Elizabeth Hare, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow South Texas Psychiatric Genetics Research Center University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 603 Navarro St. Suite 1200, San Antonio, TX 78205 (210) 562 5121 hare@uthscsa.edu Employment 2006-Present: Postdoctoral Fellow, South Texas Psychiatric Genetics Research Center, San Antonio, TX Research: Linkage Analysis of Schizophrenia and Psychosis in Latino Populations Genetic Association between Cannabinoid Receptor 1 and Susceptibility to Hebephrenic Schizophrenia Estimation of Heritability of Factors Identified from LDPS, SANS, and SAPS (Scales measuring endophenotypes associated with schizophrenia) Analysis of Genetic Parameters for Cognitive Performance in Families Affected by Schizophrenia Estimation of Heritability of Age of Onset of Psychosis in Patients with Schizophrenia Awards: Travel Award to attend the World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics 2007 to present “Genetic Contribution to Age of Onset of Schizophrenia in Patients of Latino Ancestry” 2002-2004: Research Geneticist, Animal Improvement Programs Laboratory, USDA, Beltsville, MD Calving Ages and Intervals for U.S. Dairy Breeds Phenotypic Trends for Herdlife in U.S. Dairy Cattle Duration of Herd Participation in U.S. Dairy Testing Program 2002-present: Instructor/Consultant, Animal Breeding and Genetics Group, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Teaches on-line distance education classes in Canine and Feline Genetics Leads student discussions Tutors individual students in problem-solving by telephone and email Maintains literature databases 1998-2002: Research Associate, Animal Breeding and Genetics Group, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Teaching: Developed and taught online distance education classes in Canine and Feline Genetics Built and indexed extensive literature database of canine genetics literature Initiated class discussions and answered students’ questions Research: Heritability of Blood Catalase Levels in Dutch Belted Rabbits Effect of Day Length on Semen Output and hormone concentrations in Rams Education 1993-1998: Ph.D., Program in Genetics, George Washington University, Washington, DC with University Fellowship Comprehensive Exams: Molecular Genetics, Population Genetics, Gene Expression and Regulation Fifteen hours of Statistics coursework Dissertation: Estimation of Heritability of Litter Size in German Shepherd Dogs and Labrador Retrievers 1988-1991: BA, Biology, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA Major in Biology with concentration in genetics Continuing Education MTDFREML Workshop on software for estimating breeding values and genetic parameters, January 2005, Department of Animal Science, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Stanford University Online course in Bioinformatics, Summer, 2005. Publications: Chavarria-Siles, I., Contreras-Rojas, J., Hare, E., et al. (Accepted, 2007) Cannabinoid Receptor 1 Gene (CNR1) and susceptibility to hebephrenic schizophrenia in the Costa Rican population. Genes, Brain, and Behavior. Hare, E. and Leighton, E.A. (2006) Estimation of heritability of litter size in Labrador Retrievers and German Shepherd Dogs. Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research 1:62-66. Hare, E., Norman, H.D., and Wright, J.R. (2006) Survival Rates and Herd Life of Dairy Cattle in the United States. Journal of Dairy Science 89:365-370. View full text at: http://www.aipl.arsusda.gov/publish/jds/2006/89_3713.pdf Hare, E., Norman, H.D. and Wright, J.R. (2006) Trends in Calving Ages and Calving Intervals for Dairy Cattle Breeds in the United States. Journal of Dairy Science 89:365-370. View full text at:http://aipl.arsusda.gov/publish/jds/2006/89_365.pdf Norman, H.D. and Hare, E. (2005) Historical examination of culling of dairy cows from herds in the United States. Journal of Dairy Science. 88(Suppl. 1):122 (abstr. 203). Hare, E. (2005) Estimation of heritability of litter size in Labrador Retrievers and German Shepherd Dogs at the Seeing Eye, Inc. Proceedings of the 2005 International Working Dog Breeders' Association Conference, Melbourne, Australia. Hare, E., Norman, H.D. and Wright, J.R. (2003) Duration of herd participation in dairy herd improvement milk recording in the United States. Journal of Dairy Science 87:2743-2747. View full text at http://www.aipl.arsusda.gov/publish/jds/2004/87_2743.pdf Foote, R.H. and Hare, E. (2000) High catalase content of rabbit semen appears to be inherited. Journal of Andrology 21:664-668. Foote, R.H. and Hare, E. (2001) Catalase and red cell concentrations in blood of related young and mature male and female Dutch-belted rabbits. Laboratory Animals 35:140-146. Al-Alamy, M.A., Foote, R.H. and Hare, E. (2001) Sperm output and hormone concentrations in Finn and Dorset rams exposed to long and short day lighting. Theriogenology 56: 839-854. Computer Skills Linux/Unix, Windows Human Genetics: MERLIN, SOLAR, LINKAGE, FBAT, PEDSYS Animal Genetics: MTDFREML, ASREML, MTGSAM Statistics: SAS base, STAT(GLM, MIXED, other linear models procedures, macro, SQL) R (the open source version of S-Plus) Management of projects with very large data sets Reference management databases and indexing literature