Ph.D., 1982; M.S. 1979, Microbiology
University of Baroda, India

Phone: 402-559-3165
E-mail: Shilpa Buch

Positions and Employment
Professional Memberships
Teaching

Positions and Employment:

2009-present Professor, Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), Omaha, NE

2006-2009 Associate Professor, Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City KS

2004-2006 Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

2003-2004 Research Associate Professor, Microbiology, University of Kansas Medical Center,r, Kansas City, KS

1998-2003 Research Associate Professor, Pediatrics, University of Kansas Medical Center,, Kansas City, KS

1996-1998 Res. Associate Professor, Pediatrics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

1992-1995 Assistant Professor, Project Director, Division of Neonatology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

1988-1992 Research Scientist, Division of Neonatology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

1985-1986 Research Associate, Department of Biochemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Memberships and Professional Service:

2004-Present Member, Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology

2003-Present Member, International Society of Neurovirology

2006-2009 Editorial Board, Journal of Neurovirology

2007-2008 Elected at-large delegate to faculty council, Kansas University Medical Center

Professional Service:

• Invited to chair a symposium on Alcohol and NeuroAIDS at the 14th Annual SNIP conference in Charleston, SC (March 2008)
• Invited to chair a scientific session in San Diego at the 8th International Society for NeuroVirology (2007)
• Appointed as an at-large delegate of the Executive Committee of the Faculty Council (2007-2008)
• Chaired two scientific sessions at the World AIDS Day Meeting in Tianjin, China (2006)
• NIH Study section (NAED) Member (2007-2010)
• Invited to the Editorial Board of Journal of Neurovirology (2006-2009)
• Served on the Search Committee for Virology Faculty position (2006)
• Ad-Hoc study section member NAED study section reviewer for NIH (2005- 2006)
• Invited to Chair a scientific session in Sardinia, Italy at the International Society for NeuroVirology (2004)
• Appointed to the Graduate Faculty at Kansas University Medical Center (2002, 2005)
• Consultant in planning research objectives in the Neonatology Division of Children's Mercy Hospital (2002-2004)
• Served on the Search Committee for LAR Director at KUMED (2001)
• Mentored clinical fellows, students and post-doctoral fellows (1990-2005)

Teaching Activities:

Didactic Teaching to medical and graduate students
Mentoring students, post-doctoral and clinical fellows

Books and book chapters:

1. Buch S, David S, Raghavan R, Cheney P and Narayan O (2001) “Macaque Models of Neuropathogenesis in HIV Infection.” In: “In Defense of the Brain: Current Concepts in the Pathogenesis of CNS Infections.” Editors: Jack Remington and Phillip Peterson; Publishers: Blackwell Sciences
2. Tanswell K, Buch S, Liu M and Post M (2000) “Factors Mediating Cell Growth in Lung Injury.” In: Chronic Lung Disease in Early Infancy.” Editors: RD Bland and J Coalson

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