Neka Miller

Neka Miller, Ph.D.

Director of Institutional Effectiveness
Education and Leadership, Administration

Contact Info
MillerNeka@clarksoncollege.edu
402.552.2949

Dr. Neka Miller has been with Clarkson College since 2014, and currently serves as the Director of Institutional Effectiveness as well as an Adjunct Professor in the Doctor of Education, Education & Leadership (Ed.D.) program. Dr. Miller has performed/published research in oncology, metastatic colon cancer, neuroscience, and psychology as well as in student success and retention in higher education. Dr. Miller serves on the College's Leadership Council. She is a member of several College committees including Retention Strategies Committee and College Accreditation Committee, while previously serving as a consultant to the Institutional Review Board (IRB). She serves as the institutional IPEDS Keyholder, is a member of the regional Heartland Pathways Consortium and the national Association for Institutional Research (AIR). She serves on numerous dissertation committees for both past graduates and current students. Dr. Miller serves as a mentor to several Clarkson College students and current employees.

Dr. Miller recevied her Bachelor's of Arts degree in Psychology with a Minor in Medicinal Chemistry from SUNY University at Buffalo. She also received her Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemical Pharmacology from the same institution. Dr. Miller then received her PhD in Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics from SUNY University at Buffalo/Roswell Park Cancer Institute.

 

Words of Wisdom

“There is nothing impossible to they who will try.” — Alexander the Great

“We are here to support you to on your academic journey. We have been a student like you and understand what you are going through. Utilize your support system and resources and you can truly achieve your goal.”

“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.” - Thomas A. Edison

 

Courses

EDD 942 - Dissertation II
EDD 921 - Dissertation Seminar II

 

Scholarly Works (Selected)

Simms, N.A., Rajput, A., Sharratt, E.A. et al. Transforming growth factor-β suppresses metastasis in a subset of human colon carcinoma cells. BMC Cancer 12, 221 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-12-221

Sabbah DA, Simms NA, Brattain MG, Vennerstrom JL, Zhong H. Biological evaluation and docking studies of recently identified inhibitors of phosphoinositide-3-kinases. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2012 Jan 15;22(2):876-80. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2011.12.044. Epub 2011 Dec 13. PMID: 22212721; PMCID: PMC4472446.

Ongchin M, Sharratt E, Dominguez I, Simms NA, Wang J, Cheney R, LeVea C, Brattain M, Rajput A. The effects of epidermal growth factor receptor activation and attenuation of the TGFbeta pathway in an orthotopic model of colon cancer. J Surg Res. 2009 Oct;156(2):250-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2009.02.002. Epub 2009 Mar 5. PMID: 19524264.

Are C, Simms NA, Rajput A, Brattain M. The role of transforming growth factor-beta in suppression of hepatic metastasis from colon cancer. HPB (Oxford). 2010 Sep;12(7):498-506. doi: 10.1111/j.1477-2574.2010.00219.x. Erratum in: HPB (Oxford). 2011 Aug;13(8):593. Rajupt, Ashwani [corrected to Rajput, Ashwani]. PMID: 20815859; PMCID: PMC3030759.



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