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FACULTY DIRECTORY

MARY P. OWEN, JD, MS, PHD, CS
Department of Bio-Medical Sciences - PCOM Georgia
Professor of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology


Mary P. Owen, JD, MS, PhD, CS

Contact

Email: maryow@pcom.edu
Office: 678-225-7467
Publications and Selected Works

Mary P. Owen, JD, MS, PhD is a professor of pharmacology at the Georgia Campus - Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Owen grew up in Centre, Alabama and graduated from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa with a BS in chemistry. She graduated from the Medical College of Georgia with an MS in cell and molecular biology and a PhD in pharmacology.

Following her post-doctoral studies at the University of California at Los Angeles Medical School, she taught pharmacology, physiology, and toxicology courses and conducted research at the University of California at Los Angeles Medical School, the University of Vermont School of Medicine, the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford, and Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science.

Dr. Owen left Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science to attend law school at Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord, NH, where she earned her law degree. She is currently a member in good standing of the State Bar of Georgia.

  • Education

    JD, Intellectual Property, Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, New Hampshire, 2001
    PhD, Pharmacology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, 1979
    MS, Cell and Molecular Biology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, 1976
    BS, Chemistry, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1967

  • Research

    Dr. Owen has conducted research on the cardiovascular system in normal health and disease states. This research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the American Heart Association, and Deborah Research Institute. She has served on grant review committees including that of the National Institutes of Health, the American Heart Association, the American Diabetes Association, and Deborah Research Institute and she has served as a reviewer of manuscripts for several major research journals. Dr. Owen has published extensively in her area of research and has received numerous invitations to speak at national and international research symposia.

  • Awards

    1962 Entering Freshman Award, University of Alabama

    1975-1979 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Medical College of Georgia

    1979 Sigma Xi Student Paper Award

    1979 Georgia Academy of Science Student Paper Award

    1978-1979 Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, 1978-1979 Edition

    1979-1981 Research Fellowship, American Heart Association

    1981 Invited Speaker to Fourth International Symposium on Vascular Neuroeffector Mechanisms in Kyoto, Japan

    1986-1987 Who’s Who in the East, 1986-1987 Edition

    1986 Invited Participant to International Symposium on Calcium Antagonists in New York, New York

    1987 Invited Participant to Second International Symposium on Resistance Arteries in Stowe, Vermont

    1987 Nominee for Rockford Illinois YMCA Leader Luncheon Award

    1988 Award of Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford (Student Bradley Davitt became an Award Finalist on Research Day at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois)

    1988 Award of High School Teacher Summer Research Fellowship, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford

    1990 National Institutes of Health Scientific Review Committee Member (Experimental Cardiovascular Sciences Study Section)

    1990 Invited Participant to First Kelvin Conference on Synaptic Transmission in Glasgow, Scotland

    1995 Deborah Research Institute Certificate of Accomplishment Award

    1999-2000 Franklin Pierce Law Center Team Member in the Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition in New York, New York

    2011 Travel Award from the American Osteopathic Association to the American Osteopathic Association Meeting, Orlando, Florida

    2012 Nominee for the Distinguished Alumnus Award, College of Graduate Studies, Georgia Regents University (formally Medical College of Georgia), Augusta, Georgia

    2012-2013 Elected Chairperson for the Faculty Senate for combined Philadelphia Campus and Georgia Campus Faculty Senate

    2013 A “Favorite Faculty” as determined by PCOM alumni polls

    2014 Costin Institute, Scholar Cohort 10

  • Grants

    1979-1980 American Heart Association Greater Los Angeles Affiliate, Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Research Award #608 "Effects of Denervation of Vascular Smooth Muscle"

    1980-1981 American Heart Association Greater Los Angeles Affiliate, Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Research Award #608 F1-2 "Sympathetic Tropic Effects"

    1984-1985 American Heart Association Vermont Affiliate Grant-In-Aid Award #VT-84-G6 "Adrenergic Control of Resistance Arteries in Diabetes"

    1984-1987 National Institutes of Health New Investigator Research Award #USPHS R23 HL36048 "Nervous and Humoral Control of Renal Resistance Arteries"

    1985-1986 University of Illinois Biomedical Research Support Grant #48536 "Nervous Control of Resistance Arteries in the Kidney"

    1986-1988 American Heart Association Illinois Affiliate Grant-In-Aid Award #IL-86-N10 "Adrenergic Control of Resistance Arteries"

    1988-1992 National Institutes of Health Research Award #USPHS R01 HL36048 "Nervous and Humoral Control of Renal Resistance Arteries"

    1993-1994 Deborah Research Institute Award #DRG199417P "Renal Resistance Arteries in Heart Failure"

    1994-1995 Deborah Research Institute Award #DRG199513P 'The Renal Vasculature in Heart Failure"

    2006-2009 National Institutes of Health Reentry Grant #USPHS 3 R01 HL073890-02S1 "Estrogen Dual Effects on Coronary Arteries"

    2009-2011 Center for Chronic Disorders of Aging - endowed by the Osteopathic Heritage Foundation "Control of Retinal Smooth Muscle Vasodilation: Exploring the Role of Glucose, PGI2 , BKca Channels and Extravascular Pressure"

    2013-present Center for Chronic Disorders of Aging -endowed by the Osteopathic Heritage Foundation "Mechanisms of Androgen Regulation of the Microvasculature" (Co­ Investigator)

     

  • Other

    Volunteer and leadership activities (selected)
    • 1985-present Ad hoc reviewer of manuscripts: Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, American Journal of Physiology, Microvascullar Research, Circulation Research, Life Sciences, Blood Vessels, Archives Internationales Pharmacodynamic et de Therapie, Diabetes Care, Journal of the American Osteopathic Association
    • 2007 Chaired an oral session at the 28th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Pharmacology Society and served as a judge for both oral and poster presentations, Augusta, Georgia
    • 2011 Judge of Medical Student posters at American Osteopathic Association Meeting, Orlando, Florida
    • 2011 Reader for dissertation of PhD Student in Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia
    • 2011-present Supporter, Pro bono activities for Georgia Bar Association in Gwinnett County Georgia

     

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