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Maria Simon

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Maria Victoria (MariVi) Tejada-Simon
MS, MEd (UH ’07), PhD


Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology

Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences
UH College of Pharmacy
521 Science & Research Bldg. 2
Houston, TX 77204

Voice: 713-743-7835
Lab: 713-743-1772
Fax: 713-743-1884
mvtejada@mail.uh.edu

Education

BS in Biology Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain)
MS Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI.
MEd Teaching University of Houston, Houston, TX.
PhD Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI.
Postdoctoral Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Academic/Research Interests

Small GTPases in LTP, hippocampus-dependent learning and memory.
Implication of small GTPases in defective synaptic plasticity.
Rac-dependent regulation of neuronal morphology in mental retardation.

Affiliations

Society for Neuroscience (SFN)
Graduate Women in Science (SDE/GWIS)
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP)
Soc. Advanc. Chicano & Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)
American Society for Neurochemistry (ASN)
American Physiology Society (APS)
Molecular and Cellular Cognition Society (MCC)

 

Awards & Honors


2000 Methodist Hospital Foundation Grant Award. Methodist Hospital.
2001 Federation of Clinical Immunology Society educational Award.
2004 National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).
2005 Neuroscience Scholar Award, NINDS
2006 Academy Distinguished Educators Education Award (BCM)
2007 Biotechnology Institute Fellows Program Award. The Biotechnology Institute.
2007 Academy Distinguished Educators Education Scholarship award (BCM)
2008 MEd Associates Scholarship award
2008 Provost 2008-2009 Faculty travel award
2008 Judge funding award, Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS).
2009 National Fragile X Foundation travel award
2009 Carl Storm Scholarship. GRC