W.G. STROOP: EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
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I. Current Church Appointments
Episcopal Church
2001 Ordained Transitional Deacon in the Episcopal Church by the Rt. Rev. Larry E. Maze, 22 December, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Little Rock, Arkansas.
2002 Ordained Priest in the Episcopal Church by the Rt. Rev. Larry E. Maze, 29 June, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Diocese of Mississippi
2006-date Rector, Trinity Episcopal Church, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
2004-date Member at large, Community of Hope International
II. Previous Church Appointments
Diocese of Oregon
2004-2006 Rector, St. George’s Episcopal Church, Roseburg, Oregon
2003-2006 Southern Convocation Representative, Diocesan Council
2004-2006 Regional Representative, Community of Hope
2005-2006 Commission on Ministry (Committee on Ordained Ministry/Development)
Diocese of Arkansas
2002-2004 Curate, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Fayetteville, Arkansas
2002-2004 Canon Missioner for Campus Ministry
2002-2004 Chaplain to the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
2003-2004 Representative, Diocesan Executive Council
2004-2004 Member, Diocesan Council for the Community of Hope
2004-2004 Associate Rector, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
III. Previous Academic Appointments
University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (1983-1990)
1983-1984 Instructor of Neurology
1984-1989 Assistant Professor of Neurology
1989-1990 Tenured Associate Professor of Neurology
1983-1985 Adjunct Instructor of Pathology
1985-1989 Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pathology
1989-1990 Tenured Adjunct Associate Professor of Pathology
1983-1990 Faculty Member, Center for Infectious Diseases, Diagnostic Microbiology and Immunology
1984-1990 Faculty Member, Program in Neuroscience
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (1983-1990)
1983-1989 Research Biologist
1984-1990 Director, Neurovirology Research Laboratory
1989-1990 Associate Career Scientist
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas (1990-1994)
1990-1994 Tenured Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
1990-1994 Tenured Associate Professor of Molecular Virology
1992-1994 Tenured Associate Professor of Neurology
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas (1990-1994)
1990-1994 Associate Career Scientist and Research Biologist
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas (1994-2001)
1994-1996 Tenured Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
1994-1996 Tenured Associate Professor of Pathology
1994-1999 Member, Arkansas Center for Neuroscience
1995-1996 Tenured Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
1996-1999 Tenured Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
1996-1999 Tenured Professor of Pathology
1996-1999 Tenured Professor of Ophthalmology
1999-2001 Research Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
1999-2001 Research Professor of Pathology
1999-2001 Research Professor of Ophthalmology (see footnote below)
John L. McClellan Veterans Affairs Medical Center (1994-2000)
1994-1998 Associate Research Career Scientist and Research Biologist
1998-2000 Research Career Scientist and Research Biologist
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas (2003-2004)
2003-2004 Adjunct faculty member and part-time instructor, University of Arkansas, Department of Biology. Faytetteville, Arkansas. Taught cell biology and physiology to undergraduate students and pre-nursing students.
Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, Oregon (2006)
2006 Adjunct Faculty, Business Division, Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, Oregon. Taught physiology to allied health majors and pre-nursing students.
V. Previous Non-Academic Appointments
1993-1995 Consultant, Microbiology Laboratory, Biomedical Operations and Research Branch, NASA/Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
1991-1996 Consultant, Triplex Pharmaceutical Corporation, The Woodlands, Texas
VI. National Scientific Participation
Scientific Advisory Positions
1982 Co-convenor, RNA Viral Pathogenesis Session of the American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA
1984 Participant, Workshop on DNA Viruses and Human Cervical Carcinoma, National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Etiology, Rockville, MD
1984-1985 Consultant, National Science Foundation
1985 Member, Site Visit Team, National Institute of Neurologic and Communication Disorders and Stroke
1985-1987 Consultant, Veterans Administration Eastern Research and Development Office
1985-1987 Consultant, Veterans Administration Merit Review Board for Neurobiology
1987-1990 Member, Department of Veterans Affairs Merit Review Board for Neurobiology
1992 Member, Site Visit Team, National Institute of Neurologic Disorders and Stroke
1993 Member, Special Review Group, National Institute of Neurologic Disorders and Stroke
1993, 1995 Ad hoc Reviewer, Miami Florida Department of Veteran Affairs Research Advisory Group
Invited Editorships
McKendall RR and Stroop WG (eds), Handbook of Neurovirology, Marcel Dekker, New York, 1994.
Ad Hoc Editorial Responsibilities (1985-date)
- Annals of Neurology Journal of Medical Virology
- Cornea Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology
- Infection and Immunity Journal of Neurovirology
- Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science Microbial Pathogenesis
- Journal of Infectious Diseases Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
- Journal of Investigative Dermatology Science
Current Membership in Professional Societies
- American Society for Microbiology The Society for Biblical Literature
- American Society for Virology The Episcopal Society for Ministry in Higher Education
- The Biblical Archeological Society
Former Membership in Professional Societies
- American Academy for the Advancement of Science Sigma Xi
- American Association of Neuropathologists Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine
- New York Academy of Sciences
VII. Visiting Scientist and Professorships
- Visiting Scientist, Amoco Research Corporation, Naperville, Illinois, October 3, 1985.
- Visiting Scientist, Sterling Winthrop Research Institute, Rensselaer, New York. September 9, 1987.
- Visiting Professor, Department of Pathology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. September 20-22, 1992.
- Visiting Professor, Department of Comparative and Experimental Pathology, University of Florida School of Veterinary Medicine, Gainesville, FL. April 14-17, 1993.
- Visiting Professor, Smell and Taste Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. February 23, 1994.
VIII. Invited National/International Lectures
- "Pathogenesis of Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus." National Institute of Neurologic and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Bethesda, Maryland, June 7, 1982.
- "Molecular approaches to herpes simplex virus latency and reactivation in nervous tissue." American Society for Neurologic Investigation. Chicago, Illinois, October 2, 1985.
- "Use of hybridization to localize DNA and RNA viral genomes in situ." Amoco Corporation Research Center, Naperville, Illinois, October 3, 1985.
- "Molecular pathogenesis of herpes simplex virus latency and reactivation." University of Virginia Medical School, Charlottesville, Virginia, December 16, 1985.
- "Molecular pathogenesis of herpesvirus infections." Sterling Winthrop Research Institute, Rensselaer, New York, September 9, 1987.
- "The rabbit model for the study of herpes encephalitis." UCLA Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology; Animal Models of Human Viral Disease: Relevance to Developmental Therapeutics, Keystone, Colorado, April 1, 1990.
- "Animal models of herpes simplex virus infections." Triplex Pharmaceutical Corporation, The Woodlands, Texas, July 24, 1992.
- "Herpes simplex is complex." Division of Medical Virology, Department of Pathology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., September 22, 1992.
- "Molecular pathogenesis: The complexities of herpes simplex." Department of Comparative and Experimental Pathology, University of Florida School of Veterinary Medicine, Gainesville, FL, April 16, 1993.
- "Herpes Simplex Virus" Sigma Xi Guest Speaker, Houston Baptist University, Houston, TX, September 28, 1993.
- "Herpes simplex virus: Olfaction and cognition." Smell and Taste Center, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, February 23, 1994.