Education
• B.A. 1975, Furman University English
• M.S. 1977, University of Georgia Physiology
• Ph.D. 1982, North Carolina State University Animal Physiology

Professional Experience
• University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Associate Dean for Research and Associate Director of the Experiment Station, 2001 to present
• Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station (MAFES), Assistant Director for Research Planning, July 1997 to 2000; Associate Director, July 2000 to September 2001
• MAFES, Acting Assistant Director for Research Planning (3/4 time), April 1996 through June 1997
• Mississippi State University; assistant professor 1982-1986; associate professor, 1986-1990; professor since 1990
• North Carolina State University, graduate research assistant, 1978-82
• University of Georgia, research technician, 1977-78
• University of Georgia, graduate research assistant, 1975-77

Academic Rank
• Professor of Animal Sciences. Areas of specialty are mammalian endocrinology and reproductive biology.

Academic Research Areas
• Relationships between metabolic hormones and ovarian function
• Sensitivity of reproductive system to environmental estrogens
• Use of artificial insemination in commercial swine production

Teaching and Undergraduate Advising Activities (Mississippi State University)
• Advanced Reproductive Physiology
• Endocrine Secretions
• Special Problems and Directed Graduate Study
• Introduction to Agricultural Communication
• Animal Science Senior Seminar
• Undergraduate Academic Advisor, 1982-1996

Professional Societies
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• American Society of Animal Science

University-Wide Initiatives
University of Kentucky
• Chair, UK Provost’s Academic Priorities Committee, 2003
Mississippi State University
• Biotechnology Initiative:

• Chair, Hearin Biotechnology Project Steering Committee: coordination of self-study, external consultant evaluation and implementation plan for the university; June 1999 to June 2000
• Chair, Implementation Team, Life Sciences and Biotechnology Institute; June 2000 to present

Professional Service (Administrative)
• Chair, Committee on Science and Technology, Experiment Station Committee on Policy, 2000 to present
• Panel Member, USDA Small Business Innovation Research Program 10-year review, 1998
• Co-Chair, with Senator Robert Dearing, Task Force on the Environment (for Mississippi Joint Legislative Committee on the Environment); 1998-1999

Awards , Honorary Societies and Achievements
• 1980 Graduate Student Teaching Award, NCSU
• Phi Kappa Phi
• Gamma Sigma Delta
• Sigma Xi
• 1989 Outstanding Teaching Professional Woman, Mississippi State University
• Gamma Sigma Delta Research Award, 1989
• Fellow, ESCOP/ACOP Leadership Program, 1995-1996
• 1997 Appreciation Award, Mississippi Pork Producers Association
• 2000 MSU Zacharias Distinguished Staff Award, Administrative Category
• 2001 Rodney Foil Teamwork Award, MSU Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine

Extramural Research Support • Received research funds as Principal or Co-Principal Investigator from (See Appendix):

• USDA Competitive Grants Program
• USDA Special Grants Program
• USDA National Research Initiative
• National Pork Producers Council
• Mississippi Pork Producers Association
• Hoffman LaRoche, Inc.
• Eli Lilly and Company (consultancy and research support)
• University of Missouri Veterinary Extension Program
• USDA-CSRS Minority Student Apprentice Program
• EPA (Endocrine Disruptors)
• MAFES Special Research Initiatives Program
• The Robert M. Hearin Support Foundation
• Mississippi Technology Alliance

Professional Service (Academic)
• Editorial Board, Journal of Animal Science, 1987-1989
• Physiology Committee, American Society of Animal Science, 1987-1988
• Physiology Program Committee, Southern Section, American Society of Animal Science (1985-1988; chair 1987-1988; 1992-1993). Nominations Committee 1992-1993
• Editorial Board, Domestic Animal Endocrinology 1992-1995
• Editorial Board, Theriogenology, 1996-present
• Editorial Board, Biology of Reproduction, 1997 to present
• Proposal reviewer for:

• National Research Initiative Program, CSREES (yearly; panel reviewer for Reproductive Biology, 1997-1998)
• Small Business Innovation Research Program (panel reviewer, 1990-1991 and 1991-1992)
• Small Business Innovation Research Program Topic Manager, Animal Production and Protection (1995)

