Ana T. Palei, PhD
Associate Professor-Research
Department:
SOM-Surgery
Email:
apalei@umc.edu
Work Phone:
(601) 984-4799
Biography
Dr. Palei is an Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery, with main effort in research. She has mainly made research contributions in the field of preeclampsia. Her initial clinical studies demonstrated that polymorphisms in Matrix Metalloproteinase (MMP) genes may affect 1) circulating MMP levels; 2) susceptibility for disease development; and 3) response to anti-hypertensive drugs. Later, she showed that excessive metabolic disturbances are necessary to cause hypertension in pregnant rats. Dr. Palei’s current research is focused on translational studies investigating mechanisms of and therapies for preeclampsia-induced hypercoagulability and heart dysfunction. Her research has been funded by agencies from both Brazil and the USA, including an NIH Research Scientist Development (K01) Award.
She has authored over 70 peer-reviewed articles. In addition, she has received several awards including the most recent UMMC Translational Research Team Award, APS-Dale J. Benos Early Career Professional Service Award, and Best Oral Presentation in Basic Science at the ISSHP World Congress. She has served in multiple leadership capacities, including her current appointments as UMMC GWIMS Secretary, APS Water and Electrolytes Section Councilor-at-Large for Translational Research, and IASH Communications Committee Chair. Moreover, she has served as ad-hoc member on grant review panels for the NIH as well as peer-reviewer and guest editor for many international scientific journals.
Education
| University of Mississippi Medical Center, Postdoctoral Fellowship, Cardio-renal Physiology | 2013 |
| State University of Campinas, School of Medical Sciences, PhD, Pharmacology/Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics | 2011 |
| University of Sao Paulo, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeiro Preto, PharmD, Pharmaceutical Sciences/Clinical Laboratory Sciences | 2006 |
Current Positions
| Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery | 07/2023 - Present |
| The University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi 39216 | |
Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments
| Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery | 07/2016 - 06/2023 |
| Instructor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Physiology And Biophysics | 2014 - 06/2016 |
Sponsored Program Funding
| Extramural, Sex-specific regulation of PPARα/PGC1α pathways in critical congenital heart disease, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) | 04/2024 - 03/2029 |
| Extramural, Platelet-mediated mechanisms of placental and systemic hypercoagulability in preeclampsia, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) | 08/2022 - 07/2026 |
| Intramural, Inflammation in severe preeclampsia and HELLP Syndrome, Mississippi Center for Clinical and Translational Research (MCCTR) | 01/2022 - 12/2023 |
| Extramural, Differences in genetic expression in cardiac tissue of congenital heart repair, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston | 04/2021 - 03/2031 |
| Extramural, The role of circulating mtDNA as a driver of hypercoagulability and thrombosis in a rodent model of orthopedic injury, American Physiological Society (APS) | 01/2021 - 01/2023 |
| Extramural, Aspirin to prevent cardiac dysfunction in preeclampsia, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) | 01/2021 - 12/2025 |
| Extramural, Mitochondrial DNA in the pathogenesis of post-injury coagulopathy, National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) | 07/2020 - 06/2025 |
| Extramural, HALO Post-Approval Study: A single arm, non-randomized, multi-center clinical study of the SJM Masters HP 15mm Rotatable Mechanical Heart Valve as aortic valve replacement therapy, Abbott | 08/2019 - 08/2028 |
| Extramural, Hypertension, Pregnancy, and Hyperleptinemia, American Heart Association (AHA) | 01/2014 - 12/2015 |
| Extramural, Association of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 genetic polymorphisms with the susceptibility and pharmacological response of patients with gestational hypertension or preeclampsia, São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), Sao Paulo State, Brazil | 02/2007 - 12/2010 |
