Patricia Opresko

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Committees - University/Institute of Higher Education

Years

Committee

Position

April 2017 - present Faculty Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure Committee. Graduate School of Public Health Member

Oct 2016 - present EOH Chair Search Committee Member

Aug 2016 - present Medical Scientist Training (MSTP) selection and admissions committee Member

Sept 2015 - present Educational Policies and Curriculum Committee – Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh Alternate

April 2015 Women in Medicine and Science Forum Mentor

June 2014 - present Melanoma Program Faculty Search Committee, UPCI Member

June 2014 – present Executive Board, The Center for Nucleic Acids Science and Technology, Carnegie Mellon University Member

March 2014 - present University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Interdisciplinary Biomedical Graduate Program in Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology Member

July 2013 Interviewed for the Pittsburgh Post Gazette for comment in the article "Biologist says he's on track to reversing aging process". – David Templeton Interviewee

July 2011 Interviewed by WTAE local news regarding new telomere length tests as a longevity biomarker in humans Interviewee

Jan 2010, 2013 University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Faculty Search Committee Member

May 2010 - present Center For Nucleic Acids Science And Technology, Carnegie Mellon University Invited member

February 2010 Workshop “Advancing to an Academic Position: Being Prepared for the Job Market” Invited Panalist

October 2010 Organized a session on “Telomere, Aging and Human Disease” at the 41^th Annual Meeting of the Environmental Mutagen Society, Dallas, TX Co-Chair

August 2009 - present MSTP Enrichment Curriculum Committee Member

August 2009 Organized a session on “DNA Damage, Repair and Aging” at the 10^th Annual International Conference on Environmental Mutagens, Florence, Italy Co-organizer and co-chair

July 2009 - Present Molecular Biophysics Structural Biology Graduate Program Oversight and Evaluation Committee Member

May 2009 2009 UPPDA Postdoctoral Data & Dine Symposium Faculty dinner table host

February 2009 Interview students for MBSB graduate program Interviewer

November 2008 Interviewed for the Pittsburgh Post Gazette “The Thinkers” column. Nov 3 issue “Researcher Seeks Clues to Aging in Our DNA” – Mark Roth Interviewee

October 2008 Organized a session on “DNA Damage in Neurodegration, Aging and Cancer” at the 39^th Annual Meeting of the Environmental Mutagen Society, PR Co-organizer and Co-chair

June 2008 - present GSPH Academic Integrity Committee Member

August 2008 - present Educational Policies and Curriculum Committee – Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh Member

April 2008 - present Department of EOH STEER high school student summer internship. Committee to select interns Member

April 2008 - present Department of EOH summer undergraduate internship program. Committee to select interns. Member

May 2008 10^th Annual Midwest DNA Repair Symposium. Pittsburgh, PA. Committee to select oral presentations from submitted abstracts Member

April 2008 11^th 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 - present Medical Scientist Training Program at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University (MD/PhD program) Member

2006 - present Graduate Program in Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University Member

2006, 2013 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

2006 - present University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Molecular and Cellular Cancer Biology Program 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, Mechanisms of Ageing and Development, Oncogene, Cancer Research

2007 - 2008 Mechanisms of Aging and Development, EMBO J, BMC Medicine, Oncogene, Neurobiology of Aging, Molecular Cancer Therapeutics

2008 - 2009 Biochimica and Biophysica acta, Cancer Research, EMBO J, IJCEM, Mechanisms of Aging and Development, Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Molecular Biology, Journal Cell Science Molecular Microbiology

2009 - 2010 Cancer Research, Carcinogenesis, EMBO J, PLoS Genetics, Toxicological Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry, PNAS, DNA Repair, Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis, Journal of Cell Science, Mechanisms of Aging and Development

2010 - 2011 Biochemistry, Mechanisms of Aging and Development, EMBO J, Nucleic Acids Research, PLoS Genetics, DNA Repair

