Betsey's CV

EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Cancer Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 2004
B.A., Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH, 2000

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Independent Consultant, Brentwood, TN, November 2010-present

Deputy Director, Graduate Partnerships Program, Office of Intramural Training and Education, Office of the Director, NIH, Bethesda, MD, March 2008-September 2010

Director of Research Affairs, University of Arizona College of Medicine Research Office, Tucson, AZ, 2007-2008

Research Affairs Specialist, University of Arizona College of Medicine Research
Office, Tucson, AZ, 2006-2007

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Arizona
College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ 2006-2008

Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Arizona, Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, AZ; Mentor, Raymond B. Nagle, MD, PhD, 2004-2006

Graduate Research Assistant, University of Arizona, Cancer Biology, Arizona
Cancer Center, Tucson, AZ; Mentor, G. Tim Bowden, PhD, 2000-2004

Research Assistant, University of Arizona, Radiation Oncology, Arizona Cancer
Center, Tucson, AZ, 1999-2000

Undergraduate Biology Research Program Participant, University of Arizona, Radiation Oncology, Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, AZ, Summers, 1998 and 1999


PUBLICATIONS (former name: Elisabeth L Bair):
1)      Bair EL, Nagle RB. Changing Extracellular Matrix Ligands During Metastasis. In Cress AE and Nagle RB (eds), Cell Adhesion and Cytoskeletal Molecules in Metastasis, Springer Science, 2006.
2)      Calaluce R, Beck S, Bair E, Pandey R, Greer K, Hoying A, Hoying J, Mount D, Nagle R. Human Laminin-5 and Laminin-10 Mediated Gene Expression of Prostate. Prostate. 66(13):  1381-90, 2006.
3)      Bair EL, Nagle RB, Ulmer TA, Laferté S, Bowden GT. 90K/Mac-2 Binding Protein Is Expressed in Prostate Cancer and Induces Promatrilysin Expression. The Prostate. 66(3): 283-93, 2006.
4)      Bair EL, Chen ML, McDaniel K, Sekiguchi K, Cress AE, Nagle RB, Bowden, GT. Membrane Type 1 Matrix Metalloprotease Cleaves Laminin-10 and Promotes Prostate Cancer Cell Migration. Neoplasia. 7(4): 380-9, 2005.
5)      Udayakumar TS, Bair EL, Nagle RB, Bowden GT. Pharmacological Inhibition of FGF Receptor Signaling Inhibits LNCaP Prostate Tumor Growth, Promatrilysin, and PSA Expression. Molecular Carcinogenesis. 38(2): 70-7, 2003.
6)      Udayakumar TS, Chen ML, Bair EL, Von Bredow DC, Cress AE, Nagle RB, Bowden GT. Membrane Type-1-matrix Metalloproteinase Expressed By Prostate Carcinoma Cells Cleaves Human Laminin-5 Beta3 Chain and Induces Cell Migration. Cancer Research. 63(9): 2292-9, 2003.
7)      Bair EL, Massey CP, Tran NL, Borchers AH, Heimark RL, Cress AE, Bowden GT. Integrin and Cadherin-mediated Induction of the Matrix Metalloprotease Matrilysin in Cocultures of Malignant Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cells and Dermal Fibroblasts. Experimental Cell Research. 270(2): 259-67, 2001.
8)      DeRoock IB, Pennington ME, Sroka TC, Lam KS, Bowden GT, Bair EL, Cress AE. Synthetic Peptides Inhibit Adhesion of Human Tumor Cells to Extracellular Matrix Proteins. Cancer Research. 61(8): 3308-13, 2001.