Publications
Abstracts | |
| PALEI AC, Kaihara JN, P Nunes, Sandrim VC. Circulating levels of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR)-3, a pro-lymphangiogenic and pro-angiogenic mediator, are decreased in preeclampsia. Am J Med Sci. 2024; 367(S1):S480. | 2024 |
| PALEI AC, Bakrania B, Shahul S, Granger JP. Aspirin treatment improves reduced uterine perfusion pressure (RUPP)-induced cardiac dysfunction in pregnant rats. Pregnancy Hypertens. 2023; 33(S1):e66-7. | 2023 |
| Findley TO, PALEI AC, Mahajan G, Corno A, Salazar J, McCullough L. Sex differences in HIF-related metabolic adaptation in infants with cyanotic congenital heart defects. Am J Med Sci. 2023; 365(S1):S189-90. | 2023 |
| PALEI AC, Cruz J, Chaguri J, Peracoli J, Romao-Veiga M, Ribeiro-Vasques V, Cavalli R, Nunes P, Luizon MR, Sandrim VC. Circulating levels of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-3, a protein with anti-angiogenic and pro-hypertensive effects, are increased in preeclampsia. Am J Med Sci. 2023; 365(S1):S334-5. | 2023 |
| Bakrania BA, Palei A, Shahul S, Hall M, Granger JP. Aspirin treatment improves excess Activin A associated cardiac dysfunction in pregnancy. FASEB J. 2022; 36(S1):R3288. | 2022 |
| Carter KT, PALEI AC, Spradley FT, Kutcher ME. Differences in coagulation parameters between male and female Wistar rats. Shock. 2020; 53(1S):102-3. | 2020 |
| Spradley FT, Wilson BA, Martin HL, Palei AC. Impact of chronic hyperleptinemia on placental ischemia-induced hypertension in pregnant rats. FASEB J. 2020; 34(S1):07276. | 2020 |
| Carter K, Palei A, Rieske R, Pastukh V, Spradley F, Gillespie M, Simmons J, Kutcher M. Orthopedic injury-induced mitochondrial DNA release: a rodent model. Crit Care Med. 2020; 48(1):855. | 2020 |
| Spradley FT, Palei AC, Joo WS. Kussie P, Tan AY. Obese hypertensive pregnant rats have reduced placental growth factor whereas increasing its levels decreases their blood pressure. Hypertension. 2019; 75(Suppl_1):A150. | 2019 |
| Carter KT, Palei AC, Witcher BM, Spradley FT, Kutcher ME. A rat model of trauma-induced hypercoagulability in obesity. Shock. 2019; 51(6S):74. | 2019 |
| Palei AC, Carter KT, Witcher BM, Spradley FT, Kutcher ME. Orthopedic injury-induced hypercoagulability in rats. FASEB J. 2019; 33(1_supplement):lb521. | 2019 |
| Palei AC, Spradley FT, Granger JP. The effects of a high-fat diet (HFD) on blood pressure in pregnant rats. Hypertension. 2014; 64:A667. | 2018 |
| Palei AC, Spradley FT, Granger JP. Hypoxia-induced sFlt-1 production is enhanced in placental villi from obese MC4R deficient rats. Hypertension. 2013; 62:A625. | 2018 |
| Spradley FT, Palei AC, Granger JP. Reduced uterine perfusion pressure (RUPP) elicits increased sFlt-1 levels not only in the placenta but also adipose tissue. Hypertension. 2014; 64:A289. | 2018 |
| Spradley FT, Palei AC, Granger JP. Enhanced vasorelaxation response of resistance arteries from obese Mc4r deficient pregnant rats. Hypertension. 2013; 62:A278. | 2018 |
| Palei AC, George EM, Arany M, Cockrell K, Granger JP. Hyperleptinemia increases blood pressure and decreases pup weight in pregnant rats. Hypertension. 2012; 60:A206. | 2018 |
| Spradley FT, Palei AC, Ryan MJ, Granger JP. Effect of a high-fat diet on endothelial function in pregnant rats. Hypertension. 2012; 60:A212. | 2018 |
| Amaral LM, Palei ACT, Pinheiro LC, Sertorio JT, Guimaraes DA, Portela RL, Tanus-Santos JE. Effects of inhibiting of inducible nitric oxide synthase in the pathophysiology of experimental preeclampsia. Hypertension. 2012; 60:A316. | 2018 |
| Palei AC, Sasser JM, Granger JP. Sildenafil treatment improves placental levels of placental growth factor in the Dahl salt-Sensitive pregnant rat model of superimposed preeclampsia. Hypertension. 2016; 68:AP639. | 2016 |
| Palei AC, Warrington JP, Granger JP. The effect of placental ischemia-induced hypertension on circulating copeptin levels of pregnant rats. FASEB J. 2016; 30:lb765. | 2016 |
| Palei AC, Spradley FT, Granger JP. The effect of metabolic factors on hypoxia-induced sFlt-1 secretion in rat placental villi. Hypertension. 2015; 66:AP613. | 2015 |
