EDUCATION:    

  • 1/2006 – Present    Ph.D. (in progress), Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

·         1/2008- Present      MPH (in progress), University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

  • 8/2004-12/2005       M.A. Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
  • 9/00-5/2004            B.S., Summa cum Laude in Biology and Anthropology, at Brandeis

                                   University, Waltham MA

                                           

EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS/FIELD SCHOOLS:

·         3/2008                   UF Public Health Field Course in Evidence-based Intervention, El Salvador

·         7/2007                   NESCent course: Computational Phyloinformatics, Duke University (received $650.00 travel award)

  • 6/2007                   Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics, Seattle, WA: Workshops in Human

Association mapping and Human population genetic data analysis (received $1000.00 travel and tuition award)

·         7/2005                   Phylogenetics Methods Course at Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics at NC State (received $600.00 tuition and travel award)

·         6/2002- 7/2002       Boston University Archaeological Field School in Menorca, Spain

 

RESEARCH PROJECTS

·            2008-2009          Generated half-genome mtDNA sequencing of Ethiopian Jewish individuals, and final analyses of Yemenite and Ethiopian Jewish mtDNA

·            2007-2008          Completed regression analyses of genetic ancestry and stress response genes in a Puerto Rican population

·         12/2006-3/2007     Tested the utility of molecular techniques to address the impact of 

Paleo-climatic events on demographic history of populations in Africa and Arabia.

·         8/2004-12/2005    Masters Research Projects:

1) Mitochondrial DNA analysis of Ethiopian and Yemenite Jewish populations

2)  Identifying the informative regions of the mitochondrial genome using    

phylogenetic analysis

·         6/2003-8/2003      Undergraduate Research Project

At the University College of London, conducted genetic analysis (PCR, taqman, sequencing, etc) and computer analysis (Principle Component Analyses and Likelihood Based Estimation of Admixture Analysis) of Jewish populations

PUBLICATIONS:

  • Non AL, Kitchen A., Mulligan CJ,  2007.  Identification of the most informative regions of the mitochondrial genome for phylogenetic and coalescent analyses.  Mol. Phylogenet. Evol.

            -Paper ranked #1 of 25 most downloaded articles from June to Sept 2007 in MPE.

 

·         Gravlee CC, Non AL, and Mulligan CJ. 2008. Genetic ancestry, social classification, and racial inequalities in blood pressure, under review.

 

PRESENTATIONS:

·         4/4/09                    AAPA Meeting, Chicago, IL; contributed talk. A.L. Non, A. Al-Meeri, L.F.

Sanchez, Raaum R., Mulligan C.J. 2009.  Mitochondrial DNA reveals distinct evolutionary histories for Jewish populations in Yemen and Ethiopia.

  • 10/2008                 Florida Genetics Conference; contributed poster.
  • 6/5/2008                Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution Meeting, Barcelona, Spain;

                                   contributed poster. A.L. Non, L.F. Sanchez, R.L. Raaum, A.Al-Meeri, C.J.

                                         Mulligan. Synthesis of genetic and GIS distance data.  

  • 4/7/2008                AAPA Meeting, Columbus, OH; contributed talk. A.L. Non, C.C. Gravlee, and

                                   C.J. Mulligan.  Social classification, skin color, and genetic ancestry: a bio-

                                         cultural analysis of health disparities.

  • 3/2007                   AAPA Meeting, Philadelphia, PA; contributed talk. Non A.L. Raaum R.,

                                   Mulligan C.J. 2007. The utility of molecular techniques to address the impact of

                                   paleo-climatic events on demographic history of populations in Africa and

                                   Arabia.

  • 3/2006                   AAPA Meeting, Anchorage, AK; contributed poster. Non A.L., Kitchen A.,

                                   Mulligan C.J.  Identification of the most informative regions of the

                                         mitochondrial genome for phylogenetic and coalescent analyses

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

 

·         8/2008-Present      Training and supervision of all undergraduate students and interns in the molecular lab techniques and analysis

·         8/2008-12/2008     Teaching assistant for Intro to Biological Anthropology (Laboratory), ANG 

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·         8/2006-6/2008       NSF-funded GK-12 SPICE teaching fellow, A.L. Mebane Middle School        

 

·         Fall 2005              Teaching Assistant for graduate seminar course: ANG 6462, Advanced    

                                         Methods in Biological Anthropology Laboratory (both molecular and stable  isotope laboratory techniques)

 

 

GRANTS SUBMITTED

o         2/2007                   NSF DDI Grant submitted: Doctoral Dissertation Improvement: A bio-cultural approach to identity and health in a Puerto Rican population: Analysis of genetic ancestry and stress response genes.

o         10/2005                 Grant submitted to Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research, American Philosophical Society

 

HONORS/FELLOWSHIPS: 

·         8/2006-5/2008 NSF-funded GK-12 SPICE Teaching Fellowship

·         8/2004-8/2006; 8/2007-8/2009 Alumni Fellowship, University of Florida

·         5/2004  Harry and Betty S. Shapiro Award for Anthropology, Brandeis Univ.

·         5/2004  Highest Honors in Senior Thesis, Brandeis Univ.