EDUCATION
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
NIMH NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2011-2012 (Mentors: Steve Cole & Naomi Eisenberger) Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology, Semel Institute, UCLA Medical School
University of California, Davis, Davis, CA Ph.D. Psychology, 2011
Honors: Floyd and Mary Schwall Fellowship in Biomedical Research
Dissertation: Investigations into hormonal correlates of social behavior in Callicebus cupreus: From pairing to parenting (Advisors: Karen Bales & Sally Mendoza)
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
M.S. Environmental Science and Public Policy, 2007 Colby College, Waterville, ME
B.A. Biology, 2003 TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Loras College, Dubuque, IA, 2012-present Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
Taught introductory and advanced courses in the departments of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Biology. Developed the Neuroscience curriculum, 4-year plan for Neuroscience majors, and proposed and implemented several new courses for the Neuroscience Department (e.g. Introductory Neuroscience, Hormones and Behavior, Techniques in Neuroendocrinology, and Neurobiology of Disease).
University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, 2007-2011 Teaching Assistant, Psychology Department
Created and delivered guest lectures, created and led laboratory exercises, created and graded laboratory practical exams (Physiological Psychology, Introduction to Psychobiology, Hormones and Behavior).
Guest lectures
“Stress and Emotion.” Physiological Psychology, November 2008
“Physiology and Neurobiology of Attachment.” Social and Personality Dev., June 2009 “Hormones and Behavior.” Introduction to Psychobiology, October 2009
Teaching Assistant, Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior Department
Led laboratory exercises and answered student questions, acted as intermediary between students and professor (Quantitative Foundations of Neurobiology).
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 2004-2007 Teaching Assistant, Biology Department
Led laboratory exercises for three lab sections, including administering and grading quizzes, assigning and grading short essays, giving lectures and answering questions during class (Introduction to Biology).
Colby College, Waterville, ME, 2001-2003 Biology Laboratory Assistant
Helped instruct students with laboratory exercises, set up displays, corrected assignments. Served as an additional resource for any student questions concerning lecture or lab materials.
FUNDING
National Institute for Mental Health, 2011
NIMH T32 MH 019925-14 Postdoctoral fellowship, “A genome-wide transcriptional analysis of individual inflammatory response as a mediator of social rejection-induced depression.”
$95600 Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology Postdoctoral Grant, 2011
Postdoctoral research funds $10000
Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, 2009
Travel grant “Hormonal and experiential predictors of infant survivorship and maternal behavior in a monogamous primate (Callicebus cupreus)” $500
American Society of Primatologists, 2008
Changes in Gene Expression and Brain Activity Associated with Parenthood in Male Titi
Monkeys (Callicebus cupreus) $1500
Psychology Department, UC Davis, 2008
Block Grant Fellowship $1265
Schwall Fellowship in Biomedical Research, 2006-2008
Graduate Training Fellowship $93006
PUBLICATIONS (* indicates undergraduate author) IN PREPARATION
Manion, TA*, Norton, JD*, Speckhard, DC, Jarcho, MR. (in prep). Measuring corticosterone in the hair of mice: A new technique for the evaluation of chronic stress in rodent models.
Muscatell, K, Dedovic, K, Slavich, GM, Jarcho, MR, Breen, EC, Bower, JE, Irwin, MR,
Eisenberger, NI. (2014) Greater amygdala activity and medial prefrontal-amygdala coupling are associated with enhanced inflammatory responses to stress. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity (in press)
2013
Ragen, BJ, Maninger, N, Mendoza, SP, Jarcho, MR, Bales, KL. (2013) Presence
of a pair-mate regulates the behavioral and physiological effects of opioid manipulation in the monogamous titi monkey (Callicebus cupreus). Psychoneuroendocrinology 38: 2448-2461. Jarcho, MR, Slavich, GM, Tylova-Stein, H, Wolkowitz, OM, Burke, HM. (2013). Dysregulated diurnal cortisol pattern is associated with glucocorticoid resistance in women with major depressive disorder. Biological Psychology: 93, 150-158.
Jarcho, MR, Power, ML, Layne‐ Colon, DG, & Tardif, SD. (2013). Digestive efficiency
mediated by serum calcium predicts bone mineral density in the Common Marmoset (Callithrix jacchus). American Journal of Primatology, 75: 153-160.
