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Gary W. Perry, Ph.D.

Dean of the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
and Professor of Neuroscience

 

Brief biography: (full cv)

Dr. Perry was appointed Dean of the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science effective June 1, 2006.  As Dean, Dr. Perry serves as the chief executive and administrative officer of the College who provides leadership and vision for the College, administers the affairs of the College, and serves as liaison between the faculty and the Office of Academic Affairs. Previously, Dr. Perry served as Interim Dean for Graduate Studies at FAU and as Senior Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies in the College.

 

As Interim Dean for Graduate Studies (2005-2006), Dr. Perry provided leadership in establishing the appropriate organizational structure and operational procedures necessary to enhance graduate education at FAU. This included graduate admissions, enrollment and progression, financial support, and graduate programs and policies, while formalizing a University Graduate Council and Graduate Faculty at FAU. As Senior Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies in the College (1999-2005), Dr. Perry provided oversight of research programs that grew from $3.2 million to $8.5 million in external research funding; he had oversight of the design and construction of new science facilities at a cost of over $50 million (which he has continued as dean); and he was also responsible for the implementation of several new graduate programs at FAU, these included the PhD programs in Chemistry and in Integrative Biology, and the MS programs in Statistics and Applied Mathematics and in Biomedical Science. He also worked to implement accelerated Masters' programs, such as the BS/MS program in Biotechnology offered through FAU’s Center for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. This latter program constituted part of a workforce development initiative begun with Workforce Alliance Inc. of Florida and the Workforce Development Board of the Treasure Coast, Florida to retrain IT workers in biotechnology/biosciences, and was funded through a $2.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor.  Dr. Perry has made significant contributions to help establish Southeast Florida as the new Life Science hub in the US, including work on cooperative agreements between FAU and The Scripps Research Institute - Scripps Florida, the Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies and the Max Planck Florida Institute. He was a founding member of the South Florida Bioscience Consortium, now incorporated as part of BioFlorida.

Dr. Perry has also served as Acting Director of the Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences (1997-1998) and Acting Associate Dean and Chair for the Biomedical Science program (1998-1999).  In this latter role, Dr. Perry was involved in the initial development of the Program for Quality Medical Education, a partnership between FAU and the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami, Florida. This program began as a 2+2 program to train additional physicians in South Florida, although beginning in 2007 the incoming class could complete all four years of the medical program at FAU. In 2010, this program became an independent College of Medicine at FAU.

Dr. Perry is a tenured Professor of Neuroscience in the Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences and the Department of Psychology, and is jointly appointed in the Department of Biological Sciences and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine; he is also a member of the Center for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. Dr. Perry has taught extensively in the graduate and undergraduate programs at FAU. His principal area of teaching is neuroscience and he has been involved in the development of several interdisciplinary graduate programs, initially the PhD program in Complex Systems and Brain Sciences and most recently the joint graduate PhD program in Integrative Biology and Neuroscience with the Max Planck Florida Institute.  Dr. Perry has published numerous articles in his area of research interest that includes an understanding of the molecular and cellular mechanisms during growth and development of nervous systems. These interests have also led him to explore the role of neural specific genes in cancer and the physiology of the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). To support his research program, Dr. Perry has received significant research funding, principally from the NIH. He has served on national review panels of the NIH and NSF, and reviews for scientific journals in his field.

 

Dr. Perry is a graduate of the Universities of London (1973) and Manchester (1975 & 1977) in the UK, and previously held research faculty appointments at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY (1981-1984) and the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL (1984-1989) before joining FAU in 1989. His contact information is given below.

Education:

 

B.Sc.

University of London, U.K., 1973

M.Sc.

University of Manchester, U.K., 1975

Ph.D.

University of Manchester, U.K., 1977

Research Interests:

  • Molecular and cellular mechanisms regulating cell growth during neural development, regeneration, plasticity and neoplasticity.
  • Physiological mechanisms of SIDS.

Recent Publications: (full list)

 

  • H.F. Krous, E.A. Haas, A.E. Chadwick, H. Masoumi, C. Stanley, and G.W. Perry.  Hemoglobin F in sudden infant death syndrome: a San Diego SIDS/SUDC Research Project report. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine. 14(8): 456-460 (2007).
  • M. Aleman, M.P. DeYoung, M. Tress, P. Keating. G.W. Perry, and R.  Narayanan. Inhibition of Single Minded 2 gene expression mediates tumor-selective apoptosis and differentiation in human colon cancer cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (USA), 102: 12765-12770 (2005).

Teaching:

Contact Information:

Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences                          Office of the Dean

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science                                            Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

Florida Atlantic University                                                               Florida Atlantic University

777 Glades Road                                                                               777 Glades Road

Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA                                                            Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA

 

Phone: 561-207-3288                                                                         Phone: 561-297-3288

Fax:     561-297-3792                                                                         Fax:     561-297-3792

email: perryg@fau.edu

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