Dr. Standley is a professor in Basic Medical Sciences and Physiology and is the Associate Dean of Curricular Affairs and Program Evaluation. He trained under James Sowers, MD internationally renowned endocrinologist) as a vascular physiologist at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan and earned his PhD in 1992. His first faculty appointments were in the Departments of Physiology and Internal Medicine, where he continued his work investigating the vascular effects of insulin and its actions as a calcium channel blocking agent. Upon his arrival to Arizona in 1996, he helped found and develoa new innovative medical physiology curriculum at Midwestern University. During his tenure at MWU, his research gained new focus in the field of biophysical regulation of gene expression in vascular smooth muscle. In 2006, Dr. Standley was recruited to the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix to helfound its new medical school track. He also holds appointments as a professor at Arizona State University’s School of Life Sciences and A.T. Still University.