| Spradley FT, Palei AC, Granger JP. Effects of obesity on placental ischemia-induced hypertension. Hypertension. 2015; 66:AP095. | 2015 |
| Palei AC, Dent EA, Spradley FT, Granger JP. The effects of serum from obese pregnant rats on hypoxia-induced placental sFlt-1 release. FASEB J. 2015; 29:810.11. | 2015 |
| Spradley FT, Palei AC, Granger JP. Melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) deficiency promotes increases in high-fat diet-induced body weight gain and visceral fat, but not hypertension, during pregnancy. FASEB J. 2015; 29:811.22. | 2015 |
| Palei AC, Spradley FT, Granger JP. Role of nitric oxide on blood pressure regulation in pregnant rats on a high-fat diet (HFD). Pregnancy Hypertens. 2015; 5(1):7. | 2015 |
| Spradley FT, Palei AC, Granger JP. Enhanced angiogenic balance and vasorelaxation during pregnancy in obese MC4R-deficient rats. Pregnancy Hypertens. 2015; 5(1):9. | 2015 |
| Sandrim VC, Machado JSR, Palei A, Tanus-Santos J, Cavalli R. 45G/T polymorphism of ADIPOQ affect the responsiveness to antihypertensive therapy in preeclampsia but not in gestational hypertension. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol. 2014; 115(S1):250-51. | 2014 |
| Spradley FT, Palei AC, Granger JP. Obese melanocortin-4 receptor-deficient rats exhibit attenuated adrenergic vasoconstriction. FASEB J. 2014; 28:1084.2. | 2014 |
| da Silva A, Pinkerton M, Spradley F, Palei A, do Carmo J. Lack of a sex difference in leptin-mediated regulation of appetite, cardiovascular function and glucose homeostasis. FASEB J. 2014; 28:1083.5. | 2014 |
| Intapad S, Warrington J, Spradley F, Palei A, Drummond H, Ryan M, Granger J, Alexander B. A reduction in uterine perfusion pressure induces hypertension during pregnancy in the mouse. FASEB J. 2014; 28:1084.5. | 2014 |
| Palei AC, Spradley FT, Arany M, Cockrell K, Granger JP. Effect of high-fat diet (HFD) on blood pressure and placental levels of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α and soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase (sFlt)-1 in pregnant rats. FASEB J. 2013; 27:907.10. | 2013 |
| Spradley FT, Palei AC, Granger JP. Effect of high-fat diet (HFD) on resistance artery function in normal pregnant rats. FASEB J. 2013; 27:1114.5. | 2013 |
| Palei AC, George EM, Cockrell K, Arany M, Granger JP. Hyperinsulinemia increases blood pressure and pup weight in pregnant rats. FASEB J. 2012; 26:1097.6. | 2012 |
| Luizon MR, Sandrim VC, Palei ACT, Lacchini R, Cavalli RC, Duarte G, Tanus-Santos JE. Matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 and VEGF gene interaction models and MMP-9 plasma levels in preeclampsia and gestational hypertension. FASEB J. 2012; 26:848.3. | 2012 |
| Palei AC, Sandrim VC, Amaral LM, Machado JSR, Cavalli RC, Gerlach RF, Tanus-Santos JE, Granger JP. Association between Matrix Metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 polymorphisms and plasma MMP-2 levels in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Hypertension. 2011; 58:e172. | 2011 |
| Luizon MR, Sandrim VC, Palei AC, Cavalli RC, Tanus-Santos JE. Interaction among MMP-9, NOS3 and VEGF gene polymorphisms in gestational hypertension and preeclampsia. Hypertension. 2011; 58:e170. | 2011 |
| Silva PS, Fontana V, Palei ACT, Sertorio JTC, Biagi C, Tanus-Santos JE. Effect of enalapril on circulating NO and oxidative stress markers in hypertensive patients. FASEB J. 2011; 25:lb370. | 2011 |
| Rezende VC, Sandrim VC, Palei AC, Cavalli RC, Tanus-Santos JE. Vitamin D receptor genotypes affect the responsiveness to antihypertensive therapy in gestational hypertension but not in preeclampsia. Hypertension. 2010; 56:e95. | 2010 |
| Moraes PH, Palei A, Sandrim V, Santos J, Cavalli R, Duarte G. Comparative assessment of levels of selenium in preeclampsia and gestational hypertension. Pregnancy Hypertens. 2010; 1(S1):S56. | 2010 |
| Faria PPC, Palei AC, Sandrim VC, Duarte G, Tanus-Santos JE, Cavalli R. Comparative assessment of levels zinc in preeclampsia and gestational hypertension. Pregnancy Hypertens. 2010; 1(S1):S55-6. | 2010 |
