James Edwin Olson, PhD
Research Interests
Mechanisms of brain edema, Brain damage resulting from edema, Cellular volume regulation, Membrane channel activation during cell swelling, Blood-brain barrier water transport, Biomarkers for stroke diagnosis.
Selected Bibliography (2009 – 2019) from 84 Articles and Chapters
Estavez, Ana, Ganesana, Mallikarjunarao: Trentini, John, F.; Olson, James E.; Li, Guangze; Boateng, Yvonne O.; Lipps, Jennifer M.; Vablonski, Sarah E.R.; Donnelly, William T.; Leiter, James C.; and Erlichman, Joseph S. Antioxidant Enzyme-Mimetic Activity and Neuroprotective Effects of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles Stabilized with Various Ratios of Citric Acid and EDTA. Biomolecules, 9(10), 562, 2019.
Ciura, Sorana; Prager-Khoutorsky, Masha; Thirouin, Zahara S.; Wyrosdic, Joshua. C.; Olson, James. E.; Liedtke, Wolfgang; and Bourque, Charles W. Trpv4 Mediates Hypotonic Inhibition of Central Osmosensory Neurons via Taurine Gliotransmission. Cell Reports, 23(8), 2245-2253, 2018.
Tucker, Brian; Aston, Jill; Dines, Megan; Caraman, Elena; Yacyshyn, Marianne; McCarthy, Mary; and Olson, James E. Early brain edema is a predictor of in-hospital mortality in traumatic brain injury. Journal of Emergency Medicine, 53(1):18-29, 2017.
Marco, Catherine A.; Cook, Alexander.; Whitis, Julie; Xidas, James; Marmora, Bonnie; Mann, Dennis; and Olson, James E. Variable Self Reports of Pain from Blood Pressure Measurement Among Emergency Department Patients. American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 35(2):349-350. 2017.
Marco, Catherine A.; Cook, Alexander.; Whitis, Julie; Xidas, James; Marmora, Bonnie; Mann, Dennis; and Olson, James E. Pain scores for venipuncture among emergency department patients. American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 35(1):183-184, 2017.
Marco, Catherine A.; Edgell, Ashlee; Eggers, Catherine; Fagan, Christopher; and Olson, James E. Altered mental status among geriatric trauma patients. Emergency Medicine, 48(1):8-15, 2015.
Marco Catherine A.; Fagan Christopher; Eggers Catherine; Trautman, William; Mann, Dennis; and Olson James E. Self-assessment of hunger among ED patients with abdominal pain: Lack of association with disease severity. American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 34(1):104-106, 2015.
Marco Catherine A.; Davis, Andrew; Chang, Sylvia; Mann, Dennis; and Olson, James E. Emergency department patient satisfaction: Factors associated with satisfaction with care. American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 33(11):1708-1709, 2015.
Rando, Jessica; Broering, Derek; Olson, James E.; Marco, Catherine; Evans, Stephen B. Intranasal naloxone administration by police first-responders is associated with decreased opioid overdose deaths. American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 33:1201-1204, 2015.
Zheng, Jiaolin; Li, Guangze; Chen, Shuzhen; Chen, Ji; Buck, Joshua; Zhu, Yulan; Xia, Huijing; Lazartigues, Eric; Chen, Yan-fang; and Olson, James E. Activation of the ACE2/Ang-(1-7)/Mas pathway reduces oxygen-glucose deprivation induced tissue swelling, ROS production, and cell death in mouse brain with angiotensin II overproduction. Neuroscience, 273:39-51, 2014.
Zheng, Jiaolin; Li, Guangze; Chen, Shuzhen; Wang, Jinju; Olson, James E.; Xia, Huijing; Lazartigues, Eric; Zhu, Yulan; and Chen, Yan-fang. ACE2/Ang-(1-7)/Mas Axis Protects Brain from Ischemic Injury in both Young and Aged Mice. CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics, 20:452-459, 2014.
Choe, Katrina; Olson, James, E.; and Bourque, Charles. Taurine release by astrocytes modulates osmosensitive glycine receptor tone and excitability in the adult supraoptic nucleus. Journal of Neuroscience, 32(36):12518-12527, 2012.
Tucker, Brian and Olson, James E. Glutamate receptor-mediated taurine release from the hippocampus during oxidative stress. In: Journal of Biomedical Science, 17(Supplement 1):S10, 2010.
