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               *Thus, the following materials are ONLY PART of a complete proposal for promotion, whereas promotion is based on the ENTIRE proposal.   Therefore, it should not be assumed that a record comparable to that below will necessarily result in promotion, or that a record not comparable to that below will fail to result in promotion.  The Departmental Chair is likely to be the best source of advice as to whether promotion is feasible and, when it is not, what additional activity may result in qualification for promotion.

               *This document has been prepared as a tool for use by associate professors in the Division of the Biological Sciences.  Other individuals who may find it informative are Department Chairmen, Section Heads, Committee Chairmen, senior faculty and potential recruits.  Its intent is to help guide individuals and their departments as they think about promotion to Professor.  This document is not intended to list the elements that every promotion proposal will be expected to address.  The following information is presented for information purposes only and is not intended to create any contract or agreement, and its contents are subject to addition, deletion, and change without prior notice.

Name:

Jerrold R. Turner, M.D., Ph.D.

 

 

Department of Primary Appointment:

Pathology

 

Departments or Committees in which you have secondary appointments:

Committee on Molecular Medicine

Committee on Cell Physiology

Committee on Molecular Metabolism and Molecular Nutrition

 

Present rank:

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

 

Present track:

TENURE

 

Proposed rank:

PROFESSOR

 

Proposed track:

RESEARCH SCHOLAR (TENURE)

DEPARTMENT: What is the candidate's field or specialization?*

Intestinal epithelial cell physiology

Gastrointestinal surgical pathology

LAY SUMMARY:

Dr. Turner is trained as an epithelial cell biologist, gastrointestinal surgical pathologist, and physiologist. He has married these areas of expertise through his use of the intestine as a model system in which to study basic mechanisms of physiology and their dysregulation in human disease. The greatest constant throughout his work has been his focus on regulation of intestinal transport and barrier function. He identified the crucial role of the cytoskeleton in barrier regulation in response to physiological stimuli normally engaged after eating and has also discovered other intracellular signaling events triggered by feeding, including recruitment of additional nutrient transporters to the cell surface, where they are active. Dr. Turner has recently demonstrated that these same processes are deranged in immune-mediated disease and has developed novel reagents, including cell lines and mice expressing fluorescently-tagged proteins, to allow advanced imaging of these events in real time. He has also developed novel therapeutic agents that selectively block signaling pathways; one of these prevents immune-mediated acute intestinal disease and is currently in pre-clinical trials. Thus, Dr. Turner has defined mechanisms of intestinal epithelial regulation in health and disease and used this information to develop novel therapies for intestinal disease.

CURRICULUM VITAE.

HONORS AND AWARDS

1999                   Faculty Research Excellence Award. Wayne State University School of Medicine. 

1999                   Excellence in Pathology Education Award, selected annually by 2nd year medical class of the Wayne State University School of Medicine. 

2000                   College Teaching Award, Wayne State University.

2002                   Senior Research Award. Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America.

2005                   Organizer. Gastrointestinal Tract XI. FASEB Summer Research Conference. This is an elected position, by attendees of the 2003 meeting. Election indicates that the attendees have a high degree of confidence that the organizer has the perspective to create an outstanding scientific program, the leadership skills to run such a meeting, and the organizational skills, including grant writing, to raise the funds necessary to support the meeting.

2005-                  Councilor. Gastrointestinal and Liver Steering Committee. American Physiological Society. This is an elected position, by membership of the Gastrointestinal and Liver Section of the American Physiological Society.

2005                   Member. American Society for Clinical Investigation. This is an honor society of physician-scientists, those who translate findings in the laboratory to the advancement of clinical practice. Founded in 1908, the Society is home to more than 2,800 members who are in the upper ranks of academic medicine and corporate healthcare. Membership is highly competitive; only ~60 new members are elected each year. This is particularly true for pathologists, who are rarely elected (most members are internists).

2006                   Amgen Outstanding Investigator Award. American Society for Investigative Pathology. This is a prestigious annual award for excellent research in experimental pathology awarded to a scientist under 43 years of age. Previous recipients (http://www.asip.org/awds/amgen.htm) are often Chairs of leading Pathology Departments and approximately one-fourth have been elected to the National Academy of Science. (http://ajp.amjpathol.org/cgi/content/full/153/4/1014).

