Lise Rioux, PhD

Associate Professor
Lise Rioux
Basic Sciences
Faculty
Phone
(702) 777-3085

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  • B.S. in Cellular & Molecular Biology, Universite du Quebec, Trois-Rivieres, Canada
  • M.S. in Genetics, Laval University, Canada
  • PhD in Neuroscience, Laval University, Canada
  • Postdoctoral training in human neuropathology and another in signal transduction at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
    -Her research focus has been on neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases
  • Gross anatomy and neuroscience for the DO, PA, DPT and OT programs
  • Course director of gross anatomy and embryology, scientific communication and advanced study skills for the MHS program
  • Chair of the Graduate Affairs Committee for the MHS program
  • Neuropathological Correlates of Olfactory Deficits in Schizophrenia
  • Genetics of Transitivity Logical Inference in Zebrafish
  • Over her career, Dr Rioux has been PI and Co-PI on several grants that totaled almost $600,000
  • Served on Alzheimers Foundation grant review panel
  • She is currently Co-PI on a grant from Touro: TUN Research Grant Award, Transitivity Logical Inference and its Genetic Underpinnings, J. Nissanov, P.I./ L. Rioux, Co-PI, $10,000
  • Dr. Rioux has authored 21 publications
  • Dr. Rioux was recipient of several studentships and fellowships from both Canadian and American governmental Agency including MRC and NIH
  • She received the Goldberger/Boyle/Levine Endowment Faculty Award for her outstanding contribution to the department of Neurobiology & Anatomy at Drexel University School of Medicine in 2006
  • Society for Neuroscience
  • American Association of Anatomists
  • 1998-2002: Research Associate, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2002-2003: Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2003-2009: Research Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy, Drexel University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2005-2009: Scientific Director, Laboratory for BioImaging & Anatomical Informatics, Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy, Drexel University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2009-present: Associate Professor, Department of Basic Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Touro University Nevada, Henderson, NV