HONORS, AWARDS, CERTIFICATIONS:
  • NIH Office of the Director Merit Award for team development of the “Career Advancement Toolkit”,  December 17, 2010
  • Certified IRB Manager (CIM) by National Association of IRB Managers, 2007-2009
  • NCI-sponsored Tumor Microenvironment Training Program: Organotypic Models Training Program in Dr. Isaiah Fidler’s laboratory in Houston, TX, participant, 2005
  • Young Pathologist Fellowship, American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP), University of Arizona, 2005
  • Annual Meeting Predoctoral Travel Award, American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB), University of Arizona, 2003
  • John and Betty Anderson Memorial Scholarship Endowment, University of Arizona, 2000
  • Departmental Honors, Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology, Wittenberg University, 1999
  • Saturn/NationsBank Undergraduate Fellowship, 1997
  • Wittenberg University Scholar Undergraduate Fellowship, 1996-2000

INVITED LECTURES AND PRESENATIONS
  • “Creating an Effective Poster Presentation”, Invited Lecture, 11th Annual Career Development Program and Lunch, ASIP Annual Meeting at Experimental Biology 2011, to be presented April 9, 2011. 
  • “How to Sell Yourself in 2 Minutes”, Invited Lecture, 4th Annual NIDCR Fellows Retreat, Cambridge, MD, April 30, 2010. 
  • “Applying to Graduate School”, Invited Lecture, MARC Scholars at Morgan State University, October 18, 2009
  •  “Research Matters”,  Invited Lecture, UA College of Medicine Mini Med-School Lecture Series for the public, October 24, 2007
  • “Graduate Student Grantsmanship” Invited Lecture, MCB595E, University of Arizona,Topics in Research for graduate students participating in the NIH/IMSD Minority Health Disparities Program, September 26, 2007

TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND SELECTED WORKSHOPS PRESENTED:
  • “Summer Research Mentor Training” 8-week course, Co-leader, NIH, Bethesda, MD, Summer 2010
  • “Creating and Presenting Dynamic Posters” lecture , NIH, Multiple Campuses, biannually, 2008-2010
  • Course Coordinator/Instructor, Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences (FAES) Graduate School Course BIOL 262, “Molecular Approaches to Studying Disease”; NIH, Bethesda, MD, Fall 2009 and Fall 2008
  •  “Dissertation Discussion Group” for graduate students: organizer and leader, 2009
  • “Improving Spoken English” Small Group Leader, NIH, Bethesda, MD, March 2008, September 2008, November 2008, November 2009, July 2010
  • “Mentoring a Summer Student” workshop, Rocky Mountain Labs, NIAID, NIH, Hamilton, Montana, May 2, 2008
  •  “Getting Started in Your Research” Workshop for new investigators, junior faculty, and postdoctoral associates, University of Arizona, May 31, 2007, November 12, 2007
  • College of Medicine New Investigators Workshop presentations on the Proposal Routing Process and      Research Office Programs and Services, University of Arizona – quarterly 2006-2008

SERVICE: 
  • Poster Judge, ABRCMS, 2008, 2009
  • Project Judge and Award Ceremony Speaker, Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF),      Reno, NV, 2009

FUNDING RECEIVED:
  • 2007 Arizona Health Sciences Center (AHSC) Frontiers in Biomedical Research Poster Forum Educational Grant, Amgen, $3,500, 10/2007
  • 2006 AHSC Frontiers in Biomedical Research Poster Forum Educational Grant, Amgen, $2,500, 11/2006
  • 2006 AHSC Frontiers in Biomedical Research Poster Forum Educational Grant, Ventana MedSystems, $2,000, 11/2006
  • DOD CDMRP Postdoctoral Traineeship Award, “Effects of Modifications in the Laminin-10 Basal Lamina on Prostate Cancer Invasion”, $124,970, 10/2005
  • Cancer Biology Postdoctoral T-32 Training Grant, National Institutes of Health, University of Arizona, from 6/2005 to 10/2005
  • Cancer Biology Predoctoral T-32 Training Grant, National Institutes of Health (NIH), University of Arizona, from 8/2002 to 12/2004 


**Updated in February 2011**
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