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1986 B.S. Biology (with honors), University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
1990 M.S. Pharmacology, University of Vermont, College of Medicine
1995 Ph.D. Pharmacology, University of Vermont, College of Medicine
2006 Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence Travel Award, National Institutional Development Award (IDeA)
2003 Visiting Professor, Center for Perinatal Biology, Loma Linda University, School of edicine, Loma Linda, CA
2000-2003 Scientist Development Grant, American Heart Association
1998 - 1999 National Research Service Award, Individual Post-doctoral Fellowship, National Institute of Health
1997 Affiliate Travel Grant Award, The Physiological Society
1995 Young Investigator Travel Award, American Heart Association
1987-1990 Graduate Teaching Fellowship, NIH
1986 B.S with honors
1998-present Lecturer, Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology PHRM 290; topics: sodium and potassium channels, calcium signaling and regulation
2004-present Lecturer, Cardiovascular-Respiratory-Renal Course: Second year medical students: ~100 students; topics presented: drugs that alter cardiac performance, vasodilators, cardiovascular pharmacology of the sympathetic nervous system, antiarrhythmics
2004-present Pharmacological Techniques/ Research, for undergraduate and graduate students under multiple course numbers
2006-present Lecturer, Medical Pharmacology PHRM 301, topics: adrenergic pharmacology and cardiovascular pharmacology
2006-present Lecturer, Introduction to Pharmacology PHRM 201, ~50 undergraduate students, topics: Antihypertensives, Drugs to Treat Heart Disease, Antianginal Drugs
2006-present Lecturer, Human Physiology and Pharmacology, MPBP 301/302, ~30 graduate students, topics: Smooth Muscle Electro-Mechanical Coupling, Structure and Function of the Autonomic Nervous System, Cholinergic and Adrenergic Receptor Pharmacology, Treatment Modalities for Arrhythmias, Vascular Physiology and Pharmacology, Renal Physiology, Pharmacology and related special topics
2009-present Director, Readings in Pharmacology PHRM 373
2009-present Lecturer, Toxicology PHRM 272, ~70 undergraduate/graduate students, topics: poisonous animals and venomous animals
2011-present Neural Sciences - College of Medicine Vermont Integrated Curriculum, Team-based learning session for ~ 100 first year medical students, topic: Pharmacodynamics in Action.
2016-present, Lecturer, Foundations of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine Vermont Integrated Curriculum, ~100 first year medical students, topics: Sympathetic Nervous System Physiology and Pharmacology and Electronic Laboratory on Adrenergic and Cholinergic Drugs
2016-present Lecturer, Medical Cannabis PHRM 200, ~60-100 undergraduate/graduate students, topic: Cannabis and the Cardiovascular System
For a complete list of George Wellman's publications, please visit PubMed. Goggle Scholar Citations profile George C. Wellman
2021 Koide M, Harraz OF, Dabertrand F, Longden TA, Ferris HR, Wellman GC, Hill-Eubanks DC, Greenstein AS, Nelson MT. Differential restoration of functional hyperemia by antihypertensive drug classes in hypertension-related cerebral small vessel disease. J Clin Invest. 2021 Sep 15; 131(18): e149029. doi: 10.1172/JC149029. PMID: 34351870, PMCID: PMC8439604
2021 Koide M, Ferris HR, Nelson MT, Wellman GC. Impaired Cerebral Autoregulation After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Quantitative Assessment Using a Mouse Model. Front Physiol. 2021 Jun 8; 12: 688468. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2021.688468. PMID: 34168571, PMCID: PMC8218876
2021 Wang F, Luo MY, Zhou L, Yang L, Lanzino G, Chang HJ, Wellman GC. Endocrine Dysfunction Following Stroke. J Neuroimmune Pharmacol. 2021 Jun; 16(2): 425-436. doi: 10.1007/s11481-020-09935-6. PMID: 32621001
2019 Syed Au, Koid M, Brayden JE, Wellman GC. Tonic regulation of middle meningeal artery diameter by ATP sensitive potassium channels. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2019 Apr; 39(4): 670-679. doi: 10.1177/0271678X17749392. PMID: 29260608, PMCID: PMC6446425
2018 Koide M, Moshkforoush A, Tsoukias NM, Hill-Eubanks DC, Wellman GC, Nelson MT, Dabertrand F. The yin and yang of Kv channels in cerebral small vessel pathologies. Microcirculation. 2018 Jan; 25(1). doi: 10.1111/micc.12436. PMID: 29247493, PMCID: PMC5760473
2017 Wang F, Koide M, Wellman GC. Nifedipine Inhibition of High-Voltage Activated Calcium Channel Currents in Cerebral Artery Myocytes is Influenced by Extracellular Divalent Cations, Front Physiol. 2017 Apr 7; 8: 210. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2017.00210. PMID: 28439241, PMCID: PMC5383720
2017 Balbi M, Koide M, Wellman GC, Plesnila N. Inversion of neurovascular coupling after subarachnoid hemorrhage in vivo. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2017 Jan 1. doi: 10.1177/0271678X16686596. PMID: 28112024
2017 Villalba N, Sackheim AM, Nunez IA, Hill-Eubanks DC, Nelson MT, Wellman GC, Freeman K. Traumatic Brain Injury Causes Endothelial Dysfunction in the Systemic Microcirculation through Arginase-1-Dependent Uncoupling of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase. J Neurotrauma. 2017 Jan1; 34(1): 192-203. doi: 10.1089/neu.2015.4340. PMID: 26757855, PMCID: PMC5198065. Journal Cover.
2017 Balbi M, Koide M, Schwarzmaier SM, Wellman GC, Plesnila N. Acute changes in neurovascular reactivity after subarachnoid hemorrhage in vivo. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2017 Jan; 37(1): 178-187. PMID: 26676226, PMCID: PMC5363735
2016 Pappas AC, Koide M, Wellman GC. Purinergic signaling triggers endfoot high--amplitude Ca2+ signals and causes inversion of neurovascular coupling after subarachnoid hemorrhage. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2016 Nov; 36(11): 1901-1912. PMID: 27207166, PMCID: PMC5094310