大卫·W. 约翰逊,Ph值.D.

Dr. 约翰逊 received his Bachelors Degree from the University of Vermont, his Masters Degree from UMASS Amherst, 和他的博士学位.弗吉尼亚理工大学的D. After receiving his Ph.D, he did a one year fellowship in the Department of 药理学 at Mt Sinai Medical Center in 曼哈顿,NY, studying the pharmacology of drugs of abuse under Dr. 乔·戈德法布. 在那之后, he trained for two more years as a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of 药理学 and >ence at Albany Medical College under Dr. 斯坦利•格里克. Dr 约翰逊 continued his research on drugs of abuse after arriving at UNECOM in 1993, using microdialysis techniques to measure neurotransmitter release in the brain during drug administration. He also researched how learning behaviors were affected by drugs of abuse, and had an ongoing collaboration with Boston University studying the role of NMDA receptors in mediating damage in the ischemic brain.

Dr. 约翰逊 stopped doing research in 2004. He now focuses on teaching and administrative work, with his primary teaching interests being in renal physiology, 肾病理生理学, reproductive physiology and reproductive pathophysiology. He also teaches an online medical physiology course for the University of New England, and has written two books: ‘Feel 30 For the Next 50 Years’ (Avon Books, 1998) and ‘Medical Tests That Could Save Your Life’ (罗代尔新闻, 2004). Dr. 约翰逊 maintains a Coast Guard Charter Boat Captain’s license and does occasional collaborative research with the University of New England’s Marine 科学 Center, working on tagging sharks offshore.