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CURRICULUM VITAE

Julie Tetzlaff PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Pathology
Division of Pediatric Pathology

OFFICE ADDRESS:
Children's Research Institute
9000 W Wisconsin Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53226
Phone: 414-955-5894
Email: jutetzlaff@mcw.edu

EDUCATION:
09/1992 - 05/1997 BS, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
07/1999 - 05/2005 PhD, Loyola University, Chicago, IL

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS:
06/2005 - 09/2008 Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University, Boston, MA
07/2008 - 10/2011 Scientist, Seaside Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA
07/2016 - 04/2017 Faculty Leadership Development Program, Medical College of WI
12/2018 - Present Crucial Accountability (2-day course), Medical College of WI

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:
11/2011 - 03/2019 Assistant Professor of Pathology
04/2019 - Present Associate Professor of Pathology

ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
06/2014 - 06/2017 Assistant Dean of Postdoctoral Education
07/2017 - Present Associate Dean of Postdoctoral Affairs and Graduate Career
Development

RESEARCH ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
11/2011 - 08/2014 Scientific Coordinator of The Unexplained Infant Death Center, MCW

AWARDS AND HONORS:
1999 - Present Fazio Research Prize
1999 - 2005 Graduate Student Assistantship
2002 - 2003 Schmidt Dissertation Fellowship
2003 - Present Asilomar Conference Travel Award
2007 - 2008 Parkinson Disease Association Postdoctoral Fellowship
2007 - Present Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Partners in Excellence (PIE) Award • Awarded by the institution for establishing the Massachusetts General Postdoc Association (MGPA)
2018 - Present MCW Research Day Annual Poster Session Award, Junior Faculty category
2018 - Present Magnanimous Mentors of MCW • Awarded by the MCW Office of Research

MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
2005 - 2008 Massachusetts General Hospital Postdoctoral Association (MGPA, co-founder, President elect)
2014 - Present National Postdoc Association (NPA)
2014 - Present Graduate Education and Training Group (GREAT, steering committee member)
2016 - Present Graduate Career Consortium (GCC)
2017 - Present National Association of Colleges and Employees (NACE)
2018 - Present National Research Mentor Network (NRMN, mentor)

EDITORSHIPS/EDITORIAL BOARDS/JOURNAL REVIEWS:
Editorial Board
2011 - Present Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship

NATIONAL ELECTED/APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS:
2016 - Present National Postdoc Association (NPA) annual meeting planning committee
2016 - Present Graduate Research Education and Training Group (GREAT) annual meeting planning committee
2017 - Present Steering Committee Member: Graduate Research Education and Training (GREAT) Group-Postdoctoral Section • Elected position

RESEARCH GRANTS/AWARDS/CONTRACTS/PROJECTS:
Active
Peer Review
Title:
Teaching Postdocs to Teach (Career guidance for trainees)
Source:
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Role & Effort:
PI
Dates:
08/2016 - Present
Direct Funds:
$50,000
  
Pending
Peer Review
Title:
None
  
Prior
Peer Review
Title:
The Role of CHIP Protein in Parkinson's Disease
Source:
American Parkinson's Disease Association
Role & Effort:
PI
Dates:
07/2007 - 05/2008
Direct Funds:
$50,000
  
Title:
Exploratory Planning for a Proposal GEOHealth Hub in the Alto Mayo Region of Peru
Source:
NIH/Fogarty International Center
Role & Effort:
Faculty Collaborator and Coordinator
Dates:
09/2012 - 08/2014
Direct Funds:
$100,000
  
Title:
Pharmacogenetic Analysis of Nicotine Metabolizing Enzymes in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
Source:
Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin
Role & Effort:
Co-Investigator
Dates:
04/2015 - 03/2016
Direct Funds:
$40,000
  
Non-Peer Review
Title:
Advance from Postdoc to Faculty
Source:
Office of the Dean, Medical College of WI
Role & Effort:
PI
Dates:
2015 - 2016
Direct Funds:
$4,250
  
Title:
Advance from Postdoc to Faculty
Source:
Office of the Dean, Medical College of WI
Role & Effort:
PI
Dates:
2016 - 2017
Direct Funds:
$8,275
  

INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
International
Enhancing the private sector in business consulting, education, networking and mentoring, FOBGAPT2 (Future of Biomedical Graduate and Postdoctoral Training 2), Denver, CO, 2017.
 
