Dr. Patrick Mulholland
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosciences
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences |
Education | Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA | B.A. | 2000 | Psychology | | University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY | M.S. | 2003 | Psychopharmacology | | University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY | Ph.D. | 2005 | Psychopharmacology | | Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC | Postdoctoral | 2005 | Neuroscience |
Professional Experience | 2000-2001 | Predoctoral Fellow, Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program, University of Kentucky | | 2002-2003 | Predoctoral Trainee, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Department of Behavioral Sciences, University of Kentucky | | 2003-2005 | Predoctoral Fellow, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky | | 2005-2006 | Postdoctoral Trainee, NIAAA, Charleston Alcohol Research Center, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC | | 2006-2009 | Postdoctoral Fellow, NIAAA, Department of Neurosciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC | | 2009-2010 | Research Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC | | 2010-present | Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosciences and Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC |
Awards and Honors
| 2002 | Behavioral Neuroscience Outstanding Student Award, University of Kentucky | | 2002-2005 | Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA) Annual Meeting Student Merit Award, NIAAA | | 2003 | Academic Visitor, Collaboration with Hillary J. Little, PhD, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK | | 2003 | Enoch Gordis Predoctoral Research Recognition Award, RSA/NIAAA | | 2004 | Guze Symposium on Alcoholism Travel Award, Midwest Alcoholism Research Center, Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, MO | | 2004 | Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Chapters/Eli Lilly Company Graduate Student Travel Award | | 2004-2006 | Merit Award, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science Magazine | | 2005 | Michael T. Nietzel Outstanding Graduate Student Award, University of Kentucky | | 2007 | RSA Annual Meeting Postdoctoral Merit Award, NIAAA, Chicago, IL | | 2007 | NIDA-SfN Mini-Convention: Frontiers in Addiction Research Travel Award | | 2008 | RSA Memorial Travel Award, RSA, Washington, DC | | 2008 | Enoch Gordis Postdoctoral Research Recognition Award, RSA/NIAAA | | 2008 | 1st place Oral Presentation Awards (2), Perry V. Halushka Research Day, MUSC, Charleston Research Institute & Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center |
Recent Publications Butler TR, Self RL, Smith KJ, Sharrett-Field LJ, Berry JN, Littleton JM, Pauly JR, Mulholland PJ & Prendergast MA. Selective vulnerability of hippocampal cornu ammonis 1 pyramidal cells to excitotoxic insult is associated with the expression of polyamine-sensitive N-methyl-D-asparate-type glutamate receptors. Neuroscience 165(2):525-534, 2010. PMCID: PMC2794945 Mulholland PJ & Chandler LJ. Inhibition of glutamate transporters couples to Kv4.2 dephosphorylation through activation of extrasynaptic NMDA receptors. Neuroscience 165(1):130-137, 2010. PMCID: PMC2787836 Mulholland PJ, Becker HC, Woodward JJ & Chandler LJ. Small conductance calcium-activated potassium type 2 channels regulate alcohol-associated plasticity of glutamatergic synapses. Biological Psychiatry 69(7):625-632, 2011. PMCID: PMC3103782 |
