David Reed, PhD.

Manager of the Molecular Biology and Genetics Core

Phone: (734) 764-0059

Fax: (734) 647 0228

Research Interests

Dr. Reed was working in the field of molecular anthropology and studying ancient DNA before joining the Kellogg Eye Center staff. He provides molecular biological support to center researchers including biostatistics and structural bioinformatics. For Dr. Richards, he is examining the possible relation between mtDNA point mutations and glaucoma.

Education

1999 - 2001. Research Fellow, Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Genome Science Training Program.
1998. Doctor of Philosophy, Anthropology, The Pennsylvania State University , University Park, PA.
1987. Master of Arts, Anthropology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.
1984. Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology and Computer Engineering. Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.

Publications

2001. Diet and Nutrition. In Archaeology of ancient Mexico and Central America: an encyclopedia, pp. 213-215, S. T. Evans and D. L. Webster, editors. Garland Publishing, New York.
1999. Cuisine from Hun-Nal-Ye. In Reconstructing ancient Maya diet, pp. 183-196, C. D. White, editor. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City.
1999. Review of Statistics for anthropology. American Antiquity 64(2): 392-393.
1998. Evidencia de dieta y salud en los esqueletos de Iximché, with S. L. Whittington. Mesoamerica 35: 73-82.
1997. Commoner diet at Copán: Insights from stable isotopes and porotic hyperostosis, with S. L. Whittington. In Bones of the Maya: studies of ancient skeletons, pp. 157-170, S. L. Whittington and D. M. Reed, editors. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC.
1997. Ancient and contemporary mitochondrial DNA variation in the Maya, with D. A. Merriwether and R. E. Ferrell. In Bones of the Maya: studies of ancient skeletons, pp. 208-217, S. L. Whittington and D. M. Reed, editors. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC.
1995. El análisis de isótopos estables de carbono y nitrógeno en los huesos de Iximché. with S. L. Whittington. Final techincal report submitted to the Instituto de Antropología e Historia, Guatemala.
1994. Ancient Maya diet at Copán, Honduras, as determined through the analysis of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes. In Paleonutrition: The diet and health of prehistoric Americans, pp. 210-221. K. D. Sobolik, editor. Center for Archaeological Investigations, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL.
1994. Los esqueletos de Iximché, with S. Whittington. In VII Simposio de investigaciones arqueológicas en Guatemala, pp. 23-28. J. P. Laporte and H. L. Escobado, editors. Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Ethnología, Guatemala City.
1992. Review of Life and death at Paloma: society and mortuary practices in a preceramic Peruvian village. American Antiquity 57(2): 380.
1992. Review of The human skeletal remains from a Terminal Classic skull pit at Colha, Belize. American Antiquity 57(2): 380.

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