Roberta Moldow, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
I received my Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from Mount Sinai and did my post-doctoral research under the mentorship of Nobel Laureate, Dr. Rosalyn Yalow. My research interests include factors influencing the regulation of the circadian rhythmicity and stress response of the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis. Recently, I have done research using an animal model to study the etiology of post traumatic stress disorder and salivary biomarkers for the stress response in humans.
Education
- Ph.D., Mount Sinai Graduate School of Biological Sciences
- A.B., Vassar College
Scholarship
- "Facilitated acquisition of the classically conditioned eyeblink response in women taking oral contraceptives", Behavioral Pharmacology, 19(8), 821- 828, December 2008
- "Developing psychophysiological profiles for monitoring stress", In Proceedings of SPIE, Enabling Technologies and Design of Nonlethal Weapons, G. Shwaery, J. Blitch, C. Land, 6219, 62190, May 2006
- "Ambulatory monitoring of physiology and behavior utilizing the PDA platform", In Proceedings of SPIE, Enabling Technologies and Design of Nonlethal Weapons, G. Shwaery, J. Blitch, C. Land, 6219, 62190, May 2006
- "A stress-induced anxious state in male rats: corticotropin-releasing hormone induces persistent changes in associative learning and startle reactivity", Biol Psychiatry, 57(8), 865- 872, April 2005
- "Blockage of the Glucocorticoid but not the Mineralocorticoid receptor prevents the delayed persistent increase in circulating basal corticosterone concentration following stress in the rat", Neuroscience letters, 374, 25- 28, February 2005
Accomplishments
Grants:
- Research Fellowship Award from NCI, NIH
- Rosalyn S. Yalow Research Fellowship from Rosalyn S. Yalow, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
- Effect of Stress on the Brain-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis from NIH
- Development of Hands-On Inquiry-Based Instruction in Secondary School Biology from NSF, Renovation of Biology Laboratory Space Grant from the Office of Science and Technology Infrastructure from NSF
- Monitoring stress during training from DoD