Public Service:
28. High school student Harpreet Sangha featured in NIH Record Vol. LVIII, No. 15, 28 July 2006: High School Scientist Sangha Wins Multiple Awards.
27. High school student Harpreet Sangha featured in Dermot Cole’s column in the Fairbanks Daily Newsminer of 15 April 2006: Young researchers earn trip to national science competitions.
26. Finals Judge for the Seventeenth Annual Alaska Statewide High School Science Symposium (ASHSSS), University of Alaska Fairbanks. (03-05-2006)
25. Frontier High School students visited the research laboratory for a tour and explanations (5 students and teacher). (03-28-05)
24. Elected President of the Fairbanks Montessori School Board for a one-year term. (2005-2006)
23. Finals Judge for the Sixteenth Annual Alaska Statewide High School Science Symposium (ASHSSS), University of Alaska Fairbanks. (03-06-2005)
22. Elected President of the Fairbanks Montessori School Board for a 1-year term. (2004-2005)
21. Judge for the Fifteenth Annual Alaska Statewide High School Science Symposium (ASHSSS), University of Alaska Fairbanks. (03-06-2004)
20. Article in the futuristUPDATE, Vol. 5, No. 3, March 2004, News & Previews from the World Future Society, "Changing diet linked to depression." Describes our article in the International Journal of Circumpolar Health on diet and mental health in the arctic (http://www.wfs.org/futupmar04.htm).
19. Publication in McMan’s Depression and Bipolar Web, 2004-2006, “Restoring the Messed-Up Food Chain” related to our article in the International Journal of Circumpolar Health on diet and mental health in the Arctic (http://www.mcmanweb.com/article-13.htm).
18. Newspaper article in the Anchorage Daily News, 02-02-04, "Native mental health issues may be linked to nutrition" by Ned Rozell. Describes our article in the International Journal of Circumpolar Health on diet and mental health in the Arctic (http://www.sitnews.us/0104news/012404/012404_ak_science.html; publication #25). Also linked on Nunavutcircumpolar - Nunavut and the Circumpolar region (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nunavutcircumpolar/message/49).
17. Publication in the Sitnews ~ Stories in the News ~ , Ketchikan, Alaska, 01-24-04, "Researchers eye link between diet, depression" by Ned Rozell. Describes our article in the International Journal of Circumpolar Health on diet and mental health in the arctic (http://www.gi.alaska/ScienceForum/ASF16/1682.html; publication #25).
16. Publication on the Alaska Science Forum, 01-22-04, "Researchers eye link between diet, depression" by Ned Rozell. Describes our article in the International Journal of Circumpolar Health on diet and mental health in the arctic (http://www.gi.alaska/ScienceForum/ASF16/1682.html; publication #25).
15. Elected to the Fairbanks Montessori
School Board. (2003-2006)
14. Participated in a high school project
of Lisa Hoover, a junior at West Valley High School, in which
she interviewed me about my views on cloning. (04-22-2002)
13. Judge for the Thirteenth Annual Alaska Statewide High School
Science Symposium (ASHSSS), University of Alaska Fairbanks. (03-09-2002)
12. Participated in a health fair at Randy Smith Middle school
in Fairbanks, Alaska. I was part of the Tanana Valley Clinic
booth and provided explanations to the students about the brain,
how it functions, and how to protect it from injury by wearing
a helmet and a seat belt. In addition, I provided materials,
such as brain and skull models and showed a real human skull
which was received with great enthusiasm. (01-25-2002)
11. Judge for the Fifth Annual Interior ANSES Science Fair 2001,
University of Alaska Fairbanks. (12-07-2001)
10. I was on KUAC's Evening Rounds with Dr. Daní Raap
from the Psychology Department to discuss circadian rhythms in
Alaska, hosted by Amy Mayer. (11-20- 2001)
9. Science Symposium advisor for Lisa Hoover, a junior West Valley
High School student (2001-2002). Lisa is worked on "The
neurotransmitter cholecystokinin (CCK) expression in the brain's
suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of red-backed voles (Clethrionomys
rutilus)."
8. Science Symposium advisor for Torey Alling, a junior North
Pole High School student (2001-2002). Torey is working in my
laboratory on a neuroscience research project in mice.
7. Science Symposium advisor for Nathan Moore, a junior West
Valley High School student (2001-2002). Nathan will work in my
laboratory on a neuroscience research project in mice.
6. Twenty-one 6th grade Crawford Elementary School (Fairbanks,
Alaska) students and 12 adults, including teacher Ron Harper,
visited my laboratory and where given demonstrations and explanations
about our research by graduate student Ron Tavernier and underrepresented
minority undergraduate student Stephanie Marks. Immunofluorescent
microscope images of brain tissue and the demonstration of a
real human brain provoked many "oohs and aahs." (05-11-2001)
5. Participated in a health fair at Ryan Middle school in Fairbanks,
Alaska. I was part of the Tanana Valley Clinic booth and provided
explanations to the students about the brain, how it functions,
and how to protect it from injury by wearing a helmet and a seat
belt. In addition, I provided materials, such as brain and skull
models and showed a real human skull which was received with
great enthusiasm. (02-16-2001)
4. Gave a lecture to high school students and their teachers
from Wiseman Charter School in Wiseman, Alaska, and Frontier
High school in Fairbanks, Alaska. In addition, some of the students
were given a tour of my laboratory and received explanations
and demonstrations of the type of research we do. These students
were encouraged to consider a science career at UAF. (09-20-2000)
3. Larry Duffy, Kelly Drew, Tom Kuhn, Abel Bult were featured
in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner regarding the successful grant
application to NIH. Title: "Institute professors have big
plans for $5 million grant." This article enhanced UAF's
reputation in the Natural Sciences and made the public aware
of exciting (neuro)science at UAF. (09-20-2000)
2. Donated surplus laboratory supplies from my laboratory to
Wiseman Charter School in Wiseman, Alaska. (August 2000)
1. Participate in a summer seminar for minority high school students
at Middlebury College. I gave three lectures related to "Behavior
of Animals. Why Should You Care?," gave them a little home
work, and graded their efforts. The main purpose was to familiarize
these students with college life and to recruit them to Middlebury
College. (Summer 1998)
