CURRICULUM VITAE Carolyn E. Pritchett, Ph.D. Department of Psychology, College of Health 11000 University Parkway Pensacola, FL 32514 cpritchett@uwf.edu Ph: 850-474-3347 EDUCATION 2008-2012 Doctorate of Philosophy, Neuroscience The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 2006-2008 Master of Arts in Psychology, in Cognition and Neuroscience University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 2002-2006 Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, with Honors Cum Laude Samford University, Birmingham, AL ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 2016-present Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychology 2015-2016 Visiting Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychology 2014-2015 Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Psychology 2013-2014 Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Psychology Samford University, Birmingham, AL WORK/RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2012-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Psychology University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 2005-2006 Undergraduate Research Assistant, Dept. of Biological Psychology Principal Investigator: M. M. Boggiano, PhD University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
HONORS/AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS Penn State University Hershey Medical College - Graduate Alumni Endowed Scholarship (2012) New Investigator Travel Award (2012) Graduate Student Award Recipient Society for the Study of Ingestive Behaviors Ruth L. Kirchenstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellow; Individual Predoctoral Training Fellowship (2011-2012) National Institute of Deafness and Other Communicative Disorders (NIDCD) Funded: F31DC011671 Central Effects of Glucagon-like-1 Peptide on Gustatory Reward Penn State Institute of Diabetes and Obesity Best Poster Presentation Award (2011) University of Missouri Research & Creative Arts Forum - Science Short Talk Runner-up (2008) University of Missouri Thesis Research Fellowship Award (2008) University of Missouri Summer Fellowship Award (2007) UNIVERSITY SERVICE Pre-Health/Pre-Professional Development Committee, University of West Florida, 2016-present Undergraduate Learning & Education Committee, Dept. of Psychology, University of West Florida, 2015-present MEMBERSHIPS/OUTSIDE SERVICE Co-Chair, Graduate Research Forum, Penn State University Hershey Medical College (2012) The Obesity Society (2011) American Physiological Society (2011) Association for Women in Science (2010) Association for Chemoreception Sciences (2010) Society for the Study of Ingestive Behaviors (2009); SSIB Website Oversight Committee (2012) Society for Neuroscience Member (2007) Psi Chi Psychological Honor Society (2005) MENTORED STUDENTS Patricia Sirgo, undergraduate. Influence of Images on Body Perception (DEP 4905), Spring 2016 Student awarded UWF OUR Proposal, Spring 2015, Funded: 16-075P Cartoon Versus Reality Television: The Correlation to Body Perception in Children and Adolescents Richard Diaz, undergraduate. Meditation and Performance, (EXP4905), Spring 2016 Student awarded UWF OUR Proposal, Spring 2015, Funded: 16-063P Effects of Stress Management Techniques on Cortisol Christina Pastore, undergraduate. Service Learning Field Study II (PSY 3948), Fall 2015 TEACHING EXPERIENCE University of West Florida Research Methods in Psychological Science I (Psychology 3213), Fall 2015, Spring 2016 General Psychology (Psychology 2012), Fall 2015, Spring 2016 Research Methods in Psychological Science II (Psychology 3215), Summer 2015 Psychology of Learning (Experimental Psychology 4404), Spring 2015 Brain, Behavior, and Experience (Psychobiology 4402), Fall 2014
TEACHING EXPERIENCE (cont.) Samford University Special Topics: Motivated Behaviors, Emotions and Stress (Psychology 411), Spring 2014 General Psychology (Psychology 101), Fall 2013 Penn State University College of Medicine: Teaching Assistant, Neuroanataomy/Neurobiology II (NBS725/NEURO511 for medical/graduate students), Spring 2010 University of Missouri: Teaching Assistant, Research Methods I (Psychology 3010), Spring 2008 Teaching Assistant and Lecturer, Drugs and Behavior (Psychology 2220), Fall 2007 Teaching Assistant, Research Methods I (Psychology 3010), Fall 2007 Teaching Assistant/Lecturer, Animal Learning (Psychology 4972), Summer 2007 Teaching Assistant, Animal Learning (Psychology 4972), Spring 2007 Teaching Assistant/Lecturer, Experimental Social Psychology (Psychology 9310), Fall 2006 PUBLICATIONS (One publication under the authorship CE Kelley) Polston JE, Pritchett CE, Tomasko JM, Rogers AM, Leggio L, Thanos PK, Volkow ND, Hajnal A. (2013). Roux-en-Y gastric bypass increases responding for intravenous alcohol in dietary obese rats. PLOS One. 8(12), e83741. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0083741. PMID: 24391816 Pritchett, Carolyn. Glucagon-like peptide-1 Mediates Hedonic Intake and Food Reward. PhD Dissertation, 2012. Holdings: The Pennsylvania State University Graduate School, College of Medicine. Polston JE, Pritchett CE, Sell EM, Glick SD. (2012) 18-Methoxycoronaridine blocks contextinduced reinstatement following cocaine self-administration in rats. