, HI | 01/2015 |
| Poster Presentation, Monkey genomes: A paradigm shift for advancing preclinical research and medications development for addictions, College of Problems of Drug Dependence, San Juan, PR | 06/2014 |
| Invited Symposia, Comparative Genomics of the Evolving Primate Brain, Human evolution: brain development in relation to placental function, The Royal Society at Chicheley Hall, Buckinghamshire, UK | 06/2014 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Comparative Genetic Approaches to Understanding Human Health and Evolution, Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS | 05/2014 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Functional Nonhuman Primate Genetics: Beyond Demographics, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Tulane National Primate Reseach Center, Covington, LA | 05/2014 |
| Poster Presentation, Subtle genetic stratification among Mauritian cynomolgus macaques, Symposium on biomedical research using Mauritian macaques, Madison, WI | 05/2014 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, A Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Man, NEPRC Scientific Symposium, New England Primate Research Center, Southborough, MA | 12/2013 |
| Poster Presentation, Functional variation in the macaque dopamine D4 receptor in response to dopamine, anti-psychotics, and putative erectile dysfunction drugs, Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA | 11/2013 |
| Poster Presentation, Substance use disorders and non-human primate 5-hydroxytrypatamine receptor polymorphisms, Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA | 11/2013 |
| Poster Presentation, G-protein coupled receptor single-nucleotide polymorphism distribution in primate genomes, Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA | 11/2013 |
| Poster Presentation, Comparative Functional Effects of Polymorphisms Affecting Psychiatric Disease and Treatment Across Species, World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics, Boston, MA | 10/2013 |
| Platform Presentations, Identification and functional characterization of polymorphism in macaque G-protein coupled receptors, Behavior and Neurogenetics of Nonhuman Primates, Cold Spring Harbor, NY | 09/2013 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Comparative Genetics and Understanding Human Disease, Summer Seminar Series, New England Primate Research Center, Southborough, MA | 07/2013 |
| Platform Presentations, Genetics-Driven Animal Models of Addiction through Next-Generation Sequencing, 75th Annual Meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, San Diego, CA | 06/2013 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Functional Genetic Variation in Nonhuman Primates: Insights into Human Neuropsychiatric Health and Brain Evolution, Department of Neuroscience, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI | 05/2013 |
| Invited Symposia, Functional genetic variation and the analysis of disease-related phenotypes in primates, 40th Association of Primate Veterinarians Workshop, St. Paul, MN | 11/2012 |
| Poster Presentation, Advancing genetic models and tools for translational neuroscience: Comparative functional studies of the mu-opioid receptor, Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA | 10/2012 |
| Poster Presentation, Large-scale polymorphism discovery in non-human primate G-protein coupled receptors, Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA | 10/2012 |
| Poster Presentation, A neurogenetic model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in non-human primates, Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA | 10/2012 |
| Platform Presentations, Functional genetic evolution of addiction: A new approach using comparative genetics for understanding drug dependence, 74th Annual Meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Palm Springs, CA | 06/2012 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Primate Genetics in Context, Summer Seminar Series, New England Primate Research Center, Southborough, MA | 06/2012 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Genotype/Phenotype Associations in Non-Human Primates, Comparative Pathology Divisional Seminar Series, New England Primate Research Center, Southborough, MA | 04/2012 |
| Poster Presentation, The resurgence and genetic implications of New World primates in biomedical research, International Conference on Primate Genomics, Houston, TX | 04/2012 |
| Platform Presentations, Cross species comparisons of polymorphism in nonhuman primates, 5th International Conference on Primate Genomics, Houston, TX | 04/2012 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Better models of psychiatric disease through comparative genomics, HMS Department of Psychiatry Faculty and Fellows Colloquium, Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Boston, MA | 03/2012 |
| Invited Symposia, Exome resequencing in non-human primates, International Plant and Animal Genome XX, San Diego, CA | 01/2012 |
