Richard H. Finnell, Ph.D.

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:: Richard H. Finnell, Ph.D.

Regents Professor

(713) 677-7777 Room: 420F

rfinnell@ibt.tamus.edu

Folate Receptors and Craniofacial Defects

:: Research / Professional Interests

Dr. Finnell is a joint faculty member, located at Institutes for Biosciences and Technology.

:: Education Universitat Zurich, Switzerland.
Postdoctoral Fellow (1981-1982), Anatomisches Institut,
Neurological Science Center, Portland, Oregon
Postdoctoral (1980-1981) in Neurogenetics
University of Oregon,Portland, Oregon
Ph.D. (1980) Medical Genetics
University of Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
M.S.C. (1978) Medical Genetics
University of Oregon,Portland, Oregon
B.S. (1975) Biology

:: Career History

2001-present	Director, Institutes for Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center

1999-2001	Director, Center for Human Mocleular Genetics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska

1998-present	Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Baylor College of Dentistry; Texas A&M University System Health Science Center

1998-1999	Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Rural Public Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

1997-1999	Acting Associate Dean for Research, Texas College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

1995-1999	Professor and Assistant Head, Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Public Health, Texas College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

1991-1995	Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Public Health, Texas College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

1990-1991	Visiting Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1985	Visiting Professor, Institue fur Toxikologies und Embryonalpharmakologie, Freie Universitat Berlin, Berlin, Germany

1988-1991	Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology and Physiology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington

1982-1988	Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology and Physiology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington

1981-1982	Postdoctoral Fellow, Anatomisches Institut, Universitat Zurich, Switzerland

:: Honors

Texas A&M University Distinguished Achievement Award in Research, 1997.
Pfizer Animal Health Award for Research Excellence, 1995.
Cold Spring Harbor Summer Course Fellowship, 1990.
Basil O’Connor Fellow - March of Dimes, 1982-1984.
Roche Foundation for Scientific Exchange Fellowship - Zurich, Switzerland, 1981.
Outstanding Student Abgstract Award - International Congress Human Genetics, Montreal, 1977.

:: Teaching Responsibilities

:: Recent Grants

Folate Receptor Knockouts, Arsenate and Birth Defects. NIH-NIDCR HD/ES 35396, 1997-2001.
Center for Environmental Toxicology and Rural Health. NIH-NIDCR Reproductive and Developmental Biology Core Director. Dr. Stephen Safe, P.I., 1998-2003
Folate Receptors and Craniofacial Defects NIH-NIDCR R01 DE13613, 1999-2003.
Role of Folic Acid and Homocysteine as Risk Factors for Neural Tube Defects. NIH-NIDCR, 1998-2000.
Homocysteine and Congenital Cardiovascular Defects. NIH-NIDCR 2R01 HL55940-06, 2000-2005.(Dr. Thomas Rosenquist, P.I.)
Gene-Environment Interaction and Human Malformations. NIH-NIDCR, 2000-2005.
Folate Pathway Gene

:: Recent Publications

Finnell, R.H., Gelineau-van Waes, J., Eudy, J.D., Rosenquist, T.H. 2002. Genetic Regulation of Susceptibility to Environmentally Induced Birth Defects. Ann. Rev. Pharmacol & Toxicol. 42:181-208.
Gefrides, L.A., Bennett, G.D. and Finnell, R.H. 2002. The effects of folate supplementation on the risk of spontaneous and induced neural tube defects in Splotch mice. Teratology. 65:63-69.
Finnell, R.H., Shaw, G.M., Lammer, E.J. and Volcik, K.A. 2002. Does Prenatal Screening for 5-Methyltetrahydrofolate Reductase (MTHFR) Mutations in High NTD Risk Pregnancies Make Sense? Genetic Testing. 6:47-52.
Croen, L.A., Shaw, G.M., Barber, R.C., Baker, M.M., Lammer, E.J., and Finnell, R.H. 2002. Apolipoprotein B and Apolipoprotein E genotypes and sporadic holoprosencephaly. Am. J. Med. Genet. 108:75-77.
Finnell, R.H., Wlodarczyk, B., Spiegelstein, O., Triplett, A. and Gelineau-van Waes, J. 2002. Folate transport abnormalities and congenital defects. In: Chemistry and Biology of Pteridines and Folates. S. Milstien, G. Kapatos, R.A. Levine and B. Shane, Eds. Kluwer Academic Press, Norwich, MA. pp. 637-642.