Email: haycock@nasw.org
Webpage: DeanAHaycock.com
Dean A. Haycock, Ph.D.
Position
Author; Science and Medical Writer
Past & Present Clients
Drug Discovery & Development; The Lancet Neurology; Annals of Internal
Medicine; BioMedNet; WebMD; BioWorld Today; CNN.com; BioWorld
International; Medcast Medical News; CancerOnline.net; Newton’s Apple; The
Minneapolis Star-Tribune; Current Biology; HMS Beagle; Endeavor, The
American Institute for Research; Washington; DC.; The Gale Encyclopedia of
Science; National Institutes of Health’s Environmental Health Perspectives and
NCRR Reporter; INOVIS, Inc.; The Journal of Cell Biology; The Copley News
Service; The American Chemical Society’s Reaction Times; Arriving
Magazine; Upstate New Yorker Magazine; The Glens Falls Post-Star; The
Saratoga Business Journal; The Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders; The
Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security; Homeland Security
Professional
Media Appearances: HuffPost Live; Talk of the Nation – Science Friday
(National Public Radio); Rubin Museum of Art Brainwave Series
Professional History
Author, Pegasus Books, NY, NY; ABC-CLIO/Greenwood, Santa Barbara, CA;
Adams Media, Avon MA.
Contributing Editor, Drug Discovery and Development
Staff writer and Book Review Editor for HMS Beagle, online magazine for
biomedical researchers, sponsored by BioMedNet, Elsevier.
BioWorld Today writer, American Health Consultants, Atlanta, Georgia
WebMD medical writer, WebMD, Atlanta, Georgia
Consultant for The American Institute for Research, Washington, DC and the
Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC
Senior Research Investigator, Department of Neuroscience, Sterling Winthrop
Pharmaceutical Research Division, Rensselaer, NY. Supervised pharmaceutical
research in neuropharmacology
Research Associate under Dr. Paul Greengard, Laboratory of Molecular &
Cellular Neuroscience, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY.
Education
Ph.D. in Neurobiology from the Department of Biology and Medicine, Brown
University, Providence RI, B. A. in Biology, Brown University.
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant, Brown University, Lecturer Cell Physiology and
Biophysics; Neuropharmacology and Synaptic Transmission
Guest Lecturer, Brown University, Neuropharmacology of Mental Disorders,
Pharmacology of Cannabinoids, Pharmacology
Honors
2015 American Society of Journalists and Authors award in the category of
general nonfiction: Honorable Mention, Murderous Minds: Exploring the
Criminal Psychopathic Brain: Neurological Imaging and the Manifestation of
Evil
Individual Research Training Fellowship National Research Service Award,
National Institute of Mental Health
Postdoctoral Fellowship Muscular Dystrophy Association
Graduate Council Research Fellowship Award
Fellowship for Young Pharmacologist Japanese Pharmacology Society
Special Skills/ Strengths
Skilled at writing and editing medical and scientific material for lay and
professional readers -- under deadline.
Experienced lecturer and teacher. Scientific credentials include publications in
J. of Neurochemistry, J. of Biological Chemistry, Brain Research, J. of
Medicinal Chemistry, J. of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, etc.
Organizations
American Society of Journalists and Authors
National Association of Science Writers
Publications
BOOKS:
Characters on the Couch: Exploring Psychology through Literature and
Film. ABC-CLIO/Greenwood, Publication date: September 2016.
Murderous Minds: Exploring the Criminal Psychopathic Brain: Neurological
Imaging and the Manifestation of Evil, Pegasus Books. 2014.
The Everything Health Guide to Adult Bipolar Disorder, 2nd and 3nd editions,
Adams Media. 2014.
Overcoming Complications of LASIK and Other Eye Surgeries (with
Ismail A. Shalaby, M.D., Ph.D). Sunrise River Press. 2010.
The Everything Health Guide to Schizophrenia, Adams Media. 2009.
Vaccine Shortages, In David E. Newton. Vaccination Controversies: A
Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2013.
Legalizing Steroids, In David E. Newton. Steroid Abuse: A Reference
Handbook. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2014.
JOURNAL ARTICLES:
Haycock, J. W. and Haycock, D. A. (1991) Tyrosine Hydroxylase In Rat Brain
Dopaminergic Nerve Terminals: Multiple-site Phosphorylation In Vivo and in
Synaptosomes. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 266:5650-5657.
[http://www.jbc.org/cgi/reprint/266/9/5650.pdf]
D'Ambra, T. E., Estep, K. G., Bell, M. G., Eissenstat, M. A., Josef, K. A., Ward,
S. J., Haycock, D. A., Baizman, E. R., Casiano, F. M., Beglin, N. C., Chippari,
S. M., Grego, J. D., Kullnig, R. K. and Daley, G. T. (1992) Conformationally
Restrained Analogs of Provadoline: Nanomolar Potent, Enantioselective,
Aminoalkylindole Agonists of the Cannabinoid Receptor. Journal of Medicinal
Chemistry, 35:124-135.
Jansen, E. M., Ward, S. J., Haycock, D. A., and Seybold, S. Distribution of
Cannabinoid Receptors in Rat Brain Determined with Aminoalkyindoles.
(1992) Brain Research, 575:93-102.
Sawutz, D. G., Faunce, D. M., Houck, W. T. and Haycock, D. A. (1992)
Characterization of Bradykinin B2 Receptors on Human IMR-90 Lung
Fibroblasts: Stimulation of 45Ca + Efflux by D-Phe7 Substituted Bradykinin
Analogues. European Journal of Pharmacology, 227:309-315.
