UNDERGRADUATE SUMMER RESEARCH PROGRAM
2010 NSSP Information
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James P. Shaffery,
D.Phil. Information Technology Services, Director The University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi Contact Dr. Shaffery |
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Key Personnel: Donny Broome, LAN Administrator |
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Information Technology Services Director
Dr. James
P. Shaffery is Information Technology Services Director of the Center for
Psychiatric Neuroscience. Dr. Shaffery completed his graduate studies with the
Animal Behavior Research Group, in the Zoology Department at Oxford, England
(1984). Part of his early graduate research on the biological function of sleep
involved studies of sleep electrophysiology in free ranging birds. A
post-doctoral NRSA award under Dr. Howard P. Roffwarg on the function of sleep in brain maturation in young kittens led to an NIH/NINDS-funded project to determine the neural mechanisms that allow the rapid eye
movement (REM) phase of sleep to contribute to brain development and maturation.
In addition to his responsibilities as Information Technology Services Director,
Dr. Shaffery has served as Chairperson of the Psychiatry Computer Committee. He
has served on this committee since 1999, having been appointed during the
University-wide effort to ensure Y2K compliance. He has also served on several
ad hoc computer committees, including the UMC Information Systems Strategic
Planning Committee. Dr. Shaffery has extensive experience with computer
programming languages and has been involved with systems administration on
mainframes as well as personal computers and
workstations.
Goals
The CPN is comprised
of several laboratories, not all of which are located in close proximity to each
other. In addition to maintaining the visibility of the CPN in the research
community, Information Technology Services provides a powerful database resource
for CPN investigators and for collaborating laboratories outside of the
center.
CPN investigators regularly collaborate with other psychiatric
neuroscientists within the state of Mississippi, across the country, and around
the world. Information Technology Services provides not only a means for this
diverse group of scientists to communicate effectively and exchange information,
it also facilitates secure data storage and exchange, electronic conferencing,
interactive document markup capabilities, as well as providing protected access
to a number of continuously updated databases.


