This program supports investigators who have favorably scored applications for a resubmission. This year, eight faculty members were funded for a total of $200,000. We thank the UAMS Research Committee for reviewing the applications on a rotating basis.
- Angela Odle, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, College of Medicine
“Metabolic Programming of Female Reproduction: Leptin Regulation of Gonadotrope Maturation and Function” - Tiffany Weinkopff, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine
“The Effects of VEGF-A on Myeloid Cells in Leishmaniasis” - Wayne P. Wahls, Ph.D., Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine
“Systematic Elucidation of DNA Sequence Codes that Regulate Meiotic Recombination” - Xuming Zhang, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine
“Mechanisms of Regulation of Chemokine Ip-10 Induction in the Lungs by SARS-CoV-2 Infection Using an Ex Vivo Human Lung Platform” - Jason Stumhofer, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine
“Evaluating the Regulation and Function of IL-10-producing CD4+ T cells During Plasmodium Infection” - Hong-yu Li, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy
“Identification and Inhibition of the Novel Downstream Effectors of Mutant Ras for Mutant Ras-Driven Cancer Targeting” - Behjatolah Karbassi, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine
“Immune Responses to a Carbohydrate Mimetic Peptide Vaccine” - Jon Blevins, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine
“Cyclic di-AMP-Dependent Signaling in Tickborne Relapsing Fever Borrelia”