IRINA N. BELOOZEROVA
(pronounced: Erena Below-oh-zero-va)
EXPERTISE:
Organization and function of motor systems.
Neuronal mechanisms of locomotion and posture. Control, adaptation and
plasticity of motor behaviors in natural environments.
DEGREES:
1989 -
Ph.D. in neuroscience ‑ Lomonosov University in Moscow, Russia.
PhD
thesis: "Role of motor cortex in control of locomotion".
1981 - M.S.
in physiology ‑ Lomonosov University
in Moscow, Russia.
1979 -
B.S. in biology - Lomonosov University in Moscow,
Russia.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS:
2008- - Associate Staff
Scientist (Associate Professor equivalent),
Barrow
Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ, USA
2000-2008 - Assistant
Staff Scientist (Assistant Professor equivalent),
Barrow
Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ, USA
1995-2000 - NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Univ. of
Connecticut, USA (with Dr. Swadlow)
1993-1995 -
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Montreal, Canada (with Dr. Rossignol)
1991-1992 - Postdoctoral Fellow,
University of Bristol, UK (with Dr. Armstrong)
1989‑1993 -
Senior Scientist, Institute of Biomedical Problems, Moscow, Russia
1985‑1989 -
Research Scientist, Institute of Biomedical Problems, Moscow, Russia
1981-1985 -
Junior Scientist, Institute of Biomedical Problems, Moscow, Russia (with
Dr.
Kozlovskaya)
1980-1983 - Research Assistant, Institute of Problems of
Information Transmission,
Moscow, Russia (with Dr.
Arshavsky and Dr. Orlovsky)
HONORS AND AWARDS:
2007 - Five-year NIH R01
grant “Forebrain control of locomotion”
2000 - Four-year NIH R01
grant “Motor cortex and thalamo-cortical network in locomotion”
1996 - Three-year NIH National Research Service
Award, “Subpopulations of motor cortical
neurons
in locomotion”
1993 - Two-year grant
from Fonds de la Recherche en Sante
du Quebec, Canada, “Antidromic
activity
of dorsal root filaments”
1991
- One-year fellowship, The Royal Physiological Society, UK
1985
- The Third Prize at the Exhibition of National
Economic Achievements, USSR
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
Regular
member of: Society for Neuroscience,
The Society for the Neural Control of Movements
STUDY SECTIONS and EDITORIAL POSITIONS:
Reviewer for: National Science Foundation (ad hoc),
J. Neurosci., J. Neurophysiol., Eur. J. Neurosci.,
Exp. Brain Res., Neurosci.
PUBLICATIONS:
38
research papers in referred journals and 8
book chapters.