• Scientific journal reviewer for (approximately 30 papers reviewed/year):

• Journal of Animal Science
• Journal of Reproduction and Fertility
• Biology of Reproduction
• Canadian Journal of Animal Science
• Theriogenology
• Domestic Animal Endocrinology
• Journal of Dairy Science
• Journal of Applied Toxicology
• Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Physiology and Medicine

Training of Graduate Students and Others
• Taught graduate courses in endocrinology and reproductive physiology, 1982-1997
• Mentor, USDA Minority Apprentice Program, 1985
• Research mentor to eight students from the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science, 1987-1997
• Served on advisory committee as chair, co-chair or committee member for 22 Ph.D. candidates and 36 M.S. candidates
• Served as research co-advisor to College of Veterinary Medicine Students, Danielle Mannis and Paul Hess, 1990 and 1991 recipients of Salsbury Research Scholarships
• Numerous reproductive workshops and artificial insemination shortcourses in cattle and swine, 1982-1996

Theses and Dissertations Directed
Rather, H.M. 1984. Influence of dietary energy and exogenous insulin during the period of follicular growth on ovulation rate and LH patterns in swine (M.S.)

Ramirez, J.L. 1984. Characterization of estrus and ovulation in lactating sows given pulsatile gonadotropin-releasing hormone terminated at onset of estrus or 24 h later (M.S.)

Cuadra, E.J. 1985. Effects of nutrition and insulin on the release of the reproductive hormones of hypothalamo-hypophyseal-gonadal axis in beef cattle (Ph.D.)

Matamoros, I.A. 1986. Effects of exogenous insulin on blood glucose, non-esterified fatty acids, and cyclic changes of reproductive hormones that precede estrus in beef heifers (M.S.)

Earnest, K.L. 1988. Effects of exogenous insulin on reproductive hormones in beef cows fed to reach two different body conditions (M.S.)

Quiles, D. 1988. Acute effects of systemic insulin administration on glucose and estradiol concentrations and temporal relationships between plasma and follicular fluid glucose (M.S.)

Rainey, M.R., Jr. 1989. Effects of prepubertal exposure to zearalenone on onset of puberty and subsequent reproductive performance in gilts (Ph.D.)

Matamoros, I.A. 1990. Effects of insulin during natural and induced follicular development in gilts: interactions with dietary energy and level of body fat (Ph.D.)

Meurer, K.A., 1990. Increased atresia and decreased estradiol in follicles of diabetic gilts during follicular growth stimulated with pregnant mare's serum gonadotropin (M.S.)

Carlton, C.A., 1991. Pituitary response to estrogen in the diabetic pig (M.S.)

Barbarena, A. 1992. Erodible Norgestomet implants to suppress estrus in cattle (M.S.)

Hughey, T.C., 1993. Effects of exogenous insulin on intrafollicular hormones of preovulatory follicles during the estrous cycle (M.S.)

Ramirez, J. L., 1994. Influence of insulin on fertility in swine (Ph.D.)

Yi Qiu, 1995. The effect of diabetes mellitus on insulin, insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and IGF binding proteins during porcine ovarian follicular growth (Ph.D.)

Skelton, J.O., 1996. Influence of metabolic hormones on function of ovarian follicles in culture (M.S.)

Quirk-Thomas, M. N., 1997. Influence of insulin on follicular function of primiparous sows (M.S.)

Whitley, N. C. 1998. The influence of insulin administration on reproductive function in the primiparous sow (Ph.D.)

Purvis, J. 1998. Effects of insulin and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) on whole ovarian follicles in culture (M.S.)

Zhang, H. 1998. Glucose transporters in the porcine ovary (Ph.D.)

King, S. B. 1999. Effects of polychorinated biphenyls on reproductive parameters in rats (M.S.)

Respess, D.S. 2000. Interaction of polychorinated biphenyls and methoxychlor on reproduction in rats (M.S.)

Invited Papers and Presentations
Influences of metabolic hormones on reproduction (invited paper). Southern Section, American Society of Animal Science, Biloxi, MS. 1985

Influences of insulin on reproductive function in swine (invited seminar). North Carolina State University,1986

Invited speaker on reproductive management of cattle, MS Brangus Association, 1985-1987.

