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Barbara J. Davis, Ph.D.

Barbara J. Davis, Ph.D.

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About Me

EDUCATION:

BS Biology, cum laude, 1973, Syracuse University
Ph.D. Anatomy. 1982, SUNY Upstate Medical Center
Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1982-1984, Departments of Neurology and Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Rochester

POSITIONS:

5/08 – present Director, Medical...
EDUCATION:

BS Biology, cum laude, 1973, Syracuse University
Ph.D. Anatomy. 1982, SUNY Upstate Medical Center
Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1982-1984, Departments of Neurology and Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Rochester

POSITIONS:

5/08 – present Director, Medical Education Pathway, University of Rochester
7/04-present Associate Professor, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy University of Rochester
7/06-present Associate Director of Faculty Development University of Rochester
3/98-6/04 Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy University of Rochester
Master Teacher, Office of Medical Education, University of Rochester(appointed 8/98)
Research Associate, Curricular Affairs Office, University of Rochester (appointed 7/01)
10/94-3/98 Instructor, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Rochester
8/ 02-present: Lecturer: Department of Biology, SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo, NY
9/90-present Professor (adjunct), Department of Biology, Monroe Community College, Rochester, NY
5/91-5/93 Associate Professor, Director of Preclinical Studies and Dean of Faculty New York Chiropractic College, Seneca Falls, NY
7/86-6/90 Assistant Professor, Departments of Neurology and Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Rochester School
8/84-6/86 Faculty Scientist, Department of Neurology, University of Rochester

AWARDS & HONORS:

Alumni Association Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Teaching (October 2006)
Commendation for Excellence in Teaching in the First Year (Classes of 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
George W. Corner Dean's Teaching Scholar (Awarded 7/99-6/02)
Manuel D. Goldman Prize for Excellence in Teaching in the First Year Class of 2006 (Also awarded by Classes of 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, commendations for excellence in teaching awarded by Classes of 2001, 2003, 2005.)
Marshall W. Lichtman Dean's Teaching Fellow (Awarded 9/2002-8/2003)

Faculty Appointments

Professor Emeritus - Department of Neuroscience (SMD)

Credentials

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

Postdoctoral Fellowship,
Departments of Neurology and Neurobiology and Anatomy, Norepineprhine-Vasopressin Interactions in the Hypothalamus,
Celia D. Sladek, Ph.D. and John R. Sladek, Ph.D. advisors 1982 - 1984

Education

PhD | SUNY-Upstate Med Ctr. Anatomy. 1982

BS | Syracuse University. Biology. 1973

Awards

Faculty Commencement Marshal, Class of 2014. 2014

Faculty Commencement Marshal, Class of 2013. 2013

Manuel D. Goldman Prize for Excellence in Teaching in the First Year Class of 2016. 2013

Manuel D. Goldman Prize for Excellence in Teaching in the First Year Class of 2015. 2012

Faculty Commencement Marshal, Class of 2012. 2012

Commendation for Excellence in Teaching in the First Year. 2011

Assistant Chair of Commencement:. 2011

Commendation for Excellence in Teaching in the First Year. 2010

Assistant Chair of Commencement:. 2010

Selected for Faculty Commencement Marshal. 2009

Commendation for Excellence in Teaching in the First Year. 2009

Commendation for Excellence in Teaching in the First Year. 2008

Selected for Faculty Commencement Marshal. 2008

Commendation for Excellence in Teaching in the First Year. 2007

Alumni Association Gold Medal Award for Teaching. 2006

Commendation for Excellence in Teaching in the First Year. 2006

Faculty Commencement Marshal. 2006

Commendation for Excellence in Teaching in the First Year. 2005

Faculty Commencement Marshal. 2004

Manuel D. Goldman Prize for Excellence in Teaching in the First Year,. 2003

Marshall Lichtman Dean's Teaching Fellowship. 2002

Manuel D. Goldman Prize for Excellence in Teaching in the First Year. 2001

Commendation for Excellence in Teaching. 2000

Faculty Commencement Marshal. 2000

George W. Corner Dean's Teaching Scholar. 1999 - 2002

Manuel D. Goldman Prize for Excellence in Teaching in the First Year. 1999

Commendation for Excellence in Teaching. 1998

Manuel D. Goldman Prize for Excellence in Teaching in the First Year. 1997

Manuel D. Goldman Prize for Excellence in Teaching in the First Year. 1996

AMWA Gender Equity Award. 1996

Commendation for Excellence in Teaching. 1989

Manuel D. Goldman Prize for Excellence in Teaching in the First Year Class of 2016.

