Appointments


Academic


2000-present    Professor, Department of Pathology, State University of New York at Stony Brook
2005-present    Adjunct Professor, School of Health Professions and Nursing, Long Island University
 
1996-present    Director of Research  Flow Cytometry Core Facility,  State University of New york at Stony Brook.
1983-present   Head, Clinical Immunology Laboratory , Laboratory for the Diagnosis of Lyme Disease, and
                          Flow Cytometry Laboratory, University Hospital, Stony Brook
1991-2000      Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, State University of New York at Stony Brook.
1983-1991       Assistant Professor,  Department of Pathology, State University of New York at Stony Brook
1980-1983       Clinical Immunology Fellow,  Department of Immunology, Duke University
1979-1980       Postdoctoral Fellow,  Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California at Los Angeles



Other Appointments


 1996-present     Steering subcommittee to Tick-Borne Disease Institute,v., New York State Department of Health
 1992-present     Tick-Borne  Disease Institute Research Council member, v, NY State     Department of Health
 1988-present     AIDS Clinical Trial Group (ACTG) Immunologist, v, University Hospital, Stony Brook & NIH
 
 



Certification and Licensure



 1983-present Specialist in Immunology, American Society of Clinical Pathologists   #S100082
 1989-present Clinical Laboratory Director, Department of Health, New York City  #56032151
 1989-present State Laboratory Director, Department of Health, New York State    #B6666/GOLIMI
 
 



Research



 a. Interests

Laboratory diagnosis of Lyme disease via quantitation and standardization of immunobloting techniques.  This project utilizes high resolution densitometry and computer analysis to quantitate and evaluate the antibody response to B. burgdorferi at various stages of disease involvement.

 b. Funding

 1976-1979  National Cancer Institute Tumor  Immunology   UCLA Fellowship
 1978-1979  American Cancer Society Fellowship Award   UCLA
 1979-1980  CRCC - UCLA Immunoregulation by T cells with Fcµ Receptors for IgM
 1980-1983  National Cancer Institute Tumor Immunology and Immunogenetics Fellowship
 1983-1984  Biomedical Research Support Grant, SUNY at Stony Brook
 1984-1985  Catacosinos Cancer Research Award - SUNY at Stony Brook
 1985-1988  National Institute of Health New Investigator Grant , "Characterization of Activated NK Cells"
 1989-1990  Grant from Searle "Human Hematopoiesis and Human Cytokines" (Co-PI with Drs. Fleit and LaGamma)
 1989-1990  Orgenics International Corp. "Assessment of Commercial Sources of B. burgdorferi antigen"
 1989-1993  New York State Lyme Disease Grant
 1990-1992  Biotechnology Award " Membrane Flow Technology in the Diagnosis of Lyme Borreliosis"
 1992-1995  "Lyme Resource Bank"  SBRF
 1996-1997  Datrius NIH Contract for AIDS Study
 1998-2002  NY State DOH - Lyme Diagnostics
  2002-2003 Clinical Trials - Lyme diagnostics
  2003-2006 Nasa Grant "In vivo Induction of Chromosomal Damage: A spectral Karyotyping" Co-PI with Dr. Rithidech
  2006-2007 Cold Spring Harbor Grant, "Leukophoresis/Bone Marrow Aspirate/ Peripheral Blood Excess Material
 
Procurement Protocol Co-PI Dr Pardee