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Arthritis and Immunology Research Program

Michael Centola, Ph.D. Assistant Member, Arthritis and Immunology Research Program Director, OMRF Microarray Research Facility Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology,   University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Mentoring Faculty Member, Oklahoma Center for Neuroscience

Education
B.Sc., Biological Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 1987
M.A., Biological Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 1989
Ph.D., Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara 1993

Honors and Awards
1982 American Legion Scholarship, California State University Northridge
1983-1985 Outstanding student scholarship, USC
1987-1988 Kirin traineeship award, UCSB
1987-1988 University of California "Regents Fellow", UCSB
1997 NIH Group Merit Award, National Institutes of Health
2001 The Merrick Award for Outstanding Research

Other Activities
OU Norman Bioinformatics Graduate Program (in development), Advisory Faculty

Memberships
Secretary of the NIH Assembly of Scientists NIDDK / NIAMS, NIH, 1996-1997
Secretary and organizing board member NIAMS Forum, NIH, 1997-1999
Chairman NIH Arthritis and Rheumatism Branch Fellows Society, 1997-1999
Member, Board of Directors, Arthritis Foundation Metro-Washington Chapter, 1999-2000
Arthritis Journal paper report team coordinator, Molecular Pathology section, 1999-2000
Founder and director of the Fund for Arthritis and Inflammatory Research (FAIR), 2000-present
Member of the Henry Kunkel Society, 2001-present

Joined OMRF Scientific Staff in 2000.