Job Description

Design and implementation of the Year 1 Clinical Microanatomy course

Biosketch

Dr. VanLandingham was the the Assistant Director of the Brain Research Laboratory at Emory University for two years prior to joining the FSU College of Medicine faculty. His training has been focused on the molecular aspects of brain injury and the effects of neurosteroids on recovery following head trauma and stroke. Dr. VanLandingham was a teaching member of the SURE and PROMISE programs while at Emory University, where he trained undergraduates in the arts of molecular biology. He is on the teaching faculty for small groups in multiple courses at the FSU College of Medicine (Years 1 and 2).

Education

B.S., Physical Therapy, Florida A&M University Ph.D., Neuroscience, Florida State University Postdoctoral fellowship, Emergency Medicine and Neurology, Emory University

Service

Director of Research for the Memory Disorders Clinic-Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare Director of Neurobiological Research for the Neuroscience Center-Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Tallahassee Memorial Hospital Steering Committee Faculty Council-Biomedical Sciences Faculty Scholar Hiring Task Force Year 1 and 2 Curriculum Committee Traumatic Brain Injury Advocacy Group-Tallahassee Memorial Hospital

Honors/Awards

• 2005 Abstract Travel Award, National Neurotrauma Society • 2003 Chemosensory Training Grant, Florida State University • 2003 Office of Graduate Studies Dissertation Research Grant, Florida State University • 2003 American Society for Nutritional Sciences Abstract Award • 2003 Grant-in-Aid, Bryan Robinson Neuroscience Fellowship • 2001 Grant-in-Aid, Bryan Robinson Neuroscience Fellowship • 2000 Grant-in-Aid, Bryan Robinson Neuroscience Fellowship • 1999 Leon County Teacher of the Year Award

Memberships

Society For Neuroscience National Neurotrauma Society American Society for Nutritional Sciences

Research Focus

The role of neurosteroids in recovery following traumatic brain injury and stroke

Publications

Sarah M. Cutler, Milos M. Cekic, Darren M. Miller, Bushra Wali, Jacob W. VanLandingham and Donald G. Stein. Progesterone enhances acute recovery after traumatic brain injury in the aged rat. Journal of Neurotrauma, 2007 Sep;24 (9):1475-86. Jacob W. VanLandingham, Ph.D., Donald G. Stein, Ph.D., and Stuart W. Hoffman. Neurosteroids reduce inflammation after TBI through CD55 induction. Neurosci Lett. 2007 Sep 25;425(2):94-8. Epub 2007 Aug 25. VanLandingham, J.W., Cekic, M., Cutler, S.M., Washington, E.R., Hoffman, S.W., and Stein, D.G. Progesterone and its metabolite allopregnanolone differentially regulate hemostatic proteins after traumatic brain injury. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism. 2008 Nov;28 (11):1786-94. Epub 2008 Jul 16. The enantiomer of progesterone acts as a molecular neuroprotectant after traumatic brain injury. Neuropharmacology. 2006 Nov;51(6):1078-85. Slow-release and injected progesterone treatments enhance acute recovery after traumatic brain injury. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2006 Jul;84(3):420-8. Tapered progesterone withdrawal promotes long-term recovery following brain trauma. Exp Neurol. 2006 Aug;200(2):378-85. Effect of retinoic acid on ferritin H expression during brain development and neuronal differentiation. Nutr Neurosci. 2003 Feb;6(1):39-45. Moderate zinc deficiency increases cell death after brain injury in the rat. Nutr Neurosci. 2002 Oct;5(5):345-52. Expression profiling of p53-target genes in copper-mediated neuronal apoptosis. Neuromolecular Med. 2005;7(4):311-24. Copper alters the conformation and transcriptional activity of the tumor suppressor protein p53 in human Hep G2 cells. Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2005 Nov;230(10):699-708. Zinc inhibits the nuclear translocation of the tumor suppressor protein p53 and protects cultured human neurons from copper-induced neurotoxicity. Neuromolecular Med. 2002;1(3):171-82.