About Us
Team > Professionalism and Recognition

Our team is recognized throughout the industry for its intelligence - and for the individuals who have made contributions to the continuing medical education industry. From awards and distinctions to speaking engagements and publications, we've made our mark. We are members of numerous boards, committees, leadership teams, and associations. And we are educators ourselves, serving as workshop leaders and site surveyors.

 Awards and Distinctions

Key team members at CME Enterprise have received awards and honors for their work in continuing medical education.

 

Bruce J. Bellande, PhD, FACME, CCMEP

President
 
Selected Continuing Education-Related Activities and Honors
  • 1980 Participant, The Institute for the Management of Lifelong Education, Harvard University and Member of Alumni Association
  • 1992 Participant, Leadership Institute for Continuing Professional Education, Harvard University and Penn State University
  • Fellowship Award, Alliance for Continuing Medical Education, 1994
  • Juror, First Brock International Award for Excellence in Education
  • Meritorious Service as an accreditation site surveyor for more than 50 conducted surveys (Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education)
  • Designated as a Certified CME Professional (CCMEP) by the National Commission for Certification of CME Professionals (NC-CME), 2008

 

 


Steve Davidson, RPh

Medical Education Specialist
 
Award
  • 1999 - Lilly Research Labs President's Recognition Award (highest honor within Lilly's Worldwide Medical Division)

 

 

Richard Thielen, PhD

Process Team Lead and Content and Curriculum Specialist
 
Honors, Fellowships, and Awards
  • Barbara H. Bowman Post-Doctoral Research Scholar, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
  • The International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism/Research Society on Alcoholism, Young Investigators' Travel Award
  • National Research Service Award, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
  • Indiana University School of Medicine Graduate Fellowship

Awarded Grants

  • NIAAA U01 AA13517, Principal Investigator on Pilot Project titled Serotonergic Response to Ethanol in the Central Nucleus of the Amygdala in P and NP Rats
  • Indiana University Department of Psychiatry Research Investment Fund, Principal Investigator
    Raphe Serotonergic Responses to Ethanol Administration
  • Indiana University Department of Psychiatry Research Investment Fund, Principal Investigator
    Ethanol Administration on Serotonergic Overflow in the Central Nucleus of the Amygdala
  • Indiana University Department of Psychiatry Research Investment Fund, Principal Investigator
    Neuroadaptive Changes in Serotonin and Dopamine Systems to Alcohol
  • NIAAA R01 AA10721, Co-Investigator
    Neurobiological Factors in Adolescent Alcohol Drinking
  • NIAAA R01 AA10721, Co-Investigator
    Neurobiology of High Alcohol-seeking Behavior
  • NIAAA R01 AA012832, Co-Investigator
    VTA DA Electrophysiology in Selected Rat Lines
  • NIAAA R01 AA11261, Co-Investigator
    Neural Basis of the Alcohol Deprivation Effect
  • NIAAA P50 AA07611, Co-Investigator
    Genetic Determinants of Alcohol Ingestion

 

 


Wendy Strother, PhD

Content and Curriculum Specialist
 
Awarded Grants
  • NIAAA RO1 AA10256-07, Co-Investigator
    Neurobiological Factors in Adolescent Alcohol Drinking
  • NIAAA RO1 AA10721-07, Co-Investigator
    Neurobiology of High Alcohol-Seeking Behavior
  • NIAAA U01 AA13521-03, Co-Investigator
    Integrative Neuroscience Initiative on Alcoholism: Cellular Imaging Component
  • NIAAA U01 AA13483-01, Co-Investigator
    The Alcohol Deprivation Effect and Locomotor Sensitization

 Boards and Committees

Team members at CME Enterprise serve now or have served in the past as board and committee members of various continuing medical education-related organizations, including:

Bruce J. Bellande, PhD, FACME, CCMEP

President
 
Alliance for Continuing Medical Education
  • Board of Directors (Ex Officio)
  • Executive Committee (Ex Officio)
  • Tri Group (ACME, SACME, AHME)
  • CME Advisory Committee (Ex Officio)