Chen, Shuzhen; Li, Guangze; Zhang, Wenfeng; Wang, Jinju; Sigmund, Curt D. Olson, James E.; and Chen, Yanfang. Ischemia Induced Brain Damage Is Enhanced in Human Renin and Angiotensinogen Double Transgenic Mice. American Journal of Physiology, American Journal of Physiology (Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology), 297(5):R1526-R1531, 2009.
D'Agostino, Dominic P.; Olson, James E.; and Dean, Jay B. Acute hyperoxia increases lipid peroxidation and induces plasma membrane blebbing in human U87 glioblastoma cells. Neuroscience, 159:1011-1022, 2009.
Awards and Other Professional Activities
Decision Editor, Academic Emergency Medicine, 2008-2017.
Society of Academic Emergency Medicine, Program Committee 2007-2012, Awards coordinator 2008-2012.
Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Research committee 2002-2007, Committee chair 2004-2007.
Treasurer, Society for Neuroscience New Orleans Chapter, 1983-1984.
President, Society for Neuroscience Ohio-Miami Valley Chapter, 2014-2015 (Chapter of the Year Award Winner).
American College of Emergency Physicians, Scientific Research Committee 2002-2015.
Faculty Development Award, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, 2016.
Outstanding Achievement in Medical education and Research, Wright State University Academy of Medicine, 2008.
Best Oral Presentation, 16th Annual Society for Neuroscience Midwest Regional Meeting, 2006.
Member, National Institutes of Health: Small Grants for New Investigators to Promote Diversity Study Section, 2015.
Member, National Institutes of Health: Neurology B and Neurology 3 Study Sections, 1987, 1991, 1996.
Member, National Institutes of Health: Developmental and Cellular Neuroscience Fellowship Grants Study Section, 1999.
Member, National Institutes of Health: Brain Disorders and Clinical Neuroscience Study Sections, 2001 - 2006.
Member, National Institutes of Health: Small Grants for New Investigators to Promote Diversity Study Section, 2015.
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California Dean's Post-doctoral Fellowship, 1980-1981.
Artistic and Reflective Contributions Selected from 42 Total
Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan. Emeritus professor Spot: Even cajoled, he don’t pull shifts. Academic Emergency Medicine, 20(2):217, 2013.
Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan. A Farmer’s Confession Regarding the Sharecropper’s Daughter. Academic Emergency Medicine, 19(10):1217, 2012.
Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan. Those legs made for walkin'. Academic Emergency Medicine, 18(10):1110, 2011.
Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan. Art lovers are not all of one mind. Academic Emergency Medicine, 18(5):563, 2011.
Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan. A tribute to permanent night people. Academic Emergency Medicine, 17(5):574, 2010.
Singer, Jonathan; Olson, James E.; Olson, Pam; Doerger, Phyllis; and Carson, Stephanie. "Illuminating Silhouettes", An Anthology of poems and photos; LuLu.com, 2010.
Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan. Can we prosper in the barren landscape? Academic Emergency Medicine, 17(3):347, 2010.
Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan. DPCT: Adding to the cardiac predictive terminology, Academic Emergency Medicine, 16(10):1036, 2009.
Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan. SIRS is not a playful act. Academic Emergency Medicine, 16(8):813, 2009.
Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan. Thoughts from my visit to Salvatore Vicario. Academic Emergency Medicine, 15(7):648, 2008.
Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan. At the time of my need, father returns the favor. Academic Emergency Medicine, 15(1):31, 2008.
Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan. At the discharge counter. Academic Emergency Medicine, 14(1):73, 2007.
Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan I. Justice before your peers. Academic Emergency Medicine, 13(10):1019, 2006.
Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan. Do not be stranded by signals not perfectly understood. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 45(5):559, 2005.
Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan. Of shoes and codes and sealing bags. Academic Emergency Medicine, 11(12):1327, 2004.
Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan. The artistry of attenging in the ED. Academic Emergency Medicine, 11(10):1013, 2004.
Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan. Keeping a precious moment between the pages. Academic Emergency Medicine, 11(5):434, 2004.
Olson, James E. and Singer, Jonathan. Field of study for the retired chair. Academic Emergency Medicine, 11(3):306, 2004.
Personal Interests
Education History
B.S., Engineering Physics, Cornell University
Ph.D., Biophysics: University of California, Berkeley
Fellowship, Neurology/Neurochemistry: Stanford University
