Services

Committee Membership (LLU)

  • Reviewer, the 2014 Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) Post-traumatic Osteoarthritis Preproposal review panel for the Department of Defense (DoD) Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) (07/2014 - 08/2014)
  • Member - Research and Development Committee of the Jerry L. Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center (07/2004 - 06/2005)
  • Assistant Director - The Gene Therapy Program of the Musculoskeletal Disease Center of the Jerry L. Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center (04/2008 - Present)

Committee Membership (non-LLU)

  • Scientific Reviewer, the 2012 Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program (PRORP) Therapeutics and Technology Development (TTD) peer review panel for the Department of Defense (DoD) Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)  (2012) (11/2012)
  • Scientific Reviewer, the 2011 Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program (PRORP), Translational Research Partnership Award (TRPA) peer review panel for the Department of Defense (DoD) Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) (2012) (01/2012)
  • Member, the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering 2011 Biomed-International Space Station (BioMed-ISS) (UH2/UH3) Grant Review Panel (2011) (02/2011)
  • Member, the NIH RO1 Grant Application Study Section for a Special Emphasis Panel - ZRG1 MOSS C-02 Study Section. (06/2010 - 07/2010)
  • Scientific Reviewer, the 2009 Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program (PRORP) TTD-1 peer review panel for the Department of Defense (DoD) Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP). (02/2010 - 03/2010)
  • Member, the NIH RO1 Grant Application Study Section for a Special Emphasis Panel - ZRG1 MOSS-C03 Study Section. (09/2009 - 10/2009)
  • Member, the NIDCD RO3 Small Grant Application – PAR-01-128 Study Section. (08/2002 - 12/2002)
  • Ad hoc member, the NIH Oral Biology Medicine 1 Study Section. (06/1994 - 09/1994)
  • Ad hoc Special Reviewer, the NIH Oral Biology Medicine 1 Study Section. (06/1993 - 09/1993)
  • Ad hoc member, the NIH Oral Biology Medicine 2 Study Section. (06/1992 - 07/1992)
  • Editorial Board Member, JSM Regenerative Medicine. (04/2013 - Present)
  • Member, Research and Development Committee, Jerry L. Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center (01/2011 - Present)

International Service

  • Editorial Board Member, The Open Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Journal (12/2007 - 08/2010)
  • External Reviewer for the Agency for Science, Technology and Research’s (A*STAR) Biomedical Research Council (BMRC) of Singapore. (09/2008 - 10/2008)
  • External Reviewer for grant applications submitted to The Wellcome Trust of the United Kingdom. (06/2007 - 07/2007)
  • External Reviewer for grant applications submitted to The Arthritis Research Campaign (ARC) of the United Kingdom. (06/2006 - 07/2006)
  • External Reviewer for ASBMR Career Enhancement Awards Applications. (03/2004 - 12/2004)
  • External Grant Reviewer for Medical Research Council of Canada. (09/1992 - 09/1995)
  • External Reviewer, V.A. Endocrinology B Merit Review Board. (09/1990 - 09/1992)
  • Editorial Board member, The World Journal of Medical Genetics. (01/2011 - Present)
  • Co-Editors-in-Chief, The Open Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Journal. (09/2010 - Present)
  • Editorial Board Member, The World Journal of Biological Chemistry (09/2009 - Present)
  • Editorial Board Member, The Open Gene Therapy Journal. (09/2009 - Present)
  • Member, The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - Bridge Funding Research Grant Awards Committee (05/2008 - Present)
  • Editorial Board Member, The Open Bone Journal (03/2008 - Present)

Society Memberships (professional)

  • The American Society for Cell Biology Regular Member (12/1984 - 09/2007)
  • American Society of Gene Therapy Regular Member (07/1995 - 09/2000)
  • The Endocrine Society Regular Member (09/1984 - 08/2000)
  • Senior Editorial Board Member, The International Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (11/2011 - Present)
  • The International Bone and Mineral Society Regular Member (10/1988 - Present)
  • The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Regular Member (09/1983 - Present)
  • American Association of Advancements in Sciences Regular Member (07/1982 - Present)
  • American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Regular Member (05/1982 - Present)