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Faculty Videos

Basic science and clinical research faculty members explore many different cellular and body processes in their search for answers to challenging basic science and health-related questions. Enjoy meeting these brilliant men and women as they describe (in plain English) what drives them in their chosen research fields and the positive impact they are making for Arkansas and the nation. Click “play” to watch a brief YouTube video.

Addiction, Drug Design/Discovery, and Drug Toxicity

Cesar Compadre, Ph.D.

Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy

Research Interest: Bioactive compounds  from natural origin; Medicinal chemistry

Cesar M. Compadre, Ph.D.

W. Brooks Gentry, M.D.

Professor, Anesthesiology and Pharmacology, College of Medicine

Research Interest: Drug abuse treatments affecting concentration/time in the body

W. Brooks Gentry, M.D.

Eric Peterson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Medicine

Research Interests: Antibody-based medications to treat chronic and acute methamphetamine (METH) abuse

Eric C. Peterson, Ph.D. - Pharmacology and Toxicology

William E. Fantegrossi, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Medicine

Research Interests: Behavioral pharmacology; Drug interactions

William E. Fantegrossi, Ph.D.

Aging

Jeanne Y. Wei, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor, Director Reynolds Inst. on Aging; Chair, Geriatrics, College of Medicine

Research Interest: Effects of aging on the heart

Jeanne Y. Wei, M.D., Ph.D.

Birth Defects & Development

Donald Mock, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine

Research Interest: Nutrition of biotin and human development

Donald Mock, M.D., Ph.D.

Bone

Stavros C. Manolagas, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor, Dir., Endocrinology and Metabolism, Osteoporosis/ Metabolic Bone Diseases Center, College of Medicine

Research Interest: Vitamin D metabolism, immune system, osteoporosis

Roy Morello, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine

Research Interest: Bone formation and disease/osteoporosis

Charles O’Brien, Ph.D.

Professor, Div. of Endocrinology, Internal Medicine, College of Medicine

Research Interest: Cellular and molecular mechanisms responsible for osteoporosis

Cancer

Robert Griffin, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Director of Radiation Biology Div., College of Medicine

Research Interest: Blood flow response, tissue oxygenation and cancer growth/metastasis in response to experimental therapeutics

Robert J. Griffin, Ph.D.

Alan Tackett, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Research Interest: Epigenetics, proteomics and cancer

Cardiovascular

Nancy J. Rusch, Ph.D.

Professor, Chair, Pharmacology/Toxicology, College of Medicine

Research Interest: Calcium ion abnormalities and high blood pressure

Nancy J. Rusch, Ph.D.

Jean McSweeney, Ph.D., RN, FAHA, FAAN

Professor, Director, Nursing Ph.D. program, College of Nursing

Research Interest: Coronary heart disease in women including symptoms, risk factors and biomarkers; cardiac rehabilitation, bio-behavioral intraventions

Marjan Boerma, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy

Research Interest: Radiation-induced heart disease, and medical countermeasures against radiological/nuclear accidents

Marjan Boerma, PhD

Steven Post, Ph.D.

Director, Experimental Pathology Division, College of Medicine

Research Interest: Cardiovascular and inflammation

Steven Post, Ph.D. - Pathology

Jerry Ware, Ph.D.

Professor, Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine

Research Interests: clarify the role of platelets in hemostasis, thrombosis and in the development of cardiovascular disease

Infectious Disease

Mark S. Smeltzer, Ph.D.

Professor, Director, Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and Host Inflammatory Responses (CMPHIR), Microbiology & Immunology; Dept. of Orthopedics, College of Medicine

Research Interest: Staphylococcus aureus infections

Mark S. Smeltzer, Ph.D.

Jason Stumhofer, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Microbiology & Immunology, College of Medicine

Research Interest: Malaria

Daniel Voth, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Microbiology & Immunology, College of Medicine

Research Interest: Coxiella burnetii

Liver

Kevin D. Raney, Ph.D.

Professor, Chair, Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, College of Medicine

Research Interest: Protein interactions, aging, hepatitis

Kevin D. Raney, Ph.D.

Stroke

Michael Borrelli, Ph.D.

Professor, Director, Radiology Research, College of Medicine

Research Interest: Ultrasound/microbubbles to destroy clots and cancer; Nanoscience

Michael Borelli, Ph.D.

Neurobiology

John Dornhoffer, M.D.

Professor, Chair, Department of Otolaryngology, College of Medicine

Research Interest: Tinnitus (ringing in the ears)

John Dornhoffer, M.D.

Mark Mennemeier, Ph.D.

Professor, Neurobiology & Develop. Sciences; Director, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Lab, College of Medicine

Research Interest: Tinnitus (ringing in the ears)

Paul D. Drew, Ph.D.

Professor, Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, College of Medicine

Research Interest: Multiple Sclerosis, Immune responses in the brain

Paul D. Drew, Ph.D.
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