Education

• Postdoctoral Fellow: Vascular Biology and Hypertension Program - University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL

• Postdoctoral Fellow: Division of Cellular and Molecular Pathology - University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL

• Doctorate of Philosophy: Physiology - University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX

• Bachelor of Science – Biology - McMurry University, Abilene, TX

Experience

• Present: Instructor of Biology - San Antonio College, San Antonio, TX

• Pre-Optometry Advisor/Student Affairs Representative/Coordinator of Academic Support Services/Course Lecturer - University of the Incarnate Word School of Optometry, San Antonio, TX

• Adjunct Professor: Biology (full time) - Northwest Vista College, San Antonio, TX

• Adjunct Professor: Biology (part time) - Northwest Vista College, San Antonio, TX

• Assistant Professor: Biology - McMurry University, Abilene, TX

• Assistant Professor: Biology - Howard Payne University, Brownwood, TX

Publications

• Farrell, DM, CC Wei, JL Ardell, JA Armour, GR Hageman, WE Bradley, and LJ Dell’Italia. Angiotensin II modulates norepinephrine release into the interstitial fluid of the canine myocardium in-vivo. J. Physiol. 281 (Heart and Circulatory Physiology 2): H813-H822, 2001.

• Farrell, DM and VS Bishop. Dopamine type-1 (D-1) receptor blockade attenuates active thermoregulatory vasodilation in the rabbit ear. FASEB J. 15(4, Pt I): 411.13, 2001.

• Wei, CC, QC Meng, R Palmer, GR Hageman, J Durand, WE Bradley, DM Farrell, GH Hankes, S Oparil, and LJ Dell’Italia. Evidence for angiotensin-converting enzyme- and chymase-mediated angiotensin II formation in the interstitial fluid space of the dog heart in vivo. Circulation. 99(19): 2583-2589, 1999.

• Farrell, DM, CC Wei, WE Bradley, GR Hageman, YS Babu, YF Chen, S Oparil, and LJ Dell’Italia. Inhibition of angiotensin II formation in the dog heart in vivo by a novel serine protease inhibitor BCX-1470. Circulation. American Heart Association 71stScientific Sessions, November 1998.

• Wei, CC, DM Farrell, WE Bradley, GR Hageman, GH Hankes, A Jaffa, S Oparil, and LJ Dell’Italia. Renin angiotensin system modulates bradykinin production in the dog heart in vivo. Circulation. American Heart Association 71stScientific Sessions, November 1998.

• Su, X, CC Wei, DM Farrell, GH Hankes, SR Dillon, P Rynders, S Oparil, FG Spinale, and LJ Dell’Italia. Differential effects of angiotensin AT1receptor blockade on ANG II production in volume overload heart failure. Circulation. American Heart Association 71st Scientific Sessions, November 1998.

• Farrell, DM and VS Bishop. The roles of cGMP and cAMP in active thermoregulatory vasodilation. J. Physiol. 272 (Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 41): R975-R981, 1997.

• Farrell, DM and VS Bishop. Modulation of cAMP/cGMP-induced vasodilation in the normothermic rabbit ear. FASEB J. 11 (3): A5, 1997.

• Farrell, DM and VS Bishop. Permissive role for nitric oxide in active thermoregulatory vasodilation in the rabbit ear. J. Physiol. 269 (Heart and Circulatory Physiology 38): H1613-H1618, 1995.