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Phyllis J. Bronson, Ph.D PERSONAL VITAE Biochemical Consulting Company Biochemical Research Foundation P.O. Box 11389 Aspen, Colorado 81612 phone 970-920-2523 email: [email protected] September 2009 SUMMARY: For the past twenty years I have been working primarily with nutrient biochemical effects on depression, anxiety, and mood disorders in women at mid-life and beyond, and teenagers until the age of 25. This is the emerging field of orthomolecular biochemistry. EDUCATION 1996 to 1999 1987 to 1990 1983 1972 to 1975 1970 to 1972 Ph.D. B.A. Neuro-biochemistry, Union Institute, Cincinnati 1999 Ontological Design Course at Business Design Associates, conducted by Fernando Flores. A Masters level course. 1990 MIT: Special Graduate Student in Biochemistry University of Denver 1975 Major: Chemistry Minor: Physics Franklin-Pierce College, New Hampshire CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION 1999 to present Yearly CME credits at scientific and medical conferences PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1999 to present President: Biochemical Consulting Company 2001 to present President: Biochemical Research Foundation 1978 to 2000 Aspen Clinic For Preventive and Environmental Medicine: Co-founder & associate with Dr. Harold C. Whitcomb, MD. (Retired) 2001 to present Taught numerous classes on neurosteroid chemistry and psychopharmacology for various faculty members at University of Denver, Departments of Chemistry and Biology. Prof. Lawrence J. Berliner, Chair, Department of Chemistry 1997 to present Research associate in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry with Dwight Smith, Ph.D. working on spectra relevant to my research with the GABA-A receptor and the link to my work in the biochemistry of anxiety 2001 Election to Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society 2000 to present Faculty: International Society of Orthomolecular Medicine 1999 to present Faculty: American Academy of Environmental Medicine 1982 Ayn Rand Summer School at the Thomas Jefferson Institute in Marina del Ray, CA 1981 Mortimer Adler: Course in the Great Books at the Aspen Institute for Humanities 1980 Outward Bound Course for Health Professionals, in New York State. Seminar Series on “Creating a new paradigm of health practitioner – patient relationships” More Time / More Money: Management Seminar Series in Cambridge, MA. “Biotype Nutrition” and “Children and Behavior” Two Seminar series with Jeffrey Bland, Ph.D. Professor of Biochemistry, University of Puget Sound. 1977 1976 1975 to 1978 1975 EST Training (Erhard Seminar Training) courses Clinical Medicine with Dr. Rafey, MD in Washington, DC. The Effects of Nuclear Medicine, a joint research venture between MIT and Children’s Hospital, Boston. Seminar Series with Paavo Airola, Ph.D. Former president of the International Academy of Biological Medicine Foundation of Physics at the University of Denver, “Old and New Questions in Physics, Cosmology, Philosophy, and Theoretical Biology” Seminar Series FACULTY APPOINTMENTS 1999 to present American Academy of Environmental Medicine 2000 to present International Society of Orthomolecular Medicine 2001 to present University of Denver: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Research Associate in lab of Dwight Smith, Ph.D.; emeritus dean 2006 to present Adjunct Associate Professor University of Denver: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, research and teaching SELECTED LECTURES 2000 American Academy of Environmental Medicine: The Diagnosis And Treatment Of Hormone Mediated Mood Disorders In Peri-Menopausal Women: An Overview, Hilton Head, North Carolina 2001 American Academy of Environmental Medicine: The Biochemical Basis For Neurotoxicity From Common Chemicals And Pharmaceuticals, Colorado Springs, Colorado 2001 International Society of Orthomolecular Medicine: The Biochemistry Of Women At MidLife: The Interface Of Hormones And Neuroinhibitory Amino Acids On Mood. 2001 University of Colorado / Given Institute,: Clues to the Blues: Treating Depression, with Karen Schwartz, MD of Princeton & Johns Hopkins Universities, Aspen, Colorado 2002 American Academy of Environmental Medicine: Moody, Sullen Girls And Angry, Hostile Boys 2002 World Watch Conference: Neurotoxicity, Aspen Institute, Aspen, Colorado 2002 International Society of Orthomolecular Medicine: The Biochemical basis for Neurotoxicity from Common Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals, Vancouver, BC 2008Journal 2002 Given Institute: Women and Hormones, with Kenton Bruice, M.D. Aspen, Colorado 2003 Given Institute: Women and Hormones – Part II, with Kenton Bruice, M.D. Aspen, Colorado 2004 American Academy of Environmental Medicine: Neurosteroid Effects From Hormone Disruption And Disruptors In Women with Wallace Simons, R.Ph., Phoenix, Arizona 2004 Aspen Institute: Women and Hormones – Part III , with Kenton Bruice, M.D., Aspen, Colorado 2005-2007 2005-2008 Aspen CO Women and Hormones – Parts 1V and V 2005-2007; lectures in Aspen CO SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Bronson, Phyllis J. In Defense of Estrogen (2008) Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine Bronson, Phyllis J. The effects of Neurosteroids on Depression Peri-menopausal women (2005) Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine Bronson, Phyllis J. Factors in Neurotoxicity in Adolescents (2002) Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine, 17:3, 141-150 Bronson, Phyllis J. Mood Biochemistry of Women at Mid-Life (2001) Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine, 16:3, 141-154 Bronson, Phyllis J. The Biochemistry of Women At Mid-life: The Interface of Hormones and Neuro-inhibitory Amino Acids on Mid-Life Mood (1999) Ph.D. Dissertation, The Union Institute, Cincinnati, OH Bronson, Phyllis (1999) Attention Deficit Disorder in Children and Adults, Alternative Medicine Digest, Issue 29, 49-52 Bronson, Phyllis & Dr. Harold Whitcomb (1996) Anxiety and Depression: Skip the Valium, Hold the Prozac, Alternative Medicine Digest, Issue 11, 38-43 Whitcomb, Harold and Phyllis Bronson (1997) Managing Women’s Hormones Naturally, Alternative Medicine Digest, Issue 20, 118-122