Present Titles and Affiliations

Kathryn E. Peek

CURRICULUM VITAE

Kathryn E. Peek

PRESENT TITLES AND AFFILIATIONS

Primary Appointment

Assistant Vice President for University Health Initiatives, Division of Academic Affairs, University of Houston, Houston, TX

Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointments

Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Imaging Physics, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, TheUniversityofTexas M.D.AndersonCancerCenter, Houston, TX

Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX

OFFICE ADDRESS

University of Houston

205A E. Cullen Building

Houston, TX 77204-2045

Phone: 832-842-8196

Fax: 713-743-9108

Email:

EDUCATION

Degree-Granting Education

Lamar University, Beaumont, TX, BA, 1968, English

University of Houston, Houston, TX, MS, 1970, Biology

University of Houston - Clear Lake, Houston, TX, MA, 1981, Behavioral Sciences

The University of Texas Houston Health Science Center, Houston, TX, PHD, 1988, Biomedical Sciences

Postgraduate Training

Research Fellowship, Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, Claudia S. Robertson, M.D., 5/1988−12/1990

EXPERIENCE/SERVICE

Academic Appointments

Public school teacher (English, math, biology, chemistry), Various school districts, Texas and Louisiana, 9/1968−5/1983

Visiting Assistant Professor, Basic Sciences, University of Houston College of Optometry, Houston, TX, 9/1991−8/1995

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Neurobiology and Anatomy, The University of Texas Houston Medical School, Houston, TX, 9/1994−5/1998

Visiting Associate Professor, Basic Sciences, University of Houston College of Optometry, Houston, TX, 9/1995−8/1998

Research Professor, Health Sciences, Texas Woman's University, Houston, TX, 9/1998−8/2005

Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, TheUniversityofTexas M.D.AndersonCancerCenter, Houston, TX, 6/2006−1/2009

Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 9/2008−8/2009

Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 6/2006−present

Associate Professor, Department of Imaging Physics, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, TheUniversityofTexas M.D.AndersonCancerCenter, Houston, TX, 2/2009−present

Fellow, Honors College, University of Houston, 8/2010-present.

Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities

Director, Female Clinical Anatomy Program, The University of Texas Houston Medical School, Houston, TX, 9/1994−5/1998

Director, Student Affairs and Admissions, University of Houston College of Optometry, Houston, TX, 9/1996−8/1998

Associate Director, Institute for Women's Health, Texas Woman's University, Houston, TX, 9/1998−8/2003

Director, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, Texas Woman's University, Houston, TX, 9/1998−8/2005

Director, Institute for Women's Health, Texas Woman's University, Dallas, Denton and Houston, TX, 9/2003−8/2005

Education Director, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Division of Basic Science Research, TheUniversityofTexas M.D.AndersonCancerCenter, Houston, TX, 9/2007−1/2009

Internship Director, Department of Imaging Physics, Division of Basic Science Research, TheUniversityofTexas M.D.AndersonCancerCenter, Houston, TX, 2/2009−9/2009

Assistant Vice President for University Health Initiatives, Division of Academic Affairs, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 7/2009-present

Other Appointments/Responsibilities

Presiding officer, Admissions Committee, University of Houston College of Optometry, Houston, TX, 9/1996−8/1998

Member, Board of Directors, Houston International Community Health Summit, Houston, TX, 1999−2002

Co-chair, Houston Mayor's Summit on Women, Houston, TX, 1999

Member, Board of Directors, Houston Area Women's Center, Houston, TX, 1/2000−12/2006

Liaison for the State of Texas, Region VI, DHHS Office on Women's Health, Dallas, TX, 2001−2005

Council member, Health Education Training Centers Alliance of Texas (HETCAT), San Antonio, TX, 2001−2005

Member, Advisory Council, Friends of Women’s Studies (University of Houston), Houston, TX, 2001−present

Member, Medicaid Women's Health Waiver Advisory Group, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Austin, TX, 2002−2003

Member, Advisory Board, Turner Syndrome Society of the United States, Dallas, TX, 2002−2005

President, Texas Medical Center Women's Health Network, Houston, TX, 2002−2006

Co-founder and member, Texas Medical Center Women's Health Network, Houston, TX, 2002−2009

Member, Advisory Board, Community Medical Foundation for Patient Safety, Houston, TX, 2002−present

Scientific advisor, Women's Fund for Health Education and Research, Houston, TX, 2003−2006

Senior advisor, Women's Health Caucus, Texas State Legislature, Austin, TX, 2003−present

