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James R. Bloedel, M.D., Ph.D. Vice Provost for Research & Adv. Studies Dept. of Biomedical Sciences Professor |
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| Research Interests / Areas of Expertise: Dr. Bloedel has an active research program in neural mechanisms of motor control and motor learning with a particular interest in cerebellar and Parkinson’s patients. Education & Certifications: M.D.: University of Minnesota, 1969. Ph.D.: University of Minnesota, 1967. Teaching: Honors Seminar on Neuroscience of Learning and Motor Behavior. Selected Publications: Bloedel, J.R.: Judging Research Productivity on an Entrepreneurial Campus. Proceedings of the Merrill Center 2001 Annual Research Policy Retreat. In Press. Shimansky, Y., Wang, J.-J., Bauer, R.A., Bracha, V., and Bloedel, J.R.: On-line compensation for perturbations of a reaching movement is cerebellar dependent. Submitted. Bracha, V., Zhao, L., Irwin, K.B., and Bloedel, J.R.: Intermediate cerebellum and conditioned eyeblinks: parallel involvement in the eyeblink and tonic eyelid closure. Exp. Brain Res. 136: 41-49, 2001. Bracha, V., Zhao, L., Irwin, K.B., and Bloedel, J.R.: The human cerebellum and associative learning: dissociation between the acquisition, retention and extinction of conditioned eyeblinks. Brain Res 3:860: 87-94, 2000. Rand, M.K., Stelmach, G.E., and Bloedel, J.R.: Movement accuracy constraints in Parkinson's disease patients. Exp. Brain Res. 135: 179-188, 2000. More... Full CV Back to Top Leadership: Member, Ames Economic Development Commission Executive Committee, 2002-present. Board of Regents representative, Iowa Department of Economic Development Board, 2002-present. Board Member, Ames Economic Development Commission, 2000-present. Organizing Committee - IX International Symposium on Motor Control 2000, 1999-2000. Board of Co-Editors, Experimental Brain Research, 1997-present. Member, NIMH Special Emphasis Panel, 1996. Board Member, Neural Control of Movement, 1996-1999. Co-organizer, International Meeting, Acquisition of Motor Behavior in Vertebrates, Key West, Florida, April, 1995. Member, Arizona Disease Control Research Commission, 1992-1995. Board Member, Winter Conference on Brain Research, 1991-1996. Vice Chairman, Phoenix Educator's Alliance, 1986-1987. Member, Neurology B1 Study Section, NIH, 1984-1988. Ad Hoc Reviewer - NIH Ad Hoc Study Sections and site visits, 1976-present. Honors & Awards: Alpha Omega Alpha Fellow, Life Insurance Medical Research Fund Member, James Moore Society, University of Minnesota Member, Cyrus Barnum Society Jacob Javits Award, 1986 Honorary Professor - University of Nanjing, P.R.C., 1995 Memberships: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) American Physiological Society Sigma Xi Society for Neuroscience Neurosurgical Society of America, Associate Member International Association for the Study of Pain New York Academy of Sciences International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) |