Other Organizations

  • Enhancing Excellence in Education Foundation/Board of Directors, 1997-1999
  • Center for Advanced Medical Education CME Advisory Committee, 1995-1999
  • National Task Force on CME Provider/Industry Collaboration, 1989-Present
  • American Medical Association Council in Medical Education - Invited Guest
  • Council of Medical Specialty Societies - Member, 2006-2007
  • Site Surveyor, Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, 1990-Present
  • American Institute for Sports Medicine GME and CME Advisory Boards, 2000-Present
  • Council of Medical Specialty Societies Repositioning CME Task Force, 2001-2002
  • American Heart Association
    Professional Education Committee Scientific Coordinating Committee
    2001-2007, Member
    2003-2005, Chair
  • Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement
    Member, 2003-Present
  • Conjoint Committee on Continuing Medical Education
    Member, 2003-Present
  • American Association of Medical Society Executives Education Committee
    Chair, 2001-2003

 

Steve Davidson, RPh

Medical Education Specialist
  • 1994-1997 - American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation Board of Directors
  • 1994-1998 - Indiana Academy of Family Physicians Corporate Advisory Council
  • 1994-2001 - National Medical Association Corporate Advisory Council
  • 1994-2002 - American Psychiatric Foundation Board of Directors
  • 1997-2002 - American Osteopathic Foundation Board of Directors
  • 2000-2002 - Duke University Medical School Office of CME Industry Advisory Panel

 

Richard Thielen, PhD

Process Team Lead and Content and Curriculum Specialists
 
Editorial Review for Journals
  • Alcohol
  • Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
  • Biochemical Pharmacology
  • Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
  • The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Neuropharmacology
  • Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior
  • Recent Patents on CNS Drug Discovery

 

Wendy Strother, PhD

Content and Curriculum Specialist
 
Editorial Review for Journals
  • Alcohol
  • Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
  • Brain Research
  • Developmental Brain Research
  • Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior
  • Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry

 Speaking Engagements and Publications

Listed below are speaking engagements, publications, and conducted studies for select CME Enterprise team members.

 

Bruce J. Bellande, PhD, FACME, CCMEP

President
 
Selected Technical Reports and Studies
  • "A Mississippi State-Based Program to Plan, Coordinate, and Implement Training Opportunities for Long-Term Care Provider Personnel"
  • "Services Provided by the Division of Special Activities [now Division of Continuing Education], 1971-1972 through 1975-1976 and Projections for Future Service Activities" (a report prepared for the University's Self-Study submitted to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools)
  • "A Feasibility Study: Continuing Education for Mississippi's Health Care Team"
  • "Focus on Scientific and Clinical Symposia," 1993 and 1994 Digests (Editor)
  • "Physician Profiling & Behavior Change," 1998-Present (Editorial Advisory Board)
  • "The Almanac" (Alliance for Continuing Medical Education monthly newsletter) - Managing Editor
Speaking Engagements
  • Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
    "Understanding ACCME Accreditation Workshops Faculty, 1993-2007"
  • Alliance for Continuing Medical Education Annual Conferences Faculty, 1990-2007, Program Chair, 1997
  • Institutes: 1998-2006 Spring Institutes "CME: The Basics"
  • CME Leadership in the 21st Century Faculty for "A Case-Based Conference for Current and Future Leaders in CME" September 2002 and October 2003
    Duke University, School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina
  • Ohio State Medical Association
    June 2004 and August 2006 CME Symposium, Columbus, Ohio
    (Keynote Speaker both years)
    "New Standards for Commercial Support"
    "Best Practices in Accreditation"
  • 5th and 6th Annual Forum on CME
    June 2006 and 2007, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    (Keynote Speaker both years)
    "Good to Great: Lessons for CME Transition"
    "Reforming CME: A Call to Action for the Health Care Community"
  • Global Alliance for Medical Education
    11th Annual Meeting, June 2006, Rome, Italy
    "Pathways to Quality CME: Maintenance of Competence for CME Professionals"
  • Medical Education Congress
    May 2005 and 2006, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    "An Overview of the CME Landscape to Plan Your Communication Strategies Effectively"
    "New Methods for CME Accreditation: Maintenance of Certification for Physician Self-Assessment and Quality Improvement"
  • 3rd Annual Medical Education Forum
    December 2005, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    "CME Best Practices and Compliance Fundamentals for Pharma Grants Making" and "Late-Breaking Developments in CME"
  • Jefferson Medical College
    Leadership Symposium
    November 2006, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    "Medical Education in the 21st Century"
  • American College of Surgeons
    Leadership Conference
    June 2005, Washington, DC
    "Accomplishing Your CME Mission"
  • American Association of Hospital Education
    Fall Educational Institute
    November 2004, Boston, Massachusetts
    "Results of the Conjoint Committee on CME and the Competency -Based Continuum of Medical Education"
  • American Medical Association Town Meeting
    June 2005, Chicago, Illinois
    "Pathways to Maintenance of Competence for CME Professionals"
  • National Medical Association
    Spring Leadership Conference
    November 2005, Washington, DC
    "Valuable, Effective and Compliant CME: Pathways to Success"
  • Pharmaceutical Alliance for CME Forum
    "CME Provider/Industry Collaboration in the New Reality"
    November 2004, Nutley, New Jersey
  • CME Summits
    November 2004-2007
    "Reforming and Repositioning CME: The CME Professional's Perspective"
    "Performance Improvement in Practice" "Defining Physician Self-Assessment"
  • Alliance (ACME) 33rd Annual Conference
    January 2008, Orlando, Florida
    "Welcome to the CME Office in 2012"
  • CME Congress 2008
    May 2008, Vancouver, Canada
    "Clinical Performance Improvement for Atrial Fibrillation: 'Moving the Needle' Towards Best Practices"
  • 19th Annual Conference of the National Task Force on CME Provider/Industry Collaboration
    October 2008, Baltimore, Maryland
    "Woe Are We in CME or the Best Is Yet to Be!"