2011 - 2012 DNA Repair, Nucleic Acids Research, Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis, PLoS Genetics, Molecular Cancer, Biochemistry, Carcinogenesis, Frontiers in Life Science, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Mutation Research

2012 - 2013 PLoS ONE, PLoS Genetics, Carcinogenesis, Molecular Genetics and Genomic Medicine, Frontiers in Genetics of Aging, Nucleic Acids Research, Frontiers in Life Science, Aging Cell, Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology, DNA Repair

2013 - 2014 Nucleic Acids Research, Toxicological Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Aging Cell, Carcinogenesis, Cell Reports, International Journal of Epidemiology, Genetics, PLoS ONE

2014-2015 Mechanisms of Aging and Development, Nucleic Acids Research

2015-2016 Mechanisms of Aging and Development, Nucleic Acids Research, Cell Reports, Nature Communications, PLoS ONE, Ageing Research Reviews, Toxicological Sciences

2016 - 2017 Mechanisms of Aging and Development, Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, Free Radical Biology and Medicine, DNA Repair, Nucleic Acids Research, Scientific Reports, PLoS ONE, FEBS letters, Molecular and Cellular Biology

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

2010 - present Invited member of the Center for Nucleic Acids Science and Technology, Carnegie Mellon University

Study Sections, Review Panels, and Related Advisory Boards

Date Position Organization and Nature of Activity

6/15/17 Ad Hoc Reviewer NIH, MGB study section for R series applications

4/27/17 Reviewer CMRF Competitive Medical Research Fund, University of Pittsburgh Office of Research, Health Sciences

3/14/17 Reviewer FY2017 UPMC Aging Institute Pilot Funding Program

6/9/16 Ad Hoc Reviewer NIH, MGB study section for R series applications

4/17/16 Reviewer Swiss Cancer League, review grant application

4/1/16 Reviewer FY2016 Stimulating Pittsburgh Research in Geroscience Post-Doctoral Scholar program

3/7/16 Ad Hoc Reviewer NCI, NIH, Special Emphasis Panel for R03 and R21 applications, ZCA1 SRB-L

2/26/16 Reviewer FY2016 Aging Institute/University of Pittsburgh Center for Behavioral Health and Smart Technology Seed Grant Program

6/9/15 Ad Hoc Reviewer NCI, NIH, Special Emphasis Panel for R03 and R21 applications, ZCA1 SRB-L

7/1/15 Ad Hoc Reviewer NIH, Members Conflict Oncology-Basic Translational Special Emphasis Panel for R01 applications, ZRG1 OBT-B

4/24/15 Reviewer Competitive Medical Research Fund, University of Pittsburgh

2/19/15 Reviewer National Science Foundation, Chemistry of Life Processes Nucleic Acids I Panel

4/22/14 Reviewer University of Pittsburgh: The Vascular Medicine Institute (VMI) and the Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) Pilot Project Program in Hemostasis and Vascular Biology

3/20/14 Reviewer UPMC Aging Institute Pilot Grant program

2/09/14 Ad Hoc Reviewer National Science Foundation Research Proposal - Genetic Mechanisms section

9/1/13 Ad Hoc Reviewer National Science Foundation CAREER awards

5/22/13 Reviewer University of Pittsburgh CDRF research proposal

10/2/12 Reviewer Women’s Cancer Research Center and the Clinical and Translational Science Institute Pilot Project Program. University of Pittsburgh

5/30/12 External Reviewer Fondazione Telethon – Foundation funds research towards a cure for muscular dystrophies and genetic diseases

3/23/12 Reviewer CTSI(Clinical and Translational Science Institute) -PEIR program

2/21/12 External Reviewer Sharing Partnership for Innovative Research in Translation (SPIRiT) Pilot proposals; for the University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science Institute.

