Professional Memberships:

• American Academy of Neurology (2007)
• Cooperative Research Project on “Antisense Diagnosis and Therapy”; Member, Cooperative Research Project on “Antisense Diagnosis and Therapy” between Kanazawa Univ., Japan, Sheffield Univ., United Kingdom, and the University at Buffalo (1996–1999)
• Golden Key Honor Society; Honorary Membership (1996–present)
• American Association for the Advancement of Science (1995)
• American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (1995)

Presentations:

• "Does first year MRI and clinical activity correlate with long term clinical response to glatiramer acetate in multiple sclerosis patients" American Academy of Neurology; American Academy of Neurology (2013)
• "Does first year MRI and clinical activity correlate with long term clinical response to glatiramer acetate in multiple sclerosis patients" American Academy of Neurology; American Academy of Neurology (2013)
• "Anti-phospholipid antibodies are associated with response to interferon-á-1a treatment: Results from a 3-year longitudinal study" 28th Congress of ECTRIMS; ECTRIMS (2012)
• "Cholesterol affects retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in MS patients with optic neuritis" 28th Congress of ECTRIMS; ECTRIMS (2012)
• "Clinical characterisation of interferon-inhibitory activity in multiple sclerosis patients treated with interferon-á-1a" 28th Congress of ECTRIMS; ECTRIMS (2012)
• "Conventional and non-conventional MRI characteristics of familial and sporadic MS patients" 28th Congress of ECTRIMS; ECTRIMS (2012)
• "Heart disease, overweight and cigarette smoking are associated with increased prevalence of extra-cranial venous abnormalities" 28th Congress of ECTRIMS; ECTRIMS (2012)
• "MicroRNA and Dicer expression as a marker of MS dysimmunity and response to interferon therapy" 28th Congress of ECTRIMS; ECTIMS (2012)
• "Prevalence, sensitivity and specificity of chronic cerebrospinal insufficiency in other neurological diseases. A case-control study" 28th Congress of ECTRIMS; ECTRIMS (2012)
• 5th Joint Triennial Congress of ECTRIMS/ACTRIMS; ECTRIMS (2011)
• "Alcohol consumption patterns and clinical/MRI measures in multiple sclerosis" 5th Joint Triennial Congress of ECTRIMS/ACTRIMS (2011)
• "Inter-dependence of vitamin D levels with serum lipid profiles in multiple sclerosis" 5th Joint Triennial Congress of ECTRIMS/ACTRIMS; ECTIMS (2011)
• "Differences in genetic architecture between subjects with pediatric- and adult-onset multiple sclerosis" AAN Annual Meeting; American Academy of Neurology (2011)
• "HLA DRB1*1501 positivity is associated with increased inflammatory activity and lesion burden at the first demyelinating event" AAN Annual Meeting; American Academy of Neurology (2011)
• "Increased familial autoimmune prevalence in pediatric multiple sclerosis and monophasic demyelinating disorders" AAN Annual Meeting; American Academy of Neurology (2011)
• "Obesity as a risk factor in pediatic demyelinating disorders" AAN Annual Meeting; American Academy of Neurology (2011)
• "Optical coherence tomography as a visual outcome measure in children with demyelinating diseases" AAN Annual Meeting; American Academy of Neurology (2011)
• "Serum cholesterol profiles adversely affect clinical and MRI outcomes in multiple sclerosis" AAN Annual Meeting; American Academy of Neurology (2011)
• "Vagal nerve stimulation and the immune modulation in patients with refractory epilepsy" AAN Annual Meeting; American Academy of Neurology (2011)
• "Associations of chronic venous insufficiency with HLA DRB1*1501 status in multiple sclerosis" ECTRIMS; ECTRIMS (2010)
• "Associations of serum cholesterol with clinical outcomes in multiple sclerosis" ECTRIMS; ECTRIMS (2010)
• "Clinical correlates of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency in multiple sclerosis" ECTRIMS; ECTRIMS (2010)
• "MRI results of blinded chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency study in patients with multiple sclerosis, healthy controls and patients with other neurologic diseases" ECTRIMS; ECTRIMS (2010)
• "Combined Transcranial and Extracranial Venous Doppler Evaluation (CTEVD) Study: Description of design and interim results of an epidemiological study of the prevalence of chronic cerebrospinal insufficiency in MS and related diseases." American Academy of Neurology (2010)
• "Lower risk for developing neutralizing antibodies to interferon in children with MS on interferon treatment" American Academy of Neurology (2010)
• "Phytosterols ameliorate clinical manifestations and inflammation in Experimental Autoimmune Encphaomyelitis" Experimental Biology; FASEB (2010)
• "Vitamin D and cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis (MS)" American Academy of Neurology (2010)
• "Vitamin D metabolites are linked to clinical and MRI outcomes in multiple sclerosis patients" American Academy of Neurology (2010)
• "Examining the association between high-density lipoprotein levels and disability in patients with multiple sclerosis" American Academy of Neurology (2009)
• "Serum vitamin D levels are associated with multiple sclerosis disease severity" American Academy of Neurology (2009)
• "Visual motor and perceptual abnormalities in children with demyelinating disorders" American Academy of Neurology (2009)
• "Multi-Agent Model Analysis of the Containment Strategy for Avian Influenza (AI) in South Korea" 2008 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine; IEEE (2008)
• "Does multiple sclerosis become an ischemic disease over time? A 3-year follow-up study of patients positive for the presence of anti-phospholipid antibodies" ACTRIMS-ECTRIMS-LACTRIMS (2008)
• "Epstein-Barr virus is associated with gray matter atrophy and lesion injury in multiple sclerosis" ACTRIMS-ECTRIMS-LACTRIMS (2008)
• "HLA B7/A2, Epstein-Barr Virus antibodies and magnetic resonance imaging in multiple sclerosis: a case for gene-environment interactions" ACTRIMS-ECTRIMS-LACTRIMS (2008)
• "Natalizumab use in a large multiple sclerosis center: ascertaining the therapeutic benefit and the causes for treatment discontinuation" ACTRIMS-ECTRIMS-LACTRIMS; UB (2008)
• "Retinal nerve fiber thickness in inflammatory demyelinating diseases of childhood onset" ACTRIMS-ECTRIMS-LACTRIMS (2008)
• "Bridging Centrality: Graph Mining from Element Level to Group Level" the 14th ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery & Data Mining; ACM (2008)
• "Information Theoretic Methods for Detecting Multiple Loci Associated with Complex Diseases" 8th International Workshop on Data Mining in Bioinformatics (BIOKDD08); ACM (2008)
• "Comarison of the immunomodulatory effects of the plant sterol B-sitosterol to simvastatin in prepheral blood cells from multiple sclerosis patients" American Academy of Neurology (2008)
• "Genomic Effects of Interferon- Treatment After the First Dose and on Chronic Dosing: Relationships to 5-Year Clinical Outcomes in Multiple Sclerosis Patients" American Academy of Neurology (2008)
• "Gray matter atrophy and destructive T1 lesions are more frequent in familial cases with multiple sclerosis and especially in those with first degree relatives" American Academy of Neurology (2008)
• "Gray matter atrophy and higher lesion volumes differentiate patients with primary anti-phospholipid syndrome and multiple sclerosis" American Academy of Neurology (2008)
• "Multiple sclerosis patients with presence of anti-phospholipid antibodies develop more severe brain damage over 3 years" American Academy of Neurology (2008)
• "Premorbid neurological and neurocognitive impairment is predominant in younger children with acquired demyelinating disorders" American Academy of Neurology (2008)
• "The rs2030324 SNP of brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is associated with memory in multiple sclerosis" American Academy of Neurology (2008)
• "Information Theoretic Metrics for Visualizing Gene Environment Interactions" American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting 2007; American Society of Human Genetics (2007)