| Poster Presentation, Distinct evolutionary pressures on genes implicated in behavioral and neuropsychiatric disorders, Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC | 12/2011 |
| Poster Presentation, Functional evolution of primate monoamine oxidase A and its implications for disease and treatment, Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC | 11/2011 |
| Poster Presentation, Translational modeling the genetics of alcohol use disorders and treatment efficacy in a non-human primate model organism, World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics, Washington, DC | 10/2011 |
| Poster Presentation, Utility of Non-Human Primates to Model Genetics and Epigenetics of Substance Abuse and Pharmacogenetic Response to Treatment, Genetics and Epigenetics of Substance Abuse: NIDA/NIAAA Satellite Symposium, Washington, DC | 09/2011 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Developing non-human primate genetic models of neuropsychiatric and drug addiction disorders, Neuroscience Seminar Series, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA | 06/2011 |
| Poster Presentation, A naturally occurring rhesus monkey model of human mu-opioid receptor pharmacogenetics, International Narcotics Research Conference, Hollywood, FL | 06/2011 |
| Poster Presentation, Evolutionary implications for animal models in addiction research, College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Hollywood, FL | 06/2011 |
| Platform Presentations, Comparative primate genetics: A new tool for neuroscience connecting function and disease, Neuroscience 2010 (Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience), San Diego, CA | 11/2010 |
| Platform Presentations, Non-human primate genetic models of serotonergic dysfunction in addiction and psychiatric disease, 72nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Scottsdale, AZ | 06/2010 |
| Poster Presentation, Using comparative and evolutionary genetics in non-human primates to understand human neurobiology and disease, International Conference on Primate Genomics, Seattle, WA | 04/2010 |
| Invited Symposia, Comparative genetic approaches for understanding the evolution of human brain and behavior, 35th Annual Meeting of the Human Biology Association, Albuquerque, NM | 04/2010 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Ongoing genetic activity at the NEPRC, National Center for Research Resources Nonhuman Primate Genetics and Genomics Working Group, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Beaverton, OR | 02/2010 |
| Poster Presentation, Functional evolution of the trace amine associated receptors during mammalian evolution and the loss of TAAR1 in dogs, Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL | 10/2009 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Using comparative genetics to understand human brain evolution and function, Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, MD | 07/2009 |
| Invited Symposia, Using comparative genetics to understand the evolution and function of the human brain, Not Just a Matter of Gray and White: Exploring the Importance of Evolution, Genes and Experience on Brain Development, Bethesda, MD | 07/2009 |
| Platform Presentations, Novel Functional Variation at the Serotonin Transporter is Paralleled in Humans and Rhesus Macaques, Neuroscience 2008 (Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience), Washington, DC | 11/2008 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Comparative Genetic Approaches to the Neuroaminergic Systems, Instructor Search Seminar, New England Primate Research Center, Southborough, MA | 10/2008 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Primate Genetics and Genomics, Summer Seminar Series, New England Primate Research Center, Southborough, MA | 07/2008 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Genotype and Phenotype across Primates at the Serotonin Transporter, NeuroNoon Seminar Series, New England Primate Research Center, Southborough, MA | 05/2008 |
| Poster Presentation, Modeling human neurogenetic variation underlying alcoholism, drug abuse, and mental health disorders in non-human primates, International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society, Portland, OR | 05/2008 |
| Poster Presentation, Recapitulating Human Neurogenetics Variation in Rhesus Macaques: Serotonin Transporter, International Conference on Primate Genomics, Seattle, WA | 04/2008 |
| Invited Symposia, Exploring the origins of the human brain through molecular evolution, J.B. Johnston Journal Club and Karger Workshop, San Diego, CA | 11/2007 |
| Platform Presentations, Naturalistic modeling of the genetics of human neuropsychiatric and drug addiction disorders in non-human primates, XVth World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics, New York, NY | 10/2007 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Diversity & Inclusion Champion, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 2019 |
| Trailblazer Teaching Award, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 2017 |
| Excellence in Research Award - Bronze, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 2015 |
