Gwen V. Childs, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of  Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences
College of Medicine
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
4301 W. Markham St; Slot 510
Little Rock, AR, 72205
(501) 686-7020

	1966: B.A., Biology, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington.
	1972: Ph.D., Anatomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
	1972: Assistant Professor of Anatomy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebr
	1976: Associate Professor of Anatomy, Northwestern University College of Medicine, Chicago, Ill
	1981-April, 2000: Professor of Anatomy, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
	1992-2000: Vice-Chair, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience
	1992-2000: Program Director, Cell Biology Graduate Program at the University of Texas Medical Branch
	1997-March, 2000: Coordinator, Basic Science Core, (New) Integrated Medical Curriculum,  University of Texas Medical Branch
	April, 2000: Professor and Chair, Department of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

	Texas State Coordinating Board "Health Professions Education Advisory Committee"
	1995-1999 National Institute of Health, Population Research Subcommittee (Study Section), National Institute of Child Health and Human Diseases. 1997-2000
	Histochemistry Society Councilor 1996-1999; President-elect 1999-2000, President 2000
	Chair, Membership Committee, The Endocrine Society 1995-1999
	Endocrine Society Development Committee 2000-2004
	Council, International Society of Neuroendocrinology 2000-2004
	Webmaster 1997-2000, Histochemistry Society Web Site
	Editorial Boards:  Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry Formerly Editorial board of:      Endocrinology   Journal of Endocrinology The FASEB Journal

	Dynamic changes in gonadotropes during the reproductive cycle.
	Are growth hormone cells co-gonadotropes?
	The effects of epidermal growth factor on pituitary corticotropes and  gonadotropes.
	The effects of stress on the expression of pituitary epidermal growth factor .
	Regulation and secretion of pituitary nerve growth factor
	Stimulus secretion coupling in corticotropes: role of ion channels in signaling
	Significance and regulation of Anterior pituitary leptin to the reproductive system (page under construction)
	Regulation of monohormonal gonadotropes, expressing only one beta subunit mRNA (page under construction)
	Significance and regulation of anterior pituitary leptin as a modulator of Growth hormone secretion (page under construction)

	James Patterson (M.D. Ph.D. student; completed Ph.D in 1994) Now doing a residency in Psychiatry at the University of Texas Medical Branch.
	Xuemo Fan (completed Ph.D. in 1994)
	Jennifer Armstrong (completed Ph.D. in 1997)
	Jiangang Xie (completed Ph.D. in 1998)
	Iris MacDuffie (M.S. student in Nutrition at UAMS)
	Mary  Iruthayanathan, M.D. (Ph.D. student in Anatomy and Neurobiology)
	Chris Crane, M.S. (Master's program); now an Honors Medical Student
	Zachary Brodrick, M.S. (Master's program).

	Immunogold cytochemistry for detection of hormones and growth factors
	Affinity Cytochemistry for detection of receptors
	In situ hybridization to detect messenger RNA
	Dual labeling for detection of receptors or mRNA and antigens (or two antigens)
	Centrifugal elutriation to enrich and purify pituitary corticotropes gonadotropes, and growth hormone cells.
	siRNA silencing of pituitary leptin.  Transfection of primary pituitary cell cultures
	Cre-loxP technology applied to selectively knockout genes in gonadotropes or somatotropes.  Deletion mutants of leptin receptors are now being produced.