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   <name>Alec J. Davidson, Ph.D.</name>
   <title>Professor </title>
   <department>Neurobiology</department>
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   <email>adavidson@msm.edu</email>
   <phone>404-752-1703</phone>
   <location>Multidisciplinary Research Center F-02</location>
   <education>
      <strong>POSTGRADUATE:
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      </strong>University of Virginia
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      <strong>Fellowship: </strong>Biology
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         <strong>GRADUATE:
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      </strong>Florida State University
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      <strong>Degree: </strong>Doctor of Philosophy in Neuroscience  
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         <br></br>
      </span>Florida State University
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      <strong>Degree: </strong>Master of Science in Biological Psychology
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      <strong>UNDERGRADUATE:
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      </strong>SUNY Geneseo
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         <br></br>Degree: 
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      <span>Bachelor of Arts in Psychology</span>
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   <research>
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         <li>Circadian Neurobiology</li>
         <li>Health Consequences of Environmental Circadian Disruption</li>
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   <publications>
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         <li>Castanon-Cervantes, O., Wu, M., Ehlen, J.C., Paul, K., Gamble, K.L., Johnson, R.L.,
            Besing, R.C., Menaker, M., Gewirtz, A.T. &amp; 
            <strong>Davidson, A.J.</strong> (2010) Dysregulation of inflammatory responses by chronic circadian disruption. J
            Immunol. 185: 5796-5805.
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         <li>Evans, J.A., Leise, T.L. Castanon-Cervantes, O., &amp;  
            <strong>Davidson, A.J.</strong> (2011) Intrinsic Regulation of Spatiotemporal Organization within the Suprachiasmatic
            Nucleus. PLoS One. 6:e15869.
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         <li>Sellix, M.T., Evans, J.A., Leise, T.L., Castanon-Cervantes, O., Hill, D.D., Delisser,
            P., Block, G.D., Menaker, M. &amp; 
            <strong>Davidson, A.J.</strong> (2012) Aging Differentially Affects the Re-entrainment Response of Central and Peripheral
            Circadian Oscillators. J Neuroscience. 32:16193–16202.
         </li>
         <li>Brager, A.J. Ehlen, J.C.,  Castanon-Cervantes, O., Natarajan, D., Delisser, P., 
            <strong>Davidson, A.J. &amp;</strong> Paul, K.N. (2013)    Sleep loss and the inflammatory response in mice under chronic
            environmental circadian disruption. PLos One. 8: e63752.
         </li>
         <li>Adams, K., Castanon-Cervantes, O., Evan, J.A. &amp;  
            <strong>Davidson, A.J. </strong>(2013) Environmental circadian disruption elevates the LPS-induced IL-6 response rhythm
            in whole blood.  J Biol Rhythms. 28: 272-7.
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         <li>Duhart, J.M., Leone, M.J., Paladion, N., Evans, J.A., Castanon-Cervantes, O., 
            <strong>Davidson, A.J., </strong>Golombek, D.A. (2013) Suprachiasmatic astrocytes modulate the circadian clock in response
            to TNF-α. J. Immunology. 191: 4656-64. 
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   <awards>
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         <li>2015: Morehouse School of Medicine Outstanding Research Advisor</li>
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