Nathan Trueblood's CV

Professional Preparation:

Appointments:

2001 – present     Assistant Professor, Earlham College

2000 – 2002        American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellow

1998 – 2000        Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute Fellow

1997 – 1998        Adjunct Faculty/Instructor of Biology, Sacramento City College

1997 – 1998        National Institutes of Health Pre-doctoral Fellow, NHLBI Training Grant

1994 – 1996        Teaching Assistant, University of California at Davis

1993 – 1994        Laboratory Technician, University of Georgia Extension Service

1992 – 1993        Teaching Assistant, Lewis & Clark College

1991 – 1993        Anesthesia/Operating Room Technician, Stanford University Hospital

1990                   Research Assistant, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center

Grants:

2002-2004 National Science Foundation (MRI): Grant for a new High-Field NMR spectrometer for the sciences at Earlham College, $439,419

2001 George I Alden Trust: Grant for Computer Based Physiology Teaching Lab, $22,000.00

2000 - 2002 American Heart Association  Postdoctoral Fellowship Award (my score was in the top 99.2%), $58,000

1998 - 2000 NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship  Award, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute Fellow, Boston University School  of Medicine

1997 - 1998 NIH Predoctoral Fellowship Award, UC Davis

1997 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility Grant Award, UC Davis

Graduate Student Fellowship  Award, Physiology Graduate Group, UC Davis -  1996 - 1997  

Synergistic Activities:

Expert/Peer Reviewer for the following Journals:
Cardiovascular Research, Circulation, Circulation Research, Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, and the American Journal of Physiology

Participation at Regional & National Meetings in Research & Teaching . American Heart Association, Scientific Sessions (1997 – 2001). Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (1998 – 2002).

Society Memberships and Awards/Honors Received at Regional & National Meetings. Member, American Physiological Society; Basic Research Council Member, American Heart Association; Cardiovascular Research Award, AFMR, 1998; Caroline Tum Suden/Frances Hellebrand Professional Opportunity Award, APS, 1998; Research Award, Endocrinology & Metabolism Section, APS, 1998; Young Investigator Award, Cardiovascular Section, APS, 2001

Supervision of Undergraduate Student Research. Jie Chen, Chaundra Schofield, Margaret Maddux, Megan Jenness, Jeremy Hearn & Laura Lipps (Earlham College), Alan Jenkins (Bates College)

Collaborators & Other Affiliations:

Collaborators. Greg Anderson (BC), Carl Apstein (BUSM), Oscar (Bud) H.L. Bing (BU VA Medical Center), Daniel Brenner (BUSM), Wilson Colucci (BUSM), Catherine Communal (Harvard Medical School), Mike Deibel (EC), Charles Epstein (UCSF), Donald Gantz (BUSM), Ting-Ting Huang (UCSF), Patrick Inscore (BUSM), Alan Jenkins (BC), Walter Jo (private practice), Lucy Liaw (Maine Medical Research Center), Daniel Lugassy (BUSM), Jennifer Lundmark (California State University, Sacramento), Soeun Ngoy (BUSM), Paul Ogren (EC), Christina Pligavko (Millenium Pharm.), Ravichandran Ramasamy (Columbia University), Neil Ruderman (BUSM), Flora Sam (BUSM), Kurt Saupe (BUSM), Douglas Sawyer (BUSM), Saul Schaefer (UCDavis), Krishna Singh (BUSM), Mark Stocksdale (EC), Daret St.Clare (U Kentucky), Robert Thomas (BC), Jing Wang (BUSM), LiFeng Wang (UCDavis), Zhonglin Xie (BUSM), Vincent Ziboh (UCDavis), Jay Zweier (Johns Hopkins). BU = Boston University; SM = School of Medicine; UC = University of California; EC = Earlham College; BC = Bates College)
Graduate and Postdoctoral Advisors. Saul Schaefer (UCDavis, graduate advisor); Ravichandran Ramasamy (Columbia University, graduate advisor); Wilson S. Colucci (BU School of Medicine, postdoctoral advisor)
Thesis Advisor and Postgraduate-Scholar Sponsor. Patrick Inscore & Daniel Lugassy (masters thesis research, Boston University School of Medicine; 2 total graduate students).
 

