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A. Darise Farris, Ph.D. Associate Member, Arthritis and Immunology Research Program Adjunct Associate Professor, Departments of Microbiology & Immunology and   Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Education
B.S., Oklahoma Christian University of Science and Arts (summa cum laude), 1990
M.S., University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 1993
Ph.D., Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 1995
Postdoc, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, 1998

Honors and Awards
1986-1990 Presidential Scholar, Oklahoma Christian University
1987 Outstanding Freshman Student in the Biological Sciences, Oklahoma Christian University
1987-1990 Alpha Chi National Honor Society
1990 Senior Science Award, Oklahoma Christian University
1992 American College of Rheumatology Student Travel Award
1993-1995 OUHSC Graduate Student Association High GPA Award
1993-1995 Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Predoctoral Fellow
1995 OUHSC Graduate Student Association Grant Award
1995 Alpha Epsilon Lambda National Graduate and Professional Honor Society, Delta Chapter
1996 NIH Training Grant Fellow
1996 Plenary Session Presentation, American College of Rheumatology National Meeting, Orlando Florida
1997-1999 National Arthritis Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow
2000 OMRF Foundation Fellow
2001 American Association of Immunologists Travel Award to the 11th International Congress of Immunology, Stockholm,
  Sweden
2002 The Merrick Award for Outstanding Research

Other Activities
Invited lecturer: 2009 Workshop on the Immunology of Anthrax, Cardiff, Wales
Grant Reviewing: VA merit grants, NIH NIAMS Special Emphasis Panel, 2001-2002, NIH IRG Special Study Section, 2006
Journal reviewing: Arthritis and Rheumatism, International Immunology, Clinical and Experimental Immunology,
  Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, Tissue Antigens, European Journal of Pharmacology, Cell Research,
  Nature Immunology, Journal of Immunology
Meeting Session Chairing: ACR concurrent session co-chair, 2002; ACR Sjögren’s syndrome study group co-chair, 2008
Lecturer, Advanced Immunology Course, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health
  Sciences Center
Lecturer, Graduate Program in the Biological Sciences (GPiBs) 2nd year curriculum, University of Oklahoma Health
  Sciences Center
Lecturer, Pathobiology Course, Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Mentoring of students: PhD Candidates, GPiBs rotating graduate students, Undergraduate Honors Thesis Students,
  OMRF Fleming Scholars Summer Research Program and Presbyterian Health Foundation Summer Scholars Program
  for M.D. students
Institutional Committees:
  OMRF Fleming Scholar Selection Committee, 2002
  OMRF Annual Retreat Planning Committee, 2002 - 2005
  OMRF Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, 2002 - present
  OMRF Graduate Education Committee, 2002 - present
  OMRF Special Committee 2, 2002 - present
  OUHSC Department of Microbiology and Immunology Qualifying Examinations Committee, 2002
  Member, OMRF Research Forum Committee, 2005 - present

Memberships
American Association of Immunologists, 1999 to present
American College of Rheumatology, 2000 to present
American Society of Microbiology, 2008 to present

Joined OMRF Scientific Staff in 1999.