2006-                  Fellow. American Gastroenterological Association. The AGA fellows program honors superior professional achievement in clinical practice or research. This honor is awarded to members whose accomplishments and contributions demonstrate personal commitment to the field of gastroenterology. My election, as part of the inaugural class of inductees, was based on research achievements.

2006-                  Member. Faculty of 1000. Physiology; gastrointestinal physiology section. Faculty of 1000 members identity and review papers of exceptional importance. Over 1000 leading scientists representing many fields of investigation have been selected to be members.

GRANT REVIEW ACTIVITIES

1997-2003       External reviewer. U.S. Veteran’s Administration Merit Award grant program.

2001                   Member. NIH Study Section. GRB-4.  “Digestive Diseases Research Core.”

2002                   Reviewer. Irish Health Research Board.

2002                   Member. NIH Special Emphasis Review Panel for Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence. “Institutional Development Award Program, RFA-RR-02-003” (June meeting).

2002                   Member. NIH Special Emphasis Panel ZRG1ALTX-4.

2002                   Ad hoc member. NIH NIDDK Committee C.

2003                   External reviewer. Broad Medical Research Foundation.

2003                   Ad hoc member. NIH NIDDK Committee C.

2003                   Member. NIH Special Emphasis Panel ZRG1ALTX-1.

2003-2006       Member. VA Merit Review Gastroenterology Section.

2003                   Member. NIH Special Emphasis Panel ZRG1ALTX-1.

2004                   Ad hoc Member. NIH Study Section. ZRG F10.

2004                   Ad hoc member. NIH NIDDK Committee C (March meeting).

2004                   External reviewer. Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America.

2004                   Member. NIH Special Emphasis Panel. ZRG1 DIG-D (90).

2004                   Member. NIH Special Emphasis Panel. ZDK GRB-6 (02).

2004-present   Member. NIH NIDDK Committee C.

2005                   Reviewer. Science Foundation of Ireland.

2005                   Member. NIH Special Emphasis Panel. ZRG1 DIG-C (02B).

2005                   External reviewer. Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America.

2005                   Member. NIH Special Emphasis Panel. ZRG1 DIG-C (03).

2005                   Member. NIH Special Emphasis Panel. ZRG1 DIG-C (02C).

2005                   Member. NIH Special Emphasis Panel. ZRG1 F10.

2006                   Member. NIH Special Emphasis Panel. ZRG1 DIG-C (03).

2006                   Member. NIH Special Emphasis Panel. ZRG1 DIG-C (02).

2006                   Ad hoc member. Clinical and Integrative Gastrointestinal Pathobiology Study Section. CIGP 2006/10.

2007                   External reviewer. Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America.

2007                   External reviewer. Medical Research Council (United Kingdom).

2007                   External reviewer. Italian Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation.

 

SOCIETY AND JOURNAL ACTIVITIES

Editorship:

2004--2006     Associate Editor, Laboratory Investigation

2006--present Senior Associate Editor, Laboratory Investigation

Section Editor, “Pathobiology in Focus”, Laboratory Investigation

2006                   Guest Editor.  “Clinical Pathology for the Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist”, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Editorial Boards:

2002--present American Journal of Pathology

2003--present American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

2003--present Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

2004                   Laboratory Investigation (termed ended prematurely with appointment as Associate Editor, above)

2006-                  Faculty of 1000. Physiology; gastrointestinal physiology section.

Reviewer:        American Journal of Gastroenterology; American Journal of Pathology; American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology; American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology; Biochemical Pharmacology; Cancer; Cancer Research; Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton; Clinical Cancer Research; Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology; The FASEB Journal; Gastroenterology; Inflammatory Bowel Disease; The International Journal of Cancer; The International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology;  The International Journal of Experimental Diabetes Research; The Journal of Biological Chemistry; The Journal of Cellular Biochemistry; The Journal of Cell Science; The Journal of Clinical Investigation; The Journal of Inflammatory Bowel Disease; The Journal of Physiology (London), Laboratory Investigation, Microvascular Research; Modern Pathology, Molecular Biology of the Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A., Zoology       

1999-2001       Member. Training Committee, Rodger C. Haggitt Gastrointestinal Pathology Society.