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior 103(1), 83-94. PMID: 22885280 Pritchett CE Hajnal A. (2012). Glucagon-like peptide-1 regulation of carbohydrate intake is differentially affected by obesogenic diets. Obesity, 20(2), 313-317. doi:10.1038/oby.2011.342. PMID: 22134200 Pritchett CE, Hajnal A. (2011). Obesogenic diets may differentially alter dopamine control of sucrose and fructose in rats. Physiology and Behavior, 104(1), 111-116. doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.04.048. PMID: 21549729 Pritchett CE, Pardee AL, McGuirk SR, Will MJ. (2010) The role of nucleus accumbens adenosine-opioid interaction in mediating palatable food intake. Brain Research 1306, 85-92. doi:10.1016/j.brainres.2009.09.115. PMID:19822132 Will MJ, Pritchett CE, Parker KE, Sawani H, MaY, Lai A. (2009). Behavioral characterization of amygdala involvement in mediating intra-accumbens opioid-driven feeding behavior. Behavioral Neuroscience, 123(4) 781-793. doi:10.1037/a0016060. PMID:19634936
Publications (cont.): Pritchett, Carolyn. Intra-NAcc Adenosine and its Role in Mediating Palatable Food Intake: Interactions with Striatal Opioids. Master s Thesis, 2008. Holdings: University of Missouri Thesis Archives Boggiano MM, Cavigelli SA, Dorsey JR, Kelley CE, Ragan CM, Chandler-Laney PC. (2008). Effect of a cage divider permitting social stimuli on stress and food intake in rats. Physiology and Behavior 95(1-2), 222-228. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.04.025. PMID:18565550 Chandler-Laney PC, Castaneda E, Pritchett CE, Smith ML, Giddings M, Artiga AI, Boggiano MM. (2007). A history of caloric restriction induces neurochemical and behavioral changes in rats consistent with models of depression. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior 87(1), 104-114. PMID:17490740 Boggiano MM, Artiga AI, Pritchett CE, Chandler-Laney PC, Smith ML, Eldridge AJ. (2007). High intake of palatable food predicts binge-eating independent of susceptibility to obesity: an animal model of lean vs obese binge-eating and obesity with and without binge-eating. International Journal of Obesity 31(9) 1357-1367. PMID:17372614 Under Review/In Preparation Pritchett CE, Kovacs P, Hajnal A. Pontine parabrachial taste responses to sucrose, fructose and Polycose in the rat. In preparation. Pritchett CE*, Toth K*, Abraham, H, Hajnal A. Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptors expressed in the VTA: A potential target for curbing hedonic eating. In preparation. *These authors contributed equally to the manuscript. PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS Pritchett CE, Hajnal A. Glucagon-like peptide-1 in the hindbrain influences unconditioned and conditioned procurement of sucrose in sated rats. Abstract accepted by the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behaviors. Zurich, Switzerland, July 2012. ** New Investigator Travel Award given to CEP on the merits of the abstract. Pritchett CE, Zharikov A, Rogers A, Tomasko, J, Popova E, Hajnal A. Central GLP-1 receptor modulation of operant sucrose licking in dietary obese rats following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Abstract published by the Society for Neuroscience. Washington, DC, November 2011. Pritchett CE, Hajnal, A. Prolonged intake of high fat diets alters differentially the effects of GLP-1 on sucrose and fructose intake in rats. Abstract published by the Society for Neuroscience. San Diego, CA. November 2010. Pritchett CE, Conteh A, Hajnal A. Differential effects of high-energy diets on sensitivity to dopamine receptor antagonists in reducing intake of sucrose and fructose in rats. Abstract published by Society for the Study of Ingestive Behaviors. Pittsburgh, PA. July 2010
Published Abstracts (cont.): Pritchett CE, Kovacs P, Hajnal H. Parabrachial taste responses to sucrose, fructose and Polycose in the rat. Abstract published by Association for Chemoreception Sciences. St. Petersburg, FL. April 2010. Pritchett CE, Thakkar MM, Will MJ. Intra-accumbens adenosine and its role in mediating palatable food intake: interactions with striatal opioids. Abstract published by Society for Neuroscience. Washington, DC. November 2008. Will MJ, Pritchett CE, Parker KE, McCall JG, Gillman AE, Miller DK. Synergistic effects of intra-accumbens opioid and cannabinoid agonists on feeding behavior and locomotor activity. Abstract published at Society for Neuroscience. San Diego, CA. November 2007. Pritchett CE, Thakkar MM, Will MJ. Intra-accumbens adenosine-opioid interactions within a model of high-fat binge eating. Abstract published by Society for Neuroscience. San Diego, CA. November 2007. Pritchett CE, Artiga AA, Chander-Laney PC, Boggiano MM. Impulsivity in an implicated animal model of binge eating disorders. Poster presented at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research. Asheville, NC. April 2006.