Invited speaker on reproductive management of cattle, MS Longhorn Association, 1988.

Acute effects of insulin and pST on follicular development (invited seminar). Pitman-Moore, Inc. Terre Haute, Indiana, 1989

Metabolic interfaces between nutrition and reproduction (invited seminar). Department of Animal Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1991

Role of insulin and insulin-like growth factor-I in follicular developmental processes. National Meeting, American Society of Animal Science (invited paper), 1992

Invited external examiner, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden, 1992

Influence of insulin on ovarian function of swine (invited seminar). Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 1992

Use of experimental diabetes to explore hormonal control of preovulatory follicular development in swine (invited paper). Annual Meeting, American Society of Animal Science, 1992

Potential for manipulating ovarian function with metabolic hormones (invited seminar). Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1993

Manipulation of follicular development to increase ovulation rate or improve fertility (invited paper). Southern Section, American Society of Animal Science, 1996

Review of effects of insulin and porcine somatotropin on swine reproduction (invited seminar). Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1996

Are metabolic hormones really reproductive hormones? Effects of insulin on ovulation rate and litter size in pigs (invited seminar). Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota, 1996

Control of follicular development and ovulation rate in pigs (invited lecture), Fifth International Conference on Pig Reproduction, Rolduc, The Netherlands, 1997

Role of Land-Grant Universities in Animal Nutrient Management Research:
An Administrator’s Perspective (invited presentation) Mississippi Water Resources Conference, 2000

Publications (Refereed Journal Articles and Book Chapters only)
Cox, N.M., F.N. Thompson and D.H. Culver. 1978. Milk progesterone to predict reproductive status in a commercial dairy herd. J. Dairy Sci. 61:1616-1621.

Cox, N.M., T.E. Kiser, S.E. Dunlap, G.B. Rampacek and R.R. Kraeling. 1981. Serum testosterone response in Holstein bulls after administration of luteinizing hormone. J. Anim. Sci. 52:340-345.

Britt, J.H., N.M. Cox and J.S. Stevenson. 1981. Advances in reproduction in dairy cattle. J. Dairy Sci. 64:1378-1402.

Dunlap, S.E., T.E. Kiser, N.M. Cox, F.N. Thompson, G.B. Rampacek, L.L. Benyshek and R.R. Kraeling. 1981. Cortisol and luteinizing hormone following adrenocorticotropin administration in postpartum beef cows. J. Anim. Sci. 52:587-593.

Dunlap, S.E., T.E. Kiser, G.B. Rampacek, R.R. Kraeling, N.M. Cox and F.N. Thompson. 1982. Progesterone concentrations after adrenocorticotropic hormone administration to postpartum beef cows. Theriogenology 12:43-49.

Kraeling, R.R., G.B. Rampacek, N.M. Cox and T.E. Kiser. 1982. Prolactin and luteinizing hormone secretion after bromocryptine (CB-154) treatment in the lactating sow and ovariectomized gilt. J. Anim. Sci. 54:1212-1220.

Stevenson, J.S., N.M. Cox and J.H. Britt. 1981. Role of the ovary in controlling LH, FSH and prolactin secretion during and after lactation in pigs. Biol. Reprod. 24:341-350.

Cox, N.M. and J.H. Britt. 1982. Relationships between endogenous gonadotropin-releasing hormone, gonadotropins and follicular development after weaning in sows. Biol. Reprod. 27:70-78.

Cox, N.M., J.H. Britt, W.D. Armstrong and H.D. Alhusen. 1983. Effect of feeding fat and altering weaning schedule on rebreeding in primiparous sows. J. Anim. Sci. 56:21-29.

Cox, N.M. and J.H. Britt. 1982. Pulsatile administration of GnRH to lactating sows: endocrine changes associated with induction of fertile estrus Biol. Reprod. 27:1126-1137.

Cox, N.M. and J.H. Britt. 1982. Effect of estradiol on hypothalamic GnRH and pituitary and serum LH and FSH in ovariectomized pigs. J. Anim. Sci. 55:901-908.

