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Neil Harris, PhD

Neil Harris, PhD

Dr. Neil Harris

Position

Associate Professor in Residence

Gender

 

Male

 

Hospital Affiliation

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Department of Neurosurgery
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
10833 Le Conte Avenue
Room 18-228 Semel Institute
Box 957039 Los Angeles, CA 90095-7039

Contact

310-206-5691

EDUCATION

  • (1978-83) Westlands Bilateral School, Torquay, Devon, UK. 'O'-levels:
    (1983 -85) 'A'-levels: Geography, Chemistry, Biology.
  • (1985 -88) Portsmouth Polytechnic, UK
    B.Sc. Biology (Hons) Degree [2(i)]
    Specialist subjects: Neurobiology; Cellular Developmental Biology.
  • (1988 -91) Department of Physiology, King's College London,University of London,
    UK Ph.D. Physiology

RESEARCH AREA

Dr. Neil Harris has worked within the fields of hydrocephalus, stroke and traumatic brain injury. The major theme of his current research at UCLA is understanding the potential for plasticity and function after trauma utilizing both light microscopy cell biology techniques as well as in vivo neuroimaging methodologies.

Dr. Harris holds an RO1 award to examine axonal plasticity and functional recovery after traumatic brain injury. (NS055910-01A1)

GRANTS

  1. RO1 -1R01NS055910-01A1 NIH/ NINDS Neil Harris (PI) 06/01/07 -06/30/11
    “Axon plasticity and recovery of function after traumatic brain injury”.
    Role: PI
  2. Intramural funds- Div. Neurosurgery 07/01/06 -06/30/07
    “Effect of traumatic brain injury on subventricular zone stem cell proliferation”
    Role: PI
  3. RO1 (5R01CA121131-02) Linda Liau (PI) 04/21/06 -02/28/11
    (NIH/National Cancer Insitute)
    “PACAP modulation of shh signaling in medulloblastoma”
    Role: Co-investigator
  4. R01 (NS052406-01) Mayumi Prins (PI) 7/01/05 – 6/30/08
    NINDS/NIH Division of Stroke and Trauma
    “Age-Dependent Ketone Metabolism After Brain Injury”
    Role: Investigator
  5. R21- NIH/NINDS Christine Wu 01/15/08 – 12/31/10
    “Application of microfluidics technology to microPET imaging”
    Role: Co-PI

LINKS

http://neurosurgery.ucla.edu

AWARDS/INVENTIONS

  • The Royal Society for Research into Hydrocephalus & Spinal Bifida Travel Award- 1993
  • International Society for Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism Summer school attendee and travel award, 1998, The International House of Japan, Tokyo.
  • University of London Graduate School Research Award- 1997 & 1998
  • Brain99 Travel Award -1999
  • Special Trustees St Thomas’ Hospital, London Travel Award, 1997
  • Harold Bridges Fellowship Recipient 1995-1998
  • Guarantors of Brain, Travel award 1998, 2003
  • The Merck Sharp & Dohme Travel Award, 2001
  • The Welcome Trust Travel Award 1992,1997
  • The Royal Society Travel Award, 1998, 2000, 2003

PUBLICATIONS (recent articles)
  1. Smith J.M., Lunga P., Story D., Harris NG. Belle J., James MF., Pickard JD., Fawcett J.W. Inosine promotes recovery of skilled motor function in a model of focal brain injury (2007) Brain 130:895-7.
  2. Ben Simon, GJ, Hovda, DA, Harris NG, Gomez-Pinilla, F, Goldberg, R. Traumatic brain injury induced neuroprotection of retinal ganglion cells to optic nerve crush. J. Neurotrauma 2006 23(7):1072-82
  3. Pen˜a A, Pickard JD, Stiller D, Harris NG, Schuhmann MU. Brain tissue biomechanics in cortical contusion injury: a finite element analysis. Acta Neurochir (2005) 95: 333–336.
  4. King MD, Crowder MJ, Hand DJ, Harris NG, Williams SR, Obrenovitch TP, Gadian DG. Is anoxic depolarization associated with an ADC threshold? A Markov chain Monte Carlo analysis. (2005) NMR Biomed. 18(8):587-94
  5. Bartnik, B, Fukushima, M, Sutton, RL, Harris, NG, Hovda, DA, Lee SM. Evidence of Pentose Phosphate Pathway Upregulation and Preservation of Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle Flux After Experimental Brain Injury. (2005) J. Neurotrauma 10:1052-65
  6. Johnstrom P, Fryer TD, Richards HK, Harris NG, Barret O, Clark JC, Pickard JD, Davenport AP. Positron emission tomography using 18F-labelled endothelin-1 reveals prevention of binding to cardiac receptors owing to tissue-specific clearance by ET B receptors in vivo. (2005) Br J Pharmacol. Jan;144(1):115-22.
  7. Owler BK, Pena A, Momjian S, Czosnyka Z, Czosnyka M, Harris NG, Smielewski P, Fryer T, Donvan T, Carpenter A, Pickard JD. Changes in cerebral blood flow during cerebrospinal fluid pressure manipulation in patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus: a methodological study. (2004) J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. May;24(5):579-87.
  8. Chen S., Richards H.K., Smielewski P., Johnstrom P., Salvador R. Pickard J.D., Harris N.G. Relationship between flow-metabolism uncoupling and evolving axonal injury after experimental traumatic brain injury. (2004) JCBFM 24(9):1025-36.
  9. Owler BK, Momjian S, Czosnyka Z, Czosnyka M, Pena A, Harris NG, Smielewski P, Fryer T, Donovan T, Coles J, Carpenter A, Pickard JD. Normal pressure hydrocephalus and cerebral blood flow: A PET study of baseline values. (2003) JCBFM 24: 17 -23
  10. King M.D., Crowder M.J., Hand D.J., Harris N.G., Williams S.R. Obrenovitch T.P., Gadian D.G. Temporal relationship between the ADC and DC potential responses to transient focal ischemia in the rat. A Markov chain Monte Carlo simulation analysis.(2003) JCBFM 23(6):667-688

Read my PubMed publications

 

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