Otolaryngology Faculty

MEREDITH MASON GARCIA, Ph.D.

Address, Phone, Fax, E-mail

1430 Tulane Avenue, SL-59
New Orleans, LA 70112-2699
(504) 988-5453
(504) 988-7846 fax
mgarcia@tulane.edu

Education

1982 to 1984 College: St. Mary's Dominican College; B.S., Biology
1985 to 1990 Medical/Graduate School: Tulane University, Ph.D., Pharmacology 1990
1990 to 1991 Fellowships: Postdoctoral Fellow in Anatomy & Neurobiology, Tulane University School of Medicine

Academic Appointments

2003-Present, Professor of Otolaryngology and Adjunct Professor of Structural and Cellular Biology and Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans
1998-2003, Associate Professor of Otolaryngology and Adjunct Associate Professor of Structural and Cellular Biology and Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans
1993-1998, Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans
1993-present, Member, Faculty of the Interdisciplinary Program in Molecular Cellular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine
1992-present, Member, Faculty of the Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans
1991-1993, Research Instructor of Anatomy, Tulane University School of Medicine
1982-1987, Director, Radioimmunoassay Laboratory; Endocrine, Polypeptide, and Cancer Institute Veterans Administration Medical Center, New Orleans

Academic Honors, Awards

Sigma Xi Gold Medal for Excellence in Scientific Research, 1983
National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellow, 1987-1990
Cancer Association of Greater New Orleans, Summer Research Fellow, 1987
Sigma Xi: Member, 1987
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Travel Award, 1989
American Association for the Advancement of Science William G. Carey Science Award, 1990
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association Foundation, Postdoctoral Fellowship in Pharmacology-Morphology, 1990-1992
National Institute on Drug Abuse, Individual NRSA, 1991-1993
National Institute on Drug Abuse Travel Award, 1991, 1993
NSF Travel Grant for Emerging Faculty, 1996
Ad hoc Member, NIGMS/MBRS Review Panel, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004
Ad hoc Member, CDRC, 2000, 2003, 2004

Professional Societies, Organizations

Research Interests

Role of post-synaptic density proteins in central auditory plasticity
role of signal transducing molecules in neuronal plasticity following deafferentation, especially in the auditory system
role of protein kinase C in sensory information processing, especially in the auditory system
role of the nitric oxide pathway in tinnitus
molecular neurobiology of drug abuse
signal transduction at the mu opiate receptor
regulation of expression of immediate-early genes and target genes in the brain.

Outside Interests, Hobbies

Reading, jazz and classical music, opera, antiques; contemporary and antique Pueblo pottery, baskets, and weavings; Pre-Columbian art; travel; African and Asian studies; comparative religion.

Research Activities, Lectures, Papers