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Judith A. James, M.D., Ph.D. Member, Clinical Immunology Research Program Lou C. Kerr Chair in Biomedical Research Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences   Center Adjunct Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health   Sciences Center

Education
B.S., Oklahoma Baptist University (summa cum laude with honors), 1989
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 1993
M.D., University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 1994

Honors and Awards
1988 Sir Alexander Fleming Scholar, OMRF
Outstanding Chemistry Student East Award, Oklahoma Baptist University
Outstanding Pre-Medical Student, Oklahoma Baptist University
1990 Travel Award Recipient, National Meeting American College of Rheumatology
1990 Outstanding Poster Presentation Alpha Omega Alpha Student Research Day
1991 Travel Award Recipient, National Meeting American College of Rheumatology
1992 Outstanding Medical Student Award American College of Rheumatology
1992 Travel Award Recipient, National Meeting American Federation for Clinical Research
1992 Outstanding Poster Presentation Alpha Omega Alpha Student Research Day
1993 Travel Award Recipient National Meeting American Federation for Clinical Research
1993 Outstanding Poster Presentation Alpha Omega Alpha Student Research Day
1994 Outstanding Student Award American College of Rheumatology
1994 Alpha Omega Alpha, Medical Honor Society
1996 The Merrick Award for Outstanding Research, OMRF
1996 Outstanding Presentation Oklahoma State Internal Medicine and Oklahoma College of Physicians Meeting,
  Stillwater, OK
1997 Outstanding Presentation, Intern and Residents Day, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
1996 Invited Lecture - "Lupus: A Disease Mystery", OMRF 50th Anniversary
1998 Outstanding Oral and Poster Presentations, Intern and Residents Day, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
2000 Merck Young Investigator Award
2000 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
2001 Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies Junior Investigator Travel Award
2001 American Association of Immunologists Junior Faculty Travel Award
2001 Aesculapian Outstanding Medical Student Teaching Award Finalist Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center
2002 Byliner Award - Health Association for Women in Communications, Oklahoma City Chapter
2002 Henry Kunkel Society Membership
2003 Election to American Society of Clinical Investigation
2004 Edward L. & Thelma Gaylord Prize for Scientific Achievement
2005 OU Health Sciences Center Regent's Award for Superior Research and Creative Activity

Other Activities
Lupus Foundation of America National Medical Council (1999 to present)
American College of Rheumatology Abstract Selection Subcommittee Chair (2001 to present)
American College of Rheumatology Basic Science Symposium Chair (2002-2004)
National Institutes of Health National Institute Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease AMS Study Section (2002-2006)
National Institutes of Health National Institute Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease R03 New Investigator Study
  Section (March 2001 - present)
Abstract Subcommittee Selection Committee Humoral Aspects of Autoimmunity
American College of Rheumatology (June 2001)
Section Chairman (2002-2003)
National Arthritis Foundation Study Section - Cellular Immunology (2000 to present)
Lupus Foundation of America National Medical Council - Grant Reviewer (1999 to present)
Ad Hoc Reviewer: VA Grant Review (National) (1997 to present)
Ad Hoc Reviewer: Journal of Immunology, Arthritis & Rheumatism, Journal of clinical Investigation, Journal of Experimental
  Medicine, Genes and Immunity, Scandinavian Journal of Immunology (1996 to present)
Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences Advisory Committee Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center (2000 to
  present)
Lupus Foundation of Oklahoma Advisory Council (2000 to present)
Oklahoma Lupus Association, Inc. Board of Directory (2000 to present)

Memberships
American College of Rheumatology
American Association of Immunologists
Clinical Immunology Society
Oklahoma State Medical Association
Assigned Medical Science National Review Study Section, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease,
  National Institutes of Health (2002-2007)
American College of Rheumatology, National Abstract Selection Committee, Humoral Aspects of Autoimmunity, Chair
  (2001-2003)
Lupus Foundation of America, National Medical Council
American College of Rheumatology, National Meetings Committee (2003-present)

Joined OMRF Scientific Staff in 1994.