Engaged in diverse basic, translational and clinical research, our faculty routinely publish in prestigious journals and successfully compete for major grants from national funders.
Jones RS, Ruszaj D, Parker MD, Morris ME. Contribution of monocarboxylate transporter 6 (Mct6) to the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of bumetanide in mice. Drug Metab Dispos.. 2020
Patrice M Hicks; Benjamin Haaland; Michael Feehan; Alan S Crandall; Jeff H Pettey; Albert T Vitale; M Elizabeth Hartnett; Paul S Bernstein; Akbar Shakoor; Sandra F Sieminski; Julia P Shulman; Ivana K Kim; Leah A. Owen; Maureen Murtaugh; Albert Noyes; Marg. Retinal and systemic disease of Native Americans in the Intermountain West. IOVS. 2020; 61(7)
Expanding the toolkit for design of robust phage therapeutic cocktails. Anne Kathryn Kauffman (Principal Investigator), Frank Scannapieco (Co-Investigator). NIH. $438,625. 12/1/2020-11/1/2022.
Suramin for Radiation-Induced Oral Mucositis. Keith Kirkwood (Co-Principal Investigator). national Institutes of Health. $207,526. 9/1/2020-8/1/2022.
MTM 2: Collaborative Research: How does phage life history strategy govern predation in microbiomes?. Anne Kathryn Kauffman (Co-Investigator). NSF. $848,751. 9/1/2020-8/1/2025.
A Novel Approach to Bradycardia during Preterm Neonatal Resuscitation Using an Ovine Model of Asphyxia. Praveen Chandrasekharan (Principal Investigator). ZOLL Foundation. $50,000. 7/1/2020-7/1/2022.
Genetic susceptibility to mucosal infections with aging. Elsa Bou Ghanem (Co-Principal Investigator). NIAID-R21. $438,625. 6/1/2020-5/1/2022.
Mitochondrial dynamics in SARS-CoV-2 spike protein treated human CNS cells: Implications for COVID19 induced CNS hypoxia. Supriya Mahajan (Principal Investigator). SUNY Research Seed Grant Program. $5,000. 6/1/2020-10/1/2020.
Pharmacokinetic Strategies to Increase Monoclonal Antibody Uptake, Distribution, and Efficacy for Treatment of Solid Tumors. Joseph Balthasar (Principal Investigator). NCI. $1,814,481. 6/1/2020-5/1/2025.
Bioinformatic Approaches for Understanding Macrophage Plasticity and Microbiome in Oral Diseases. Keith Kirkwood (Principal Investigator). national Institutes of Health. $94,393. 4/1/2020-3/1/2021.
Keith Kirkwood (Co-Investigator). national Institutes of Health. $275,000. 4/1/2020-3/1/2022.
Mechanisms of Heat Sensing by Nociceptive Vanilloid Receptors. Feng Qin (Principal Investigator). NIH. $2,684,432. 4/1/2020-3/1/2025.
Immunologic and clinical studies on perinatal hepatitis C viral infection. Karl O. Yu (Principal Investigator). Wildermuth Foundation. $35,000. 4/1/2020-3/1/2021.
CTSA Pilot: Lung and breast cancer prevention by an integrated intervention of maternal smoking cessation and breastfeeding. Xiaozhong Wen (Principal Investigator). NIH/NCATS. $45,000. 4/1/2020-3/1/2021.
Regulation of mRNA decay in retinal development and maintenance. Xiuqian Mu (Principal Investigator). National Eye Institute. $2,024,085. 4/1/2020-3/1/2024.
