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Mark T. Nelson, Ph.D.

Mark T. Nelson, Ph.D.

Chair and University Distinguished Professor
Department of Pharmacology


Contact Information
E-mail: Mark.Nelson@uvm.edu
Phone: (802)656-2500
Office Location: Given B, Rm 333A

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Education

1973 Undergraduate studies Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
1976 B.A., Mathematics & Biology with Honors Tufts University, Medford, MA
1980 Ph.D., Neural Sciences Washington University, St. Louis, MOAdvisor: Prof. M.P. Blaustein

Expertise

1990-1991 Consultant for Glaxo (Research Triangle, NC)
1991-1994 Consultant for Lederle Laboratories, American Cyanamid (Pearl River, NY)
1992-1999 Consultant for Zeneca (ICI) Pharmaceuticals, (Wilmington, DE).
1997-1999 Industrial Partnership with Wyeth-Ayerst Pharmaceuticals, Princeton, New Jersey

Academic Appointments

1996 - Present Chair, Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
1995 - 1996 Interim Chair, Department of Pharmacology, University of Vermont
1993 - Present Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, University of Vermont (Secondary)
1992 - Present Professor, Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Vermont
1990 - 1992 Associate Professor with Tenure, Department of Pharmacology, University of Vermont
1986 - 1990 Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Vermont
1984 - 1986 Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL
1982 - 1984 Research Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
1981 - 1982 Research Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, Fakultät für Biologie, Universität Konstanz, West Germany.
1980 - 1981 Research Fellow of the American Heart Association, Dept. of Physiology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD

Awards and Honors

2008 - 2018 MERIT Award, NIH
2009 Fellow, Biophysical Society
2009 University Distinguished Professor, University of Vermont
2001 Fellow, American Heart Association and the Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences
1998 Vermont Academy of Sciences and Engineering, member
1996 University Scholar, University of Vermont
1985 - 1990 Established Investigator of the American Heart Association
1981 - 1982, 1984 Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung Fellowship, Universität Konstanz, West Germany
1982 Louis N. Katz Research Prize for Young Investigators, Honorable Mention (AHA)
1980 - 1981 American Heart Association Fellowship, University of Maryland
1978 - 1980 National Institutes of Health Predoctoral Fellowship, Washington University
1974 National Science Foundation Summer Fellowship, Swarthmore College

Publications

2011 Joshi S, Nelson M.T., Werner ME. Amplified NO/cGMP-mediated relaxation and ryanodine receptor-to-BK(Ca) channel signalling in corpus cavernosum smooth muscle from phospholamban knockout mice. Br J Pharmacol. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2011.01569.x, 2011.
2011 Hill-Eubanks DC, Werner ME, Heppner TJ, Nelson MT. Calcium Signaling in Smooth Muscle. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. pii: cshperspect.a004549v1. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a004549, 2011.
2011 Heppner TJ, Layne JJ, Pearson JM, Sarkissian H, Nelson MT. Unique properties of muscularis mucosae smooth muscle in ginea pig urinary bladder. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol, 2011.
2011 Hannah RM, Dunn KM, Bonev AD, Nelson MT. Endothelial SK(Ca) and IK(Ca) channels regulare brain parenchymal arteriolar diameter and cortical cerebral blood flow. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 31(5):1175-86, 2011.
2011 Nelson MT, Seal ML, Phillips LJ, Merritt AH, Wilson R, Pantelis C. An investigation of the relationship between cortical connectivity and schizotypy in the general population. J Nerv Ment Dis. 199(5):348-53, 2011.
For a complete list of Mark T. Nelson's publications, please visit PubMed.

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