1998-2000       Delegate. Intestinal Diseases Section, American Gastroenterological Association.

2000                   Member. Abstract selection committee, “Mechanisms of mucosal injury”, American Gastroenterological Association 2000 annual meeting.

2000                   Moderator, American Gastroenterological Association Research Forum, Intestinal Cell Biology, annual meeting of the American Gastroenterological Association, San Diego, CA.

2001-2004       Executive Committee Member. Rodger C. Haggitt Gastrointestinal Pathology Society.

2001                   Member. Abstract selection committee, “Intestinal epithelial dynamics and barrier function”, American Gastroenterological Association 2001 annual meeting.

2001                   Member. Abstract selection committee, “Epithelial/mesenchymal interactions”, American Gastroenterological Association 2001 annual meeting.

2001                   Moderator, American Gastroenterological Association Research Forum, Cell Biology of Mucosal Repair, annual meeting of the American Gastroenterological Association, Atlanta, GA.

2001                   Moderator, American Gastroenterological Association Research Forum, Enterocyte-Pathogen Cross Talk in Barrier Function and Inflammation, annual meeting of the American Gastroenterological Association, Atlanta, GA.

2001                   Chair. Abstract selection committee, “Mechanisms of mucosal injury, defense, and repair”, American Gastroenterological Association 2001 annual meeting.

2002                   Member. Abstract selection committee, “Inflammation and Epithelial Pathobiology; Injury and Repair”, American Gastroenterological Association 2002 annual meeting.

2002                   Member. Abstract selection committee, “Microbial Interactions, Probiotics and Intestinal Host Defense”, American Gastroenterological Association 2002 annual meeting.

2002-2004       Website Editor/Developer  (www.usgips.com). Rodger C. Haggitt Gastrointestinal Pathology Society.

2002-                  Chair and Founder, Organizing Committee. Chicago Area GI Epithelium and Mucosa (GEM) Research Group.

2003-2005       Chair. Abstract selection committee, “Tight Junctions and Regulation of Barrier Function”, American Gastroenterological Association annual meeting.

2003-2005       Chair. Abstract selection committee, “Inflammation and Epithelial Pathobiology; Injury and Repair”, American Gastroenterological Association annual meeting.

2003-2006       Co-chair. Publications Committee. Rodger C. Haggitt Gastrointestinal Pathology Society.

2003-2004       Member. PhD, MD/PhD, DVM committee. American Gastroenterological Association (committee dissolved in 2004 as part of Strategic Planning reorganization).

2003-2006       Member. National Professional Education Committee.  Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America.

2004                   Moderator, American Gastroenterological Association Research Forum, Tight Junction Structure and Barrier Function, annual meeting of the American Gastroenterological Association, New Orleans, LA.

2004-2007       Member. PhDs and Basic Scientists Task Force. American Gastroenterological Association.

2005                   Moderator, American Gastroenterological Association Research Forum, Regulation of Intestinal Epithelial Tight Junctions, annual meeting of the American Gastroenterological Association, Chicago, IL.

2006-2007       Member. Nominating Committee. American Gastroenterological Association.

2006                   Moderator, American Gastroenterological Association Research Forum, Signaling at the Tight Junction, annual meeting of the American Gastroenterological Association, Los Angeles, CA.

2007                   Chair. Special Topic Forum. Roles of Intestinal Epithelia and Bacteria in                               Inflammatory Disease. Experimental Biology 2007.

CONSULTATION ACTIVITIES

2002                   External Member. Scientific Advisory and New Product Development Committee. ICN Biomedicals, Inc. Irvine, CA.

2004--2006     Consultant. NPS Pharmaceuticals. Salt Lake City, UT.

2004                   Consultant. Alba Therapeutics. Baltimore, MD.

2004--present Member. External Advisory Board. Center for Epithelial Disorders. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Baltimore, MD. 

