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​​Exploring the Efficacy of an Acute Coronary Syndrome Simulation Scenario for Fourth-Year Medical Students​..  Cureus.  17:e88968.

Interstitial Lung Disease: Comparing Lecture and Large Group Case-Based Learning for Preclinical Medical Students.  Cureus.  16.

Pharmacology of Sedating and Anesthetic Agents: A Case-Based Flipped Classroom Exercise for Preclinical Medical Students.  MedEdPORTAL.  20:11462.

Scalable culture techniques to generate large numbers of purified human Schwann cells for clinical trials in human spinal cord and peripheral nerve injuries.  Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine.  36:135-144.

Osteoporosis: A Small-Group Case-Based Learning Activity.  MedEdPORTAL.  17:11176.

Active Learning to Promote Early and Effective Physician Interaction with Pharmaceutical Industry Marketing Practices.  Medical Science Educator.  30:727-735.

Taking CBL to the Lecture Hall: a Comparison of Outcomes Between Traditional Small Group CBL and a Novel Large Group Team-Based CBL Teaching Method.  Medical Science Educator.  30:227-233.

Active Learning to Promote Early and Effective Physician Interaction with Pharmaceutical Industry Marketing Practices.  The FASEB Journal.  33:497.5-497.5.

Contraceptive Pharmacology and Risk Communication: A Case-Based Flipped Classroom Exercise.  MedEdPORTAL.  15:10790.

Utilizing Standardized Patient Encounter in Pharmacology Education of Undergraduate Medical Students.  The FASEB Journal.  32:549.6-549.6.

Large Group Case-Based Learning (TB-CBL) Is an Effective Method for Teaching Cancer Chemotherapy to Medical Students.  Medical Science Educator.  28:191-194.

Developing a visual learning tool to aid the studying of antimicrobial spectrum of activity.  Proceedings for Annual Meeting of The Japanese Pharmacological Society.  WCP2018:po1-7-20.

Developing an integrated longitudinal antimicrobial curriculum in an allopathic medical school.  Proceedings for Annual Meeting of The Japanese Pharmacological Society.  WCP2018:po2-8-4.

Human Schwann cells exhibit long-term cell survival, are not tumorigenic and promote repair when transplanted into the contused spinal cord.  Glia.  65:1278-1301.

Preliminary evaluation of urinary soluble Met as a Biomarker for urothelial carcinoma of the bladder.  Journal of Translational Medicine.  12.

K-OXIME (K-27): PHOSPHYLATION-INDUCED CHANGES IN LOGP.  Military Medical Science Letters (Vojenske Zdravotnicke Listy).  83:52-58.

HGF (hepatocyte growth factor (hepapoietin A; scatter factor)).  Atlas of Genetics and Cytogenetics in Oncology and Haematology. 

Urinary Met level as a novel biomarker for urothelial carcinoma of the bladder..  Journal of Clinical Oncology.  29:257-257.

Myofibril-Inducing RNA (MIR) is essential for tropomyosin expression and myofibrillogenesis in axolotl hearts.  Journal of Biomedical Science.  16.

Non-antagonistic relationship between mitogenic factors and cAMP in adult Schwann cell re-differentiation.  Glia.  57:947-961.

Directed discovery of agents targeting the met tyrosine kinase domain by virtual screening.  Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.  52:943-951.

Selectivity and mechanism of action of a growth factor receptor-bound protein 2 Src homology 2 domain binding antagonist.  Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.  51:7459-7468.

Protein kinase A-mediated gating of neuregulin-dependent ErbB2-ErbB3 activation underlies the synergistic action of cAMP on schwann cell proliferation.  Journal of Biological Chemistry.  283:34087-34100.

GRB2 (Growth factor receptor-bound protein 2).  Atlas of Genetics and Cytogenetics in Oncology and Haematology. 

Inhibition of N-cadherin and β-catenin function reduces axon-induced schwann cell proliferation.  Journal of Neuroscience Research.  86:797-812.

Conformation studies of myofibril-inducing RNA using the Mexican axolotl.  Developmental Biology.  306:346-347.

Role of myofibril-inducing RNA in cardiac TnT expression in developing Mexican axolotl.  Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.  357:32-37.

Molecular and immunohistochemical analyses of cardiac troponin T during cardiac development in the Mexican axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum.  Journal of Cellular Biochemistry.  100:1-15.

The von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor gene product represses oncogenic β-catenin signaling in renal carcinoma cells.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.  103:14531-14536.

c-Met ectodomain shedding rate correlates with malignant potential..  Clinical Cancer Research.  12:4154-4162.

Culture and Expansion of Rodent and Porcine Schwann Cells for Preclinical Animal Studies.  111-126.

Pharmacologic Management and Treatment of Osteoporosis: A Small Group Case-Based Learning Activity.  The FASEB Journal.

Meet the Patient Sessions: An Effective Pedagogical Approach for Teaching Pharmacology to Pre-clinical Medical Students.  The FASEB Journal.

Curricular Intervention to Teach Antimicrobial Pharmacology at an Allopathic Medical School.  The FASEB Journal.

Utilizing Cases in Pharmacogenetics Education of Undergraduate Medical Students.  The FASEB Journal.

Use of Simulation to Teach Pharmacology to Healthcare Professionals: A Systematic-Review.  Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.

Engaging Empathically: Effects of a Motivational Interviewing Learning Session and Standardized Patient Encounter on Medical Student Confidence in Counseling COVID-19 Vaccine-Hesitant Patients.  Academic Medicine. S138-S138.

Resuscitating Learner Satisfaction: Enhancing ACLS Pharmacology Education Through a Case-Based Escape Room Simulation.  The FASEB Journal.

Successful Intervention to Teach Antimicrobial Pharmacology to Medical Students.  The FASEB Journal.

"Teaching squares": A grassroots approach to engaging medical educators in faculty development.  Medical Teacher. 910-911.

A Virtual Platform for Teaching ACLS Pharmacology to Undergraduate Medical Students.  The FASEB Journal.

Real-Time Virtual Naloxone Training for Fourth Year Medical Students.  The FASEB Journal.

Case-Based Discussion Improves Medical Student Application of Pharmacogenetics Knowledge.  The FASEB Journal.

Molecular and immunohistochemical analyses of cardiac troponin T during cardiac development in the mexican axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum (Journal of Cellular Biochemistry (2007) 100, (1-15)).  Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 624.