Curriculum Vitae

Harold Olivey, PhD

Section of Cardiology, MC6088
Department of Medicine
University of Chicago
5841 S. Maryland Ave.
Chicago, IL 60637
(773) 702-2686
holivey@uchicago.edu

Education

1991 – 1994

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
Bachelor of Science, Microbiology, summa cum laude

1996 – 2003

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
Doctor of Philosophy, Pharmacology
Dissertation title: TGFβ Signaling in Organogenesis: An Analysis of Embryonic Expression and Function During Coronary Vessel Formation in the Chick

2003 – 2004

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
Postdoctoral Fellowship

2004 –

The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Postdoctoral Fellowship

Awards and Distinctions

1991 – 1994

Guilford County Water and Soil Conservation District Scholarship
North Carolina State University

1992 – 1994

R. J. Reynolds Excellence in Agriculture Scholarship
North Carolina State University

1992 – 1994

A. J. Fletcher Music Scholarship
North Carolina State University

1993 – 1994

Mercury Seven Astronaut Scholarship
North Carolina State University

1992

Inducted into Phi Kappa Phi Honor Fraternity

1994

Best Poster Award, Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Day
North Carolina State University

1996 – 2000

University Scholars Fellowship
Vanderbilt University

1997 – 1999

NIH Predoctoral Trainee, Training Grant in Pharmacological Sciences
Vanderbilt University

Professional Societies

1993

Astronaut Scholars Honor Society

1996

American Association for the Advancement of Science

1998

American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

1998 – 2002

Society for Developmental Biology

Professional Activities

1996 – 1999

Representative from the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program and the Department of Pharmacology
Graduate Student Council, Vanderbilt University

1997 – 1998

Second Vice President
Graduate Student Council, Vanderbilt University

1997 – 1999

Member, ad hoc committee on Graduate Student Health Insurance
Vanderbilt University

1999– 2000

Member, Student Organizing Committee
Ninth Annual Joel G. Hardman Student-Invited Pharmacology Forum on Tissue Engineering
Vanderbilt University

2004

Member, Planning Committee
Coronary Vasculogenesis Mini-Meeting
Estes Park, Colorado

2004

Editor (ad hoc), Limbird LE, Cell Surface Receptors: A Short Course on Theory and Methods, Kluwer Academic Publishers (in preparation).

Publications

Peer Reviewed Publications

Olivey HE, Barnett JV. The type III TGFβ receptor is required for neural crest cell migration. Circulation 102(18):II-110 (2000).

Petty IT, Carter SC, Morra MR, Jeffrey JL, Olivey HE. Bipartite geminivirus host adaptation determined cooperatively by coding and noncoding sequences of the genome. Virology 277(2):429-38 (2000).

Jeyakumar LH, Ballester L, Cheng DS, McIntyre JO, Chang P, Olivey HE , Rollins-Smith L, Barnett JV, Murray K, Xin HB, Fleischer S. FKBP binding characteristics of cardiac microsomes from diverse vertebrates. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 281(4):979-86 (2001).

Olivey HE, Barnett JV and Ridley BD. Expression of the type III TGFβ receptor during chick organogenesis. Anat Rec 272A(1):383-7 (2003).

Olivey HE, Mundell NA, Austin AF and Barnett JV. Transforming Growth Factor-β stimulates epithelial-mesenchymal transformation in the proepicardium. Dev Dyn (in press).

Literature Reviews

Olivey HE, Compton LA and Barnett JV. Coronary vessel development: The epicardium delivers. Trends Cardiovasc Med 14(6):247-51 (2004).

Non-Peer Reviewed Publications

Olivey HE The Heat that Hurts: Inflammation and the Development of Heart Disease.” Lens – A New Way of Looking at Science 2(2): 22-27 (2004).

Selected Presentations at National Meetings

Olivey HE, Barnett JV. Localization of the type III TGFβ receptor during chick embryogenesis. Poster presentation, Weinstein Cardiovascular Development Meeting, Tucson, AZ (1999).

Olivey HE and Barnett JV. The type III TGFβ receptor is required for neural crest cell migration. Oral presentation, 73rd Scientific Sessions, American Heart Association, New Orleans, LA (2000).

Olivey HE and Barnett JV. The type III TGFβ receptor is required for neural crest cell migration in the chick. Poster presentation, Gordon Research Conference on Developmental Biology, Andover, NH (2001).

Olivey HE, Mundell NA, and Barnett JV. TGFβ2 signals transformation in the proepicardial organ. Poster presentation, Experimental Biology, Washington, DC (2004).