     

 

Richard Thielen, PhD

Process Team Lead and Content and Curriculum Specialist
 
Addresses and Invited Presentations
  • "Housing conditions alter GABAA receptor properties in P and NP rats"
    Presented at The Annual Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, June 1992
  • "GABAergic Systems in Lines of Rats Selectively Bred for Disparate Alcohol-seeking Behavior"
    Presented at: The University of Southern California School of Pharmacy, Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology - February 1993; Northwestern University Medical School, Department of Molecular Pharmacology - March 1993
  • "In Vivo Characterization of Two New 5-HT1A Receptor Antagonists: p-MPPI and p-MPPF"
    Presented to: Ergo Science Corporation, Charlestown MA - January 1997; Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN - October 1998
  • "Chronic consumption of multiple ethanol concentrations alters basal serotonin (5-HT) levels in the nucleus accumbens (Acb)"
    Presented at: The Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, October 2002
  • "Chronic Alcohol Drinking Alters 5-HT3 Receptors Regulating the Mesolimbic Dopamine System"
    Presented at: The Annual Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, June 2003

 

Publications: Chapters and Reviews
  • Schweizer, E., Thielen, R.J. and Frazer, A. (1997) Venlafaxine: a novel antidepressant compound. Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs 6:65-78.

 

Publications: Papers and Manuscripts
  • Engleman, E.A., Ingraham, C.M., Franklin, K.M., Keith, C.M., McClaren, J.A., Schultz, J.A., Morzorati, S.L., O'Connor, S., Thielen, R.J., Murphy, J.M. and McBride, W.J. (2008) In vivo time-course changes in ethanol levels sampled with subcutaneous microdialysis. Alcohol. Clin Exp. Res. 32:435-442.
  • Liu, W., Thielen, R.J., Rodd, Z.A. and McBride W.J. (2007) Activation of serotonin-3 receptors increases dopamine release within the ventral tegmental area of Wistar and alcohol-preferring (P) rats. Alcohol. 40:167-176.
  • Liu, W.; Thielen, R.J. and McBride, W.J. (2006) Effects of repeated daily treatments with a 5-HT3 receptor antagonist on functional activity of 5-HT3 receptors within the nucleus accumbens and ventral tegmental area of Wistar rats. Pharmacol. Biochem. Behav. 84:370-377.
  • Sahr, A.E., Thielen, R.J., Lumeng, L., Li, T.-K. and McBride, W.J. (2004) Long-lasting alterations of the mesolimibic dopamine system following periadolescent ethanol drinking by alcohol-preferring (P) rats. Alcohol. Clin. Exp. Res. 28:702-711.
  • McBride, W.J., Lovinger, D.M., Machu, T., Thielen, R.J., Rodd, Z.A., Murphy, J.M., Roache, J.D. and Johnson, B.A. (2004) Serotonin-3 receptors in the actions of alcohol, alcohol reinforcement and alcoholism. Alcohol. Clin. Exp. Res. 28:257-267.
  • Thielen R.J., Engleman, E.A., Rodd, Z.A., Murphy, J.M., Lumeng, L., Li, T.-K., and McBride, W.J. (2004) Ethanol drinking and deprivation alter dopaminergic and serotonergic function in the nucleus accumbens of alcohol-preferring (P) rats. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 309:216-225.
  • Thielen R.J., Bare, D.J., McBride, W.J., Lumeng, L. and Li, T.-K. (2002) Ethanol-stimulated serotonin release in the ventral hippocampus: an absence of rapid tolerance for the alcohol-preferring P rat and insensitivity in the alcohol-nonpreferring NP rat. Pharmacol. Biochem. Behav. 71:111-117
  • Thielen, R.J., Morzorati, S.L and McBride, W.J. (2001) Effects of ethanol on the dorsal raphe nucleus and its projections to the caudate putamen. Alcohol. 23:131-139.
  • Bowers, B.J., Henry, M.B., Thielen, R.J., McBride, W.J. (2000) Serotonin 5 HT2 receptor stimulation of dopamine release in the posterior but not anterior nucleus accumbens of the rat. J. Neurochem. 75:1625-1633.
  • Thielen, R.J., McBride, W.J., Lumeng, L. and Li, T.-K. (1998) GABAA receptor function in the cerebral cortex of alcohol-naïve P and NP rats. Pharmacol. Biochem. Behav. 59:209-214.
  • Thielen, R.J., McBride, W.J., Chernet, E., Lumeng, L. and Li, T.-K. (1997) Regional densities of benzodiazepine sites in the CNS of alcohol-naive P and NP rats. Pharmacol. Biochem. Behav. 57:875-882.
  • Thielen, R.J., Fangon, N.B. and Frazer, A. (1996) 4 (2' Methoxyphenyl)-1-[2'-[N-(2"-pyridinyl)-p-iodobenzamido]ethyl] piperazine and 4 (2' methoxyphenyl)-1-[2'-[N-(2"-pyridinyl)-p fluorobenzamido]ethyl]piperazine, two new antagonists at pre- and postsynaptic serotonin-1A receptors. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 277:661-670.
  • Thielen, R.J. and Frazer, A. (1995) Effects of novel 5-HT1A receptor antagonists on measures of post-synaptic 5-HT1A receptor activation in vivo. Life Sci. 56:PL163-PL168.
  • Thielen, R.J., McBride, W.J., Lumeng, L. and Li, T.-K. (1993) Housing conditions alter GABAA receptor of alcohol-preferring and -nonpreferring rats. Pharmacol. Biochem. Behav. 46:723-727.

 

 