2005--present Member. Scientific Advisory Board. P01 entitled “Transporters and Trafficking in Polarized Epithelial Cells”. P.I.: Mark Donowitz. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Baltimore, MD. 

2006                   Consultant. Nisshin Kyorin Pharmaceutical, Tokyo, Japan

2006--present Member. Scientific Advisory Board. Alba Therapeutics. Baltimore, MD.

2006--present Member. Scientific Advisory Board. Center for Immunopathology & Microbial                         Pathogenesis. West Virginia University School of Medicine. Morgantown, WV.

PRESENTATIONS

1995                   Invited Speaker. Na+-glucose cotransport-dependent regulation of intestinal epithelial tight junctions. Harvard Digestive Disease Center. Harvard Medical School. Boston, MA.

1995                   Invited Speaker. Regulation of intestinal barrier function in health and disease. Department of Pathology. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Baltimore, MD.

1995                   Invited Speaker. Regulation of intestinal barrier function in health and disease. Department of Pathology. Wayne State University School of Medicine. Detroit, MI.

1996                   Invited Speaker. Regulation of Epithelial Tight Junctions: Molecular Mechanisms. Department of Physiology. Wayne State University School of Medicine. Detroit, MI.

1998                   Visiting Professor. Na+-glucose cotransport-dependent regulation of intestinal epithelial tight junctions: The role of myosin light chain. Department of Microbiology, Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI. 

1998                   Invited Speaker. GI Pathology: Things you wanted to know about, but were afraid to ask, or Evaluation of inflammatory, metaplastic, and dysplastic lesions of the gastroesophageal junction: The pathologist’s perspective. Gastroenterology and Hepatology: Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment. Mackinac, MI.

1999                   Invited Speaker. Na+-glucose cotransport-dependent tight junction regulation: How sweet it is.

Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Gut Peptide Center. The University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI. 

1999                   Invited Speaker. Regulation of intestinal barrier function in health and disease. Gastroenterology Research Conference. William Beaumont Hospital. Royal Oak, MI.

1999                   Invited Speaker. “Intracellular signaling pathways on the intestine: The sweet story of Na+-glucose cotransport dependent tight junction regulation.” Institute of Chemical Toxicology. Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.

1999                   Invited Speaker. “Putting the squeeze” on the tight junction: Understanding cytoskeletal regulation. Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research Center. University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. 

1999                   Invited Speaker. “Putting the squeeze” on the tight junction: Understanding cytoskeletal regulation. Department of Pathology. Wayne State University School of Medicine. Detroit, MI.

2000                   Invited Speaker. Show me the pathway! Mechanisms of signal transduction in intestinal permeability. Department of Pathology. University of Illinois School of Medicine. Chicago, IL.

2000                   Invited Speaker. “Putting the squeeze” on the tight junction: Exploring  molecular mechanisms. Department of Pathology. Dartmouth Medical School. Hanover, NH.

2001                   Invited Speaker. “Putting the squeeze” on the tight junction: Understanding cytoskeletal regulation. Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. 

2001                   Invited Speaker. Sometimes things don’t look so bad. Diagnostic Gastrointestinal Pathology Seminar. Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. 

2001                   Invited Speaker. Tight junction regulation: Sometimes you get what you NHEed. Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

2001                   Invited Speaker. Sometimes things don’t look so bad. Diagnostic Gastrointestinal Pathology Seminar. Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

2001                   Visiting Professor. “Putting the squeeze” on the tight junction: Understanding cytoskeletal regulation. Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.

2001                   Visiting Professor. Sometimes things don’t look so bad. Diagnostic Gastrointestinal Pathology Seminar. Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.

2001                   Invited Speaker. Tight junction regulation: Sometimes you get what you NHEed. Gastrointestinal Tract IX. FASEB Summer Research Conference. Kalispell, MT.  This is a biannual Gordon conference-style meeting. Being asked to present is prestigious and indicates a high degree of respect in the epithelial gastrointestinal biology field.

2002                   Invited Speaker. “Putting the squeeze” on the tight junction: Understanding cytoskeletal regulation. Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. 