Publications:

Nathan Trueblood and Ravichandran Ramasamy.
Aldose reductase inhibition improves altered glucose metabolism of isolated diabetic rat hearts.
Am. J. Physiol. 275 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 44): H75-H83, 1998

Ravichandran Ramasamy, Nathan Trueblood and Saul Schaefer.
Metabolic effects of aldose reductase inhibition during low-flow ischemia and reperfusion.
Am. J. Physiol. 275 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 44): H195-H203, 1998

Jennifer A. Lundmark, Nathan Trueblood, Li Feng Wang, Ravichandran Ramasamy and Saul Schaefer.
Repetitive Acidosis Protects the Ischemic Heart: Implications for Mechanisms in Preconditioned Hearts.
Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 31, 907-917, 1999

N. A. Trueblood, R. Ramasamy, L. F. Wang, and S. Schaefer.
Niacin protects the isolated heart from ischemia-reperfusion injury.
Am. J. Physiol. 279 (2) (Heart Circ. Physiol.):H764-771, 2000

Nathan Trueblood, Zhonglin Xie, Catherine Communal, Flora Sam, Soeun  Ngoy, Alan Jenkins, Lucy Liaw, Douglas Sawyer,
Oscar H.L. Bing, Carl S. Apstein, Wilson S. Colucci, Krishna Singh.
Exaggerated Left Ventricular Dilation and Decreased Collagen Deposition Post-Myocardial Infarction in Mice Lacking Osteopontin.
Circulation Research 88(10), 1080-1087, May 25, 2001

Nathan A. Trueblood and Saul Schaefer.
Myocardial necrosis following ischemia/reperfusion injury in-situ and ex-vivo: Is cardioprotection from fasting a real phenomenon?
Basic Research in Cardiology (Revision Submitted 2002)

Nathan Trueblood, Patrick Inscore, Douglas Sawyer, Daniel Brenner,  Daniel Lugassy, Carl Apstein and Wilson Colucci.
Exercise limitation and left ventricular remodeling in the rat post-myocardial infarction: is there a connection?
American Journal of Physiology (Manuscript submitted 2002)

Nathan A. Trueblood, Patrick R. Inscore, Jing Wang, Carl S. Apstein,  Douglas B. Sawyer and Wilson S. Colucci.
Carvedilol late post-MI: can b-AR blockade rescue remodeled rat hearts?
(Manuscript submitted 2002)

Nathan Trueblood, Soeun Ngoy, Chirstina Pligavko, Patrick Inscore,  Ting-Ting Huang, Charles J. Epstein, Carl S. Apstein, Wilson S. Colucci, and Douglas B. Sawyer. Left ventricular structure and function post-myocardial infarction in mice heterozygous for MnSOD deficiency.
(Manuscript in preparation).

R. Ramasamy, N. Trueblood, and S. Schaefer.
Aldose reductase inhibition improves metabolic recovery during low-flow ischemia in diabetic hearts.
US - Japan Aldose Reductase Workshop, 1997

Saul Schaefer, Jennifer Lundmark, Nathan Trueblood and Ravichandran Ramasamy.
Repetitive Acidosis Protects the Ischemic Rat Heart: A Mechanism of Ischemic Preconditioning?
AHA 70th Scientific Sessions, Circulation, 96(8), p. 3850, 1997

Ravichandran Ramasamy, Nathan Trueblood, and Saul Schaefer.
Inhibition of Aldose Reductase Protects Ischemic Myocardium.
AHA 70th Scientific Sessions, Circulation, 96(8), p. 3512, 1997

NA Trueblood, S Schaefer, and R. Ramasamy.
Diabetic glucose metabolism and aldose reductase inhibition in the isolated rat heart.
AFMR Meeting, J. Invest. Med., 46(1), p. 107A, 1998

N. Trueblood, S. Schaefer, R. Ramasamy.
Polyol pathway inhibition increases glycolysis in isolated diabetic rat hearts.
EB98, FASEB Journal, 12(4)pt.1, p. A258, 1998

N.A. Trueblood and S. Schaefer.
Fasting limits infarct size in the in situ rat heart.
EB’99, FASEB Journal, 13(5)pt. 2, p. A761, 1999

N.A. Trueblood, R. Ramasamy, L.F. Wang and S. Schaefer.
Nicotinic acid protects hearts subjected to low-flow ischemia.
EB99, FASEB Journal, 13(5)pt. 2, p. A1065, 1999

Nathan A. Trueblood, Patrick Inscore, Daniel Lugassy, Soeun Ngoy, Jing Wang, Daniel Brenner, Walter Jo, Douglas B. Sawyer, Carl S. Apstein, Wilson S. Colucci.
Relationship between Exercise Intolerance and Myocardial Remodeling Post-MI in the Rat.
AHA 72nd Scientific Sessions, Circulation, 100(18), p. I55, 1999

Nathan Trueblood, Catherine Communal, Zhonglin Xie, Flora Sam, Soeun Ngoy, Lucy Liaw, Douglas Sawyer, Oscar H.L. Bing, Carl S. Apstein, Wilson S. Colucci, Krishna Singh. Exaggerated Dilation Response Post-Myocardial Infarction in Mice Lacking Osteopontin.
Circulation, 2000, AHA 73rd Scientific Sessions

Nathan Trueblood, Soeun Ngoy, Chirstina Pligavko, Patrick Inscore,  Ting-Ting Huang, Charles J. Epstein, Carl S. Apstein, Wilson S. Colucci, and Douglas B. Sawyer. Left ventricular structure and function post-myocardial  infarction in mice heterozygous for MnSOD deficiency.
EB01, FASEB

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