Institution Area of Study Dates Degree
Peter Stuyvesant High School, New York, N.Y. Science and Math 1967-70
Diploma
Tulane University (T.U.) College of Arts and Sciences New Orleans, LA. Biology 1970-1974
B.S. with Honors
Tulane University Graduate School Biology (Animal Behavior) 1974-1976
M.S.
Tulane University Graduate School Biology (Genetics) 1976-1981
Ph.D.
Louisiana State University Medical Center (LSUMC) Specialized Center of Research-Arteriosclerosis(SCOR-A) Genetic Determinants of Heart Disease
1980-1982
Post-Doctorate(NIH)
Tulane University Medical Center (TMC) and (LSUMC) Clinical Genetics 1977-1985
None
 

Master's Thesis: 

"Play Behavior in the South American Titi Monkey (Callicebus moloch)." 

  • Major Professor: Rainer Lorenz, Ph.D. Tulane University's Delta Primate Research Center. Covington, LA.

    • Doctoral Dissertation: 

    "A Demographic Genetics and Historical Study of a Culturally Isolated Population Indigenous to Southwestern Louisiana." 
     
    Co-Major Professors: 

  • E. Peter Volpe, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of Biology, Tulane University
  • Theodore F. Thurmon, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics, Chief of Genetics, LSUMC.

    • Committee Members: 

  • Joan W. Bennett, Ph.D. Professor of Biology, Tulane University

    • Andrew E. Hamilton, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology, Tulane University 
     

      
    Last Updated: 2/2/99