David Olson

BIOGRAPHY

ACADEMIC POSITION:
Professor, Department of Physiology and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

EDUCATION:
• Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota (1967-1971)
Degree: Bachelor of Arts (BA) Biology
• University of Minnesota, St Paul, Minnesota (1971-1973; 1975-1976)
Degree: Master of Science (MS) Animal Physiology
• St Louis University, St Louis, Missouri (1977-1981)
Degree: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Physiology

HONORS AND AWARDS:
• 1969-1970 Undergraduate Research Fellow, National Science Foundation Undergraduate Research Participation Program, Augustana College
• 1970 Member, Beta Beta Beta (honorary biology society), Augustana College
• 1972 Graduate Student Research Fellow, University of Minnesota
• 1977-1981 Graduate Studentship, St Louis University
• 1981-1982 Postdoctoral Fellow, Lalor Foundation, University of Western Ontario
• 1982 Prize winner, Research Day, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Western Ontario
• 1982 Lalor Foundation Fellowship Renewal
• 1982-1983 Postdoctoral Fellow in Science, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• 1983 Wyeth Award Winner, Research Day, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Western Ontario
• 1983-1984 Individual National Research Service Award (Salary) from the National Institutes of Health, USA
• 1984-1989 Scholarship, Medical Research Council of Canada (5 years salary)
• 1989-1991 Member, MRC Group in Fetal and Neonatal Health and Development (4 years salary, operating, equipment and core facilities) Resigned upon appointment to the University of Alberta
• 1991-1996 Scholarship and Establishment Grant, Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (5 years salary, 2 years equipment and operating)
• 1996-2003 Senior Scholarship, Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (Salary)
• 2001-2004 Director, CIHR Group in Perinatal Health and Disease
• 2003-Present Director, CIHR Strategic Training Grant in Maternal-Fetal-Newborn Health

MEMBERSHIPS:
• 1979 Society for the Study of Reproduction
• 1982 Society for the Study of Fertility
• 1986 Society for Pediatric Research
• 1989 The Perinatal Research Society
• 1989 Society for Gynecologic Investigation
• 1993 The Endocrine Society
• 1993 Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada
• 2006 International Society for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD)
• 2006 Healthy Development Adelaide (A human development research network)

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
• The prostaglandin F receptor (PTGFR) and birth
• Single nucleotide polymorphisms and stress in the etiology of spontaneous preterm birth
• Transcriptomic prediction of preterm birth in asymptomatic women
• Studies on mechanisms of uterine activation for labour: interactions between corticotropin-releasing hormone and prostaglandins
• Preterm birth & inflammation in the rat model. Evaluation of uterine activation for labour: Leukocyte recruitment, invasion, adherence and activation


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