Cox, N.M., J.H. Britt and K.L. Esbenshade. 1983. Treatment of long-term anestrous sows with estradiol benzoate: response of serum LH and occurrence of estrus. Theriogenology 20:499-507.

Britt, J.H., J.D. Armstrong, N.M. Cox and K.L. Esbenshade. 1985. Control of follicular development during and after lactation in sows. J. Reprod. Fert. Suppl. 33:37-54.

Cox, N.M. and J.H. Britt. 1986. Patterns of secretion of luteinizing hormone, follicle stimulating hormone and estradiol between weaning and estrus in sows. Anim. Reprod. Science 12:201-211.

Armstrong, J.D., J.H. Britt and N.M. Cox. 1986. Seasonal differences in function of the hypothalamo-hypophysial-ovarian axis in weaned primiparous sows. J. Reprod. Fertil. 78:11-20.

Cox, N.M., J.H. Britt and J.D. Armstrong. 1986. Influence of follicular ablation during lactation on postweaning interval to estrus, ovulation rate, and endocrine function in sows. Dom. Anim. Endocr. 4:87-93.

Cox, N.M., M.J. Stuart, T.G. Althen, W.A. Bennett and H.W. Miller. 1987. Enhancement of ovulation rate in gilts by increasing dietary energy and administering insulin during follicular growth. J. Anim. Sci. 64:507-516.

Cox, N.M., J.L. Ramirez, I.A. Matamoros, W.A. Bennett and J.H. Britt. 1987. Influence of season on estrous and luteinizing hormone responses to estradiol benzoate in ovariectomized sows. Theriogenology 27:395-405.

Armstrong, J.D., N.M. Cox and J.H. Britt. 1987. Changes in the hypothalamic-hypophyseal-ovarian axis of primiparous sows following weaning or pulsatile gonadotropin releasing hormone administration and weaning. Theriogenology 27:561-570.

Cox, N.M., J.L. Ramirez, I.A. Matamoros and W.A. Bennett. 1988. Estrogen induces estrus unaccompanied by a surge in luteinizing hormone in suckled sows. Biol. Reprod. 38:592-596.

Rainey, M.R., R.C. Tubbs, L.W. Bennett and N.M. Cox. 1990. Prepubertal exposure to dietary zearalenone alters hypothalamo-hypophysial function but does not impair postpubertal reproductive function of gilts. J. Anim. Sci. 68:2015-2022.

Tubbs, R.C., D. K. Hardin, N. M. Cox and A. W. Groce. 1990. Influence of parity and litter size on postweaning estrous cycles and progesterone patterns in sows. Theriogenology 33:1287-1295.

Matamoros, I. M., N. M. Cox and A. B. Moore. 1990. Exogenous insulin and additional dietary energy affect follicular distribution, follicular steroid concentrations and granulosa cell human chorionic gonadotropin binding in swine. Biol. Reprod. 43:1-7.

Tubbs, R. C., and N. M. Cox. 1990. Clinical manifestations and reproductive after-effects of prepubertal exposure to dietary zearalenone in gilts. Animal Health Spectrum 1:5-6.

Rainey, M.R., R.C. Tubbs, D. K. Hardin and N.M. Cox. 1991. Clinical manifestations of prepubertal exposure to zearalenone in gilts. Agri-practice 12:35-41.

Matamoros, I.A., A. B. Moore, and N. M. Cox. 1991. Effects of exogenous insulin and body condition on metabolic hormones and gonadotropin-induced follicular development in prepuberal gilts. J. Anim. Sci. 69:2081-2091.

Meurer, K. A., N. M. Cox, I. A. Matamoros, and R. C. Tubbs. 1991. Decreased follicular steroids and insulin-like growth factor-I and increased atresia in diabetic gilts during follicular growth stimulated with PMSG. J. Reprod. Fertil. 91:187-196.

Barb, C.R., N.M. Cox, C.A. Carlton, W.J. Chang, and R.F. Randle. 1992. Growth hormone secretion, serum and cerebral spinal fluid insulin and insulin-like growth factor-I concentrations in pigs with streptozotocin-induced diabetes mellitus. P.S.E.B.M. 201:223-228.

