PABI Plan - The Sarah Jane Brain Project

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Provide the following information for the key personnel and other significant contributors in the order listed on Form Page 2.
Follow this format for each person. DO NOT EXCEED FOUR PAGES.
NAME
Christopher Conrad Giza, M.D.
eRA COMMONS USER NAME (credential, e.g., agency login)
GIZAC2
POSITION TITLE
Associate Professor In-Residence
EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, and include postdoctoral training.)
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION
DEGREE
(if applicable)
YEAR(s) FIELD OF STUDY
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH A.B. 1982-86 Biochemistry
W Virginia Univ. School of Medicine, Morgantown M.D. 1986-90 Medicine
Hosp. of the Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Internship 1990-91 Internal Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles Residency 1991-94 Neurology
University of California, Los Angeles Fellowship 1994-96 Pediatric Neurology
Please refer to the application instructions in order to complete sections A, B, and C of the Biographical
Sketch.
A. PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
1996-1997 Search and Rescue Team Member, Yosemite National Park, CA
1996-1998 Private Practice Physician, locum tenens. Neurological Associates of the Valley Medical Group,
West Hills, CA and Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, Long Beach, CA
1998-2000 Postgraduate Researcher, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, UCLA School of
Medicine and Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
2000-2001 Assistant Researcher, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, UCLA School of
Medicine and Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
2001-2007 Assistant Professor In-Residence, Divisions of Neurosurgery and Pediatric Neurology, David
Geffen School of Medicine and Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
2002- Member, UCLA Brain Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA
2005-2007 Assistant Professor, Interdepartmental Program in Neuroscience, UCLA School of Medicine,
Los Angeles, CA
2007- Associate Professor In-Residence, Divisions of Neurosurgery and Pediatric Neurology,
Interdepartmental Programs in Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, David Geffen
School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
HONORS AND AWARDS
1982 National Merit Scholar
1985-1986 Rufus Choate Scholar (top 5% in class)
1986 Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society Grant-in-Aid of Research
1987 Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Student Research Grant
1988- Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
1989-1990 American Bureau for Medical Advancement in China/ Warner-Lambert Fellowship
1989-1990 Vice-President, Medical School senior class
1989-1990 Herschel C. Price Educational Foundation Grant
1996 Mead Johnson Award for Teaching Excellence in Pediatrics
1998-1999 Lind Lawrence Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow
1998 International Society for Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, Junior Delegate Bursary Award
2001, 2002 University of California Neurotrauma Travel Fellowship
2001-2002 J. Athletic Training Clint Thompson Award 1 st runner-up for Outstanding Non-Research
Manuscript, “The Neurometabolic Cascade of Concussion”.
2002-2003 American Alpine Club Research Grant Award
2002 Nominated to Speakers Bureau of National Athletic Trainers Association
2002-2003 UCLA Brain Injury Research Center Young Investigator Award