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Research
Associate
Shirley
L. Buchanan Neuroscience Laboratory
(803)
776-4000, ext. 6653
ADDRESSES:
Shirley L. Buchanan Neuroscience Research
Laboratory
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Department of Continuing Education Credit
Programs
CONTACT NUMBERS:
Laboratory
Phone: (803)
776-4000, ext. 6653
Office Phone:
(803) 777-6666
E-Mail:
barbara.simon2@med.va.gov
Website: www.thewatershipdown.com
EDUCATION:
BA,
Psychology, 1992,
MA,
Psychology (Behavioral Pharmacology), 1994,
Ph.D.,
Psychology (Behavioral Neuroscience), 1997,
NIEHS
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow,
APPOINTMENTS:
- Adjunct Instructor to
Assistant Professor: Departments of Psychology
and Continuing Education Credit Programs,
- Instructor
to Adjunct Instructor: Department of Social and Behavioral
Sciences,
- Research
Psychologist/Health Sciences Officer WJB Dorn VA
- Adjunct Online
Faculty, Department
of Social Sciences, Florida Community College at Jacksonville,
Jacksonville, FL; June, 2003 to
present.
Teaching Interests
·
Behavioral
Pharmacology, Neuropsychopharmacology.
Physiological Psychology
·
Learning, Conditioning, The
Experimental Analysis of Behavior.
·
History of Psychology, Research Methods, Statistics.
Teaching Experience
·
Introduction to Psychology:
·
Learning and Conditioning:
·
Physiological Psychology:
·
Research Methods:
·
Statistics:
·
Health Psychology:
·
Personal Awareness:
·
Human Growth and Development:
·
Human Growth and Development (Internet):
·
Human Sexuality,
·
Human Sexuality (Internet):
Undergraduate
Students Trained:
·
Stephanie Maddox
·
Whitney Scott
·
Sharon Fernando
·
Shanda
Dellinger-Ball
·
Richard Morgan
·
Christina Turner
Committees:
· Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, WJB
· Regional Campuses Faculty Senator, University of South
Carolina, 2005-present
· Regional Campuses Welfare Committee,
· Regional Campuses Research and Productive Scholarship
Committee,
· Technology
Committee,
·
Internet Committee,
·
Hybrid Course
Committee,
·
Course Specialist
Committee,
·
PSY 201 Textbook
Selection Committee, Midlands Technical College, member, 2001-present
· Writing Across the Curriculum Committee, Midlands
Technical College, member, 2002
PROFESSIONAL and
HONORARY SOCIETIES:
· Society for Neuroscience
·
· Society for the Stimulus Properties of Drugs
·
RESEARCH
INTERESTS:
·
Neurobiology of learning and memory
·
Recovery of function
·
Behavioral neuropharmacology:
the relationship between in vivo drug
effects and brain mechanisms
·
Stimulus properties of CNS stimulant,
hallucinogenic and related drugs.
AWARDS and
HONORS:
· NISOD
Faculty Excellence Award, 2005
· NIEHS
Training Fellowship, Duke University, 1997-1998
· PEO
Scholarship Award, 1993-1994, 1994-1995
GRANTS and
FUNDING:
· VISN
7 Career Development Award, Department of Veteran’s Affairs, 2004-2006
· Merit
Review Award, Department of Veteran’s Affairs, 2006-2008
PUBLICATIONS and PRESENTATIONS:
Simon-Oswald, B. B. & Appel, J. B. (2005). Post-Synaptic
Dopamine Receptors Play a Nominal Role in the Stimulus Effects of Lower and
Higher Doses of Cocaine and Nomifensine. Submitted, The Journal of
Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.
Ayers, E.D., Simon, B. B., Knuckley, B.,
Mahan, K., Sanders, C., & Powell, D. A. (2005). Effects of
motivation on prefrontal control of trace eyeblink
conditioning. Society for
Neuroscience Abstracts, 31, Program 71.14.
Simon, B. B., Knuckley, B., & Powell, D.
