Curriculum Vitae of Dion Fung

DION FUNG

RESEARCH

	Ph.D. Research Thesis (May 1998 - Present) Supervisor: Dr. H. Chertkow, Director of Bloomfield Center for Aging, Lady Davis Research Institute Project: "Cognitive, Imaging, and Lesion Studies of Semantic Memory"
	Undergraduate Honors Research Thesis (1996 to 1997) Supervisor: Dr. I. Moss, Director of Developmental Respiratory Lab., Montréal Children's Hospital Project: "Quantitative autoradiography of age-related opioid receptors in respiratory-related brain regions"
	Summer Research Project Supervisor: Dr. D. Watt, Director of Aerospace Medical Research Unit, McGill University Projects: "Effects of Torso Rotation on human postural control"

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

	TD Fung, H Chertkow, S Murtha, C Whatmough, L Péloquin, V Whitehead, FD Templeman. The spectrum of category effects in object and action knowledge in Alzheimer's disease. Neuropsychology, 15(3):371-379, 2001. (View abstract)
	TD Fung, H Chertkow, L Verret, L Péloquin, D Templeman. Semantic knowledge for verbs, nouns, and abstract concepts in frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Brain and Cognition, 47(1-2): 275-279, 2001.
	TD Fung, H Chertkow, FD Templeman. Pattern of semantic memory impairment in dementia of Alzheimer's type. Brain and Cognition, 43(1-3): 200-205, 2000. (View abstract).
	IR Moss, A Laferriere, D Fung, V Bank. Mu and delta opiod receptors in brain stem of piglets: effect of age and prenatal cocaine exposure. FASEB Journal, 11(3): 3215, 1997.

EDUCATION

	M.D., C.M., Ph.D. (Present -- Joint program degrees expected 2004) McGill University, Canada. Major: Medicine and Surgery (MD, CM) and Neurology and Neurosurgery (PhD)
	B.Sc. (First Class Honors)(1997) McGill University, Canada. Major: Physiology (Hon.) and Computer Science

SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

	MD/PhD Studentship (1999-2004) Medical Research Council of Canada
	Burroughs Wellcome Fund Research Award (1998) Burroughs Wellcome Fund
	Dean's Honors List, GPA 3.88 (1997) Faculty of Science, McGill University
	Certificate of Distinction (1993) Euclid Mathematics Contest (The Canadian Mathematics Competition)

PROJECTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

	Database Programmer (2001) Diabetes Clinic, Montreal Children's Hospital Develop and implement relational database system for 500 patients
	Programmer, Editor, Lecturer, and Techical Consultant (1997 - Present) McGill Medical Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University Gait Disorders Pharmacology Cases Question Database Active Server Pages (Server-Side Scripts) Implementation Website Optimization and Technical Help Pages
	Editorial Board and Senior Web Editor (1997 - Present) McGill Journal of Medicine Review of weekly submissions; website and CGI script management
	Teaching Assistant (1999) Continuing Medical Education, McGill University Assist medical professors in learning and preparing Powerpoint presentations
	Teaching Assistant (1996 Winter) Undergraduate Physiology Laboratory, McGill University Assist students in computer data acquisition; physiology tutoring
	Volunteer (1996-1997) Montréal Chest Hospital/Royal Victoria Hospital Visit palliative and long-term care patients.

OTHER SKILLS

	Computer Programming Languages: JAVA, Visual Basic/C++, C/C++, CGI/PERL, ASP, Javascript, VBScript, HTML, SQL, Pascal, Assembly (MC68k); Some knowledge in Unix shell scripts, Modula-2, LISP, SmallTalk
	Computer Operating Systems: Unix/Linux, MS-Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/, MacOS 7-9/OSX
	Multimedia: Video digitization (Quicktime, MPEG movies); image digitization (scanning and optimizing); Flash, MP3, Realaudio, Acrobat PDF file production
	Computer Software: Matlab, Systat, Adobe Photoshop/Premiere/Illustrator/Pagemaker, Macromedia Dreamweaver/Director/Flash, QuarkXpress, Microsoft Office/Frontpage, Lotus Smartsuite
	Languages: Fluent in spoken and written English and Cantonese. Intermediate in spoken and written Mandarin, French and Spanish. Some knowledge of Korean.

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Last updated: February 13, 2002 9:43 PM .