Wendy Strother, PhD

Content and Curriculum Specialist
 
Presentation Abstracts (from past 5 years)
  • Strother, W. N., Edenberg, H.J., Liu, W.-M., McClintick, J.N., Stephens, M., Jerome, R., Nicholson, C., Edenberg, E. R., Goldberg, R., Lumeng, L., Li, T.-K., and McBride, W. J. (2003) Analysis of gene expression of alcohol preferring P and non-preferring NP rats in five brain regions. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 27:supplement, #703.
  • Liang, T., Spence, J., Liu, L., Strother, W.N., Chang, H.W., Ellison, J.A., Lumeng, L., Li, T-K., Foroud, T., Carr, L.G. (2003) Alpha-synuclein expression is higher in alcohol-preferring than alcohol-nonpreferring rats. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 27:supplement, #254.
  • Mulligan, M.K., Owen, J.A., Warner, M.B., Bell, R.L., Strother, W.N., McBride, W.J., Bergeson, S.E. (2003) Genetic and "Alcohol Deprivation-specific" regional transcriptome analysis in inbred alcohol-preferring rats. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 27:supplement, #704.
  • Rodd, Z.A., McBride, W.J., Bell, R. L., Strother, W. N., Liu, W.-M., Aloor, H., McClintick, J.N., Stephens, M., Jerome, R., Lumeng, L., Edenberg, H.J. (2003) Gene expresion in CNS regions following self-administration of ethanol into the posterior VTA by inbred alcohol-preferring (iP) rats. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 27:supplement, #50.
  • Sable, H.J.K., Strother, W.N., Bell, R.L., Lumeng, L., Li, T.-K., and McBride, W.J. (2003) Local cerebral glucose utilization (LCGU) rates in adult alcohol-preferring (P) rats are unaltered by peri-adolescent alcohol drinking. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 27:supplement, #744.
  • Witzmann, F. A., Li, J., Strother, W.N., McBride, W.J., Hunter, L., Crabb, D. W., Lumeng, L., Li, T.-K. (2003) Innate differences in protein expression in the nucleus accumbens and hippocampus of inbred alcohol-preferring (iP) and -nonpreferring (iNP) rats. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 27:supplement, #484.
  • Grahame, N.J., Strother, W.N., Lumeng, L., McBride, W.J. (2003) Low serotonin levels in distinct brain regions of selectively bred high alcohol preferring mice. In Abstracts of the 33rd annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA. #417.2.
  • Strother, W.N., Merrill, C.C., Driscoll, C., Lumeng, L, Li, T.-K., McBride, W.J. (2003) Effects of acute ethanol on local cerebral glucose utilization (LCGU) in adolescent alcohol-preferring P and -nonpreferring NP rats. In Abstracts of the 33rd annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA. #418.3.
  • Strother, W.N., Merrill, C.C., Lumeng, L, Li, T.-K., McBride, W.J. (2004) Alcohol drinking experience during peri-adolescence did not produce long-term effects on local cerebral glucose utilization (LCGU) rates in response to an ethanol challenge in adult alcohol-preferring (P) rats. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 28:supplement, #772.
  • Strother, W.N., Edenberg; H.J., Lumeng, L., Li, T.-K., McBride, W.J. (2004) Micrarray analysis of CNS limbic regions of inbred alcohol-preferring (iP) and -nonpreferring (iNP) rats and effects of alcohol drinking. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 28:supplement, #91.
  • Hoffman, P.L., Hedman, K., Bell, R.L., Strother, W.N., Tabakoff, B. (2004) NMDA receptors in the amygdala of ethanol treated P rats. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 28:supplement, #758.