National
The Next Level: Life after a postdoc. What now? Industry? How? Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 2009.
Professional opportunities for graduate students, fellows and physician scientists. Vascular Biology Conference, MCW, July 15-18, 2019.
 
Regional
How to establish a business consulting group at your institution. University of Wisconsin-Madison. UW-Madison, 2016.
An Alumni's Perspective on Career Opportunities. Loyola University-Chicago, 2016.
 
Local
Career development-start now! MCW, 2018 Neuroscience Research Center (NRC) retreat, May 10, 2018.
Using past experiences to create current opportunities. Blood Research Institute of Wisconsin, 2015.
Transitioning to a new role-tips on career transitions. Presented by the MCW Council for Women's Advocacy, 2017.
Scientific misconduct and policies for handling misconduct. MCW, April 23, 2018.
 

PEER REVIEWED WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
International
Tetzlaff JE and Clifford P. Successful Training for Graduate Student and Postdoc Careers in the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industry. Group on Graduate Research Education and Training (GREAT) American Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), Orlando, FL, 2017.
Tetzlaff JE and Clifford P. Successful Training for Industry Careers. National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) annual meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2017.
Bass T, Hyman L, McGovern V, Roberts C, Tetzlaff JE. From experiment to change: How do you turn a one-time course into a sustainable program? Group on Graduate Research Education and Training (GREAT) American Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). Atlanta, GA, 2018.
Tetzlaff JE. Successful Training for Graduate Student and Postdoc Careers in the Experiential educational models for PhD's: Data-oriented outcomes and recommendations. Graduate Career Consortium (GCC), Madison, WI, 2018.
Tetzlaff JE and Clifford P. Biobusiness consulting to prepare students for industry careers. Group on Graduate Research Education and Training (GREAT) American Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). Atlanta, GA, 2018. (POSTER)
Yang Q, Kumar S, Tetzlaff JE, Salato V, Szabo S, Drolet B, and North P. Propranolol Blocks Autophagy in Infantile Hemangioma (IH) and Human Placental Capillary Endothelial Cells (HPCECs) in vitro. International Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies 19th Congress, Malmo, Sweden, 2012. (POSTER)
Bonis J, Klein A, Tetzlaff JE, Nelson L, Huber D, Harezlak J, Matthews V, Ulmer J, Sinson G, Nencka A, Koch K, Wu Y, Saykin A, Broglio S, McAllister T, McCrea, Meier T, CARE Consortium Investigators. Prevalence of potentially clinically significant MRI findings in athletes with and without sports-related concussion. Military Healthy System Research Symposium. Kissimmee, FL, 2018. (POSTER)
Nader A, Tetzlaff JE, McCrea M, and Nelson L. Witnessed and Suspected Loss of Consciousness Have Distinct Clinical/Injury Profiles. NeuroTrama (Joint symposium of the International and National Neurotrauma Societies and AANS/CNS Section on Neurotrauma and Critical Care), Toronto, Canada, 2018. (POSTER)
Yang Q, Salato V, Scherer K, Onodera H, Waner M, Tetzlaff JE, and North PE. p16INK4a-mediated Endothelial Cellular (EC) Senescence is a Fundamental Mechanism of Spontaneous Involution in Infantile Hemangioma (IH). International Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies 19th Congress, Malmo, Sweden, 2012. (POSTER)
 

COMMITTEE SERVICE:
Medical College of Wisconsin
05/2014 - Present Postdoc Industry Consultants (PICO) faculty advisor
06/2014 - Present Postdoc Advisory Committee (PAC) faculty advisor
06/2014 - Present Technology Innovation Council (MCW Office of Technology Development)
08/2014 - Present Graduate School Council Member
10/2014 - Present RCR (Responsible Conduct of Research) subcommittee. Appointed by Dean Rvi Misra, PhD. Outcome: RCR corporate policy developed, May 2018.
02/2016 - Present MCWCC Education and Training Committee (Cancer Center)
02/2017 - Present Women in Science Advisory Committee (MCW)
05/2017 - Present Member of Mentorship Committee - Pathology Department
05/2018 - Present Department Mentoring Champions Committee (department representative)
05/2018 - Present Navigations and Communications Task Force. Apointed by President John Raymond, MD
05/2018 - Present Chair of Mentorship Committee - Pathology Department
05/2018 - Present Faculty Benefits Committee (Elected)
05/2018 - Present Research Affairs Committee. Appointed by Provost Joseph Kerschner, MD
 

