Dr. Crandall, Founder of Yeast Consulting Services

Dr. Crandall’s Education and Teaching Experience

EDUCATION:

Cornell University   Ithaca, New York     B.S.  1961      Biology

Indiana University  Bloomington, Indiana Ph.D. 1968   Microbiology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

1988 to present Independent Consultant, Candida Specialist, Founder and Owner Yeast Consulting Services, Torrance, California

1980-1988 Associate Professor and Research Mycologist, Division of Infectious Diseases, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California

1985-1987 Research Consultant, Department of Infectious Diseases, Diagnostic Products Corporation, Los Angeles, California

1983-1985 NIH Senior Fellow, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California

1982-1983 NSF Visiting Professorship for Women in Science and Engineering, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California

1974-1980 Assistant Professor, School of Biological Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky

1974 Instructor, Department of Biology, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York

1971-1974 Lecturer and NIH Principal Investigator, Department of Microbiology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

1970-1971 NSF Exchange Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre de Génétique Moléculaire, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

1968-1970 NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Microbiology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

UNIVERSITY COURSES TAUGHT:

Microbiology  Undergraduate Lecture Course, Dept. Microbiology, Indiana Univ., Summer, 1968

Microbiology  Undergraduate Lecture Course, Div. Optometry, Indiana Univ., Spring, 1972 and 1973

Microbiology  Undergraduate Lecture and Laboratory Course, Brooklyn College, Spring, 1974

Microbiology Undergraduate Seminar, University of Kentucky, Fall, 1977

Microbiology Graduate Seminar, University of Kentucky, Spring, 1977

Microbiology Undergraduate Lecture and Laboratory Course, University of Kentucky, Fall, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979; Spring, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1980

Cell Recognition Graduate Seminar, UCLA School of Medicine, Fall, 1982

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:                                

American Society for Microbiology

Intl. Society for Human and Animal Mycology                                  

Medical Mycological Society of the Americas                  

Online mailing list for Candida researchers 

Thomson Scientific, ISI                     

SUBSCRIPTIONS:                  
MMSA Newsletter
Microbe
Medical Mycology
Current Contents Life Sciences
candidanews

WRITERS ORGANIZATIONS:

Authors Guild

California Lawyers for the Arts

Independent Writers of Southern California

Southwest Manuscripters

Southern California Writers Association

SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

6 - Undergraduate laboratory research technician positions held

8 - Fellowships (predoctoral, postdoctoral, senior, and professorship) awarded

4 - University faculty teaching and research positions held

19 - Microbiology courses taught

3 - Master's degrees directed

2 - Graduate student committees served on

22 - Undergraduate and graduate laboratory research assistants trained

8 - Academic committees served on

2 - Journal editorial review boards served on

2 - Research grant applications review boards served on

13    Research grants awarded as principal investigator from 1974 to 1985 totaling $525,833

7 - Abstracts published on candidiasis (others not listed)

6 - Poster presentations on candidiasis (others not listed)

37 -Publications (10 Invited reviews; 14 papers on candidiasis)

33 - Media interviews for TV, radio, newspapers, magazines + book chapters

3 - Expert witness testimony on candidiasis at court hearings

44 - Invited lectures on candidiasis and other topics to scientific, medical and patient group