Download Phyllis J. Bronson, Ph.D PERSONAL VITAE September 2009

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