Paul J. Monaco
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| Ph.D. | 1982 | Marquette University | Department of Biology | |||
| M.S. | 1977 | Marquette University | Department of Biology | |||
| B.A. (honors) | 1974 | Merrimack College | Department of Biology | |||
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Honors and Awards at the College of
Medicine
Recipient of Dean’s Teaching Award: 1993 – 1998 Lee Brashear’s Memorial Award for Excellence in Teaching and Student Support: 2001 - 2003 Nominee for Caduceus Club Teaching Award: 2000 – 2011 Recipient Caduceus Club Teaching Award – Professor of the Year: 2002, 2003, 2008, 2010 Caduceus Club Course of the Year: Cell and Tissue Biology – 2010 awarded to course director Recipient Dean’s Distinguished Teaching Award for Basic Sciences: 2003 |
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Current Teaching Activities at the College of
Medicine
Case Oriented Learning I & II (course director since 2000) Cell & Tissue Biology (course director since 2009) Human Genetics (course director since 2010) |
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Current Service Activities at the
College of Medicine
Dr. Monaco’s service over the years has included the Faculty Senate, the COM Admissions Committee, the COM Promotions and Tenure Committee, numerous self-study committees and search committees; many in leadership positions. Presently he serves on the: Medical Student Education Committee (charter member) Student Promotions Committee Financial Aid and Scholarship Committee Dean’s Faculty Advisory Council |
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Professional Associations
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| Research Interests |
| More than 40 published research papers and abstracts have focused mainly on the cytogenetics and evolutionary biology of poeciliid fishes. Recently Dr. Monaco has begun to study neurodevelopment using a zebrafish model. He is also interested in computer assisted instruction and small group learning methods. |
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| Ten Representative P u blications |
| Monaco, P.J., Rasch, E.M., Balsano, J.S. & Turner, B.J. 1982.Muscle protein phenotype and the probable evolutionary origin of a unisexual fish, Poecilia formosa and its triploid derivatives. J. Exptl. Zool. 221: 265-274. |
| Monaco, P.J., Rasch, E.M. & Balsano, J.S. 1984. Apomictic reproduction in the amazon molly, Poecilia formosa and its triploid hybrids. In: Evolutionary Biology Monographs - Evolutionary Genetics of Fishes. B.J. Turner, ed. Plenum. pp. 311-328. |
| Monaco, P.J., Rasch, E.M. & Musich, P.R. 1988. Restriction polymorphisms in ribosomal DNA of a unisexual fish. Copeia 1988: 774-777 |
| Sola, L., Rasch, E.M. & Monaco, P.J. 1990. Cytogenetic characterization of bisexual/unisexual species of Poecilia. I. C-banding, Ag-NOR polymorphisms and sex chromosomes in three populations of Poecilia latipinna. Cytogen. Cell Genet. 53: 148-154. |
| Sola, L., Galetti, P.M., Monaco, P.J., & Rasch, E.M. 1997 Cytogenetics of bisexual/unisexual species of Poecilia. VI. Additional nucleolus organizer region chromosomal clones of Poecilia formosa (Amazon molly) from Texas, with a survey of chromosomal clones detected in the Amazon molly. Heredity 78: 612-619. |
| Lewis, S.R., Rasch, E.M., Hossler, F.E., Kalbfleisch, J.H. & Monaco, P.J. 1999 Comparative study of dentition among species of Poecilia (Pisces). J Morphology: 239: 271-282. |
| Creson, T.K., Woodruff, M.L., Ferslew, K.F., Rasch, E.M. & Monaco, P.J. 2003 Dose-response effects of chronic lithium regimens on spatial memory in the black molly fish. Pharmacology Biochemistry & Behavior 75(1): 35-47. |
| Monaco, P.J. 2004 Case oriented learning – contextual learning in the first year curriculum. International Association of Medical Science Education – published on web site: www.iamse.org/conf/conf8/conf8_abstractscurriculum.htm |
| Monaco, P.J. 2007 Podcasts as supplements for educational content in a histology course. JIAMSE 17: 1S 2 |
| Airhart, M.J., Lee, D.H., Wilson, T.D., Miller, B.E., Miller, M.N., Skalko, R.G. & Monaco, P.J. Adverse Effects of Serotonin Depletion in Developing Zebrafish. Neurotoxicology and Teratology in press |
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