Department of Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sciences at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine

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Ned J. Place

Assistant Professor - Department of Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sciences

Director - Endocrinology Section, Animal Health Diagnostic Center

College of Veterinary Medicine
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853

Tel: (607) 253-3796
Fax: (607) 253-4213
njp27@cornell.edu

My principal area of interest is mammalian reproductive biology, with a focus on the life history trade-offs associated with the timing of hormone secretion and reproductive effort. I study the effects of photoperiod and melatonin on female reproductive aging in Siberian hamsters. I am also a collaborator on the Berkeley Spotted Hyena Project at the University of California, where I study sexual differentiation and mating behavior of naturally masculinized female mammals. I pursue basic research that is integrative and comparative, while also being biomedically and ecologically relevant.

For more information, please view the Place Lab web site.

Education

Certifications and Licenses

Honors and Awards

Research and Professional Experience

Professional Society Memberships

Selected Publications

Education

B.S.	- 1982	State University of New York, Albany - Biology
M.D.	- 1987	University of Rochester - Medicine
Ph.D.	- 2000	University of Washington - Zoology

Certifications and Licenses

Board Certification in Obstetrics and Gynecology 1993

Honors and Awards

		Medical Student Oncology Fellowship, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK 1985
		Excellence in Endoscopy Award, American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists 1991
		Board Certification in Obstetrics and Gynecology 1993
		Fellow, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists 1993 - 2003
		Richard C. Snyder Award in Zoology, University of Washington 1997
		National Research Service Award, Individual NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship 2001 - 2004
		Best Trainee Poster Award, Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology 2003

Research and Professional Experience

		1987 - 1991			Resident, Obstetrics/Gynecology, University of Connecticut Health Sciences Center
		1991 - 1995			Obstetrician/Gynecologist, Ob-Gyn Associates, Waynesboro, VA
		1997- 2000			Clinical Instructor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington
		2000 - 2004			Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley
		2004 - present			Assistant Professor, Cornell University, Department of Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sciences; Director, Endocrinology Section, Diagnostic Center

Professional Society Memberships

		American Association for the Advancement of Science
		American Society of Mammalogists
		Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology
		Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
		Society for the Study of Reproduction

Selected Publications

Dloniak SM, French JA, Place NJ, Weldele ML, and Holekamp KE. (2004). Non-invasive monitoring of fecal androgens in spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta). Gen Comp Endocrinol 135:51-61.
Place NJ and Glickman SE. (2004). Masculinization of female mammals: lessons from nature. Adv Exp Med Biol 545:243-253.
Place NJ, Tuthill CR, Schoomer EE, Tramontin AD, and Zucker I. (2004). Short day lengths delay reproductive aging. Biol Reprod 71:987-992.
Cunha GR, Place NJ, Baskin LS, Conley AJ, Weldele ML. Cunha TJ, Wang YZ, Cao M, and Glickman SE. (2005). The ontogeny of the urogenital system of the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta Erxleben). Biol Reprod 73:554-564.
Baskin LS, Yucel S, Cunha GR, Glickman SE, and Place NJ. (2006). A neuroanatomical comparison of humans and spotted hyena, a natural animal model for common urogenital sinus: clinical reflections on feminizing genitoplasty. J Urol 175:276-283.
McFadden D, Pasanen EG, Weldele ML, Glickman SE, and Place NJ. (2006). Masculinized otoacoustic emissions in female spotted hyenas. Horm Behav 50:285-292.
Paul MJ, Park JH, Horton TH, Alvarez MI, Burke MK, Place NJ, and Zucker I. (2006). Photoperiodic regulation of compensatory testicular hypertrophy in hamsters. Biol Reprod 75:261-269.
Rosen GJ, De Vries GJ, Villalba C, Weldele ML, Place NJ, Coscia EM, Glickman SE, and Forger NG. (2006). The distribution of vasopressin in the forebrain of spotted hyenas. J Comp Neurol 498:80-92.
Browne P, Place NJ, Vidal JD, Moore I, Cunha GR, Glickman SE, and Conley AJ. (2006). Endocrine differentiation of fetal ovaries and testes of the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta): timing of androgen-independent versus androgen-driven genital development. Reproduction 132:649-659.
Timonin ME, Place NJ, Wanderi EW, and Wynne-Edwards KE. (2006). Phodopus campbelli detect reduced photoperiod during development but, unlike P. sungorus, retain functional reproductive physiology. Reproduction 132:661-670.
Glickman SE, Cunha GR, Drea CM, Conley AJ and Place NJ. (2006). Mammalian sexual differentiation: lessons from the spotted hyena. Trends Endocrinol Metab 17:349-356. (Featured on the cover)
Conley AJ, Corbin CJ, Browne P, Mapes SM, Place NJ, Hughes AL, and Glickman SE. (2007). Placental expression and molecular characterization of aromatase cytochrome P450 in the hyena (Crocuta crocuta). Placenta 28:668-675.
Scotti ML, Place NJ, Demas GE. (2007). Short day increases in aggression are independent of circulating gonadal steroid levels in female Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus). Horm Behav 52:183-190.
Gold JR, Divers TJ, Barton MH, Lamb SV, Place NJ, Mohammed HO, and Bain FT. (2007). Plasma ACTH, cortisol, ACTH/cortisol ratios are elevated in septic term foals compared to normal term foals. J Vet Intern Med 21:791-796.
Wahaj SA, Place NJ, Weldele ML, Glickman SE, and Holekamp KE. (2007). Siblicide in the spotted hyena: analysis with ultrasonic examination of wild and captive individuals. Behav Ecol 18:974-984.
Kabithe EW and Place NJ. (2008). Photoperiod-dependent modulation of anti-Müllerian hormone in female Siberian hamsters, Phodopus sungorus. Reproduction 135:335-342.
Walsh DM, McGowan CM, McGowan TW, Lamb SV, Schanbacher BJ, and Place NJ. (2009). Correlation of plasma insulin concentration and laminitis score in a field study of equine Cushing’s disease and equine metabolic syndrome. J Equine Vet Sci. (in press).

Last Update April 30 2009