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Dr. Mary McCarthy-Hintz

Education:

California State University, Fullerton, B.A. Biology (1980)
University of West Florida, B.S. Chemistry (1985)
University of West Florida,  M.S. Biology  (1986)
University of California, Davis, Ph.D. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (1993)
University of California, San Francisco, Postdoc Cancer Genetics (1993-1996)                       

Office: SQU 550C

Phone: (916)278-4534

Email: mccarthy@csus.edu

Home page: http://www.csus.edu/indiv/m/mccarthy/



Courses:
CHEM 6A, CHEM 6B, CHEM 161, CHEM 160A, CHEM 160B, CHEM 162, CHEM 164


Research:  Ethnopharmacognosy and Breast Cancer


Recent Publications and Presentations:
Bautista, M.; White, A.M.; McCarthy Hintz, M. Cytotoxic effects of
chuchupate on cultured breast cancer cells. (in preparation)

McCarthy Hintz, M.  Can problem-based learning address content and
process? Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education (2005), 33(5),
363-368.

PRESENTATIONS

Camanch Camacho and Mary McCarthy Hintz: Antibacterial Effects of
Chuchupate. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students,
November 2-5, 2005 (Poster)

Marisa Bautista and Mary McCarthy Hintz: Assessment of Native American
Chuchupate for Anti-Proliferative Effects on Breast Cancer Cells. Annual
Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, November 10-13,
2004 (Poster)

Mary McCarthy Hintz: Can Content and Process Be Addressed in A
One-Semester Biochemistry Survey Course? Western Regional Meeting of the
American Chemical Society, Sacramento, California, October 30, 2004

Roberts, Linda; McCarthy Hintz, Mary.  Developing experimental design
and troubleshooting skills in an advanced biochemistry lab. Western
Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Sacramento,
California, October 30, 2004

Susanne Lindgren, Ruth Ballard, Nicholas Ewing, Douglas Bell, Linda
Roberts, Katherine McReynolds, and Mary McCarthy Hintz (presenters):
Development of a Molecular Biology Interdisciplinary Group at CSU
Sacramento. CSUPERB Synposium, January 8-11, 2003 (Poster)

Bryn Butler and Mary McCarthy Hintz: Development of a HPLC System that
Detects and Provides Baseline Resolution of Vitamin D Metabolites at 3 x
10-8 M. CSUPERB Synposium, January 8-11, 2003 (Poster)

Mary McCarthy Hintz: Ethnopharmacognosy as a culturally relevant
undergradaute research project. National Meeting of the American
Chemical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, August 18-22, 2002 (Oral)

Bryn Butler, Megan Hines, and Mary McCarthy Hintz: Time-Dependent
Induction Of Vitamin D 24-Hydroxylase by 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 In
Four Breast Cancer Cell Lines. National Meeting of the American Chemical
Society, Boston, Massachusetts, August 18-22, 2002 (Poster)