Michelle Dawn Ashley

1347 Grass Creek Avenue, Unit 1 Henderson, NV 89012 360.481.0530 mashley29@gmail.com

EDUCATION Touro University Nevada, Henderson, NV Master of Science in Occupational Therapy Washington State University, Vancouver, WA Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Human Development Honors: Cum Laude, Psi Chi Honor Society South Puget Sound Community College, Olympia, WA Associate of Arts Honors: Deans List CLINICAL FIELDWORK EXPERIENCE St. Lukes Rehabilitation Institute Level IIB Fieldwork, Inpatient Rehabilitation TBI Unit Nevada Community Enrichment Program Level IIA Fieldwork, Community-based Neurorehabilitation Adult Day Care Center of Las Vegas Level I Fieldwork, Older Adult Day Program HealthSouth Desert Canyon Rehabilitation Hospital Level I Fieldwork, Adult Inpatient Rehabilitation Dream Therapy Level I Fieldwork, Pediatric Hippotherapy WORK EXPERIENCE Legacy Health System Lab Manager, Neurotrauma Research Legacy Health System Clinical Research and Education Coordinator Legacy Health System Research Assistant II, Neurobiology Research Washington State University Research Technician II, Neurobehavioral Pain Research 06/2011 06/2012 05/2010 06/2011 08/2005 05/2010 01/2004 07/2005 03/2014 07/2014 11/2013 01/2014 08/2013 09/2013 04/2013 05/2013 01/2013 02/2013 07/2014 05/2005

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS Amy Lamb, OTD, OTR/L, FAOTA Demonstrating & Articulating the Distinct Value of Occupational Therapy (Contact Hours: 1.50) Erna Blanche, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA Sensory Integration Across the Lifespan (Contact Hours: 1.25) American Occupational Therapy Association 93rd Annual Conference & Expo in San Diego, CA (Contact Hours: 12) Integrated Listening Systems Practitioners Training Course (Contact Hours: 10) Florence Clark, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA The Evidence-Based Practitioners in HD: Knowledge, Attitude, and Voice (Contact Hours: 1.25) PROFESSIONAL AFFLILIATIONS & CERTIFICATION American Occupational Therapy Association Certified Car Fit Technician American Red Cross First Aid CPR and AED American Occupational Therapy Association Student Member VOLUNTEER & LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Camp Counselor American Occupational Therapy Association Assembly of Student Delegation, Alternate Delegate Camp Cartwheel Camp Volunteer Healthy Choices for Me Program Program Volunteer First Lego League Occupational therapy volunteer Legacy Health System Legacy Institute for Surgical Education and Innovation Coordinator 02/2014 04/2013 07/2013 02/2013 06/2013 09/2012 05/2010 06/2011 10/2013 Present 07/2012 Present 04/2012 Present 12/2013

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FELLOWSHIPS Washington State University Undergraduate Research Fellowship CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS & ABSTRACTS Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Professional Education: Healthy Choices for Me. 2014 American Occupational Therapy Association 94th Annual Conference, Poster Session No.: PO 2009. Morgan M. M., Clayton C. C., Ashley M. D., & Christie M. J. (2004) Microinjection of deltorphin into the PAG alters locomotion and nociception in morphine tolerant, but not naive rats. Society for Neuroscience. 34th Annual Meeting, Abstract #60.2. PUBLICATIONS Jessick, V. J., Xie, M., Pearson, A. N., Torrey, D. J., Ashley, M. D., Thompson, S., & Meller, R. (2013). Investigating the role of the actin regulating complex ARP 2/3 in rapid ischemic tolerance induced neuroprotection. International Journal of Physiology, Pathophysiology and Pharmacology,5(4), 216-227. Wackym, A., Timmel, G., Cioffi, J., Jacobs, J., Neilson, D., Ashley, M., Izenberg, S., Standage, B., Morgan, L., & Cioffi G. (2011). Legacy Institute for Surgical Education and Innovation: Current progress and future direction. Journal of Surgical Education, 68(5), 430-436. Thompson, S. J.*, Ashley, M. D.*, Stohr, S., Schindler, C., Li, M., McCarthy-Culpepper, K. A., Pearson, A. N., Xiong, Z., Simon, R. P., Henshall, D. C., & Meller, R. (2011). Suppression of TNF receptor-1 signaling in an in vitro model of epileptic tolerance. International Journal of Physiology, Pathophysiology and Pharmacology, 3(2), 120-32. Thompson, S.*, Ordonez, A. N.*, Ashley, M. D., Jessick, V., Murphy, B. M., Gafken, P., Henshall, D. C., Morris, K. T., Simon, R. P., & Meller, R. (2011). Identification of a novel BIM E3 ligase, TRI-Partite Motif Containing Protein 2, and its role in rapid ischemic tolerance-induced neuroprotection. Journal of Biological Chemistry,286(22), 19331-19339. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M110.197707 Ordonez, A. N., Jessick, V. J., Clayton, C. E., Ashley, M. D., Thompson, S. J., Simon, R. P., & Meller, R.(2010). Rapid ischemic tolerance induced by adenosine preconditioning results in Bcl-2 interacting mediator of cell death (Bim) degradation by the proteasome. International Journal of Physiology, Pathophysiology and Pharmacology, 2(1), 36-44. Loftus, L. T., Gala, R., Yang, T., Jessick, V. J., Ashley, M. D., Ordonez, A. N., Thompson, S. J., Simon, R. P., & Meller, R. (2009). Sumo-2/3-ylation following in vitro model ischemia is reduced in delayed ischemic tolerance. Brain Research, 1272, 71-80. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.03.034 Morgan, M. M., Ashley, M. D., Ingram, S. L., & Christie, M. J. (2009). Behavioral consequences of delta-opioid receptor activation in the periaqueductal gray of morphine tolerant rats. Neural Plasticity, 2009:516328. doi: 10.1155/2009/516328 05/2004 08/2004

Meller, R., Thompson, S. J., Lusardi, T. A., Ordonez, A. N., Ashley, M. D., Jessick, V. J., Wang, W., Torrey, D. J., Henshall, D. C., Gafken, P. R., Saugstad, J. A., Xiong, Z. G., & Simon, R. P. (2008). Ubiquitin proteasome-mediated synaptic reorganization: A novel mechanism underlying rapid ischemic tolerance. Journal of Neuroscience, 28(1), 50-59. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3474-07.2008 Thompson, S. J., Loftus, L. T., Ashley, M. D., & Meller, R. (2007). Ubiquitin proteasome system as a modulator of cell fate. Current Opinion in Pharmacology, 8(1), 90-95. Pignataro, G., Meller, R., Inoue, K., Ordonez, A. N., Ashley, M. D., Xiong, Z., Gala, R., & Simon, R. P. (2007). In vivo and in vitro characterization of a novel neuroprotective strategy for stroke: Ischemic postconditioning. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism, 28(2), 232-241. REFERENCES Heidi Spafford, OTR/L Neuro Outpatient and Acute Care Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital Melody Lee, MSOTR/L Level IIA Fieldwork Educator NCEP Michael Morgan, PhD Professor of Neuroscience Washington State University (360) 487-1000 heidispafford@earthlink.net (702) 259-1903 mlee@accessiblespace.org (360) 546-9726 mmmorgan@vancouver.wsu.edu