| Cavalli R, Sandrim V, Palei A, Metzger I, Duarte G, Tanus-Santos JE. Inter-ethnic difference of ADMA levels in healthy pregnancy and preeclampsia. Pregnancy Hypertens. 2010; 1(S1):S51. | 2010 |
| Sandrim V, Palei AC, Izidoro-Toledo T, Cavalli R, Tanus-Santos J. Therapy in preeclampsia is modulated by VEGF polymorphisms. Pregnancy Hypertens. 2010; 1(S1):S44. | 2010 |
| Sandrim V, Palei AC, Sertorio J, Cavalli R, Luizon M, Izidoro-Toledo T, Delles C, Dominiczak A, Tanus-Santos JE. Effect of eNOS polymorphisms on nitrite levels in healthy and preeclamptic pregnancies. Pregnancy Hypertens. 2010; 1(S1):S43. | 2010 |
| Palei A, Sandrim V, Cavalli R, Gerlach R, Tanus-Santos J. Matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 genotype affects the responsiveness to antihypertensive therapy in gestational hypertension but not in preeclampsia. J Clin Hypertens. 2010; 12(7):530. | 2010 |
| Sandrim VC, Palei ACT, Izidoro-Toledo T, Cavalli RC, Tanus-Santos JE. VEGF polymorphisms modulate antihypertensive therapy in preeclampsia. Int J Cardiol. 2009; 137(S1):S107. | 2009 |
| Sandrim V, Palei ACT, Metzger IF, Cavalli RC, Tanus-Santos JE. Whole blood and plasma nitrite levels are influenced by eNOS polymorphism in healthy and hypertensive pregnant women. Int J Cardiol. 2009; 137(S1):S134. | 2009 |
| Cavalli R, Palei AC, Sandrim V, Gerlach R, Duarte G, Tanus-Santos JE. Comparative assessment of matrix metalloproteinase MMP-2 and MMP-9, and their inhibitors, tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinase TIMP-1 and TIMP-2 in preeclampsia and gestational hypertension. Hypertens Pregnancy. 2008; 27(4):648. | 2009 |
| Cavalli R, Sandrim V, Palei AC, Araujo F, Ramos E, Duarte G, Santos JE. eNOS haplotypes associated with gestational hypertension or preeclampsia. Hypertens Pregnancy. 2008; 27(4):691. | 2009 |
Thesis | |
| Palei ACT Association of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 genetic polymorphisms with the susceptibility and pharmacological response of patients with gestational hypertension or preeclampsia State University of Campinas, Campinas, 2011. | 2011 |
Book Chapter | |
| Spradley FT, George EM, Palei AC, Warrington JP, Granger JP. Chronic kidney disease and hypertension. Clinical hypertension and vascular diseases. Chapter 13: Preeclampsia: angiogenic factors, blood pressure, and the kidney. Springer Science + Business Media, New York, 2015. | 2014 |
Book | |
| Edited by Warrington JP, PALEI AC, Cunningham MK, Amaral LM. The pathophysiology of preeclampsia. Basel, Switzerland: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute; 2023. | 2023 |
Presentations
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Circulating levels of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR)-3, a pro-lymphangiogenic and pro-angiogenic mediator, are decreased in preeclampsia., Southern Regional Meeting (SRM), New Orleans, LA | 02/2024 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Platelet-mediated mechanisms of placental and systemic hypercoagulability in obesity and preeclampsia., Center for Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE)-Cardiorenal and Metabolic Diseases Research Center (CMDRC), Mississippi Center for Obesity Research (MCOR), and Mississippi Center for Clinical and Translational Research (MCCTR) Seminar, Jackson, MS | 02/2024 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Mechanisms of pregnancy-induced cardiac dysfunction., Department of Pharmacology, Ribeirao Preto Medical School (FMRP), University of Sao Paulo (USP), Ribeirao Preto, Brazil | 11/2023 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Platelet-mediated mechanisms of placental and systemic hypercoagulability in obesity and preeclampsia., Mississippi Center for Clinical and Translational Research (MCCTR) Annual Retreat and External Advisory Committee Meeting, Jackson, MS | 11/2023 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Hypercoagulability: the intersection in my road trail investigating pulmonary embolism, preeclampsia, and trauma., Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Institute of Biological Sciences (ICB), Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil | 10/2023 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Celebrating