Department Interim Chair, Professor of Neurology
Chief of Neurology, Long Beach VA Healthcare System

B.S. Engineering Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1972
M.S. Engineering Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1973
M.D. Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, 1979

Molecular and cellular mechanisms of neuronal degeneration and repair in the central nervous system.

Professional Societies:

American Neurological Association; American Academy of Neurology; American Society of Neurorehabilitation; Society for Neuroscience; American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Honors:

Planning Board member, Surgeon General’s Report on Mental Health, March, 1998;
Peer Review: Brain Research, Molecular Brain Research, Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy, European Journal of Neuroscience, Neuroscience, Journal of Neurochemistry, Cell Death and Differentiation, Neurology, Hippocampus, American Heart Association, Alzheimer’s Association, National Science Foundation, Health Research Council of New Zealand

Publications:

Sakhi, S., Bruce, A., Ning, S., Tocco, G., Baudry, M. and Schreiber, S.S. p53 induction is associated with neuronal damage in the central nervous system. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 91:7525-7529, 1994.

Schreiber, S.S. and Baudry, M. Selective neuronal vulnerability in the hippocampus - a role for gene expression? Trends Neurosci. 18:446-451, 1995.

Hughes, P.E., Alexi, T. and Schreiber, S.S. A role for the tumour-suppressor gene p53 in neuronal apoptosis (Review). Neuroreport 8:V-VI, 1997.

Liu, W., Rong, Y., Baudry, M. and Schreiber, S.S. Status epilepticus induces p53 sequence-specific DNA binding in mature rat brain. Mol. Brain Res. 63: 248-253, 1999.

Schreiber, S.S. , Sun, N., Tocco, G., Baudry, M. and DeGiorgio, C.M. Expression of neuron-specific enolase in adult rat brain following status epilepticus. Exp. Neurol 159: 329-331, 1999.

Tan, Z., Qu, W., Tu, W., Liu, W., Baudry, M. and Schreiber, S.S. p53 accumulation due to down-regulation of ubiquitin: relevance for neuronal apoptosis. Cell Death Differ. 7: 675-681, 2000.