MCW TEACHING ACTIVITIES:
Medical Student Education
08/2018 - 04/2019 Clinical and translational research pathway small group facilitator (M2/M3)
04/2019 - Present Health systems management & policy (HSMP) pathway, Entrepreneurship & Innovation (panelist, helped students develop a business idea, judged shark tank competition)
 
Graduate Student Education
06/2016 - Present Integrating Industry into your academic/fellowship training and career. Clinical & Translational Science Institute of Southeastern Wisconsin.
12/2017 - Present Navigating a career in the biomedical sciences. MCW CTSI Graduate School.
 

EXTRAMURAL TEACHING:
Community/Lay Public
1998 - 1999 Laboratory Director, University of Milwaukee-WI, Gross and histological neuroanatomy to undergraduate students
2001 - 2002 Laboratory Teaching Assistant, Loyola University Chicago, IL, Gross and histological neuroanatomy to medical and graduate students
2002 - 2003 Laboratory Teaching Assistant, Midwestern University, IL, Gross and histological neuroanatomy to Physical Therapy students
2002 - 2003 Course Director, Midwestern University, IL, Applied Neuroscience to Physical Therapy students
 

EXTRAMURAL STUDENTS, FACULTY, RESIDENTS, AND CLINICAL/RESEARCH FELLOWS MENTORED:
Undergraduate Students
2010 Thomas Lily, (Summer student, research mentor), Seaside Therapeutics
 
Graduate Students
07/2018 - Present Nichole Lookfong, (via the National Research Mentoring Network-NRMN)
 

PROGRAMMATIC DEVELOPMENTS:
Educational Programs
Student
2018 - Present Course director: Grammar Writing (for graduate students and postdocs)
2018 - Present Course director: Scientific Writing (for graduate students and postdocs)
Faculty
2016 - 2017 Course director: Advance Postdocs to Faculty course
2016 - Present CRI Core Boot Camp
2017 - 2018 Course director: Teaching Postdocs to Teach course and internship programs
 
 
 
Community Programs
2006 - 2008 Co-founder, and President elect, of the Massachusetts General Hospital Postdoctoral Association (MGPA).
2011 - 2018 Coordinator of the Unexplained Infant Death Center for CHW, a multiinstitutional research organization
 

COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES:
2010 - Present Consultant to regional Biotechnology Company
2013 - 2016 Member of Mayor Tom Barrett's Healthy Birth Outcomes Steering Committee
2016 - 2017 Manager of Destination Imagination team, Elmbrook Wisconsin school district
 


