Dr. Crandall’s Education and Teaching Experience

EDUCATION:

Cornell University           Ithaca, New York                B.S.             1961                 Biology

Indiana University           Bloomington, Indiana           Ph.D.           1968                 Microbiology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

1988 to present              Independent Consultant, Candida Specialist, Founder and Owner,

                                    Yeast Consulting Services, Torrance, California

1980-1988                     Associate Professor and Research Mycologist, Division of Infectious 

                                    Diseases, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California

1985-1987                     Research Consultant, Department of Infectious Diseases, Diagnostic 

                                    Products Corporation, Los Angeles, California

1983-1985                     NIH Senior Fellow, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,

                                    Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California

1982-1983                     NSF Visiting Professorship for Women in Science and Engineering, 

                                    Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California

1974-1980                     Assistant Professor, School of Biological Sciences, University of

                                    Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky

1974                             Instructor, Department of Biology, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York

1971-1974                     Lecturer and NIH Principal Investigator, Department of Microbiology, 

                                    Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

1970-1971                     NSF Exchange Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre National de la Recherche 

                                    Scientifique, Centre de Génétique Moléculaire, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

1968-1970                     NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Microbiology, Indiana University, 

                                    Bloomington, Indiana

UNIVERSITY COURSES TAUGHT:

Microbiology                  Undergraduate Lecture Course, Dept. Microbiology, Indiana Univ., Summer, 1968

Microbiology                  Undergraduate Lecture Course, Div. Optometry, Indiana Univ., 

                                    Spring, 1972 and 1973

Microbiology                  Undergraduate Lecture and Laboratory Course, Brooklyn College, Spring, 1974

Microbiology                  Undergraduate Seminar, University of Kentucky, Fall, 1977

Microbiology                  Graduate Seminar, University of Kentucky, Spring, 1977

Microbiology                  Undergraduate Lecture and Laboratory Course, University of Kentucky,

                                    Fall, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979; Spring, 1975, 1976, 1977, 

                                    1978, 1979 and 1980

Cell Recognition Graduate Seminar, UCLA School of Medicine, Fall, 1982

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:                                 SUBSCRIPTIONS:

American Society for Microbiology                                   Microbe

Intl. Society for Human and Animal Mycology                   Medical Mycology

Online mailing list for Candida researchers                       candidanews

Medical Mycological Society of the Americas                   MMSA Newsletter

Thomson Scientific, ISI                                                   Current Contents Life Sciences

WRITERS ORGANIZATIONS:

Authors Guild

California Lawyers for the Arts

Independent Writers of Southern California

Southwest Manuscripters

Southern California Writers Association

SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

6      Undergraduate laboratory research technician positions held

8      Fellowships (predoctoral, postdoctoral, senior, and professorship) awarded

4      University faculty teaching and research positions held

19    Microbiology courses taught

3      Master's degrees directed

2      Graduate student committees served on

22    Undergraduate and graduate laboratory research assistants trained

8      Academic committees served on

2      Journal editorial review boards served on

2      Research grant applications review boards served on

13    Research grants awarded as principal investigator from 1974 to 1985 totaling $525,833

7      Abstracts published on candidiasis (others not listed)

6      Poster presentations on candidiasis (others not listed)

37    Publications (10 Invited reviews; 14 papers on candidiasis)

33    Media interviews for TV, radio, newspapers, magazines + book chapters

3      Expert witness testimony on candidiasis at court hearings

44    Invited lectures on candidiasis and other topics to scientific, medical and patient group