  • Kimpel, M.W., Strother, W.N., Coppage, H., Pedrick N., Lumeng, L., Witzmann, F.A., McBride, W.J. (2004) Chronic alcohol drinking alters protein expression in limbic regions of inbred alcohol-preferring (iP) rats. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 28:supplement, #801.
  • Rodd, Z.A., Bell, R.L., Strother, W.N., Sable, H.J.K., Aloor, H., McClintick, J.N., Stephens, M., Jerome, R., Liu, W.M., Lumeng, L., Murphy, J.M., Edenberg, H.J., McBride, W.J. (2004) Self-infusion of ethanol into the posterior ventral tegmental area (VTA) alters gene expression in VTA projection areas. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 28:supplement, #497.
  • Sable, H.J.K., Strother, W.N., Smith, D.G., Lumeng, L., Li, T.-K., McBride, W.J. (2004) Functional neuoronal activity in alcohol-preferring (P) rats with chronic alcohol drinking. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 28:supplement, #113.
  • Strother, W.N., Merrill, C.C., Lumeng, L., Li, T.-K., McBride, W.J.. (2004) A history of peri-adolescent alcohol drinking influences the effects of adult alcohol drinking on local cerebral glucose utilization (LCGU) rates in alcohol-preferring (P) rats. Program No. 913.10. 2004 Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, 2004. Online.
  • Kimpel, M.W., Strother, W.N., Edenberg, H.J., McClintick, J.N., McBride, W.J. (2005) Functional gene expression differences in CNS regions of inbred alcohol-preferring (iP) and -non-preferring (iNP) rats, their chromosomal locations and associations with QTLs for alcohol consumption/preference. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 29:supplement, #S39.
  • Kimpel, M.W., Bell, R.L., Strother, W.N., Thomas, D., Coppage, H., Pedrick, N., Witzmann, F.A., McBride, W.J. (2005) Bouts of excessive alcohol drinking alter protein expression in limbic regions of inbred alcohol-preferring (iP) rats. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 29:supplement, #49.
  • Sable, H.J.K., Ji, D., Strother, W.N., Bell, R.L., Rodd, Z.A., Schultz, J.A., Lumeng, L., McBride, W.J. (2005) Local cerebral glucose utilization (LCGU) rates in peri-adolescent alcohol-preferring (P) rats following scheduled access ethanol (E) drinking. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 29:supplement, #62.
  • Rodd, Z.A., McBride, W.J., Bell, R.L., Strother, W.N., Aloor, H., McClintick, J.N., Jerome, R., Liu, W.-M., Lumneg, L., Edenberg, H.J. (2005) Ethanol self-administration alters gene expression in the nucleus accumbens of inbred alcohol-preferring (iP) rats. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 29:supplement, #502.
  • Strother, W.N., Merrill, C.C., Lumeng, L., McBride, W.J. (2005) Chronic ethanol exposure results in long-term alterations in Fos B immunoreactivity in select limbic brain regions of high alcohol drinking (HAD) rats. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 29:supplement, #263.
  • Rodd, Z.A., Bell, R.L., Kimpel, M.W., Strother, W.N., McClintick, J.K., Jerome, R.E., Lumeng, L., Edenberg, H.J., McBride, W.J. (2005) Oral operant ethanol self-administration alters gene expression in the amygdale of inbred alcohol-preferring rats. Program No. 680.21. 2005 Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, 2005. Online.
  • Bell, R.L., Rodd, Z.A., Kimpel, M.W., Strother, W.N., Aloor, H.L., McClintick, J.K., Jerome, R., Wen, L., Lumeng, L., Edenberg, H.J., McBride, W.J. (2005) Chronic and binge alcohol drinking produce different effects on gene expression in the nucleus accumbens of inbred alcohol-preferring (iP) rats. Program No. 919.10. 2005 Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, 2005. Online.
