Assistant Professor

Phone: 404.727.5813
Fax: 404.727-3157

California College of Health Sciences Respiratory Therapy Program 1984
Case Western Reserve University, Bolton School of Nursing, BSN 1994
Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine: Department of Anatomy, Ph.D 1999

2002-current, Assistant Professor, Emory University School of Medicine: Department of Neurology

2002-current, Assistant Professor, Emory University School of Nursing

Bolton Scholarship: Case Western Reserve University (1991-93)

National Science Foundation: Undergraduate Research Stipend (1993-94)

Stearns Foundation Award: Excellence in Anatomy (1999)

American Professional Sleep Societies: Research Excellence Award (1999)

Respiratory Care Professional, R.C.P. (1990)
Registered Nurse, R.N. (1994)

NIH-NLBI - P.I. Michael Decker - 07/01/02-06/31/06
Episodic Neonatal Hypoxia Impairs Sleep and Cognition

CDC - Michael Decker and David Rye, Co P.I. - 11/01/02-10/31/05
Polysomnographic Correlates of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A population-based study

NIH-NINDS - P.I. David Rye - 04/01/02-03/31/06
Functional Circuitry of Midbrain Dopamine in Sleep and Wake

R01 NS046484-01 A2 - P.I. Andrew Escayg - 12/1/04-11/30/08
Sodium channel dysfunction and epilepsy

2000-2002 Instructor of Neurology
1999-2000 Instructor of Anatomy, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine: Department of Anatomy

NIH-NINDS - P.I. David B. Rye - 10/01/99-09/30/03
Sleep/Dopamine Phenotypes in Genetically Distinct Mice

Emory Collaborative Center for Parkinson's Disease Environmental
Research Pilot Project: P.I. Michael Decker - 11/30/02-12/31/03
Genetic and developmental influences of environmental toxin-induced neurodegeneration

"Forgetful and unable to stay focused? You may be hypoxic while asleep..." National meeting of the Association of Polysomnographic Technicians (2004). Philadelphia, PA

"Neurochemical and Behavioral Correlates of Neonatal Intermittent Hypoxia" Laboratory Animal Science Meeting (2003). Tokyo, Japan

Symposia organizer and chair "Intermittent Hypoxia Across the Lifespan: Neuropathologic Underpinnings of Executive Dysfunction" Association of Professional Sleep Societies (2002). Seattle, WA

"Neurophysiological Substrates of Wakefulness and Sleep" Sleepless in Georgia conference (2000). Atlanta, GA

"The Effects of Wakefulness and Sleep upon the Circadian Pacemaker" Pediatric Neurology Grand Rounds: Case Western Reserve University & University Hospitals of Cleveland (1999). Cleveland, OH

"The Influence of Environmental Illumination and Sleep upon Circadian Rhythms" Adult Neurology Grand Rounds: Case Western Reserve University & University Hospitals of Cleveland (1999). Cleveland, OH

Workshop: "Controversial Issues in Home Diagnostic Studies for Sleep-Related Respiratory Disorders" The American Association of Respiratory Care, Respiratory Care Journal Conference (1993). St. Petersburg, FL

1986-92, Ohio Society for Respiratory Care
1986-96, American Association of Respiratory Care

My scientific curiosity is piqued by mechanisms through which environmental and subclinical perturbations (such as chemical exposure or intermittent hypoxic insults), occurring during a period of critical brain development, induce long-term dysfunction of the mesotelencephalic dopaminergic system. Experimental investigations employ a variety of rodent models to facilitate in-vivo characterization of electroencephalographic and dopaminergic activity, both prior and subsequent to, such perturbations. Gene expression studies provide insight into molecular pathways potentially modulating phenotypic traits in our animal models of human disease while neuroanatomical studies focus upon structure-function relationships.