Kuster, J.E , Stevenson, J. I., Ward, S. J., D'Ambra, T. E., Haycock, D. A.
(1993). Aminoalkylindole Binding in Rat Cerebellum: Selective Displacement
by Natural and Synthetic Cannabinoids. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 264:1352-1363.
[http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/264/3/1352]
Oleynek, J.J., Sedlock, D.M., Barrow, C.J., Appell, K.C., Casiano, F., Haycock,
D., Ward, .SJ., Kaplita, P., Gillum, A. M. (1994) WIN 64821, A Novel
Neurokinin Antagonist Produced by an Aspergillus sp. II. Biological Activity. J
Antibiotics. (Tokyo). 47(4):399-410.
Kumar, V., Alexander, M.D. Bell, M.R., Eissenstat, M.A. Casiano, F.M.
Chippari, S.M., Haycock, D.A., Luttinger, D.A., Kuster, J.E. Miller, M.S.,
Stevenson, J.I. and Ward S.J. (1995) Morpholinoalkylindenes as antinociceptive
agents: Novel cannabinoid receptor agonists. Bioorganic & Medicinal
Chemistry Letters. 5(4):381-386.
D'Ambra, T.E., Eissenstat, M.A., Abt ,J. Ackerman, J.H., Bacon, E.R., Bell,
M.R., Carabateas, P.M., Josef, K.A., Kumar, V., Weaver III, J.D., Arnold, R.,
Casiano, F.M., Chippari, S.M., Haycock, D.A. et al. (1996) C-Attached
aminoalkylindoles: potent cannabinoid mimetics. Bioorganic & Medicinal
Chemistry Letters. 6(1):17-22.
Haycock, D. A. (1997) Heterologous vaccines: Proponent sparks some interest.
Ann Intern Med. 126(12):I40-1.
MONOGRAPHS and ABSTRACTS
Estep, K. G., D'Ambra, T. E., Bell, M. R., Olefirowicz, E. M., Eissenstat, M. A.,
Haycock, D. A. and Ward, S. J. Unexpected Cannabinoid-mimetics: Synthesis
and SAR of Conformationally Restrained Aminoalkylindoles. Gordon Research
Conference, Natural Products, July 23-27, 1990, New Hampton, New
Hampshire.
Eissenstat, M. A., Bell, M. R. , D'Ambra, T. E. , Estep, K. G., Olefirowicz, E.
M., Haycock, D. A. and Ward, S. J. Aminoalkylindoles (AAIs) : StructureActivity Relationships of Novel Cannabinoid-Mimetics. 200th National
American Chemical society Meeting, Washington, D. C., August 26-31, 1990.
Kuster, J. E., Haycock, D. A., Howlett, A. C., Subramaniam, B. and Ward, S. J.
Aminoalkylindole Binding Data Suggests A New Approach For Studying
Cannabinoid Activity. Society for Neuroscience, 20th Annual Meeting. October
28-November 2, 1990. Abstr. 291.14, p. 697.
Jansen, E. M., Ward, S. J., Haycock, D. A., and Seybold, V. S. Characterization
and Localization of Aminoalkyindoles (AAI) in Rat Brain. Society for
Neuroscience, 20th Annual Meeting. st. Louis, Missouri. October 28-November
2, 1990. Abstr. 291.15, p. 697.
Ward, S.J., Baizman E., Bell, M., Childers, S., D'Ambra T., Eissenstat, M.,
Estep, K., Haycock, D., Howlett, A., Luttinger, D., et al. Aminoalkylindoles
(AAIs): a new route to the cannabinoid receptor? NIDA Res Monogr.
1991;105:425-6.
Eissenstat, M .A., Bell, M .R., D'Ambra, T.E., Estep, K.G., Haycock, D. A.,
Olefirowicz, E. M., Ward, S.J. Aminoalkylindoles (AAIs): structurally novel
Cannabinoid-mimetics. NIDA Res Monogr. 1991;105:427-8.
Haycock, D. A., Kuster, J. E., Stevenson, J. I., Ward, S.J., D'Ambra, T.E.,
Characterization of Aminoalkylindole Binding:Selective Displacement by
Cannabinoids. NIDA Res Monogr. 1991. 105: 304-5.
Casiano, F. M., Arnold, R., Haycock, D., Kuster, J., Ward, S.J.. Putative
Aminoalkylindoles (AAI) Antagonists. NIDA Res Monogr. 1991;105:295-6.
Estep, K. G., D'Ambra, T. E., Olefirowicz, E.M., Bell, M.R., Eissenstat, M. A.,
Haycock, D. A., Ward, S.J.. Conformationally Restrained Aminoalkylindoles:
Potent, Stereoselective Ligands at the Cannabinoid Binding Site. NIDA Res
Monogr. 1991;105:300-1.
Sawutz, D. G., Faunce, D. M., Houck, W. T., DePaolis, S. and Haycock, D. A.
Characterization of Bradykinin B2 Receptors on Human IMR-90 Lung
Fibroblasts by Radioligand Binding and Bradykinin-stimulated 45 CA2+
Efflux. International Conference Toward Understanding the Molecular Basis of
Kinin Action. Munich, Germany. Sept. 8-14, 1991.
Oleynek, J. J., Sedlock, D. M., Kaplita, P. V., Gillum, A. M., Appell, K. C.,
Haycock, D. A., Casiano, F. M. and Ward S. J. Biological activities of WIN
64821, A Neurokinin Receptor Antagonist Isolated from Asperqillus. Third
International Conference on Biotechnology of Microbial Products. April 18-21,
1993.
Literary Agent
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