women in medicine month – A panel discussion with past GWIMS awardees, Grupo on Women in Medicine and Science, Jackson, MS | 09/2023 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Preeclampsia – A disease of the 21st century, Inter-American Society of Hypertension-Ecuadorian Society of Cardiology, Guayaquil, Ecuador | 08/2023 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Mechanisms of pregnancy-induced cardiac dysfunction., Seminar for the Michael E. DeBakey Veteran Affairs Medical Center (VAMC)/Center for Translational Research on Inflammatory Diseases (CTRID) Research Seminar Series, Houston, TX [virtual] | 03/2023 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Circulating levels of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase (TIMP)-3, a protein with anti-angiogenic and pro-hypertensive effects, are increased in preeclampsia., Southern Regional Meeting (SRM), New Orleans, LA | 02/2023 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Platelet-mediated mechanisms of placental and systemic hypercoagulability in preeclampsia., Center for Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE)-Cardiorenal and Metabolic Diseases Research Center (CMDRC), Mississippi Center for Obesity Research (MCOR), and Mississippi Center for Clinical and Translational Research (MCCTR), Jackson, MS [virtual] | 01/2023 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Aspirin treatment improves preeclampsia-induced cardiac dysfunction., 8th Biennial National Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE), New Orleans, LA [virtual] | 12/2022 |
| Poster Presentation, Aspirin treatment improves preeclampsia-induced cardiac dysfunction., 8th Biennial National Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE), New Orleans, LA [virtual] | 12/2022 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Platelet-mediated mechanisms of placental and systemic hypercoagulability in preeclampsia., Mississippi Center for Clinical and Translation Research (MCCTR) Annual Retreat and External Advisory Committee Meeting, Jackson, MS [virtual] | 10/2022 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Mechanisms of pregnancy-induced cardiac dysfunction., the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, SOM, UMMC, Jackson, MS | 09/2022 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Aspirin treatment improves reduced uterine perfusion pressure (RUPP)-induced cardiac dysfunction in pregnant rats, 23rd World Congress of the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy, Montpellier, France | 08/2022 |
| Invited Symposia, Short Oral Presentation Session 7: Medically Assisted Procreation, 23rd World Congress of the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy, Montpellier, France | 08/2022 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Mechanisms of pregnancy-induced cardiac dysfunction, 28th Winter Pharmacology Course of the Department of Pharmacology, Ribeirao Preto Medical School (FMRP), University of Sao Paulo (USP), Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil | 08/2022 |
| Platform Presentations, Obesity, hypertension, and pregnancy: cause or consequence?, Moment Cientifique Invite, Cientifique – Communicated Education and Science, Instagram | 04/2022 |
| Workshop, Panel discussion on “2021 Leadership Development Program (LDP) Participant Perspectives", 2nd Leadership Development Conference, Group on Women in Medicine and Science, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS | 04/2022 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Group on Women in Medicine and Science (GWIMS) – Research Interest Group, University of Mississippi Medical Center, GWIMS, Jackson, MS | 12/2021 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Hypercoagulability: the intersection in my road trail investigating pulmonary embolism, preeclampsia, and trauma, nnual Workshop of the Department of Pharmacology, FMRP, USP, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil | 11/2021 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, 2021-2022 Group on Women in Medicine and Science (GWIMS) Research Interest Group: Key Learning Topics to Support your Research, Group on