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Chris Starr, PhD

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Year Matriculated: 2004

Graduate Program: Neurobiology and Anatomy

Education:

B.S., 2004, University of Kentucky, Honors in Biology, Lexington, KY

PhD, Neurobiology and Anatomy, 2009, Wake Forest University

Research:
Supraspinal Processing of Pain following Stroke

Presentations:
Starr C.J, Sawaki L., Wittenberg G.F., Burdette J.H., Oshiro Y., Quevedo A.S., Coghill R.C. (2008) Effects of basal ganglia lesions on pain and pain-related brain activations. Abstract 2008. International Association for the Study of Pain annual meeting 2008. Glasgow, Scotland. Submitted.

Starr C.J., Sawaki L., Wittenberg G.F., Burdette J.H., Oshiro Y., Quevedo A.S., Coghill R.C. (2007) Integrity of pain perception after lesions of the insular cortex. Abstract 2007. Organization for Human Brain Mapping annual meeting 2007. Chicago, Illinois. Presented.

Starr C.J., Houle T.T., Coghill R.C. (2007) Multifactorial predictors of experimental thermal pain. Abstract 2007. American Pain Society annual meeting 2007. Washington, D.C. Presented.

Starr C.J., Joyce B.M., Glaser P.E.A., Gerhardt G.A. (2004) In vivo microdialysis studies of adderall vs. d- and d,l- amphetamine-evoke dopamine overflow in the rat striatum. Abstract 2004. Biology Honors Student Research Day 2004. Lexington, Kentucky. Presented

Honors and Awards:
University of Kentucky Academic Excellence Merit Scholarship

Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship

1st prize winner of the American Chemical Society (ACS) of University of Kentucky Chemistry Competition

Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky Scholarship

Dean's List, University of Kentucky 2001-2004

Summa Cum Laude, University of Kentucky

Honors in Biology, University of Kentucky

Wake Forest University School of Medicine MD/PhD fellowship

American Pain Society Young Investigator Travel Award

Travel Award to attend the International Association for the Study of Pain in Glasgow, Scotland

Scholarship to attend "HOW TO COMBINE CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CAREERS IN NEUROSCIENCE" in Washington, D.C. sponsored by Association of University Professors of Neurology, American Neurological Association, and National Institute of Health, National Institute of Neurological Disease and Stroke

Professional Society Memberships:
American Pain Society
Organization for Human Brain Mapping
International Association for the Study of Pain
Society for Neuroscience

Interests & Hobbies:
Traveling
Learning foreign languages
Cooking
Music
Photography

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