Education

B.S., Biochemistry, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, 1998
B.S., Behavioral Neuroscience, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, 1998
Ph.D., Biomedical Neuroscience, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 2003
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 2003-2005
Research Associate, Div. of Psychobiology, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Feb. 1, 2007 to present
FIRST Postdoctoral Fellow, Div. of Psychobiology, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, 2005-2007

Research Statement

My current research program is investigating the effects of neonatal energy restriction on the programming of adult appetite regulatory systems and reproductive function.

Recent Publications

Keen-Rhinehart, E., Eisen, A., Eaton, D. and McCormack, K., (2009) Interactive methods for teaching action potentials, an example of teaching innovation from neuroscience postdoctoral fellows in the Fellowships in Research and Science Teaching (FIRST) program. The Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education, 7:A74-A79.

Keen-Rhinehart, E., Michopoulos, V., Toufexis, D.J., Martin, E.I., Nair, H., Ressler, K.J., Davis, M., Owens, M.J., Nemeroff, C.B., Wilson, M.E. (2009) Continuous expression of corticotropin-releasing factor in the central nucleus of the amygdala emulates the dysregulation of the stress and reproductive axes. Mol Psychiatry. 14(1):37-50.

Song, C.K., Vaughan, C.H., Keen-Rhinehart, E., Harris, R.B., Richard, D., Bartness, T.J. (2008) Melanocortin-4 receptor mRNA expressed in sympathetic outflow neurons to brown adipose tissue: Neuroanatomical and functional evidence. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 295(2):R417-28.

Keen-Rhinehart, E., and Bartness, T.J.  (2007) MTII attenuates ghrelin- and food deprivation-induced increases in food hoarding and food intake. Hormones and Behavior, 52(5):612-20.

Keen-Rhinehart, E., Bartness, T.J. (2007) NPY Y1 receptor is involved in ghrelin- and fasting-induced increases in foraging, food hoarding and intake. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 292(4):R1728-37.

Day, D.E.,* Keen-Rhinehart, E.* and Bartness, T. (2005) Role of NPY and its receptor subtypes in foraging and food hoarding and food intake by Siberian hamsters. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 289(1):R29-R36 (*both authors contributed equally to this work)

Keen-Rhinehart, E, Kalra, SP, Kalra, PS, (2005) AAV mediated leptin receptor installation improves energy balance and the reproductive axis of obese female Koletsky rats. Peptides, 26(12):2567-78.

Keen-Rhinehart, E. and Bartness, T. (2005) Peripheral ghrelin injections stimulate food intake, foraging and food hoarding in Siberian hamsters. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 288(3):R716-722.

Keen-Rhinehart, E., Kalra, S.P. and Kalra, P.S. (2004) Leptin receptor gene transfer into the arcuate nucleus of female fatty Zucker rats using recombinant adeno-associated viral vectors stimulates the hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal axis. Biology of Reproduction, 71(1):266-72.

Keen-Rhinehart, E., Kalra, S.P. and Kalra, P.S. (2004) Neuropeptidergic characterization of the leptin receptor mutated obese Koletsky rat. Regulatory Peptides. 119:3-10.

German, I. Roper, M.G., Kalra, S.P., Rhinehart, E. and Kennedy, R.T. (2001) Capillary liquid chromatography of multiple peptides with on-line capillary electrophoresis immunoassay detection. Electrophoresis. 22(17):3659-67.

Susquehanna University
Department of Biology
514 University Ave.
Selinsgrove, PA 17870
Tel: 570.372.2008
Email: keen-rhinehart@susqu.edu