Bales, KL, Jarcho, MR. (2013) Fathering in Non-human Primates. In: Cabrera, N & Tamis-LeMonda, CS (Eds.) Handbook of Fathering Involvement.
2012
Jarcho, MR, Mendoza, SP, Bales, KL. (2012). Hormonal and experiential predictors of infant survivorship and maternal behavior in a monogamous primate (Callicebus cupreus). American Journal of Primatology 74: 462-470.
Jarcho, MR, Mendoza, SP, Mason, WA, Yang, X, Bales, KL. (2011). Intranasal vasopressin effects pair-bonding and peripheral gene expression in male Callicebus cupreus. Genes, Brain, and Behavior 10: 375-383.
Laugero, KD, Smilowitz, JT, German, JB, Jarcho MR, Mendoza SP, Bales KL. (2011). Plasma omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acid status and monounsaturated fatty acids are altered by chronic social stress and predict endocrine responses to acute stress in titi monkeys. Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes & Essential Fatty Acids 84: 71-78.
PRESENTATIONS
Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society June 2012
Dysregulated diurnal cortisol pattern and increased glucocorticoid resistance among pre-menopausal women with major depressive disorder
American Society of Primatologists June 2012
Effects of social condition on neuroendocrine and immune function in early and late SIV infection in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)
UCLA Learning & Behavior Series (Invited talk) May 2012
Interactions between social conditions, the HPA axis, and health in nonhuman and human primates
American Society of Primatologists September 2011
The effects of social condition and experience on physiological reactivity in a monogamous primate (Callicebus cupreus)
American Society of Primatologists September 2009
Hormonal and experiential predictors of infant survivorship and maternal behavior in a monogamous primate (Callicebus cupreus)
Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (poster) June 2009 Hormonal and experiential predictors of infant survivorship and maternal behavior in a monogamous primate (Callicebus cupreus)
International Imaging and Genetics Conference (poster) January 2009 Changes in gene expression associated with intranasal vasopressin administration in a monogamous primate (Callicebus cupreus)
American Society of Primatologists Summer 2008
Intranasal vasopressin administration affects on pair-bonding and gene expression in monogamous titi monkeys (Callicebus cupreus)
American Society of Primatologists Summer 2007
Neuroendocrinology of maternal behavior in captive titi monkeys (Callicebus cupreus)
University of California, Davis Spring 2007
Neurobiology of paternal behavior in Callicebus cupreus
Crissey Zoological Nutrition Symposium Winter 2005
Investigating the interplay among digestion, serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and bone mineral in the common marmoset monkey.
George Mason University Fall 2005
Does digestibility affect vitamin D absorption and bone mineral density in the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)?
SERVICE AND OUTREACH
Loras College 2012-present
Neuroscience Program Head
Research advisor for undergraduate Neuroscience Faculty advisor for NeuroClub
Member of Internal Review Board Academic Council secretary
Invited Speaker, Tri-State Brain Injury Conference
American Society of Primatologists 2010-present
Research and Development Committee member
University of California, Davis 2008-2011
Invited Speaker, John F. Kennedy High School, Sacramento, CA Psychology GSA Psychobiology Area Student Representative Psychobiology Area Speaker Series Coordinator
Lab Coordinator
ACADEMIC SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS Society for Neuroscience
Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology American Society for Primatologists
International Primatological Society Animal Behavior Society
LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND SKILLS Mouse handling and husbandry
Mouse hair sample collection Blood collection and processing Plasma extraction
Enzyme immunoassay Radioimmunoassay Genomic DNA extraction
DNA amplification through polymerase chain reaction (PCR) RNA extraction
Quantitative PCR
GeneChip Microarray analysis
Peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) isolation and culture Cytokine stimulation assay
Monkey handling and husbandry Cryostat operation
Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) Total body electrical conductivity (TOBEC)
REFERENCES
Dr. Steve Cole (Postdoc Mentor) Associate Professor of Medicine University of California, Los Angeles UCLA School of Medicine
(310) 267-4243 [email protected]
Dr. Naomi Eisenberger (Postdoc Mentor)
Assistant Professor of Psychology University of California, Los Angeles 4444 Franz Hall
(310) 267-5196 [email protected]
Dr. George Slavich (Collaborator) Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of California, Los Angeles (310) 825-2576
[email protected] Dr. Karen Bales (Ph.D. Advisor) Associate Professor of Psychology University of California, Davis One Shields Ave.
Davis, CA 95616 (530) 754-5890 [email protected]