  • Strother, W.N., Driscoll, C., Lumeng, L., McBride, W.J. (2005) Moderate dose acute ethanol injection alters c-Fos immunoreactivity in select limbic brain regions of alcohol-preferring (P) rats. Program No. 680.24. 2005 Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, 2005. Online.
  • Kimpel, M.W., Li. L., Strother, W.N., Edenberg, H.J., McBride, W.J. (2006) Gene clusters with differential expression between inbred alcohol-preferring and non-preferring rats may contain genes that mediate alcohol preference. The 29th annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Baltimore, Maryland. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 30:supplement.
  • Hoffman, P. L., Bell, R.L., Strother, W.N., Dell'Acqua, M. (2006) Role of NMDA and AMPA Receptors In Alcohol Drinking. International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism World Congress on Alcohol Research, Sydney, Australia.
  • Bell, R.L., Rodd, Z.A., Kimpel, M.W., Strother, W.N., Lumeng, L., Edenberg, H.J., McBride, W.J. (2006) A Binge-Drinking Model Using P Rats and Its Consequences on Gene Expression. International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism World Congress on Alcohol Research, Sydney, Australia.
  • Bertsch, B., Rodd, Z.A., Strother, W.N., Le-Niculescu, H., Balaraman, Y., Hayden, E., Jerome, R., Nurnberger, J.I., Edenberg, H.J., McBride, W.J., Niculescu, A.B. (2006) Candidate Genes, Pathways and Mechanisms For Alcoholism: An Expanded Convergent Functional Genomics Approach. The 61st Annual Convention of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, Toronto, Canada.
  • Bice, P.J., Liang, T., Zhang, L., Strother, W.N., Carr, L.G. (2007) Differential expression of DRD2 between the high alcohol preferring (HAP) and low alcohol preferring (LAP) mice. The 30th annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Chicago, Illinois. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 31: supplement, #22.
  • Kimpel, M.W., Strother, W.N., McClintick, J.N., Edenberg, H.J., McBride, W.J. (2007) Differences in expression of genes involved in neuronal function and development in the nucleus Accumbens of inbred HAD and LAD rats. The 30th annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Chicago, Illinois. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 31: supplement, #504.
  • Strother, W.N., Driscoll, C., Lumeng, L., McBride, W.J. (2007) Chronic ethanol drinking results in long-term alterations in FosB immunoreactivity in select limbic brain regions of alcohol-preferring (P) rats. The 30th annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Chicago, Illinois. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 31: supplement, #552.
  • Liang, T., Kimpel, M.W., Strother, W.N., Clevenger, A., McCall, K., Edenberg, H.J., Carr, L.G. (2008) Identification of candidate genes for alcohol preference using the iP and iNP rat model. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 32: supplement.
  • McBride, W.J., Kimpel, M.W., Bell, R.L., Schultz, J.A., McClintick, J.N., Rodd, Z.A., Liang, T., Strother, W.N., Edenberg, H.J. (2008) Targeting genes contributing to excessive alcohol drinking behavior: studies with alcohol-preferring (P) and non-preferring (NP) rats. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 32: supplement.
  • Strother, W.N., Rodd, Z.A., Gu, Z., McQueen, V., McBride, W.J. (2008) FosB immunoreactivity in select brain regions of alcohol-preferring (P) rats operantly responding for ethanol, saccharin or water. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 32: supplement.

