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Bradley Monk Curriculum Vita - Resume 6363 Alvarado Ct. Suite 200 San Diego, CA 92120 E-Mail: brad.monk@gmail.com

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Education
San Diego State University

• M.A. - Behavioral Neuroscience (In Progress)
• B.S. - Biology B.S. (In Progress)
• B.A. - Psychology
• minor - Computer Science

Graduate Research Experience 2006 - Present

• Graduate Thesis: Behavioral and Neurobiological Effects of Choline Supplementation in Rats Exposed to Alcohol During the Brain Growth Spurt

• Collaborator: Diffusion Tensor Imaging Analysis of White Matter Tracts in Rats Exposed to Alcohol Neonatally

• Collaborator: TLC Analysis of Phospholipid Composition in the Rat Cortex

• Collaborator: Insulin Growth Factor: Effects on White Matter Tracts in Rats Prenatally Exposed to Alcohol

• Inventor: developed a technique for measuring physiological levels of choline moieties - via amperometric electrode

• Collaborator: Improved math model for quantifying autoradiography data using relative binding affinities

Undergraduate Research Experience 2003 - 2006

• Honors Thesis: Plant Polyphenols Attenuate Motor Deficits by Saving Cerebellar Purkinje Cells: Optical Fractionation

• Research Assistant: Bimodal Facilitation in Reaction Time: An fMRI Study in Autistic Children

• Research Assistant: Withdrawal vs. Sustained Ethanol Exposure

• Research Assistant: Methamphetamine exposure consequences in a rodent model

• Honors Statistics Thesis: Personality Type and Susceptibility to Suggestion: an EMG analysis

Positions Held

Center for Behavioral Neurobiology G.A. 2004 - Present
Masters Thesis Lab. Principle Investigator: Jennifer Thomas, Ph.D.

Brain Development Imaging Lab R.A. 2006 - 2006
Research Assistant in fMRI based imaging lab. Principle Investigator: Axel Mueller, Ph.D.

SDSU Psychology Department T.A. 2004 & 2006
Teaching Assistant for Principles of Learning and Cognition.

Scientific Contributions

Publications

• Thomas, J.D., Idrus, N.M., Monk, B.R., Dominguez, H.D. (2010). Prenatal choline supplementation mitigates behavioral alterations associated with prenatal alcohol exposure in rats. Teratology, Special Issue - Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology (in press)

Talks & Lectures

• “Can Pomegranate Antioxidants Protect Against Motor Coordination Deficits Associated With FASD?” (2006)

P.P. Lecture

FASDSG Symposium; Research Society on Alcoholism Conference in Baltimore.

• “Pomegranate Juice: Can its Antioxidant Properties Reduce Fetal Alcohol Effects?” (2006)

P.P. Lecture

Stanford University Research Symposium

• “Pomegranate Juice: Can it Protect Against Fetal Alcohol Effects?” (2006)

P.P. Lecture

San Diego State University Undergraduate Research Symposium

• “Using Biofeedback to Measure Susceptibility to Suggestion” (2003)

P.P. Lecture

Cal Poly Annual Science Symposium.

• "The Pharmacology of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome" (2007)

Invited guest lecturer

USCD Medical School of Pharmacology and Psychopharmacology

Posters

• “Choline Supplementation Attenuates Ethanol’s Developmental Pathology Effects in Rats” (2008)

Multidisciplinary Workshop on Epigenetics, Nutrition, and Aging

Kinnapolis, NC

• “Choline Supplementation During Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Attenuates Ethanol’s Teratogenic Effects in Rats” (2007)

Research Society on Alcoholism

Chicago, IL

Publications

• Research Society on Alcoholism Annual Conference Report

• Stanford URS Annual for Sciences

• SDSU URS Annual

• Two first-author manuscripts in preparation for submission

Techniques & Experience

Behavioral Neurobiology

autoradiography in situ hybridization chromatography experimental design

histology electrophysiology electromyography SPSS & Excel

perfusion rodent surgery chemicals prep intubation & injection

behavioral testing optical fractionation electron microscopy cryostat sectioning

Brain Imaging & Computer Science

Certified Scan Tech fMRI & DTI Psyscope

Presentation AFNI X11

Java programming RSF-Gen Unix & Cygwin

cLISP programming MatLab Artificial Intelligence Programming

Awards

• San Diego State University Psychology Student of the Year nomination 2006
• Invited by Giaccomo Rizzolatti to Parma, Italy to study mirror neurons through a Fulbright Scholarship
• Received travel award to the Multidisciplinary Workshop on Epigenetics, Nutrition and Aging. Kinnapolis, NC
• Developed a website for the Research Society on Alcoholism 2006 Lecture Series
• Graduated Cum Laude (SDSU GPA 3.93)
• Highest Score at the 2006 Annual California Sciences Symposium hosted at SDSU
• Illinois Leadership Counsel Award
• Volunteer youth soccer coach