A. (2005). Ibotenic acid
lesions to ventrolateral/ventralanterior thalamic
nuclei can disrupt trace and delay eyeblink
conditioning but not extinction in rabbits.
Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 31,Program 415.9.
Simon, B. B., Powell, D. A., Knuckley, B.,
& Churchwell, J. (2004). Prefrontal control
of trace versus delay eyeblink conditioning: role of the unconditioned stimulus. Society for Neuroscience
Abstracts, 30.
Propper, R. E. & Simon, B. B. (2002). Hemispheric and
gender differences in sleep and dreams:
relation to episodic memory.
Poster presented at the annual conference of the International
Neuropsychological Society,
Levin, E. D., Simon, B. B., and Conners, C. K. (2000). Nicotine effects and attention
deficit/hyperactivity disorder. In: Nicotine in Psychiatry: Psychpathology and Emerging Therapeutics, M. Piasecki and P. Newhouse (eds.),
American Psychiatric Press:
Grilly, D. M., Simon, B. B. & Levin, E. D. (2000). Nicotine enhances stimulus detection
performance of middle- and old-aged rats:
A longitudinal study. Pharmacology,
Biochemistry & Behavior,65, 665-670.
Levin, E. D., & Simon, B. B. (1998). Nicotinic acetylcholine involvement in
cognitive function. Psychopharmacology (Berl).
138, 217-230.
Levin, E. D., Simon, B. B., Schmechel,
D. E., Glasgow, H. B. Jr., Deamer-Melia, N. J.,
Burkholder, J. M., Moser, V. C., Jensen, K., Harry, G. J. (1999). Pfiesteria
toxin and learning performance. Neurotoxicology and Teratology, 21(3),
215-221.
Levin, E. D., Simon, B. B., & Conners, C. K. (1998). Transdermal
nicotine treatment of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. In: Neuronal
Nicotinic Receptors: Pharmacology and
Therapeutic Opportunities, S. P. Arneric and J.
D. Brioni (Eds.). John Wiley: NY.
Levin, E. D., Simon, B. B., and Conners, C. K. (1998). Nicotine effects and attention deficit
disorder. In: Nicotine: Psychotropic and Psychotoxic
Effects, P. Newhouse and M. Piasecki
(eds.), John Wiley,
Grilly, D. M., Pistell, P.
J., & Simon, B. B. (1998). Facilitation of stimulus detection
performance of rats with d-amphetamine: A function of dose and level of
training. Psychopharmacology (Berl)., 140, 272-278.
Simon, B., & Appel,
J. B. (1997). Dopaminergic and serotonergic
properties of fluoxetine. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 21,
169-181.
Grilly, D. M., & Simon, B. B. (1994). Differential effects of d-amphetamine
on vigilance in younger and older male rats. Pharmacology,
Biochemistry, and Behavior, 49(3), 497‑502.
Presentations and Invited Talks:
Simon, B. B. &
Gordon, T (2005, January). Creating the online student.
Paper presented at Spring Inservice,
Simon, B. B. (2004,
August). Improving retention in online courses. Paper presented at Fall Inservice,
Simon, B. B. (2003,
April). Attentional
effects of stimulant drugs: differences
between dopaminergic and nicotinic compounds. Paper presented at Psychology Lecture Series,
Simon, B. B. (2003,
August). Developing online courses that are Act 354
compliant. Paper presented at
Fall Inservice,
Simon, B. B. (2002,
February). Behavioral and neurochemical effects of stimulant drugs: Focus on MDMA (“Ecstacy”). Paper
presented at Neuroscience Journal Club,
Simon, B. B. (2001,
March). Strategies
for instructors to incorporate computer technology into the classroom. Paper presented at
Grilly, D. M., & Simon, B. B. (1994, November). The interaction
of fluoxetine with cocaine: An assessment of alterations by fluoxetine of cocaine's effects on vigilance task
performance. Paper presented at Psychonomics Society Convention,
Simon, B. B. (1994,
April) Behavioral
changes in psychostimulant effects as organisms age. Paper presented at Eighteenth Annual
Professional and Scientific