Institutional representative, Michael E. DeBakey VAMC Affiliated Partnership Council, Houston, TX, 2004−2005

Member, Steering Committee, Greater Houston Breast Health Summit, Houston, TX, 2004−2006

Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Center for Research on Minority Health, TheUniversityofTexas M.D.AndersonCancerCenter, Houston, TX, 2005

Member, Board of Directors, Texas Foundation for Women's Health, Austin, TX, 2008−present

Member, Advocacy Committee, National Association for Women in Science, Washington, DC, 2008−present

Member, Program Evaluation Working Group, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, 2008-2009

Member, University Advisory Committee, Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas, 8/2009-present

Member, Health Education Committee, Texas Gulf Coast Workforce Commission, 10/2009-present

Member, Texas Medical Center Policy Advisory Committee, 10/2009-present

Member, Comprehensive Cancer Control, Smoking Workgroup, UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 4/2010-present

Consultantships

Center for Biomedical Engineering, UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, Contractor, 6/2004−6/2006

HONORS AND AWARDS

Community Service Award, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, 1986

Teaching Excellence Award, University of Houston College of Optometry, 1992-1996

Woman of Excellence Honoree, Federation of Houston Professional Women, 1995

Gender Equity Award, The University of Texas Houston Medical School, 1996

Distance Educator of the Year, National Continuing Education Association, 1997

Excellence in Teaching Award, MDACC/Rice/UT-Austin Bioengineering Clinical and Research Internship, 2004-2007

Honoree, Hannah G. Solomon Community Leadership Award, National Council of Jewish Women, 2006

Teaching Honors, Rice University Department of Bioengineering, 2008

Honoree, Wendy Haskell Meyer Award for Leadership in Women’s Health, Women’s Fund for Health Education & Research, 2010.

RESEARCH

Grants and Contracts

Funded

Leadership team member, Rice University Med into Grad Initiative: Translational Bioengineering for Cancer Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, PI - Rebecca Richards-Kortum, 4/2010−3/2014, $750,000 ($187,500/year)

Collaborator, Training of Academic Gynecologic Oncologists, T32 CA101642, NIH/NCI, PI - Diane C. Bodurka, MD, 7/1/2010−6/30/2015

Completed

Leadership team member, Rice University Med into Grad Initiative: Translational Bioengineering for Cancer Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, PI - Rebecca Richards-Kortum, 4/2006−3/2010, $850,000 ($212,500/year)

Principal Investigator, A Medical Education Program in Female Clinical Anatomy, Women's Fund for Health Education and Research, 2/1995−4/1996, $16,500 ($16,500/year)

Principal Investigator, Texas Opportunities for Careers in Optometry Program (TEXOCOP), DHHS Health Resources and Services Administration, 6/1997−8/2000, $790,000 ($263,000/year)

Principal Investigator, A Survey of Women's and Girls' Health in the Greater Houston Area, Greater Houston Women's Foundation, 9/1999−4/2000, $22,500 ($22,500/year)

Director, CHOICES After-School Health Education for Girls, St. Luke's Episcopal Health Charities and others, 9/2001−10/2005, $336,000 ($84,000/year)

Co-Investigator, Woman-to-Woman Community Health Information System, LM07259-01, National Library of Medicine, PI - Jeffrey L. Huber, 10/2001−11/2002, $81,650 ($81,650/year)

Director, Young Women's Health Summit, DHHS 03T063015, DHHS Office on Women's Health, 5/2003−12/2003, $16,400 ($16,400/year)

Co-Director, Texas Women's Health Archive, Texas Public Broadcasting Education Network, PI - John Hesse, 5/2003−3/2004, $60,000 ($60,000/year)

Director, Women's Health Assessment Tool Kit, DHHS 04T063019, DHHS Office on Women's Health, 9/2003−10/2004, $4,999 ($4,999/year)

Principal Investigator, Center for Research on Women's Health, Legislative Line Item, State of Texas, 9/2003−8/2005, $442,000 ($221,000/year)

Director, Pick Your Path to Health Demonstration Project, DHHS 04T063022, DHHS Office on Women's Health, 4/2004−12/2004, $12,565 ($12,565/year)

Director, Project Infrastructure Development: Texas Alliance of Women's Health Networks, DHHS 05T063041, DHHS Office on Women's Health, 4/2005−4/2006, $4,999 ($4,999/year)

Director, Health Career Academy for High School Students, St. Luke's Episcopal Health Charities, 5/2005−8/2005, $14,600 ($14,600/year)

Principal Investigator, Biomedical Engineering Summer Internship, Dr. Scholl Foundation and others, 12/1/2008−11/30/2009, $181,000 ($181,000/year)

PUBLICATIONS

Peer-Reviewed Original Research Articles

1.Lockwood AH, Peek KE, Berridge M, et al. Simultaneous double isotope autoradiographic measurement of local cerebral glucose metabolic rate and acid-based status in rat brain. Metabolic Brain Disease 2(1):47-60, 1/1987.

