After working as a hospital pharmacist for eight years, Dr. Shawn Anderson in July 2001 became a member of the monastic community of Saint Vincent Archabbey. After completing a PhD in pharmacology at Virginia Commonwealth University in 2013, Dr. Anderson joined the faculty of the Biological Sciences Department of Saint Vincent College. He is the faculty advisor for the Upsilon Gamma Chapter of Tri Beta, the National Biology Honor Society.
Education
PhD, pharmacology, Virginia Commonwealth University MDiv, Saint Vincent Seminary BS, pharmacy, Duquesne University
Courses
General Biology, Lecture and Lab Physiology, Lecture and Lab Introduction to Biology Psychopharmacology Learning Seminar Loving Seminar
Research Interests
Behavioral pharmacology, with a particular emphasis on behavioral effects of nicotine at high and low sensitivity nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.
Selected Publications
Anderson, SM and Brunzell DH. Low dose nicotine and antagonism of β2 subunit containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors have similar effects on affective behavior in mice. PLoSOne, 2012.
Anderson, SM and Brunzell DH. Anxiolytic-like and anxiogenic-like effects of nicotine are regulated via diverse action at β2*nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. British Journal of Pharmacology, 2015.
McCloskey, M, Young, T, Anderson, SM. The influence of acetylcholinesterase on anxiety- and depression-like behaviors in fluoxetine-treated male mice. Bios, 2017.