Women in Medicine and Science (GWIMS), Jackson, MS | 08/2021 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Platelet-related mechanisms of hypercoagulability in preeclampsia, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Cardiovascular-Renal Research Center, Jackson, MS | 03/2021 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, The role of circulating mitochondrial DNA as a driver of hypercoagulability and thrombosis in a rodent model of orthopedic injury, UMMC's Cardiovascular-Renal Research Center (CRRC), Jackson, MS | 11/2019 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, 2019-2020 Connect, Share and Advance Monthly Sessions, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Group on Women in Medicine and Science, Jackson, MS | 07/2019 |
| Poster Presentation, Orthopedic injury-induced hypercoagulability in rats, Experimental Biology Meeting, Orlando, FL | 04/2019 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Congenital Heart Disease, UMMC's Cardiovascular-Renal Research Center (CRRC), Jackson, MS | 11/2018 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, The role of angiogenic factors in development of congenital heart defects in the offspring of preeclamptic mothers, UMMC's Cardiovascular-Renal Research Center (CRRC), Jackson, MS | 04/2017 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, How does hypertension during pregnancy increase the risk of congenital heart defects in the offspring?, UMMC, SOM, Organ Transplant, Ischemia-Reperfusion Research Group, Jackson, MS | 04/2017 |
| Poster Presentation, Sildenafil treatment improves placental levels of placental growth factor in the Dahl salt-sensitive pregnant rat model of superimposed preeclampsia, Council on Hypertension Scientific Sessions, Orlando, FL | 09/2016 |
| Physiologists in Training Journal Club, "Matrix Metalloproteinase-1 causes vasoconstriction and enhances vessel reactivity to angiotensin II via protease-activated receptor 1." - Nugent et al. Reprod Sci. 2016; 23(4):542-8., UMMC, SOM, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Jackson, MS | 07/2016 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Power of Public speaking, UMMC's Group on Women in Medicine and Science (GWIMS), Jackson, MS | 05/2016 |
| Poster Presentation, The effect of placental ischemia-induced hypertension on circulating copeptin levels of pregnant rats, Experimental Biology Meeting, San Diego, CA | 04/2016 |
| Journal Club, "Pre-eclampsia rates in the United States, 1980-2010: age-period-cohort analysis." - Ananth et al. BMJ. 2013; 347:f6564., UMMC, SOM, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Research Group, Jackson, MS | 02/2016 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, The role of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 in the pathophysiology of preeclampsia, UMMC, SOM, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Jackson, MS | 01/2016 |
| Poster Presentation, Role of obese-related metabolic factors on blood pressure regulation in pregnant rats, American Physiology Society Conference: Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic Diseases: Physiology and Gender, Annapolis, MD | 11/2015 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, MMP-2 as a mechanism for endothelin-1 activation in preeclampsia, UMMC's Cardiovascular-Renal Research Center (CRRC), Jackson, MS | 10/2015 |
| Poster Presentation, The effect of metabolic factors on hypoxia-induced sFlt-1 secretion in rat placental villi, UMMC, School of Graduate Studies in the Health Sciences Research Day, Jackson, MS | 10/2015 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Postdoctoral Fellows and Instructors Oral Presentation Session, UMMC, SGSHS's Research Day, Jackson, MS | 10/2015 |
| Invited Symposia, Postdoctoral Fellows and Instructors Oral Presentation Session at the SGSHS Research Day, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Graduate Studies in the Health Sciences (SGSHS), Jackson, MS | 10/2015 |
| Poster Presentation, The effect of metabolic factors on hypoxia-induced sFlt-1 secretion in rat placental villi, Council on Hypertension Scientific Sessions, Washington, DC | 09/2015 |