Service Activities:

• Pharmacy Practice Faculty Search Faculty search for Patricia Grace position Interviewed and identified faculty member; Member (2013)
• Faculty Search Committee Search for inter-disciplinary CDESE faculty member Conducted search, interviews; Other (2013)
• Graduate Admission Committee Oversee admission BS/MS, MS and Ph.D. programs Oversee admissions.; Other (2008)
• Graduate Studies Committee Oversee BS/MS, MS and Ph.D. programs Oversee curriculum, student advising; Other (2008)
• Director of Graduate Studies Oversee BS/MS, MS and Ph.D. programs Streamlined Graduate Admissions and created new processes.; Other (2008)
• Associate Editor The AAPS Journal To serve as Associate Editor I have been actively involved in organizing theme issues.; Other (2008)
• Faculty of 1000 Biology F1000 Biology I am Faculty in Faculty of 1000 Biology for Pharmacokinetics and Drug Delivery. This is an international group of experts that reviews the literature and highlights the most interesting papers.; Other (2008)
• Biomedical Engineering Design Team To design the Biomedical Engineering Department The committee was instrumental in developing the program.; Member (2007)
• University Computer Standards Committee To review standards for computers and software for students; Member (2007)
• Pharmacy Applicants Interview Panel Interview applicants; Member (2007)
• Health Sciences Divisional Committee; Member (2006)
• Phi Delta Chi Serve as faculty advisor for this pharmacy fraternity. The fraternity has grown considerably and conducts numerous fundraising and health care events in the community; Other (2006)
• Pharmacy Admissions Review Panel Review applicants for the Pharm.D. program The committee has done an outstanding job of reviewing the large number of applicants to the program.; Reviewer (2005)
• Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Bioinformatics Search Committee (2003–present)
• Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Affairs Committee (2003–present)
• Health Sciences Divisional Committee (2003–present)
• School of Pharmacy Admissions Committee (2003–present)
• University Search Committee for Bioinformatics Center of Excellence (2003–present)