2.Lockwood AH, Peek KE, Izumiyama H, et al. Effects of moderate hypoxemia and unilateral carotid ligation on cerebral glucose metabolism and acid-base balance in the rat. J Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism 9(3):342-349, 3/1989.

3.Peek KE, Lockwood AH, Izumiyama H, et al. Glucose metabolism and acidosis in the metabolic penumbra of rat brain. Metabolic Brain Disease 4(9):261-272, 9/1989.

4.Peek KE, Goddard-Finegold J, Robertson CS, et al. Segmental spinal cord blood flow in the rabbit before, during and following ischemia. Stroke 121(3):333-39, 3/1991.

5.Serrander A, Peek K. Changes in contact lens comfort related to the menstrual cycle and menopause. J American Optometric Association 64(3):162-169, 3/1993.

6.Chernian L, Peek K, Robertson CS, et al. Calorie sources and recovery from central nervous system ischemia. Critical Care Medicine 22(11):1841-1850, 11/1994.

7.Peek KE. Women's health in pre-clinical medical education. J Women's Health 5(3):274-276, 3/1996.

8.Huber J, Peek K, Hughes L, et al. Woman-to-woman: Community health information project. J Medical Library Assoc 91(4):404-410, 10/2003.

9.Huber J, Peek K, Fisher J, et al. Evaluating digital delivery methods for women's health information targeting health professionals and students. J Medical Library Assoc 92(2):268-271, 4/2004.

10.Follen M, Peek K, Crain BT, Richards-Kortum R. New pathways to educate future translational researchers: Early education for undergraduates. Gynecologic Oncology 107(1):50-55, 10/2007.

11.Fisher JW, Peek KE. Collaborating for change: Creating a women's health network. Women's Health Issues. 19(1):3-7, 1/2009.

Invited Articles

1.Kathryn E. Peek. Integrating women's health into the basic-science medical curriculum: Gross anatomy. Women's Health in the Medical School Curriculum: HRSA Report of a Survey and Recommendations:88-91, 1996.

2.Kathryn E. Peek. Program in female clinical anatomy. Focus on Women's Health Research, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center:22-25, 1996.

3.Kathryn E. Peek. TWU young women's health project: CHOICES. Houston's Central Southwest Superneighborhood Community Health Assessment Report, St. Luke's Episcopal Health Charities:55-58, 2004.

Abstracts

1.Malin DH, Peek KE, Freeman K, et al. Subcutaneous infusion of morphine by osmotic minipumps: Tolerance and dependence without analgesia. Soc Neurosci Abstr 8(1):796, 1/1982.

2.Peek KE, Lockwood AH, Izumiyama H, et al. Autoradiographic double isotope measurement of local cerebral metabolic rate and acid-base status in rat brain. Soc Neurosci Abstr 11(2):1088, 2/1985.

3.Peek KE, Lockwood AH, Izumiyama H, et al. Acidosis corresponds with glucose utilization in focal ischemia. Soc Neuroscience Abst 13(1):127, 1/1987.

4.Peek KE, Lockwood AH, Izumiyama H, et al. Acidosis corresponds with excess glucose utilization in ischemic penumbra. Ann Neurol 22(1):160, 7/1987.

5.Peek KE, Roberston CS, Goodman JC, et al. In vivo microdialysis permits dynamic monitoring of changes in metabolic concentrations caused by spinal cord ischemia. Current Separations 9(3):420, 3/1989.

6.Peek KE, Robertson CS, Goodman JC, et al. Ketone precursors as nutritional substrates may improve neurological outcome following ischemia. J Neurotrauma 6(3):420, 3/1989.

7.Peek KE, Goddard-Finegold J, Robertson CS, et al. Segmental blood flow in ischemic spinal cord of rabbits. Soc Neuroscience Abst 16(2):938, 2/1990.

8.Emily G. Bacon B.S. and Kathryn E. Peek, Ph.D. The influence of female hormonal changes on the symptoms of mitral valve prolapse. UT-Houston Summer Research Abstracts VII:50, 8/1995.

