Objectives

• In my 30 years at the University of Arizona: I provide quality education to my students; I provide excellence in research; I provide meaningful service to the University, Community, State, and Nation.
• As a member of Argus IRB: To assure that each participant in a clinical study is accurately informed about the potential risks of the study, particularly as they relate to my specialty of pharmacology and toxicology. 
  

Experience

• Member of Argus IRB since 1992.
• US Public Health Traineeship in Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis TN, 1967-1971.
• Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson AZ, 1971-1981.
• Professor of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson AZ, 1981-2002.
• Professor Emeritus, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ, 2002- Present
• Consultant, Arizona Drug and Poison Information Center, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson AZ, 1971-present.

Education

• 1960-1961: Undergraduate Studies, University of Buffalo, Buffalo NY.
• 1966: B.S. degree in Pharmacy, Union University, Albany Medical Center, Albany NY.
• 1996-1997: Graduate Studies, University of Connecticut, Storrs CT.
• 1969: M.S. degree in Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis TN.
• 1971: Ph.D. degree in Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis TN.
  

Interests

• Winemaking.
• Traveling.
• Computers.
  

Career Highlights

• 1960: Graduated from Cortland High School
• 1966: B.S. degree in Pharmacy from Union University, Albany NY
• 1969: M.S. degree in Pharmacology from the University of Tennessee Medical Center, Memphis TN
• 1971: Ph.D. degree in Pharmacology from the University of Tennessee Medical Center, Memphis TN
• 1978: Visiting Research Scientist at the Paulista School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil
• 1980: Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute of Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado, Boulder CO
• 1971-2002: Professor Faculty Member of the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona Health Science Center, Tucson, AZ
  

Teaching

• Taught Pharmacology and Toxicology subjects to more than 2,500 Pharmacy, Nursing and Medical students over 30 years, and received very high formal student evaluation scores every year
• Won the College of Pharmacy Educator of the Year award six times, more than any other faculty member in the Arizona Health Science Center
  

Research

• Obtained more than 2.2 million dollars in research grant funds
• Authored/co-authored more than 100 research publications in leading scientific and medical books and journals (including Science, the Journal of the American Medical Association, European Neurology, and the New England Journal of Medicine)
• Recognized as a world-renown authority on the neuropharmacology of marijuana (i.e., the effects of marijuana on the brain)
• Acknowledged at the world’s expert on medical marijuana in neurological disorders (i.e., the effects of marijuana in patients with epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, spinal injury and movement disorders)
  

Service

• Co-Founder of, and Consultant to, the Arizona Drug and Poison Information Center, Tucson AZ (which currently is staffed full time by four emergency room physicians, eight clinical pharmacists, and scores of other “on-call” specialists and experts, and operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and receives more than 70,000 calls per year)