2002                   Invited Speaker. Intestinal permeability in inflammatory bowel disease. Department of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology/Nutrition, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. 

2002                   Visiting Professor. SGLT1 as master regulator of nutrient absorption. The University of Calgary and Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research. Department of Physiology and Biophysics. Alberta, Canada.

2002                   Invited Speaker. Intestinal tight junction regulation: How sweet it is. Committee on Cell Physiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. 

2002                   Invited Speaker. Actomyosin regulation of gates and fences. Committee on Molecular Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. 

2002                   Invited Speaker. MLC sets a PIK for the tight junction. Channels, Drugs, and Cells Seminar Series, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. 

2002                   Visiting Professor. Setting a PIK for the epithelial barrier: Tight junction regulation as a therapeutic target. Department of Pathology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.

2002                   Invited Speaker. Setting a PIK for the epithelial barrier: A novel therapeutic strategy. Central Society for Clinical Research, Chicago, IL.

2002                   Invited Speaker. Cytoskeletal regulation of transcellular and paracellular transport. Meeting of the European Intestinal Transport Group. Heiloo. The Netherlands. This is a European research society that holds an international meeting every 18 months. One to three American scientists are invited as speakers. Being asked to present indicates international visibility in the field of intestinal transport. At this meeting the other two American speakers were established full professors; one also chair of physiology and one vice-chair of medicine.

2002                   Invited Speaker. Setting a PIK for the tight junction. Chicago Cytoskeleton. Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.

2003                   Visiting Professor. Maintenance of the epithelial barrier at mucosal surfaces:  actomyosin-dependent tight junction function. Section of Section of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition. The University of Illinois at Chicago. Chicago, IL.

2003                   Visiting Professor. Maintenance of the epithelial barrier at mucosal surfaces:  actomyosin-dependent regulation of cell-cell interactions. Gastroenterology Grand Rounds. Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA.

2003                   Visiting Professor. Maintenance of the epithelial barrier at mucosal surfaces:  actomyosin-dependent tight junction regulation. Harvard Digestive Disease Center. Boston, MA.

 2003                  Visiting Professor. Maintenance of the epithelial barrier at mucosal surfaces:  actomyosin-dependent regulation transport functions. Division of Nutritional Sciences. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Urbana, IL.

2003                   Invited Speaker. Coordination of epithelial transport, barrier function, and wound repair:  Mechanisms and novel therapeutic approaches. Department of Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Physiology Annual Retreat.

2003                   Visiting Professor. Maintenance of the epithelial barrier: Roles of myosin light chain kinase in health and disease. Department of Pharmacology. The University of Illinois at Chicago. Chicago, IL.

2003                   Lecturer. Update in Surgical Pathology CME course. Diagnosis and management of diarrheal disease: Flow of information is key. Chicago, IL.

2003                   Lecturer. Update in Surgical Pathology CME course. Barrett’s esophagus: Location, location, location. Chicago, IL.

2003                   Visiting Professor. Chronic diarrhea:  Many diagnoses, few clues.  Department of Medicine (Gastroenterology), The University of New Mexico. Albuquerque, NM.

2003                   Visiting Professor. Coordination of epithelial transport, barrier function, and wound repair:  Mechanisms and novel therapeutic approaches. Department of Medicine (Gastroenterology), The University of New Mexico. Albuquerque, NM.

2004                   Meet the Professor Speaker. Tight junction biology in intestinal disease. American Gastroenterological Association 2004 annual meeting, New Orleans, LA. This is an opportunity for Digestive Disease Week attendees to meet and discuss science with leading investigators. These sessions require separate registration and are limited to approximately 20 participants.  Since the American Gastroenterological Association invites speakers based on the anticipated attendance, an invitation suggests that leaders of that society believe the speaker is conducting important work of broad interest to digestive disease researchers.

2004                   Invited Speaker. NHLBI Workshop on Brush Cell Function. The function of brush cells in the gastrointestinal tract. Bethesda, MD. Published in Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2005. 172: 136-9.