2/10/12 External Reviewer Johns Hopkins University of Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center. Pilot/Exploratory Studies Core proposal

1/13/12 External Reviewer Diabetes UK charity, RD Lawrence Fellowship program

May 2011 Reviewer UPMC and University of Pittsburgh Aging Institute Pilot Funding program

4/29/11 External Reviewer Fondazione Telethon – Foundation funds research towards a cure for muscular dystrophies and genetic diseases

2/24/11 Member Study Section, NIEHS, Special emphasis panel review of Outstanding New Environmental Scientist RFA 10-004, ZES1 TN-J R01

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

2017 - 2020 Elected to Council Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society

2017 Invited to organized and chair a meeting session 48th Annual Meeting for the Environmental and Genomics Society

2017 Invited to chair a meeting session 2017 Gordon Conference on Mammalian DNA Repair

2012 Invited to chair a meeting session 2012 Gordon Conference on DNA Damage, Mutation and Cancer. Session on Role of Telomeres in Genomic Instability and Canver

2011 - 2013 Member Environmental Mutagen Society Awards and Honors Committee

2010 Invited to chair a meeting session 2011 FASEB meeting on Helicases and NTP-Driven Nucleic Acid Motors

2010 Chair of Plenary Lecture session Selected to introduce the Plenary Lecture speaker Dr. Thomas Kensler at the 41^st Annual Meeting of the Environmental Mutagen Society, Dallas, TX

2010 Co-Chair and organize a session on "Telomeres, Aging and Human Disease" Environmental Mutagen Society, 41^st Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX

2009 Co-chair and organized a session on "DNA Damage, Repair and Aging" 10^th Annual International Conference on Environmental Mutagens, Florence, Italy.Co-organizer and co-chair

2008 Co-chair, Session on DNA repair, aging, neurodegeneration, and cancer Environmental Mutagen Society, 39^th annual meeting program committee

2006 - 2010 Member, Program Committee Environmental Mutagen Society, 38^th annual meeting program committee

Years	Committee	Position
April 2017 - present	Faculty Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure Committee. Graduate School of Public Health	Member
Oct 2016 - present	EOH Chair Search Committee	Member
Aug 2016 - present	Medical Scientist Training (MSTP) selection and admissions committee	Member
Sept 2015 - present	Educational Policies and Curriculum Committee – Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh	Alternate
April 2015	Women in Medicine and Science Forum	Mentor
June 2014 - present	Melanoma Program Faculty Search Committee, UPCI	Member
June 2014 – present	Executive Board, The Center for Nucleic Acids Science and Technology, Carnegie Mellon University	Member
March 2014 - present	University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Interdisciplinary Biomedical Graduate Program in Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology	Member
July 2013	Interviewed for the Pittsburgh Post Gazette for comment in the article "Biologist says he's on track to reversing aging process". – David Templeton	Interviewee
July 2011	Interviewed by WTAE local news regarding new telomere length tests as a longevity biomarker in humans	Interviewee
Jan 2010, 2013	University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Faculty Search Committee	Member
May 2010 - present	Center For Nucleic Acids Science And Technology, Carnegie Mellon University	Invited member
February 2010	Workshop “Advancing to an Academic Position: Being Prepared for the Job Market”	Invited Panalist
October 2010	Organized a session on “Telomere, Aging and Human Disease” at the 41^th Annual Meeting of the Environmental Mutagen Society, Dallas, TX	Co-Chair
August 2009 - present	MSTP Enrichment Curriculum Committee	Member
August 2009	Organized a session on “DNA Damage, Repair and Aging” at the 10^th Annual International Conference on Environmental Mutagens, Florence, Italy	Co-organizer and co-chair
July 2009 - Present	Molecular Biophysics Structural Biology Graduate Program Oversight and Evaluation Committee	Member
May 2009	2009 UPPDA Postdoctoral Data & Dine Symposium	Faculty dinner table host
February 2009	Interview students for MBSB graduate program	Interviewer
November 2008	Interviewed for the Pittsburgh Post Gazette “The Thinkers” column. Nov 3 issue “Researcher Seeks Clues to Aging in Our DNA” – Mark Roth	Interviewee
October 2008	Organized a session on “DNA Damage in Neurodegration, Aging and Cancer” at the 39^th Annual Meeting of the Environmental Mutagen Society, PR	Co-organizer and Co-chair
June 2008 - present	GSPH Academic Integrity Committee	Member
August 2008 - present	Educational Policies and Curriculum Committee – Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh	Member
April 2008 - present	Department of EOH STEER high school student summer internship. Committee to select interns	Member
April 2008 - present	Department of EOH summer undergraduate internship program. Committee to select interns.	Member
May 2008	10^th Annual Midwest DNA Repair Symposium. Pittsburgh, PA. Committee to select oral presentations from submitted abstracts	Member
April 2008	11^th 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 - present	Medical Scientist Training Program at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University (MD/PhD program)	Member
2006 - present	Graduate Program in Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University	Member
2006, 2013	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
2006 - present	University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Molecular and Cellular Cancer Biology Program	Member
2000-2005	Committee for Organizing Seminars in the Laboratory for Molecular Gerontology, NIA, NIH, Baltimore, MD	Member

