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Bratton, Shawn B., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pharm./Tox.
BME 3.510E
512-471-1735
sbbratton@mail.utexas.edu


Curriculum Vitae

ADDRESS

2409 University Ave., PHR 5.218A

Division Pharmacology/Toxicology

College of Pharmacy

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, Texas 78712

Phone: 512-471-1735; Laboratories: 512-471-2183 and 471-9171

Email: sbbratton@mail.utexas.edu

Web: http://www.utexas.edu/pharmacy/divisions/pharmtox/faculty/bratton.html

PERSONAL

Date of Birth: 20 January 1968

Place of Birth: Perryton, Texas

Sex: Male

Marital Status: Married, Jennifer T. Bratton

Children: Two sons, Christopher K. and Samuel M. Bratton

EDUCATION

1994-1999 Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Toxicology

College of Pharmacy

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, Texas

Thesis Title: Benzene-Derived Quinol-Thioethers Induce Apoptosis in Hematopoietic Tissue via a Unique Ceramide Signaling Pathway

Support: National Institutes of Health (NIH) Predoctoral Fellow (Toxicology Training Grant)

Supervisor: Terrence J. Monks

1991-1992 B.S. (Summa Cum Laude) in Medical Technology

School of Allied Health Sciences

University of Texas Medical Branch

Galveston, Texas

1986-1991 B.S. in Molecular Biology

College of Natural Sciences

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, Texas

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

2002- Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at Austin,

Austin, Texas

2001-2002 Tenure-Track Scientist, Medical Research

Council-Toxicology Unit, Leicester, England

2000-2001 Postdoctoral Fellow, Band 3 Scientist, Medical Research

Council-Toxicology Unit, Leicester, England

1999-2000 Postdoctoral Fellow, Band 4 Scientist, Medical Research

Council-Toxicology Unit, Leicester, England

CERTIFICATIONS

Medical Technologist (MT), American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP) Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Editorial Adviser: Biochemical Journal

Ad hoc Journal Reviews: Cell Death and Differentiation; Biochemistry; Molecular

Pharmacology; Immunology Today; FEBS Letters; Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology; Toxicology

Letters

PROFESSIONAL HONORS

1999 1st Place, 17th Annual Carl C. Smith Graduate Student Award

for Meritorious Research in Mechanisms of Toxicology, 38th Annual Meeting for the Society of Toxicology, New Orleans, Louisiana

1998 Travel Scholarship: Gordon Research Conference on Mechanisms of Toxicity, Henniker, New Hampshire

1998 Reynolds Award (1st place) for oral platform presentation,

Annual Fall Meeting of the Gulf Coast Regional Chapter of the SOT, Galveston, Texas

1996 Reynolds Award (1st place) for oral platform presentation,

Annual Fall Meeting of the Gulf Coast Regional Chapter of the SOT, Austin, Texas

1996 Travel Scholarship: Gordon Research Conference on Drug

Metabolism, Plymouth, New Hampshire

1992 McGanity Scholarship for Clinical Excellence (UTMB)

1992 Dean's Academic Achievement Award (UTMB)

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Last Reviewed: December 13, 2010

Division Information

Mailing Address:
Pharmacology & Toxicology
College of Pharmacy
The University of Texas
at Austin
1 University Station,
A1915
Austin, TX
78712-0125
USA

Email Address: pharmtox
@austin.utexas.edu

Phone: 512-471-5158


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