University of Chicago, Chicago, IL Ph.D. 1986 Neurobiology
University of Chicago-Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago IL M.D. 1988 Medicine
Associate Professor of Neurology (1999-2006)
Medical Director, Emory Univ. Hospital Sleep Disorders Laboratory (2001-2003)
Director, Emory Healthcare Program in Sleep Medicine (2003-present)
Professor of Neurology (2006-present)
Wayne State University:
Merit Scholar (1976-1980)
Outstanding Senior Student in Chemistry (1980)
Phi Beta Kappa (1980)
Summa Cum Laude (1980)
University of Chicago:
Medical Scientist Training Program (1980-1988)
Harry Ginsburg Memorial Prize in Physiology (1986)
Dr. Harold Lampert Research Award - For the best thesis in Biomedical Research (1988)
Emory University:
George Cotzias Fellowship Award - American Parkinson Disease Association (1993-1996)
Dean’s Clinical Investigator Award (2000-2002)
Dean’s Clinical Investigator Award (2003-2005)
Woodruff Leadership Academy Fellow (2007)
Present
Prinicipal Investigator: CART regulation of wakefulness. R01-NS055015-01A1 (01/20/07-11/30/11) (Total Costs: $1.91 mill.).
Co-Principal Investigator: Dopaminergic control of spinal cord and restless legs. R01-NS45248 (S. Hochman, Dept. of Physiol., P.I.) (9/01/03-6/30/07)Past Support
Principal Investigator: A genetic linkage analysis of RLS in Iceland. Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation (07/01/02-12/30/06)
Principal Investigator: Functional circuitry of midbrain dopamine in sleep & wake. R01-NS43374 (06/01/02-05/31/06).
Principal Investigator: Sleep/dopamine phenotypes in genetically distinct mice. R01-NS-40221 (09/30/99-07/31/03 – No cost extension to 07/31/04).
Principal Investigator: Brainstem substrates of dopamine modulated movement. R01-NS36697 (12/01/98-11/30/2002 – No-cost extension until 11/30/2003).
Principal Investigator: Anatomical and Neurochemical Studies of the Midbrain Tegmentum in Monkeys and Normal and Pathological Human Brain. American Parkinson's Disease Association (1993-1996).
Co-Principal Investigator: Program Project Grant: Primate Basal Ganglia: Functional Circuitry (M.R. DeLong, P.I.); Project Title: Anatomy and Motor Functions of the Primate Midbrain (M. Crutcher, P.I.). P01-NS31937 ( 05/01/94-04/30/99).
Co-Principal Investigator: State dependent motor control in neurologic disease (D.L. Bliwise, P.I.). R01-NS85345-01 (12/01/96-11/30/99).
Co- Investigator: Double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel group study of ropinirole versus placebo in restless legs syndrome (R. Watts, P.I.). SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals. (10/01/98-6/1/99)
Principal Investigator: Neural substrates of, and pharmacologic interventions for, restless legs syndrome and paroxysmal limb movements during sleep. Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation (07/01/01-06/30/02)