9.Anne-Marie Cavallero, O.D. and Kathryn E. Peek, Ph.D. Women's ocular health: A systemic approach to hormonal effects on the eye. American Academy of Optometry 72(12s):59, 12/1995.

10.Diane S. Beasley, O.D. and Kathryn E. Peek, Ph.D. Women's ocular health: Management of vision during pregnancy. American Academy of Optometry 72(12s):59, 12/1995.

11.Swati Modi, O.D. and Kathryn E. Peek, Ph.D. What optometrists need to know about domestic violence. American Academy of Optometry 84(8):43, 12/1996.

12.Elizabeth Brophy, B.S. and Kathryn E. Peek, Ph.D. Anatomical gender differences in the lumbar spinal cord. UT-Houston Summer Research Abstracts IX:47, 8/1997.

13.Fisher J, Doan Q, Moseley K, Peek K. Creating leaders: Fostering medical student involvement in community health. J Gen Internal Medicine 20(S1):29, 5/2005.

14.Peek KE, Follen M, Kortum-Richards RR. Cadaver-based clinical anatomy: Extending the frontier of BME education. Proceedings of the 2006 Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society:62, 10/2006.

15.Peek KE, Follen M, Kortum-Richards RR. New course prepares doctoral BME students for translational cancer research careers. Proceedings of the 2007 Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society:66, 10/2007.

16.Rosbach K, Kortum-Richards RR, Peek KE. Doctoral bioengineering students learn about cancer by studying patient cases. Proceedings of the 2008 Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society, 10/2008.

17.Rosbach K, R Richards-Kortum, Peek K. Problem-based learning course prepares doctoral BME students for translational cancer research careers. Proceedings of the 2008 Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society 61, 10/2008, 10/2008.

18.Phelps CL, Peek KE. Emerging technologies to support academic communities of practice. Digital Discovery 2008 Conference, Houston Academy of Medicine Texas Medical Center Library, 2008.

Book Chapters

1.Artz MB, Peek KE, Fisher JW. Socioeconomic issues in women's health. In: In Women's Health Across the Lifespan: A Pharmacotherapeutic Approach. L Hanson MB O'Connell, J Smith, K Calis, Eds. In Press.

Other Publications

1.Online database. Kathryn E. Peek, Joslyn Fisher. Women's Health Assessment Tool Kit. DHHS Office on Women's Health: http://4women.gov/quickhealthdata/WHAT, 10/2006. e-Pub 10/2006.

2.Published report. Kathryn E. Peek. Women's Health in the Greater Houston Area: A Status Report. Greater Houston Women's Foundation, Houston, Texas, 2000.

EDITORIAL AND REVIEW ACTIVITIES

Editor/Service on Editorial Board(s)

Associate Editor, Clinical Anatomy, Wiley Liss, 1996−present

Other Editorial and Review Activities

Editor, AWIS-Gulf Coast Houston Newsletter, 1990−1991

Editor, Sigma Xi Rice-Texas Medical Center Chapter Newsletter, 1992−1993

Founder and Co-Managing Editor, Women's Health NewsWATCH Newsletter, The University of Texas Health Science Center, 1996−1998

TEACHING

Instructor (lecture and lab), Human Anatomy and Histology, University of Houston College of Optometry, Course Number: OPTO 4232/4133, Course Hours: 4, Fall, 1991-1997

Instructor, Functional Physical Therapy Anatomy, Texas Woman's University School of Physical Therapy, Course Number: PT 5263, Course Hours: 4, Summer, 1992

Lecturer and lab instructor, Gross Anatomy, The University of Texas Houston Medical School, Course Number: BSCI MSI, Course Hours: 8, Fall, 1993-1999

Instructor, Women's Health Issues for Optometrists, University of Houston College of Optometry, Course Number: OPTO 5990, Course Hours: 3, Spring, 1994-1997

Instructor, Introduction to Health Professions, University of Houston, Course Number: OPTO 1300, Course Hours: 3, Spring, 1994-1998

Facilitator, Problem-based learning, Fundamentals of Clinical Medicine, The University of Texas Houston Medical School, Course Number: CSCI MSII, Course Hours: 2, Spring, 1995-1998

Instructor, Clinical Anatomy for Pharmacists, University of Houston College of Pharmacy and Pharmacological Sciences, Course Number: PHAR 4320, Course Hours: 3, Summer, 1996-1997

Instructor, Biomedical Sciences: A Case-Based Approach, University of Houston (Instructional TV), Course Number: OPTO 3793, Course Hours: 3, Fall and Spring, 1996-1999