Eric Schwartz

B.A. Kalamazoo College, MI
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Chicago

1994 summer Research Assistant, Dept. of Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.
1996 fall Teaching Assistant for Cellular Physiology, Dept. of Biology, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI.
1996 to 1997 Research Intern, Dept. of Pharmacology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.
1997 spring Teaching Assistant for Cellular Biology, Dept. of Biology, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI.
1997 to 2000 Research Specialist, Dept. of Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.
2000 to 2005 Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Biology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.
2005 to present, Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Biology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.

Honors
1997 Received a grade of High Pass on Biology Oral Comprehensive Examination
2000 Received Competitive University of Illinois at Chicago Graduate College Fellowship Award, Chicago, IL.

Publications
Holden, J., Schwartz, E., & Proudfit, H. (1999). Microinjection of Morphine in the A7 Catecholamine Cell Group Produces Opposing Effects on Nociception that are Mediated by a1- and a2- Adrenoreceptors, Neuroscience Vol. 91, No. 3, pp. 979-99.
Yeomans, D., Schwartz E., & Proudfit, H. Evidence the Met-Enkephalin Neurons in the Dorsolateral Pontine Tegmentum Innervate the Spinal Cord Dorsal Horn and Modulate Nociception, in preparation.
Schwartz, E., & Proudfit, H. (1999): Enkephalin Neurons in the Pontine Tegmentum Innervate the Spinal Cord Dorsal Horn and may Modulate Nociception, Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting. Abstr.
Holden, J., Schwartz, E., & Proudfit, H. (1998). Microinjection of Morphine in the A7 Catecholamine Cell Group Produces Opposing Effects on Nociception that are Mediated by a1- and a2- Adrenoreceptors, Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting. Abstr.