Cox, N.M., K.A. Meurer, C.A. Carlton, R.C. Tubbs and D.P. Mannis. 1994. Diabetes during the luteal phase of the estrous cycle affects preovulatory follicular function and prevents ovulation but does not impair gonadotropins. J. Reprod. Fert. 101: 77-86.

Ramaswamy S.B. G.N. Mbata, N.E. Cohen, A.B. Moore, N. M. Cox. 1994. Pheromonotropic and pheromonostatic activity in moths. Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 25:301-315.

Angell, C.A., N.M. Cox, C. R. Barb, R.C. Tubbs and A.B. Moore. 1996. Depressed LH response to estradiol in vivo and GnRH in vitro in experimentally diabetic swine. Domestic Animal Endocrinology 13: 453-463.

Edwards, J.L., T.C. Hughey, A.B. Moore and N.M. Cox. 1996. Depletion of insulin in streptozocin-induced-diabetic diabetic pigs alters estradiol, IGF-I and its binding proteins in cultured ovarian follicles. Biology of Reproduction 55:775-781.

Barb, C.R., R.M. Campbell, J.D. Armstrong, and N.M. Cox. 1996. Aspartate and glutamate modulation of growth hormone secretion in the pig: possible site of action. Dom. Anim. Endocrinol. 13:81-90.

Cox, N. M. and R.C. Tubbs, 1996. Applied reproductive anatomy and physiology of the sow. In Large Animal Theriogenology, ed. R.S. Youngquist. W.B. Saunders

Ramirez, J.L., A.B. Moore and N.M. Cox. 1997. Influence of insulin administration to primiparous sows after weaning on subsequent reproductive performance. J. Anim. Sci. 75:1893-1898.

Cox, N. M. 1997. Control of follicular development and ovulation rate in pigs. In Control of Pig Reproduction V, ed. G.R. Foxcroft, R.D. Geisert, C. Doberska. Journals of Reproduction and Fertility Ltd, Cambridge University Press.

Gilbert, J.A., R.C. Cooper, H.A. Puryear, G. Glantz, S.W. Jack, N.M. Cox, D. Crawford, R.A. Butler and K. K. Buddington. 1998. A swine model for the evaluation of efficiency of catheter coatings . J. Biometer. Sci. Polymer Edn. 9: 931-942.

Whitley, N.C., M.N. Quirk-Thomas, J.O. Skelton, A.B. Moore, J. Purvis, Y. Qiu, and N. M. Cox. 1998. Influence of insulin on follicular development and the intrafollicular insulin-like growth factor -I (IGF-I) system in sows after weaning. J. Reprod. Fertil. 112: 175-184.

Whitley, N.C. D.B. Payne and N.M. Cox. 1998. Insulin and pST affect follicular development in primiparous sows after weaning. J. Anim. Sci. 76:1455-1462.

Whitley, N.C. D.B. Payne, H. Zhang and N.M. Cox. 1998. The influence of insulin administration after weaning the first litter on ovulation rate and embryo survival in sows. Theriogenology 50: 479-485

Woshner, V.M., S.J. Waldham, N.M. Cox, H. A. Jacobson, D. L Miller, B. D. Leopold, 2001. Progesterone in luteal bodies of bobcats Proc. Annu. Conf. Southeast. Assoc. Fish and Wildl. Agencies

Whitley, N.C, M.N. Quirk-Thomas, J.L. Ramirez, A.B. Moore and N. M. Cox. 2001. Influence of parity and level of feed intake on reproductive response to insulin administration after weaning in sows. J. Anim. Sci. 80 :1038-43.

King, S.B., N.M. Cox, A.B. Moore, R.B. Carr, C.P. McCoy and J. E. Chambers. 2003. Effects of exposure to dams of the polychorinated biphenyl, Aroclor 1254, on reproductive development of offspring (in preparation)

Cox, N.M., J.L. Roth, J.I. Symanowski, and D.B. Anderson. 2003. Rismorelin, a recombinant form of growth-hormone-releasing hormone, enhances ovulation rate and litter size in pigs (in preparation)

Respess, D. S., N.M. Cox, A.B. Moore, R.B. Carr, C.P. McCoy and J. E. Chambers. 2003. Interaction of polychorinated biphenyls and methoxychlor on reproduction in rats. (in preparation)

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