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Dean A. Haycock, Ph.D.

Position / Author; Science and Medical Writer
Past & Present Clients / Drug Discovery & Development;The Lancet Neurology; Annals of Internal Medicine; BioMedNet; WebMD; BioWorld Today; CNN.com; BioWorld International; Medcast Medical News;CancerOnline.net;Newton’s Apple; The Minneapolis Star-Tribune; Current Biology; HMS Beagle;Endeavor, The American Institute for Research; Washington; DC.; The Gale Encyclopedia of Science; National Institutes of Health’s Environmental Health Perspectives and NCRR Reporter;INOVIS, Inc.; The Journal of Cell Biology; The Copley News Service; The American Chemical Society’s Reaction Times; Arriving Magazine; Upstate New Yorker Magazine; The Glens Falls Post-Star; The Saratoga Business Journal; The Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders;The Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security;Homeland Security Professional
Media Appearances: HuffPost Live; Talk of the Nation – Science Friday (National Public Radio); Rubin Museum of Art Brainwave Series
Professional History / Author, Pegasus Books, NY, NY; ABC-CLIO/Greenwood, Santa Barbara, CA; Adams Media, Avon MA.
Contributing Editor, Drug Discovery and Development
Staff writer and Book Review Editor for HMS Beagle, online magazine for biomedical researchers, sponsored by BioMedNet, Elsevier.
BioWorld Today writer, American Health Consultants, Atlanta, Georgia
WebMD medical writer, WebMD, Atlanta, Georgia
Consultant for The American Institute for Research, Washington, DC and the Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC
Senior Research Investigator, Department of Neuroscience, SterlingWinthrop Pharmaceutical Research Division, Rensselaer, NY. Supervised pharmaceutical research in neuropharmacology
Research Associate under Dr. Paul Greengard, Laboratory of Molecular & Cellular Neuroscience, The RockefellerUniversity, New York, NY.
Education / Ph.D. in Neurobiology from the Department of Biology and Medicine, Brown University, Providence RI,B. A. in Biology, BrownUniversity.
Teaching Experience / Teaching Assistant, BrownUniversity, Lecturer Cell Physiology and Biophysics; Neuropharmacology and Synaptic Transmission
Guest Lecturer, BrownUniversity, Neuropharmacology of Mental Disorders, Pharmacology of Cannabinoids, Pharmacology
Honors / 2015 American Society of Journalists and Authors award in the category of general nonfiction: Honorable Mention, Murderous Minds: Exploring the Criminal Psychopathic Brain: Neurological Imaging and the Manifestation of Evil
Individual Research Training Fellowship National Research Service Award,
National Institute of Mental Health
Postdoctoral Fellowship Muscular Dystrophy Association
Graduate Council Research Fellowship Award
Fellowship for Young Pharmacologist Japanese Pharmacology Society
Special Skills/ Strengths / Skilled at writing and editing medical and scientific material for lay and professional readers -- under deadline.
Experienced lecturer and teacher. Scientific credentials include publications in J. of Neurochemistry, J. of Biological Chemistry, Brain Research, J. of Medicinal Chemistry, J. of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, etc.
Organizations / American Society of Journalists and Authors
National Association of Science Writers
Publications / BOOKS:
Characters on the Couch: Exploring Psychology through Literature and Film. ABC-CLIO/Greenwood,Publication date: September 2016.
Murderous Minds: Exploring the Criminal Psychopathic Brain: Neurological Imaging and the Manifestation of Evil, Pegasus Books.2014.
The Everything Health Guide to Adult Bipolar Disorder, 2nd and 3ndeditions, Adams Media. 2014.
Overcoming Complications of LASIK and Other Eye Surgeries (with
Ismail A. Shalaby, M.D., Ph.D).Sunrise River Press. 2010.
The Everything Health Guide to Schizophrenia,Adams Media. 2009.
Vaccine Shortages, In David E. Newton. Vaccination Controversies: A Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2013.
Legalizing Steroids, In David E. Newton. Steroid Abuse: A Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2014.
JOURNAL ARTICLES:
Haycock, J. W. and Haycock, D. A. (1991) Tyrosine Hydroxylase In Rat Brain Dopaminergic Nerve Terminals: Multiple-site Phosphorylation In Vivo and in Synaptosomes. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 266:5650-5657. [
D'Ambra, T. E., Estep, K. G., Bell, M. G., Eissenstat, M. A., Josef, K. A., Ward, S. J., Haycock, D. A., Baizman, E. R., Casiano, F. M., Beglin, N. C., Chippari, S. M., Grego, J. D., Kullnig, R. K. and Daley, G. T. (1992) Conformationally Restrained Analogs of Provadoline: Nanomolar Potent, Enantioselective, Aminoalkylindole Agonists of the Cannabinoid Receptor. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 35:124-135.
Jansen, E. M., Ward, S. J., Haycock, D. A., and Seybold, S. Distribution of Cannabinoid Receptors in Rat Brain Determined with Aminoalkyindoles. (1992) Brain Research, 575:93-102.
Sawutz, D. G., Faunce, D. M., Houck, W. T. and Haycock, D. A. (1992) Characterization of Bradykinin B2 Receptors on Human IMR-90 Lung Fibroblasts: Stimulation of 45Ca + Efflux by D-Phe7 Substituted Bradykinin Analogues. European Journal of Pharmacology, 227:309-315.