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, Mechanisms of Ageing and Development, Oncogene, Cancer Research
2007 - 2008	Mechanisms of Aging and Development, EMBO J, BMC Medicine, Oncogene, Neurobiology of Aging, Molecular Cancer Therapeutics
2008 - 2009	Biochimica and Biophysica acta, Cancer Research, EMBO J, IJCEM, Mechanisms of Aging and Development, Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Molecular Biology, Journal Cell Science Molecular Microbiology
2009 - 2010	Cancer Research, Carcinogenesis, EMBO J, PLoS Genetics, Toxicological Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry, PNAS, DNA Repair, Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis, Journal of Cell Science, Mechanisms of Aging and Development
2010 - 2011	Biochemistry, Mechanisms of Aging and Development, EMBO J, Nucleic Acids Research, PLoS Genetics, DNA Repair
2011 - 2012	DNA Repair, Nucleic Acids Research, Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis, PLoS Genetics, Molecular Cancer, Biochemistry, Carcinogenesis, Frontiers in Life Science, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Mutation Research
2012 - 2013	PLoS ONE, PLoS Genetics, Carcinogenesis, Molecular Genetics and Genomic Medicine, Frontiers in Genetics of Aging, Nucleic Acids Research, Frontiers in Life Science, Aging Cell, Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology, DNA Repair
2013 - 2014	Nucleic Acids Research, Toxicological Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Aging Cell, Carcinogenesis, Cell Reports, International Journal of Epidemiology, Genetics, PLoS ONE
2014-2015	Mechanisms of Aging and Development, Nucleic Acids Research
2015-2016	Mechanisms of Aging and Development, Nucleic Acids Research, Cell Reports, Nature Communications, PLoS ONE, Ageing Research Reviews, Toxicological Sciences
2016 - 2017	Mechanisms of Aging and Development, Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, Free Radical Biology and Medicine, DNA Repair, Nucleic Acids Research, Scientific Reports, PLoS ONE, FEBS letters, Molecular and Cellular Biology

1999 - present		American Association for Cancer Research
2005 - present		Environmental Mutagen Society
2006 - present		University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. Molecular Oncology program
2010 - present		Invited member of the Center for Nucleic Acids Science and Technology, Carnegie Mellon University