| Alcohol Travel Award, International Society for Psychiatric Genetics | 2011 |
| Young Investigator Travel Award, International Narcotics Research Conference | 2011 |
| Outstanding Young Investigator Travel Award, International Society for Behavioral and Neural Genetics | 2008 |
| Best Poster, 3rd International Conference on Primate Genomics: Primate Genomics and Human Disease | 2008 |
| Young Scientist Travel Scholarship, International Society for Psychiatric Genetics | 2007 |
| Committee Award for Outstanding Performance in the General Field of Genetics, University of Chicago | 2006 |
| William Rainey Harper Dissertation Fellowship, University of Chicago | 2005 |
| Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Colgate-Palmolive | 1999 |
| Edmund James Scholar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1996 |
Professional Membership and Service
| Southwest National Primate Research Center, Scientific Advisory Board | 2016 - 2019 |
| J.B.Johnston Club for Evolutionary Neuroscience, Member | 2012 - Present |
| International Narcotics Research Conference, Member | 2011 - 2014 |
| College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Member | 2010 - Present |
| International Society for Psychiatric Genetics, Member | 2007 - Present |
| International Behavioral and Neural Genetics Society, Member | 2007 - 2014 |
| Society for Neuroscience, Member | 2006 - Present |
Committee Service
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-FACULTY APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS AND TENURE, Vice Chair | 2020 - Present |
| Neuroscience Research and Innovation Symposium Planning Committee, Member | 2019 - Present |
| SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES IN THE HEALTH SCIENCES-GRADUATE COUNCIL, Member | 2019 - Present |
| Program in Neuroscience Admissions Committee, Chair | 2019 - Present |
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-FACULTY APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS AND TENURE, Member | 2019 - 2020 |
| Non-Human Primate New Model Development Working Group, NIH Office of Research Infrastructure Programs, Co-Chair | 2018 - Present |
| Non-Human Primate Specialized Breeding Working Group, NIH Office of Research Infrastructure Programs, Member | 2018 - 2019 |
| Program in Neuroscience Curriculum Committee, Member | 2018 - Present |
| Program in Neuroscience Executive Committee, Member | 2017 - Present |
| Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Promotions and Tenure Committee, Chair | 2017 - Present |
| Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds Committee, Member | 2016 - 2019 |
| Program in Neuroscience Admissions Committee, Member | 2016 - 2019 |
| Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Promotions and Tenure Committee, Member | 2016 - 2017 |
| Non-Human Primate DNA Banking Consortium, NIH Office of Research Infrastructure Programs, Chair | 2013 - 2015 |
| College on Problems of Drug Dependence Publications Committee, Member | 2011 - 2015 |
| Non-Human Primate DNA Banking Consortium, NIH Office of Research Infrastructure Programs, Member | 2007 - 2012 |
| Non-Human Primate Genetics and Genomics Working Group, NIH Office of Research Infrastructure Programs, Member | 2007 - Present |
Community Service
| UMMC Bipolar Disorder Community Advisory Board, Facilitator | 01/2019 - Present |
| United Methodist Mississippi Annual Conference Committee on Human Sexual Orientation, Advisor | 04/2017 - 06/2018 |
Other Service
| Human Frontier Science Program | 10/2020 - 10/2020 |
| California National Primate Research Center, Pilot Project Program | 05/2020 - 07/2020 |
| International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Molecular Genetics and Genomics Section | 04/2020 - Present |
| National Institutes of Health, Office of the Director, STOD Scientific and Technical Review Board on Biomedical and Behavioral Research Facilities | 06/2019 - 06/2019 |
| National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, ZNS1-SRB-M (08) Special Emphasis Panel | 03/2019 - 03/2019 |
| National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, ZNS1-SRB-M (07) Special Emphasis Panel | 12/2018 - 12/2018 |
| Leakey Foundation | 03/2018 - 03/2018 |
| National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, ZAG1-ZIJ Special Emphasis Panel | 01/2018 - 01/2018 |
| Neuroscience Institute Pilot Program | 10/2017 - 12/2017 |
| Journal of Medical Primatology | 08/2017 - Present |
| Intramural Research Support Program | 07/2017 - Present |
| Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience Pilot Grant Program | 03/2015 - 11/2015 |
| National Science Foundation, Biological Anthropology Program | 02/2015 - 11/2017 |
| NIH Intramural Review, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Development | 08/2012 - 08/2012 |
| Health Research Council of New Zealand | 06/2012 - 06/2012 |
| Brain, Behavior and Evolution | 11/2011 - Present |
| ETH Zurich (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich) Research Commission | 06/2010 - 06/2010 |