 

Peer-Reviewed Publications
  • Strother, W.N., Norman, A.B., and Lehman, M.N. (1998) D1-dopamine receptor binding and tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactivity in the fetal and neonatal hamster suprachiasmatic nucleus. Developmental Brain Research, 106:137-144.
  • Strother, W.N., Vorhees, C.V., and Lehman, M.N. (1998) Long-term effects of early cocaine exposure on the light responsiveness of the adult circadian timing system. Neurotoxicology and Teratology, 20:555-564.
  • Strother, W.N., Chernet, E., Lumeng, L., Li, T.-K, and McBride, W.J. (2001) Regional central nervous system densities of delta-opioid receptors in alcohol-preferring P, alcohol-nonpreferring NP, and unselected Wistar rats. Alcohol, 25:31-38.
  • Strother, W.N., Lumeng, L., Li, T.-K., and McBride, W.J. (2003) Regional CNS Densities of Serotonin1A and Dopamine D2 Receptors in Peri-adolescent Alcohol-preferring P and Alcohol-nonpreferring NP Rat Pups. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 74:335-342.
  • Liang, T., Spence, J., Liu, L., Strother, W.N., Chang, HW., Ellison, J.A., Lumeng, L., Li, T-K., Foroud, T., Carr, L.G. (2003) Alpha-synuclein maps to a chromosome 4 QTL for alcohol preference and is differentially expressed in selectively bred alcohol-preferring and -nonpreferring rats. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 100:4690-4695.
  • Witzmann, F. A., Li, J., Strother, W.N., McBride, W.J., Hunter, L., Crabb, D. W., Lumeng, L., Li, T.-K. (2003) Innate differences in protein expression in the nucleus accumbens and hippocampus of inbred alcohol-preferring (iP) and -nonpreferring (iNP) rats. Proteomics, 3:1335-1344.
  • Witzmann, F. A. and Strother, W.N. (2004) Proteomics and Alcoholism. International Review of Neurobiology, Vol 61, Chapter 8, pp. 189-214.
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