Entry Year: 1999
Graduation Year: 2007
Currently: Post-Doctoral Fellow with Dr. Veronica Sanchez, Texas A&M HSC College of Medicine
Email Address: jaletho@gmail.com
Undergraduate: University of Kansas, B.S. Genetics
Laboratory: Dr. William Griffith, Neurosciences and Experimental Therapeutics
Thesis: "Electrophysiological and Molecular Properties of Calcium Channels within Basal Forebrain Neurons of Cav2.1 Mutant Tottering and Leaner Mice"

Abstracts and Presentations

• Etheredge, JA, Murchison, D, Abbott, LC and Griffith, WH. "Calcium channels in basal forebrain neurons from tottering/leaner mutant mice." Neurosci Abstr. Program Num 166.14. November 2003: Society for Neuroscience.
• Etheredge, JA, Murchison, D, Abbott, LC and Griffith, WH. "Discrimination of calcium current changes in the basal forebrain neurons of tottering and leaner mutant mice." National MD/PHD Conference Abstr. July 2004.
• Etheredge, JA, Murchison, D, Abbott, LC and Griffith, WH. "Functional changes in the calcium currents of basal forebrain neurons from tottering and leaner mutant mice: L-type currents and G-protein modulation." Neurosci Abstr. Program Number 848.1. October 2004: Society for Neuroscience.
• Etheredge, JA, Murchison, D, Abbott, LC and Griffith, WH. "Discrimination of molecular and G-protein modulation changes among the calcium channels of tottering and leaner mutant mice basal forebrain neurons." American Medical Association Interim Meeting Abstr. December 2004: American Medical Association.
• Etheredge, JA,Murchison, D, Abbott, LC and Griffith, WH. "Plasticity of nifedipine-sensitive calcium currents represents a common mechanism in aged and tottering mouse basal forebrain neurons." Neurosci Abstr. November 2005: Society for Neuroscience.

Publications

• Etheredge, JA. "Misperceptions behind mental health policy." Journal of the American Medical Association 287:1858, 2002.
• Etheredge, JA and Uhlig, P. "Incremental approaches to increasing health care coverage." Journal of the American Medical Association 289:1166, 2003.
• Etheredge, JA. "Painting as policy." Medical Humanities 35:35-36, 2005.
• Etheredge, JA, Murchison, D, Abbott, LC and Griffith WH. "Functional compensation of Cav2.1 channel pathophysiology by Cav1 channels in basal forebrain neurons from tottering/leaner mutant mice."  Brain Research 1140:105-119, 2007.

Awards

• University Undergraduate Research Award (1997)-University of Kansas.
• Division of Biology, Award for Outstanding Research (1999)-University of Kansas.
• University Undergraduate Research Award (1999)-University of Kansas.
• George E. Gould Award for Excellence in Research (1999).