| Addiction Biology | |
| Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research | |
| American Journal of Human Genetics | |
| American Journal of Primatology | |
| Biological Psychiatry | |
| BMC Bioinformatics | |
| BMC Evolutionary Biology | |
| BMC Genetics | |
| BMC Genomics | |
| Brain Behavior and Evolution | |
| Cell and Molecular Neurobiology | |
| Cell Research | |
| Clinical Science | |
| Current Medicinal Chemistry | |
| Evolution Medicine and Public Health | |
| Evolutionary Bioinformatics | |
| FASEB | |
| FEBS Letters | |
| Frontiers in Human Neuroscience | |
| Gene | |
| Genes Brain and Behavior | |
| Genome Biology | |
| Genome Biology and Evolution | |
| GigaScience | |
| Gut | |
| Heredity | |
| Human Mutation | |
| Immunogenetics | |
| International Journal of Biological Sciences | |
| International Journal of Primatology | |
| Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science | |
| Journal of Cellular Physiology | |
| Journal of Evolutionary Biology | |
| Journal of Human Evolution | |
| Journal of Hypertension | |
| Journal of Intellectual Disability Research | |
| Journal of Medical Primatology | |
| Journal of Molecular Evolution | |
| Journal of Neuroscience | |
| Journal of Pediatric Genetics | |
| Molecular Biology and Evolution | |
| Molecular Biology Reports | |
| Nature | |
| Nature Human Behaviour | |
| Physiological Genomics | |
| PLoS Genetics | |
| PLoS One | |
| Primate Biology | |
| Primates | |
| Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | |
| Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences | |
| Science Advances | |
| Translational Psychiatry |
Teaching Experience
| ID 713, Graduate, Course, Course Director, Bioinformatics and Genomics | Spring 2020 |
| NSCI 720, Graduate, Small Group, Course Director, Neuroscience Journal Club | Annual 2018 |
| NSCI 708, Graduate, Small Group, Lecturer, Special Topics in Neuroscience (Ligand Bias) | Summer 2017 |
| ID 713, Graduate, Lecture, Course Director, Bioinformatics and Genomics | Spring 2017 |
| NSCI 710, Graduate, Lecture, Guest Presenter, Tutorials in Neuroscience (Statistics) | Annual 2016 |
| NSCI 701, Graduate, Lecture, Guest Presenter, Foundations of Neuroscience | Annual 2016 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Advanced Psychopathology | Annual 2015 |
| PSYCH 631, Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Junior Clerkship in Psychiatry | Annual 2015 |
| NSCI 791, Graduate, Lab, Mentor, Senior Laboratory Rotations | Annual 2015 |
Directed Student Learning
| Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Advised: Jaren Reeves-Darby | 2020 - Present |
| Qualifying Exam Committee, Chair, Advised: Jaren Reeves-Darby | 2020 - 2020 |
| Qualifying Exam Committee, Chair, Advised: Maria Muhammad | 2020 - 2020 |
| Qualifying Exam Committee, Chair, Advised: Charles Barnes | 2020 - 2020 |
| Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Advised: John Aaron Howell | 2019 - Present |
| Supervised Research, Advised: D. Mitch Lang | 2019 - 2019 |
| Qualifying Exam Committee, Chair, Advised: John Aaron Howell | 2019 - 2019 |
| Qualifying Exam Committee, Vice-Chair, Advised: Kendra Stansak | 2019 - 2019 |
| Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Advised: Kathryn Hellmann | 2018 - Present |
| Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Advised: C. Austin Zamarripa | 2018 - Present |
| Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Advised: Graham Casey | 2018 - Present |
| Qualifying Exam Committee, Member, Advised: Redin Spann | 2018 - 2018 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Mary Clay Bailey | 2018 - 2018 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Carlie Reeves | 2018 - 2018 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Kameron Boulton | 2017 - 2018 |
| Master's Thesis Committee Member, Advised: Isaiah Tolo | 2016 - 2016 |
| Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Altered neuro-inflammatory gene expression in hippocampus in major depressive disorder Advised: Gouri Mahajan | 2015 - 2017 |
| Qualifying Exam Committee, Member, Advised: Cassie Chandler | 2015 - 2015 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Yunhee Youn | 2015 - 2015 |
| Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair, Genetic Effects on Ligand Biased GPCR Second Messenger Signaling in Mu Opioid Receptors Advised: Xiao Zhang | 2015 - 2019 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Juliette Rando | 2012 - 2013 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Alex Buslov | 2012 - 2013 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Paul Anton | 2011 - 2011 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Erin Sadler | 2010 - 2011 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Andrea Simoni | 2009 - 2009 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Maurine Braun | 2009 - 2009 |
Fellows supervised
| Research Advisor, 2 fellows supervised | 03/2011 - 10/2014 |
Residency Training
| Psychiatry, Research Advisor | 2019 - Present |