Institutional Committee Activities Member, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), 2012 - Present Member, Cancer Survivorship Task Force, 2006 - 2012 Member, Divisional Promotions Committee, 2005 - 2005 Consultantships Member of the Scientific Review Board, Medtronic Incorporated, Minneapolis, MN, 2009 - 2011 Member of the Scientific Review Board, Microtransponder Incorporated, Dallas, TX, 2007 - 2011 Member of the Scientific Review Board, Centocor Pharmaceuticals, Horsham, PA, 2006 - 2008 Member of the Scientific Review Board, Vaporgesic Incorporated, Houston, TX, 2006 - 2011 Member of the Scientific Review Board, MGI Pharma, Bloomington, MN, 2005 - 2008 Honors & Awards 2009 Outstanding Neuroscience Faculty Award, University of Texas Medical School at Houston 2008 Outstanding Neuroscience Faculty Award, University of Texas Medical School at Houston 2006 Finalist, Robert M. Chamberlin Distinguished Mentor Award, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center