Curriculum Vitae

Kathleen Ann Thomas Shiverick

Education

B.S., cum laude, University of Vermont, 1965
Ph.D. University of Vermont, 1974, Physiology

Honors

Alpha Lambda Delta Award, Top Woman Graduate, 1965
Phi Beta Kappa, 1965
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 1983
Fogarty Senior International Fellow, INSERM, Paris, France, 1992-1994.

Professional Societies

Endocrine Society
American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics
Society of Toxicology
International Federation of Placental Associations

Professional Experience

Research Associate, Roche Developmental Pharmacology Unit, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, 1976–1978.

Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Florida, 1978–1983.

Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 1983–1988.

Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 1988–present.

Affilitate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1991-present.

Journals

Placenta, Editorial Board (1990-present); Trophoblast Research, Editorial Board (1995-present)

Conference Organization/Invited Speaker

• Society of Toxicology 1999 Annual Meeting (March 1999) Symposium Organizer
  Xenobiotic Effects on Cell Adhesion Molecules
  Speaker
  Benzopyrene Mediated Inhibition of Uteroplacental Cell Invasion and Expression of Cell Adhesion Molecules
  Chair, Polyaromatic Hydrocarbon Poster Session
• European Placenta Group Meeting (September 1999) Schladming, Austria, International Organizing Committee, Workshop Organizer
  Environmental Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
• Society of Toxicology Meeting (March 1998), Seattle, WA, Chair, Polyaromatic Hydrocarbon Poster Session
• Southeastern Society of Toxicology Meeting (October 1998), Gainesville, FL, Invited Speaker
  Dysregulation of Human Placental and Uterine Cell Function by Environmental Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
• Conference of the International Federation of Placental Associations (October 1998), Tokyo, Japan, Invited Speaker
  Dysregulation of Trophoblast and Endometrial Gene Expression by Environmental Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
  Workshop Organizer
  Placental Proteins as Endocrine and Paracrine Regulators
• Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting (March 1997), Cincinnati, OH, Chair, TCDD Poster Session
• North American Trophoblast Meeting (March 1997), San Diego, CA, Invited Speaker
  Maternal Smoking Disruption of Placental Cell Cycle, Invasion and Endocrine Functions
• European Placenta Meeting (September 1997), Visgo, Denmark, Workshop Organizer
  Transfer of Drugs across the Placenta
• Superfund Basic Research Symposium on Environmental Chemicals and Reproductive Health: Humans and Wildlife (February 1996), Gainesville, Florida, Invited Speaker
  Environmental Chemicals and Disruption of Placental Endocrine Function
• Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting (March 1996) Anaheim, CA, Chair, TCDD Oral Presentation Session
• 13th Rochester Trophoblast Conference (September 1996), Banff, Canada, International Organizing Committee, Workshop Organizer
  Placental Pharmacology and Toxicology
• McGill University, Molecular Endocrinology Symposium (June 1995) Invited Speaker
  Placental Prolactin/Growth Hormone-Related Proteins
• Gordon Research Conference, Mechanisms of Toxicity, (August 1995), Program Committee Meriden, NH, Discussion Leader
  Endocrine Disrupters
• European Placenta Meeting (September 1995) International Organizing Committee, Liege, Belgium, Workshop Organizer
  Biomarkers of Placental Toxicity
• NICHD Workshop, Regulation of Placental Growth and Function, Rockville, MD, July 7 - 8, 1994, Invited Speaker
  Placental Proteins
• Organizer and Chair, Experimental Biology (FASEB) Symposium, (March 1993)
  Human Growth Hormone in Development
• 5th Meeting of the European Placenta Group, Manchester, England, (September 1993) Speaker
  Expression of Recombinant Placental Prolactin-Like Protein B in Mammalian Cells
• International Symposium on Molecular Aspects of Endocrine Autoimmunity, Germany (August 1992)
  Cytokine Networks at the Maternal-Fetal Interface, Invited Speaker
• 12th Rochester Trophoblast Meeting, Organizing Committee, (October 1992) Workshop Chair and Speaker
  Biomarkers of Placental Toxicity.
• Organizer and Chair, FASEB symposium, (April, 1991)
  DNA Adducts: Molecular Dosimetry of Environmental Exposure to Mutagens and Carcinogens
• NICHD Consensus Workshop, Maternal Fetoplacental Interactions, May 21-23, 1990, Invited Speaker
• NIH Workshop, Intrauterine Growth Retardation, February 22-23, 1990, Speaker
• Organizer and Chair, FASEB symposium, (March, 1989)
  Xenobiotic Interaction with The Developing Immune System.
• Organizer and Chair, FASEB symposium, (April, 1987)
  Xenobiotic and Growth Factor Interaction in Development.
• Endocrine Society, Advisory Committee on Scientific Programs
  67th Annual Meeting, June 1985
  68th Annual Meeting, June 1986

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