Education

B.A., Psychology, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA, 1996
Ph.D., Pharmacology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 2005
3rd year FIRST Postdoctoral Fellow, 2007 - present

Research Statement

Publications

Owen, J.R., Bates, J.N., Lewis, S.J. (2006) Differential effects of nitroblue tetrazolium on the hemodynamic responses elicited by activation of alpha1-adrenoceptors and 5-HT2 receptors in conscious rats. Eur J Pharmacol. 535: 248-252.

Lacolley, P., Owen, J.R., Sandock, K., Lewis, T.H., Bates, J.N., Robertson, T.P., Lewis, S.J. (2006) 5-HT activates vagal afferent cell bodies in vivo: role of 5-HT2 and 5-HT3 receptors. Neuroscience 143:273-287.

Lacolley, P., Owen, J.R., Sandock, K., Lewis, T.H., Bates, J.N., Robertson, T.P., Lewis, S.J. (2006) Occipital artery injections of 5-HT may directly activate the cell bodies of vagal and glossopharyngeal afferent cell bodies in the rat. Neuroscience. 143:289-308.
 
Lacolley, P.J., Owen, J.R., Bates, J.N., Johnson, A.K., Lewis, S.J. (2006) Tachyphylaxis to 5-HT3-receptor-mediated activation of vagal afferents is prevented by co-activation of 5-HT2 receptors. Brain Res. 1093: 105-115.

Lewis, S.J., Hashmi-Hill, M.P., Owen, J.R., Sandock, K., Robertson, T.P., Bates, J.N. (2006) ACE inhibition restores the vasodilator potency of the endothelium-derived relaxing factor, L-S-nitrosocysteine, in conscious Spontaneously Hypertensive rats. Vascul Pharmacol. 44: 491-507.

Lewis, S.J., Hashmi-Hill, M.P., Owen, J.R., Sandock, K., Robertson, T.P., Bates, J.N. (2006) The vasodilator potency of the endothelium-derived relaxing factor, L-S-nitrosocysteine, is impaired in conscious spontaneously hypertensive rats. Vascul Pharmacol. 44: 476-490.

Lewis, S.J., Owen, J.R., Bates, J.N. (2006) S-nitrosocysteine elicits hemodynamic responses similar to those of the Bezold-Jarisch reflex via activation of stereoselective recognition sites.  Eur J Pharmacol. 531: 254-258.

Voss, K.A., Liu, J., Anderson, S.P., Dunn, C., Miller, J.D., Owen, J.R., Riley, R.T., Bacon, C.W., Corton, J.C. (2006) Toxic effects of fumonisin in mouse liver are independent of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha.  Toxicol Sci. 89: 108-119.

Hoque, A., Owen, J.R., Bates, J.N., Lewis, S.J. (2005) Effects of thiol chelation on α1-adrenoceptor-induced vasoconstriction in vivo. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 46: 627-636.

Emory School of Public Health
Department of Epidemiology
Atlanta, Georgia 30322
Email: Jowen2@emory.edu