BIBLIOGRAPHY
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers
1. Klein AP, Tetzlaff JE, Bonis JM, Nelson LD, Mayer AR, Huber DL, Harezlak J, Mathews, VP, Ulmer JL, Sinson GP, Nencka AS, Koch KM, Wu Y, Saykin AJ, DiFiori JP, Giza CC, Goldman J, Guskiewicz KM, Mihalik JP, Duma SM, Rowson S, Brooks A, Broglio SP,McAllister T, McCrea MA, Meier TB. Prevalence of clinically significant MRI findings in athletes with and without sport-related concussion. Journal of Neurotrauma., (In Press) 2018.
2. Outeiro TF, Klucken J, Bercury K, Tetzlaff JE, Putcha, P, McLean PJ, and Hyman BT (2009). Dopamine-induced conformational changes in α-synuclein. PLoS ONE, 4(9):e6906.
3. Tetzlaff JE, Clifford P. Participation in a business consulting group as a postdoc does not impair their scientific productivity (ACCEPTED to Nature Biotechnology).
4. Tetzlaff JE, Outeiro, TF, Putcha P, Ivanov A, Hyman BT and McLean PJ (2008). CHIP targets toxic α-synuclein oligomers for degradation. JBC, 283(26):17962-8.
5. Outeiro, TF, Putcha P, Tetzlaff JE, Spoelgen, R, Koker M, Carvalho F, Hyman BH and McLean PJ (2008). Formation of toxic oligomeric α-synuclein species in living cells. PLoS ONE, 3(4):e1867.
6. Tetzlaff JE, Tanzer L and Jones KJ (2007a). Cellular Localization of Androgen and Estrogen Receptors in Mouse-Derived Motoneuron Hybrid Cells and Mouse Facial Motoneurons. Journal of Neurobiology, 67(10):1362-1370.
7. Tetzlaff JE, Tanzer L and Jones KJ. Exogenous Androgen Treatment Delays the Stress Response Following Hamster Facial Nerve Injury (2007b). Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 19(5):383-9.
8. Tetzlaff JE, Huppenbauer C, Tanzer L, Alexander T, Jones K (2006). Motoneuron injury and repair: new perspectives on gonadal steroid hormones as neurotherapeutics. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 28(1):53-64.
9. Chen Z, Tetzlaff JE, Sripathirathan K, Carrasco GA, Shankaran M, Van de Kar LD, Muma NA and Battaglia GB (2005). Paroxetine is effective in desensitizing 5-HT1A receptor function in adult offspring exposed prenatally to cocaine. Psychopharmacology, 180(2):316-326.
10. Bailey DJ, Tetzlaff JE, Cook JM, He X and Helmstetter FJ. Effects of hippocampal injections of a novel ligand selective for the alpha 5 beta 2 gamma 2 subunits of the GABA/benzodiazepine receptor on pavlovian conditioning (2002). Neurobiology of Learning & Memory, 78(1):1-10.
11. Serpe CJ, Tetzlaff JE, Coers S, Sanders VM and Jones KJ. Functional recovery after facial nerve crush is delayed in severe combined immunodeficient mice (2002). Brain Behavior and Immunity, 16(6):808-812.
12. Zhang Y, Damjanoska KJ, Carrasco GA, Dudas B, D' Souza DN, Tetzlaff JE, Garcia F, Sullivan Hanley NR, Kumar S, Petersen BR, Gray TS, Battaglia G, Muma NA and Van de Kar LD. Evidence that neuroendocrine responses to (-)DOI is mediated by 5-HT2A receptors in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (2002). The Journal of Neuroscience, 22(21):9635-9642.
13. Tetzlaff JE, Clifford PS. Biobusiness consulting to prepare scientists for industry careers. Nat Biotechnol. 2019 Jul;37(7):821-825.
14. Tetzlaff J, Lomberk G, Smith HM, Agrawal H, Siegel DH, Apps JN. Adapting Mentoring in Times of Crisis: What We Learned from COVID-19. Acad Psychiatry. 2022 Dec;46(6):774-779. PMCID: PMC8880296
15. Hopp AM, Tetzlaff JE, Kopidlansky K, Leventaki V, Parsons LN, Bone K, Drendel HM, Sreynich K, Lyvannak S, Heng S, Chanpheaktra N, Putchhat H, Khauv P, Camitta BM, Jarzembowski JA. It Takes a Village: Providing International Pediatric Pathology Services in a Resource-Limited Setting. Am J Clin Pathol. 2022 Jul 01;158(1):81-95.
 
Books, Chapters, and Reviews
1. Outeiro, TF and Tetzlaff JE (2007). Mechanisms of Disease II-Cellular Protein Quality Control (2007). Seminars in Neurology, 14(1):15-25.
 
Non-Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers
1. Invited interview: Services and Resources Available at Postdoctoral Offices of Varying Sizes. POSTDOCKet, Volume 16, Issue 5 (May, 2018). National Postdoc Association (NPA), link.
2. Invited interview. Postdoc Industry Consultants (PICO) Program at Medical College of Wisconsin: Real-World Training for PhD Scientists. POSTDOCKet, Volume 16, Issue 6 (June, 2018). National Postdoc Association (NPA), link.
 
Database, Video, or Other Research/Clinical Contributions
1. Invited interview: Tetzlaff, JE. Interviewed by Bryan Belmer. Postdoc Industry Consultants (PICO). CTSI Discovery Radio, Episode 45, January 19, 2018, link.