Curriculum Vitae Vania Apkarian
Prof. Dr. Vania Apkarian MSc PhDCurriculum Vitae
Apkar Vania Apkarian, Ph.D.
150 W Eugenie St. Apt. 29
Chicago, Illinois, 60614
312-280-2591 (H) 312-503-0404 (W)
Email: A-Apkarian@northwestern.edu
Web: http://apkarian.northwestern.edu
Vania Apkarian is one of the top scientists on the reseach fields for mechanism in pain and the brain.
Personal
Citizenship: U.S.A.
Health: Excellent
Marital Status: Married, Dr. Seema A. Khan
two children: Salpi and Charents
Education
University of Southern California 1974
Los Angeles, California
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering
University of Southern California 1978
Los Angeles, California
Master of Science, Biomedical Engineering
SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse 1988
Syracuse, New York
Ph.D. in Neuroscience
Physiologische Institut, Universitat Wurzburg 1988 - 1989
Wurzburg, Federal Republic of Germany
Humboldt Post-doctoral Fellow
Professional experience
Northwestern University Medical School
Chicago, Illinois
Professor of Physiology, Surgery,
Anesthesia, Cognitive Brain Mapping Group,
& Neuroscience Institute 2005 - present
Northwestern University Medical School
Chicago, Illinois
Associate Professor of Physiology, Surgery,
Anesthesia, Cognitive Brain Mapping Group,
& Neuroscience Institute 2000 - 2005
SUNY Upstate Medical University 1997-2000
Syracuse, New York
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery & Physiology
Department of Neurosurgery
SUNY Upstate Medical University 1993-2000
Syracuse, New York
Director, Neurosurgery Research Laboratories
Syracuse University 1992-1999
Syracuse, New York
Assistant Adjunct Professor
Institute for Sensory Research
SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse 1991-1999
Syracuse, New York
Director, Computational Neuroscience Program
SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse 1989-1996
Syracuse, New York
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery & Physiology
Department of Neurosurgery
SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse 1979-1988
Syracuse, New York
Research Associate
Department of Neurosurgery
Additional professional activities
NIH SCS Study Section (Somatosensory and Chemosensory Systems) 2004 - 2009
Ad hoc reviewer for multiple NIH institutes 2001 - present
Section Editor for Encyclopedia of Pain 2003 - 2006, 2011
NIH NCCAM (Alternative Medicine) Strategic planning board 2004
NIH NCCAM Study Section 2001 - 2003
NIH NINDS SBIR (Small Business Initiatives) Reviews 2001 - 2003
NIH Peer Review Panels (Ad Hoc member of mautiple panels) 1998 - 2001
NIH PPG Review (Chapel Hill) 1992, 1996
NSF Grant Review(s) 1989 & 1993
Journal Review(s), incomplete list:
Journal of Neurophysiology
Journal of Neuroscience Methods
Pain
Pain Forum
Cerebral Cortex
Journal of Comparative Neurology
Journal of Neuroscience
Somatosensory and Motor Research
Journal of Anesthesiology
Neuroscience Letters
NeuroImage
Journal of Pain
European Journal of Pain
Behavioral and Cogitive Neuroscience
Brain Research
Human Brain Mapping
The Clinical Journal of Pain
Journal Neurobiology
Anesthesiology
Gastroenterology
Brain
Neuron
Professional memberships
Society for Neuroscience
American Pain Society
International Association for the Study of Pain
North American Cervicogenic Headache Society
International Brain Research Organization
American Physiological Society
Languages: English, French, Arabic, Armenian
Honors and Awards
Alexander Von Humboldt-Stiftung Fellowship
Eta Kappa Nu, Electrical Engineering Honor Society
Armenian General Benevolent Union Scholarship (twice)
Armenian Educational Foundation Scholarship
Grants
2011-2012 Principal Invvestigator, Lilly F1J-US-X061 Clinical Study
Brain Morphometric Study in Knee Osteoarthritis Patients Treated with Duloxetine - $312,000
2008-2013 U01 co-Principal Investigator, NIH/NIDDK U01 Grant, DK082342-01
Mechanisms of Pelvic Pain - $1,110,329
2008-2013 R01 Principal Investigator, NIH/NINDS R01 NS064091-01
The prefrontal cortex in neuropathic pain - $1,303,547
2008-2013 R01 Principal Investigator, NIH/NINDS NS35115, years 12-17,
Cortical pathophysiology of pain, - $2,500,000
2008-2012 R01 co-Principal Investigator, NIH/NINDS R01 NS043095-07
HIV-1 Infection and the Peripheral Nervous System - $250,988
2007-2012 Principal Investigator. NIH 1R01 Grant, NS057704
Chronic pain and emotional learning and memory - $1,250,000
2006-2008 R21 Principal Investigator, NIH R21 NS053602
Characterizing temporal dynamics of spontaneous pain - $275,000
2006-2007 Principal Investigator, Endo Pharmaceuticals
fMRI study of effects of LidoDerm
2006-2009 Principal Investigator, Endo Pharmaceuticals
Double blind brain imaging of lidoderm therapy vs placebo for chronic back pain (CBP) - $510,000
2007-2009 Principal Investigator. Tikvah
Efficacy and mechanism of action for sarcosine antinociception- $ 100,000
2002-2006. Principal Investigator, NIH 1R01 Grant, NS42660
Cortical Dynamics for Pain Perception in Behaving Rats - $ 1,125,000
2003-2008 Principal Investigator, NINDS 3R01 Grant NS35115
Cortical Pathophysiology of Pain - $1,250,000
2002-2004 Emma Gale Harris fund - $36,000.