Publications

Journal Articles

Description and early outcomes of a student as teacher program.

Song, C; Davis, B; Lambert, D.

Academic Medicine. 2014; .

Impact of Peer Assessment in the Professional Development of Medical Students, Accepted for publication.

Nofziger, A., Naumburg. E,. Davis, B., Mooney, C., Epstein, R.

Academic Medicine. 2009; .

Complex maze performance in young and aged rats: response to glucose treatment and relationship to blood insulin and glucose.

Long JM, Davis BJ, Garofalo P, Spangler EL, Ingram DK

Physiology & behavior.. 1992 February 51 (2):411-8. Epub 1900 01 01.

Plasma concentrations of glucose, insulin, and percent glycosylated hemoglobin are unaltered by food restriction in rhesus and squirrel monkeys.

Cutler RG, Davis BJ, Ingram DK, Roth GS

Journal of gerontology.. 1992 January 47 (1):B9-12. Epub 1900 01 01.

Plasma concentrations of glucose, insulin and percent glycosylated hemoglobin are unaltered by food restriction in rhesus monkeys.

Cutler, R.G.; Davis, B.J.; Ingram, D.K.; Roth, G.S.

J. Gerontology. 1992; 47: 9-12.

Effects of lesions of hypothalamic catecholamines on blood pressure, fluid balance, vasopressin and renin in the rat.

Davis BJ, Blair ML, Sladek JR, Sladek CD

Brain research.. 1987 March 3405 (1):1-15. Epub 1900 01 01.

Effects of lesions of central catecholamine pathways on blood pressure, fluid balance and vasopressin and renin responses to blood volume depletion in the rat.

Davis, B.J.; M.L. Blair; J.R. Sladek, Jr.; C.D. Sladek.

Brain Research. 1987; : 1-15.

Localization of vasopressin-neurophysin and norepinephrine in the supraoptic nucleus of spontaneously hypertensive rats.

Sladek JR, Davis BJ, Sladek CD

Brain research.. 1986 February 19365 (2):293-304. Epub 1900 01 01.

Altered catecholamine innervation of the supraoptic nucleus in the nephrogenic diabetes insipidus mouse.

Davis BJ, Sokol HW, Sladek JR

Neuroendocrinology.. 1985 November 41 (5):394-9. Epub 1900 01 01.

Effects of substantia nigra lesions on the volumes of A, B, and D cells and the content of insulin and glucagon in the rat pancreas.

Davis BJ, Smith PH

Diabetologia.. 1985 October 28 (10):756-62. Epub 1900 01 01.

Effects of substantia nigra lesions on the volumes of A-, B- and D cells and the content of insulin and glucagon in the rat pancreas.

Davis, B.J.; P.H. Smith.

Diabetologia. 1985; : 765-769.

Alterations of pancreatic islet size and growth following substantia nigra lesions in the rat.

Davis BJ, Smith PH

Journal of the autonomic nervous system. 1984 April 10 (2):167-80. Epub 1900 01 01.

Alterations of pancreatic islet size and growth following substantia nigra lesions in the rat.

Davis, B.J.; P.H. Smith.

J. Autonomic Nervous System. 1984; : 167-180.

Morphological and functional aspects of pancreatic islet innervation.

Smith PH, Davis BJ

Journal of the autonomic nervous system. 1983 October 9 (1):53-66. Epub 1900 01 01.

Morphological and Functional aspects of pancreatic islet innervation.

Smith, P.H.; B.J.Davis.

J. Autonomic Nervous System. 1983; : 53-36.

Localization of motilin-containing cells in the intestinal tract of mammals: a further comparison using region-specific motilin antisera.

Smith PH, Davis BJ, Seino Y, Yanaihara N

General and comparative endocrinology.. 1981 July 44 (3):288-91. Epub 1900 01 01.

Books

The Behavioral Sciences and Health Care (3rd ed) (2012)

Chapter: Nutrition, Metabolism, and Feeding Disorders

Introduction to the Human Body (2005)

Introduction to the Human Body (2004)

Introduction to the Human Body (2003)

The Potential for Nutritional Modulation of Aging (1990)

Chapter: Assessment of lifelong caloric restriction on neostriatal morphology and peripheral neuroendocrine hormones in aged C57Bl/6J mice.

Neurobiologic Approaches to Human disease (1988)

Chapter: Innervation of the gut: Implications for interactions between the nervous and immune systems.

Neural Regulation of Autonomic, Endocrine and Immune Systems (1986)

Chapter: Plasticity of neuronal interactions: Monoamines and Neuropeptides.