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College of Pharmacy Faculty
Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Maria V. (MariVi) Tejada-Simon,
MS, MEd, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
521 Science and Research Building 2
713-743-7835 (Voice)
713-743-1884 (Fax)

Education
B.S (Biology) Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain)
M.S (Food Science) Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.
M.Ed (Teaching) University of Houston, Houston, TX
Ph.D (Food Science) Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.
Postdoctoral Fellow (Neurology/Neuroscience) Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Academic/Research Interests:
Role of the small GTPases in LTP and in hippocampus-dependent learning and memory.
Implication of small GTPases in defective synaptic plasticity.
Rac-dependent regulation of neuronal morphology in mental retardation syndromes.

Affiliations:
Society for Neuroscience
Graduate Women in Science
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP)
Society for the Advancement of Chicano and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)
American Society for Neurochemistry (ASN)
American Physiology Society (APS)

Honors & Awards:
1997 Phi Beta Delta award in international education and exchange. MSU.
1998 Institute of Food Technologists.
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)

Postdoctoral Positions Available
Send CV and statement of interest to:
mvtejada@mail.uh.edu