John W. Swann, PhD
Distinguished Emeritus Professor
Department of Pediatrics and Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine
Investigator, Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute
Education
PhD, University of Maryland, Zoology/Physiology, 1974
MS, University of Maryland, Zoology/Physiology, 1973
BS, University of Maryland, Zoology, 1968
Employment History
2008 - Present - Co-Director, The Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute,Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine
2005 - Present - Professor, Graduate Program in Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX
2002 - Present - Program Director, Interdepartmental Training Program “Brain Disorders and Development” Baylor College of Medicine
1992 - Present - Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Neuroscience, Baylor College
1992 - Present - Scientific Director, The Gordon and Mary Cain Pediatric Neurology Research Foundation Laboratories, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX
1992 - 1998 - Project Director, Epilepsy Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
1990 - 1992 - Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, NY
1985 - 1990 - Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, State University of New York, Albany, NY
1980 - 1992 - Senior Research Scientist, Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY
1978 - 1980 - National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Neurobiology, AFRRI, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland
1977 - 1978 - Swedish Medical Research Council Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Neurobiology and Department of Physiology, University of Goteborg, Goteborg, Sweden
1975 - 1977 - NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Neurobiology Department, AFRRI, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland and Department of Physiology, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C.
1975 - 1975 - Grass Foundation Fellow in Neurophysiology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
1974 - 1975 - Research Physiologist, Neurobiology Department, AFRRI, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
Awards
2011 - 2015 - Member of NIH Neurological Sciences Training (NST2) Study Section
2009 - NIH Judith Hoyer Lecture on Epilepsy
2007 - 2008 - President, American Epilepsy Society
2007 - Chairman: NIH Conference “Curing Epilepsy 2007: Translating Discoveries into Therapies”
2005 - 2007 - Chairman of NIH Developmental Brain Disorders (DBD) Study Section
2003 - 2007 - Member of NIH Developmental Brain Disorders (DBD) Study Section
2001 - 2004 - Chairman, Research and Training Committee, American Epilepsy Society
1999 - 2003 - Chairman, Junior Investigator Grants Subcommittee, Epilepsy Foundation of America
1995 - 2003 - Professional Advisory Board: Epilepsy Foundation of America
2001 - William Lennox Lecturer, American Epilepsy Society
1998 - 2001 - Board of Directors, American Epilepsy Society,
1993 - 2000 - Javits NIH Neuroscience Investigator Award
1986 - 1990 - Member of NIH Neurology A Study Section: Ad Hoc Member of 15 NIH Study Sections
1989 - American Epilepsy Society Research Award