Theresa Miller-Department of Microbiology-The University of Iowa

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Theresa J. Miller, Ph.D.

E-MAIL: theresa.j.miller@us.army.mil

June 2004 to Present
Grant Manager for the Prostate Cancer Research Program and Special Populations
Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, US Medical Research and Materiel Command, Fort Detrick, Fredrick MD 21701
Duties/Responsibilities: To direct and oversee day-to-day operations of grants, preparation of reports and documents, planning and design, recommend expenditure of program funds, provide technical assistance, oversee research grants and contracts from negotiations through close-outs. As grant manager for Special Populations actively promote CDMRP’s effort to increase the number of African American, Hispanic and Native American scientists in the CDMRP cancer research areas. To inform Minority Institutions of research funding mechanisms, which are focused on the Historically Black College and Universities/Minority institutions.

January 2000 – January 2004
Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Bacterial, Parasitic and Allergenic Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, MD 20892
Characterized immortalized reproductive cells for their response to reproductive hormones.
Studied Neisseria gonorrhoeae adherence to endometrial cells in infection studies.
Developed several reporter systems to analyze transcriptional activity of genes in response to different reproductive hormonal conditions. Identified several gonococcal genes that have altered expression after exposure to both hormone and endometrial cells.

September 1993 – December 1999
Graduate Assistant, Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242
Primary Investigator: Michael A. Apicella, M.D. Phone: 319-335-7807
Ph.D. Thesis: “Genetic and structural analysis of lipooligosaccharide synthesis genes (lsg’s) in Haemophilus influenzae”
Study of the genetics, regulation and structures of H. influenzae lsg’s resulted in significant research experience with molecular biology, carbohydrate biochemistry, bacterial pathogenesis, gene cloning, immunology and mass spectroscopy. Identification and cloning of the wecA gene in H. influenzae.

January 1989 – September 1991
Research Assistant, Department of Biology, Binghamton University, NY 13902
Comparative ultrastructural studies on the differentiation and development of epithallial cells of the geniculated and nongeniculated thallus in five genera of Corallinales (Rhodophyta).
Effects of visible white and red wavelengths on Nostocean cyanobacteria morphology and growth patterns.

Representative, Fellow Awards for Research Excellence 2004 (FARE 2004) Committee, January 2003 until September 2003. Duties involved every stage of the abstract grant competition. This included planning and execution, new study section testing, selection of study section judges, requests for abstract submissions, event publicity and writing summations decisions and comments of study section judges. These duties were conducted with support of the NIH Office of Education.

Chairperson, Career Development Subcommittee for National Institute of Health Fellows Committee (Felcom) August 2002 - November 2003. Served as a liaison to NIH Office of Education program officer and Office of Extramural Affairs. Directed decisions on a series of topics, planned symposia format, invited and hosted guest speakers, and advertised events throughout the NIH community. The goal of this committee is to provide NIH fellows the opportunity to examine other career paths.

NIH Felcom Basic Science Postdoctoral Fellow Representative for CBER/FDA, National Institute of Health, July 2002-November 2003. Serve as liaison between FELCOM committee and CBER Staff and Postdoctoral fellows. Bring concerns and issues to FELCOM and the NIH Intramural Research Office of Education.

Mentor, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Program, student April Colleton, Project: Estrogen receptor gene investigation in HEC –1-B cells, July 2001 – May 2002.

Mentor, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Program, student Patrick Vongchan, Project: Determination of the effect of reproductive hormone on the adherence of Neisseria to HEC-1-B endometrial cells, July 2000 – May 2001.

Mentor, Committee on Institutional Cooperation Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP), student.

Graduate Student Advisor, Undergraduate Black Student Union, Binghamton University, 1989-1991.

Graduate Student Grantor, Dr. Rachel J. Mason Travel Award Committee, University of Iowa, 1997-1999.

Established and organized the Semi-annual Microbiology Graduate Student Guest Lecturer Series, University of Iowa, 1994-1999.

Established annual grant writing workshop for postdoctoral fellows and graduate students, University of Iowa, 1994.

Co-organizer of Ethics in Science workshop series for Microbiology graduate students, University of Iowa, 1994.

President, Microbiology Graduate Student Association, University of Iowa, 1994-1995.

Established and Managed, “The Coffee House”- a student run Café and Coffee House, Binghamton University, 1990-1991.

Graduate Student Senator, Department of Biology, Binghamton University, 1990-1991.

Co-founder and President, African American Graduate Student Association, Binghamton University, 1989-1991.

Graduate Student Advisor, Undergraduate Black Student Union, Binghamton University, 1989-1991.

Teaching Assistant/Academic Counselor, Upward Bound Program, LeMoyne College, 1984-1988.