Date	Position	Organization and Nature of Activity
6/15/17	Ad Hoc Reviewer	NIH, MGB study section for R series applications
4/27/17	Reviewer	CMRF Competitive Medical Research Fund, University of Pittsburgh Office of Research, Health Sciences
3/14/17	Reviewer	FY2017 UPMC Aging Institute Pilot Funding Program
6/9/16	Ad Hoc Reviewer	NIH, MGB study section for R series applications
4/17/16	Reviewer	Swiss Cancer League, review grant application
4/1/16	Reviewer	FY2016 Stimulating Pittsburgh Research in Geroscience Post-Doctoral Scholar program
3/7/16	Ad Hoc Reviewer	NCI, NIH, Special Emphasis Panel for R03 and R21 applications, ZCA1 SRB-L
2/26/16	Reviewer	FY2016 Aging Institute/University of Pittsburgh Center for Behavioral Health and Smart Technology Seed Grant Program
6/9/15	Ad Hoc Reviewer	NCI, NIH, Special Emphasis Panel for R03 and R21 applications, ZCA1 SRB-L
7/1/15	Ad Hoc Reviewer	NIH, Members Conflict Oncology-Basic Translational Special Emphasis Panel for R01 applications, ZRG1 OBT-B
4/24/15	Reviewer	Competitive Medical Research Fund, University of Pittsburgh
2/19/15	Reviewer	National Science Foundation, Chemistry of Life Processes Nucleic Acids I Panel
4/22/14	Reviewer	University of Pittsburgh: The Vascular Medicine Institute (VMI) and the Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) Pilot Project Program in Hemostasis and Vascular Biology
3/20/14	Reviewer	UPMC Aging Institute Pilot Grant program
2/09/14	Ad Hoc Reviewer	National Science Foundation Research Proposal - Genetic Mechanisms section
9/1/13	Ad Hoc Reviewer	National Science Foundation CAREER awards
5/22/13	Reviewer	University of Pittsburgh CDRF research proposal
10/2/12	Reviewer	Women’s Cancer Research Center and the Clinical and Translational Science Institute Pilot Project Program. University of Pittsburgh
5/30/12	External Reviewer	Fondazione Telethon – Foundation funds research towards a cure for muscular dystrophies and genetic diseases
3/23/12	Reviewer	CTSI(Clinical and Translational Science Institute) -PEIR program
2/21/12	External Reviewer	Sharing Partnership for Innovative Research in Translation (SPIRiT) Pilot proposals; for the University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science Institute.
2/10/12	External Reviewer	Johns Hopkins University of Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center. Pilot/Exploratory Studies Core proposal
1/13/12	External Reviewer	Diabetes UK charity, RD Lawrence Fellowship program
May 2011	Reviewer	UPMC and University of Pittsburgh Aging Institute Pilot Funding program
4/29/11	External Reviewer	Fondazione Telethon – Foundation funds research towards a cure for muscular dystrophies and genetic diseases
2/24/11	Member	Study Section, NIEHS, Special emphasis panel review of Outstanding New Environmental Scientist RFA 10-004, ZES1 TN-J R01
10/1-2/2007	Member	Study Section, NIGMS, MBRS Support of Competitive Research Review Panel, ZGM1 MBRS-7 CC

Date	Position	Organization
2017 - 2020	Elected to Council	Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society
2017	Invited to organized and chair a meeting session	48th Annual Meeting for the Environmental and Genomics Society
2017	Invited to chair a meeting session	2017 Gordon Conference on Mammalian DNA Repair
2012	Invited to chair a meeting session	2012 Gordon Conference on DNA Damage, Mutation and Cancer. Session on Role of Telomeres in Genomic Instability and Canver
2011 - 2013	Member	Environmental Mutagen Society Awards and Honors Committee
2010	Invited to chair a meeting session	2011 FASEB meeting on Helicases and NTP-Driven Nucleic Acid Motors
2010	Chair of Plenary Lecture session	Selected to introduce the Plenary Lecture speaker Dr. Thomas Kensler at the 41^st Annual Meeting of the Environmental Mutagen Society, Dallas, TX
2010	Co-Chair and organize a session on "Telomeres, Aging and Human Disease"	Environmental Mutagen Society, 41^st Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX
2009	Co-chair and organized a session on "DNA Damage, Repair and Aging"	10^th Annual International Conference on Environmental Mutagens, Florence, Italy.Co-organizer and co-chair
2008	Co-chair, Session on DNA repair, aging, neurodegeneration, and cancer	Environmental Mutagen Society, 39^th annual meeting program committee
2006 - 2010	Member, Program Committee	Environmental Mutagen Society, 38^th annual meeting program committee