2004                   Invited Speaker. Plugging the holes: The roles of the tight junction and cytoskeleton in maintenance of the mucosal barrier. European Life Sciences Organization 2004 Meeting 2004 and 8th International World Congress of Cell Biology. Nice, FR. This is the major European cell biology meeting.

2004                   Invited Speaker. Plugging the holes: The roles of the tight junction and cytoskeleton in maintenance of mucosal barriers in IBD. Northwest Chapter Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America. Seattle, WA.  

2005                   Invited Speaker. Dynamics of tight junction structure. Gastrointestinal Tract XI. Innovations in GI Research and Therapy. FASEB Summer Research Conference. Snowmass, CO. This is a biannual Gordon conference-style meeting. Being asked to present twice in four years (alternate meetings) is as frequent as ever occurs. Since the rosters are prepared 18 months before the meeting, such frequent invitations indicate that leaders in the epithelial gastrointestinal biology field believe the invitee is consistently productive and that his work is of high impact.

2005                   Visiting Professor. Eliminating the static: Tight junction dynamics exposed. Department of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care), Northwestern University School of Medicine. Chicago, IL.

2005                   Lecturer. Update in Surgical Pathology CME course. Diagnosis and management of dysplasia in inflammatory bowel disease. Chicago, IL.

2005                   Lecturer. Update in Surgical Pathology CME course. How do I decide
if it is really colitis? Chicago, IL.

2005                   Visiting Professor. Pathophysiology of mucosal barrier function. Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida. Gainesville, FL.

2005                   Visiting Professor. Lumps, bumps, and nodules: Diagnostic challenges in gastrointestinal pathology. Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida. Gainesville, FL.

2005                   Visiting Professor. Diagnosis and management of dysplasia in inflammatory bowel disease. Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida. Gainesville, FL.

2005                   Invited Speaker. State of the art lecture: Healing the intestinal epithelial barrier: potential for new therapies. Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America National Research and Clinical Conference - 4th Annual Advances in the Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Miami Beach, FL.

2005                   Visiting Professor. Pathophysiology of mucosal barrier function (Do ya feel leaky?  Well do ya…?). Department of Microbiology. Medical College of Wisconsin. Milwaukee, WI.

2005                   Visiting Professor. Pathophysiology of mucosal barrier function: Cytoskeletal regulation of tight junctions. Department of Medicine (Gastroenterology) and Center for Epithelial Disorders. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Baltimore, MD.

2006                   Visiting Professor. Pathophysiology of mucosal barrier function in inflammatory bowel disease. Department of Medicine (Gastroenterology) and Digestive Health Center of Excellence. University of Virginia. Charlottesville, VA.

2006                   Visiting Professor. Cytoskeletal Regulation of the Mucosal Barrier:
Setting a PIK for the Tight Junction. Department of Physiology. University of Tennessee. Memphis, TN.

2006                   Visiting Professor. The Mucosal Barrier in Disease:  All in all it’s just another break in the wall. Department of Pathology. Emory University. Atlanta, GA.

2005                   Visiting Professor. Lumps, bumps, and nodules: Diagnostic challenges in gastrointestinal pathology. Department of Pathology. Emory University. Atlanta, GA.

2006                   Invited Speaker. Eliminating the static: tight junction dynamics exposed. American Physiological Society Symposium “Role of epithelial cells in initiation and propagation of intestinal inflammation” Experimental Biology. San Francisco, CA. This is a special topic forum organized around the work of two invited speakers. The invited speakers present extended talks followed by related short presentations of abstracts selected from those submitted to the meeting. The Gastrointestinal Section of the American Physiological Society organizes one of these sessions each year.

2006                   Award Lecture. Molecular basis of epithelial barrier regulation: From basic science to clinical application. American Society for Investigative Pathology Amgen Award Lecture. Experimental Biology. San Francisco, CA. This is a prestigious annual award for excellent research in experimental pathology awarded to a scientist under 43 years of age. Further information about the award and a list of previous recipients is available at http://www.asip.org/awds/amgen.htm. A discussion of previous awardees’ accomplishments is available at http://ajp.amjpathol.org/cgi/content/full/153/4/1014.