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Patricia Opresko - Professional Organizations

Committees - University/Institute of Higher Education

Years	Committee	Position
April 2008	11th Annual NIEHS Career Fair	Invited panelist for Tenure-track Academia
April 2008	2008 Course in Scientific Management and Leadership University of Pittsburgh Session: “Challenges and Barriers to Academic Career Success: What are They and How to Overcome Them”	Invited Panelist
May 2007	Pittsburgh Chromatin Club Spring 2007 Mini-symposium, University of Pittsburgh, PA	Chair Session 1
May 2006	International Workshop on RecQ Helicases and Other Helicases in Telomere Maintenance and Related Pathways, Lansdowne	Co-organizer
2006 - present	Graduate Advisory Committee: Environmental Health Sciences  graduate program, GSPH, University of Pittsburgh	Member
2006	Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Dean's Day Student Research Competition: Delta Omega Poster and Rosenkranz Awards	Judge
2006 - present	Curriculum Committee: Environmental Health Sciences graduate program, GSPH, University of Pittsburgh	Member
2000-2005	Committee for Organizing Seminars in the Laboratory for Molecular Gerontology, NIA, NIH, Baltimore, MD	Member

Journal Reviewing

2000-2004	Journal of Biological Chemistry, Molecular Biology of the Cell, Cancer Research, Human Genetics Chemico-Biological Interactions, Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics
2005 - 2006	FEBS Letters, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Oncogene
2006 - 2007	DNA Repair, Central European Journal of Physics
2007 - 2008	Mechanisms of Aging and Development, EMBO J, BMC Medicine, Oncogene, Neurobiology of Aging, Molecular Cancer Therapeutics

Membership in Professional and Scientific Societies

1999 - present		American Association for Cancer Research
2005 - present		Environmental Mutagen Society
2006 - present		University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. Molecular Oncology program

Study Sections, Review Panels, and Related Advisory Boards

Date	Position	Organization and Nature of Activity
10/1-2/2007	Member	Study Section, NIGMS, MBRS Support of Competitive Research Review Panel, ZGM1 MBRS-7 CC

Leadership in Professional Organizations and Honorary Societies

Date	Position	Organization
2008	Co-chair, Session on DNA repair, aging, neurodegeneration, and cancer	Environmental Mutagen Society, 39th annual meeting program committee
2006	Member	Environmental Mutagen Society, 38th annual meeting program committee