Unrestricted cancer pain research funds.
2003-2005 Pfizer. Principal Investigator.
Demonstrating Central Benefits of COX-2 Inhibition in Pain Management - $150,000.
2004-2005 Principal Investigator, Endo Pharmaceuticals
Brain Imaging of Lidoderm therapy for Osteoasthritis - $80,416
2004-2005 Principal Investigator, Endo Pharmaceuticals
Brain Imaging of Lidoderm therapy for Chronic Back Pain - $80,416
2002-2004 Principal Investigator, Endo Pharmaceuticals
Brain Imaging of Lidoderm therapy for Post Herpetic Neuropathy - $102,416
1999-2003 Principal Investigator, NINDS 2R01 Grant NS35115
Cortical Pathophysiology of Pain - $575,803
1996-1999 Principal Investigator, NINDS 1R01 Grant NS35115
Cortical Pathophysiology of Pain - $547,107
1999-2000 Coordinator, PRAXIS/P/SAU/10179/1998, Porto, Portugal.
Nociceptive coding by neuronal ensembles in the spinal cord - $47,000
1995-1998 Principal Investigator, T32MH19736 Grant
1993-1998 NIMH Training Grant in Computational Neuroscience - $906,094
1993-1996 Co-Principal Investigator NIMH 1R01 Grant
Noise and Encoding of Sensory Information - $196,790
1993-1995 Principal Investigator Fogarty NIH Fellowship
Central Processing of Somatic and Visceral Pain - $28,600
1993-1995 Research Grant from Headache Clinic in Toronto, Canada
The Role of the Upper Cervical Spinal Cord in Pain Reception and its Relation to Headaches - $20,000
1989-1990 Principal Investigator Hendricks Grant 2S07RR0540229 - $25,000
1986-1989 Co-Principal Investigator NINCDS Grant NS22891
The Dorsolateral Spinothalamic Tract - $359,146
Advisees
Scott I. Gingold 7/89-6/91 Residency Research Training Neurosurgeon
Mark W. Jones 7/88-6/90 Residency Research Training Neurosurgeon
Mark V. Smith 7/89-6/91 Residency Research Training Neurosurgeon
Robert J. Martin 7/89-6/91 Residency Research Training Neurosurgeon
R. Anthony Stea 7/92/6/94 Residency Research Training Neurosurgeon
Johannes Brüggemann 6/91-12/95 Post-doctoral Training Faculty HSC
Ting Shi 9/90-10/96 Graduate Student Ph.D.
Michael Fonte 9/96- 8/98 Graduate Student M.D. Ph.D.
Vasco Galhardo 9/97-10/01 Graduate Student Ph.D., Faculty Porto Med Sch
Chandra Ivey 6/95-7/97 Graduate Student M.S.
Patricia Gelnar 7/92-7/97 Graduate Student M.D. Ph.D.
Reshma Kumar 7/99-10/00 Graduate Student
John Yu 7/99-10/00 Graduate Student
Tara Ramachandran 7/99-8/00 Graduate Student M.D.
Youngsoo Kim 1/00-8/02 Graduate Student
Alex Baria 1/09-present Graduate Student
Amelia Mutso 6/09-present Graduate Student
Elle Parks 9/09-present Graduate Student
Marwan Baliki 6/02-present Graduate Student, Post-doctoral Training
Igor Grachev 7/98-7/00 Post-doctoral Training Industry
Paul Geha 9/03-6/08 Post-doctoral Training
Mona Lisa Chanda 1/09-06/10 Post-doctoral Trauinng
Lejian Huang 5/09-present Post-doctoral Training
Javeria Hashmi 2/10-present Post-doctoral Training
Souraya Torbey 04/10-present Post-doctoral Training
Ali Mansour 09/10-present Post-doctoral Training
Melissa Farmer 04/11-present Post-doctoral Training
Seamus Bhatt-Mackin 1/03-04 Medical Student Residency in psych., Duke
Tiziano Colibazzi 8/04-6/05 Residency in psychiatry
High School Students:
Riddhi Patel 10/00-6/01
Tom Souhlas 10/00-6/01
Purnima Chennamaneni 10/02-6/03
Anna E. Gembis 10/02-6/03
Yugarshi Mondal 6/04-03/05 Participating in Siemens Westinghouse Competition
Ting Wu 8/05-8/06
Shivam Vedak 8/09-8/10
