Christopher Poblete Deleon 601 South College Road Department of Psychology UNC-Wilmington

Christopher Poblete DeLeon
601 South College Road
Department of Psychology
UNC-Wilmington

Wilmington, NC 28403

Education
DegreeField of StudyInstitutionDates
M.A. PsychologyUniversity of North Carolina Wilmington 2004-2006
(expected 5/06) Department of Psychology
Wilmington, N.C.

B.S.PsychologyCoastal Carolina University1997-2001
Department of Psychology Conway, S.C.

Professional Affiliations

American Psychological Association

American Psychological Society

Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy

Psi Chi

Grants

Position on Project:Research Assistant

Name of Grant:Improving Cancer Outcomes for African-Americans

Funding Agency:National Cancer Institute (NCI/NIH)

Principal Investigator:Patrick Maguire, M.D.

Amount:$3,488,383

Years:pending, approved and probably will be funded 10/01/03 - 9/30/08

Purpose:A series of studies to determine why racial minorities, especially African-Americans, enroll in experimental cancer treatment trials at disproportionately low rates, with the ultimate aim of increasing participation.

Position on Project:Research Assistant

Name of Grant:An Alcohol Myopia Explanation of Sexual Aggression

Funding Agency:National Institute on alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA/NIH)

Principal Investigator:Nora E. Noel, Ph.D.

Amount:$605,000

Years:03/01/02 – 02/28/07 (ongoing)

Purpose:A laboratory investigation of interaction of personality variables and the cognitive effects of alcohol on young men’s judgments regarding sexual aggression.

Research Experience

Research Specialist I (06/01 – 07/04)

Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs, Medical University of South Carolina

Principal Investigator: Larry Middaugh, Ph.D.

Responsibilities: Assisted in a variety of experiments involving alcohol
treatment, performed behavioral experiments on C57BL/6 mice and performed
statistical analysis of data.

Applied Research in Psychology (08/00 - 12/00)

Department of Psychology, Coastal Carolina University

Project: “Effects of Ginkgo Biloba on Memory in Rats for Maze Tasks”

Responsibilities: Principal Investigator, conducted research to determine if the
addition of ginkgo biloba into the diet of female Sprague Dawley rats increased
their ability to navigate through a radial arm maze without making any wrong
turns.

Presentations

DeLeon, C. (April 2001). Effects of Ginkgo Biloba on Memory in Rats for Maze Tasks.
Presented at the Carolinas Psychology Conference, Raleigh, NC.

Abstracts

Nguyen, S., DeLeon, C., Middaugh, L. Topiramate Effects on Ethanol Consumption by C57BL/6 Mice. Research Society on Alcoholism, (February 2004).

Nguyen, S., DeLeon, C., Middaugh, L. The Effects of GABAergic Modifiers on Ethanol Consumption in C57BL/6 mice. National Institute on Alcoholism and Abuse (November 2003).

Nguyen, S., DeLeon, C., Middaugh, L. Treating Alcohol Addiction: From Preclinical to Clinical with Tiagabine. MUSC Student Research Day (November 2003).

Nguyen, S., DeLeon, C., Marlow, A., Middaugh, L. Tiagabine Reduces Ethanol Reward
in C57BL/6 Mice Under Acute and Chronic Administration Regimens. Research
Society on Alcoholism (June 2003).

Nguyen, S., DeLeon, C., Middaugh, L. Gabapentin Reduces Ethanol Reward in
C57BL/6 Mice. Society for Neuroscience (November 2002).

Publications

DeLeon, C. (2004). Effects of Ginkgo Biloba on Memory in Rats for Maze Tasks. Modern Psychological Studies, 9, 57-63.

Nguyen, S., DeLeon, C., Middaugh, L. Tiagabine Reduces Ethanol Reward in C57BL/6 Mice Under Acute and Chronic Administration Regimens. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research (submitted April 2003; under revision).

Nguyen, S., DeLeon, C., Middaugh, L. Topiramate Effects on Ethanol Consumption by C57BL/6 Mice. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research (submit April 2004 Rapid Communication).

Nguyen, S., DeLeon, C., Marlow, A., Middaugh, L. Vigabatrin Attenuates Ethanol Conditioned Stimuli and Ethanol Consumption in C57BL/6 Mice.Synapse submit (June 2004).

Nguyen, S., DeLeon, C., Marlow, A., Middaugh, L. The Effects of GABAergic modifiers on Ethanol Consumption in C57BL/6 Mice. (in the near future).

Certifications

Human Participants Protection Education for Research Teams

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

09/06/2004