Kuster, J.E , Stevenson, J. I., Ward, S. J., D'Ambra, T. E., Haycock, D. A. (1993). Aminoalkylindole Binding in Rat Cerebellum: Selective Displacement by Natural and Synthetic Cannabinoids. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 264:1352-1363. [
Oleynek, J.J., Sedlock, D.M., Barrow, C.J., Appell, K.C., Casiano, F., Haycock, D., Ward, .SJ., Kaplita, P., Gillum, A. M. (1994) WIN 64821, A Novel Neurokinin Antagonist Produced by an Aspergillus sp. II. Biological Activity. J Antibiotics. (Tokyo). 47(4):399-410.
Kumar, V., Alexander, M.D. Bell, M.R., Eissenstat, M.A. Casiano, F.M. Chippari, S.M., Haycock, D.A., Luttinger, D.A., Kuster, J.E. Miller, M.S., Stevenson,J.I. and Ward S.J. (1995) Morpholinoalkylindenes as antinociceptive agents: Novel cannabinoid receptor agonists. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 5(4):381-386.
D'Ambra, T.E., Eissenstat, M.A., Abt ,J. Ackerman, J.H., Bacon, E.R., Bell, M.R., Carabateas, P.M., Josef, K.A., Kumar, V., Weaver III, J.D., Arnold, R., Casiano, F.M., Chippari, S.M., Haycock, D.A.et al.(1996) C-Attached aminoalkylindoles: potent cannabinoid mimetics.Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 6(1):17-22.
Haycock, D. A. (1997) Heterologous vaccines: Proponent sparks some interest.
Ann Intern Med. 126(12):I40-1.
MONOGRAPHS and ABSTRACTS
Estep, K. G., D'Ambra, T. E., Bell, M. R., Olefirowicz, E. M., Eissenstat, M. A., Haycock, D. A. and Ward, S. J. Unexpected Cannabinoid-mimetics: Synthesis and SAR of Conformationally Restrained Aminoalkylindoles. Gordon Research Conference, Natural Products, July 23-27, 1990, New Hampton, New Hampshire.
Eissenstat, M. A., Bell, M. R. , D'Ambra, T. E. , Estep, K. G., Olefirowicz, E. M., Haycock, D. A. and Ward, S. J. Aminoalkylindoles (AAIs) : Structure-Activity Relationships of Novel Cannabinoid-Mimetics. 200th National American Chemical society Meeting, Washington, D. C., August 26-31, 1990.
Kuster, J. E., Haycock, D. A., Howlett, A. C., Subramaniam, B. and Ward, S. J. Aminoalkylindole Binding Data Suggests A New Approach For Studying Cannabinoid Activity. Society for Neuroscience, 20th Annual Meeting. October 28-November 2, 1990. Abstr. 291.14, p. 697.
Jansen, E. M., Ward, S. J., Haycock, D. A., and Seybold, V. S. Characterization and Localization of Aminoalkyindoles (AAI) in Rat Brain. Society for Neuroscience, 20th Annual Meeting. st. Louis, Missouri. October 28-November 2, 1990. Abstr. 291.15, p. 697.
Ward, S.J., Baizman E., Bell, M., Childers, S., D'Ambra T., Eissenstat, M., Estep, K., Haycock, D., Howlett, A., Luttinger, D., et al. Aminoalkylindoles (AAIs): a new route to the cannabinoid receptor? NIDA Res Monogr. 1991;105:425-6.
Eissenstat, M .A., Bell, M .R., D'Ambra, T.E., Estep, K.G., Haycock, D. A., Olefirowicz, E. M., Ward, S.J. Aminoalkylindoles (AAIs): structurally novel Cannabinoid-mimetics. NIDA Res Monogr. 1991;105:427-8.
Haycock, D. A., Kuster, J. E., Stevenson, J. I., Ward, S.J., D'Ambra, T.E., Characterization of Aminoalkylindole Binding:Selective Displacement by Cannabinoids. NIDA Res Monogr. 1991. 105: 304-5.
Casiano, F. M., Arnold, R., Haycock, D., Kuster, J., Ward, S.J.. Putative Aminoalkylindoles (AAI) Antagonists. NIDA Res Monogr. 1991;105:295-6.
Estep, K. G., D'Ambra, T. E., Olefirowicz, E.M., Bell, M.R., Eissenstat, M. A., Haycock, D. A., Ward, S.J.. Conformationally Restrained Aminoalkylindoles: Potent, Stereoselective Ligands at the Cannabinoid Binding Site. NIDA Res Monogr. 1991;105:300-1.
Sawutz, D. G., Faunce, D. M., Houck, W. T., DePaolis, S. and Haycock, D. A. Characterization of Bradykinin B2 Receptors on Human IMR-90 Lung Fibroblasts by Radioligand Binding and Bradykinin-stimulated 45 CA2+ Efflux. International Conference Toward Understanding the Molecular Basis of Kinin Action. Munich, Germany. Sept. 8-14, 1991.
Oleynek, J. J., Sedlock, D. M., Kaplita, P. V., Gillum, A. M., Appell, K. C., Haycock, D. A., Casiano, F. M. and Ward S. J. Biological activities of WIN 64821, A Neurokinin Receptor Antagonist Isolated from Asperqillus. Third International Conference on Biotechnology of Microbial Products. April 18-21, 1993.
Literary Agent / Carrie Pestritto, Prospect Agency,