| Invited Symposia, Writing, submitting and reviewing scientific manuscripts, 23rd Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Hypertension (SBH), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil | 08/2015 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Workshop on Writing, submitting and reviewing scientific manuscripts, 23rd Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Hypertension (SBH), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil | 08/2015 |
| Physiologists in Training Journal Club, "MMP-14 is expressed in preeclamptic placentas and mediates release of soluble endoglin." - Kaitu'u-Lino et al. Am J Pathol. 2012; 180(3):888-94., UMMC, SOM, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Jackson, MS | 07/2015 |
| Poster Presentation, The effects of serum from obese pregnant rats on hypoxia-induced placental sFlt-1 release, Experimental Biology Meeting, Boston, MA | 03/2015 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Mechanisms for the development of hypertension during pregnancy, UMMC's Cardiovascular-Renal Research Center (CRRC), Jackson, MS | 11/2014 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Role of nitric oxide on blood pressure regulation in pregnant rats on a high-fat diet (HFD), 19th World Congress of the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy, New Orleans, LA | 10/2014 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Linking metabolic disturbances with the development of preeclampsia, UMMC, School of Graduate Studies in the Health Sciences Research Day, Jackson, MS | 10/2014 |
| Poster Presentation, Role of nitric oxide on blood pressure regulation in pregnant rats on a high-fat diet (HFD), UMMC, School of Graduate Studies in the Health Sciences Research Day, Jackson, MS | 10/2014 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, The role of obesity in the pathogenesis of pregnancy-induced hypertension, UMMC, SOM, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Jackson, MS | 10/2014 |
| Poster Presentation, The effects of a high-fat diet (HFD) on blood pressure in pregnant rats, High Blood Pressure Research Scientific Sessions, San Francisco, CA | 09/2014 |
| Poster Presentation, The effects of a high-fat diet (HFD) on blood pressure in pregnant rats, 4th International Society of Hypertension New Investigators Symposium on Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease, San Francisco, CA | 09/2014 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Chronic hyperleptinemia results in the development of hypertension in pregnant rats, 22nd Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Hypertension (SBH) and 20th Scientific Sessions of the Inter-American Society of Hypertension, Salvador, BA, Brazil | 08/2014 |
| Poster Presentation, Chronic hyperleptinemia results in the development of hypertension in pregnant rats, 22nd Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Hypertension and 20th Scientific Sessions of the Inter-American Society of Hypertension, Salvador, BA, Brazil | 08/2014 |
| Physiologists in Training Journal Club, "Matrix metalloproteinase enhances big-endothelin-1 constriction in mesenteric vessels of pregnant rats with reduced uterine blood flow." - Abdalvand et al. Hypertension. 2013; 61(2):488-93., UMMC, SOM, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Jackson, MS | 07/2014 |
| Poster Presentation, Hypoxia-induced sFlt-1 production is enhanced in placental villi from obese MC4R deficient rats, UMMC, School of Graduate Studies in the Health Sciences Research Day, Jackson, MS | 10/2013 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Linking metabolic disturbances with the development of preeclampsia, UMMC, SOM, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Jackson, MS | 10/2013 |
| Poster Presentation, Hypoxia-induced sFlt-1 production is enhanced in placental villi from obese MC4R deficient rats, High Blood Pressure Research Scientific Sessions, New Orleans, LA | 09/2013 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Hypoxia-induced sFlt-1 production is enhanced in placental villi from obese MC4R deficient rats, 3rd International Society of Hypertension New Investigators Symposium, New Orleans, LA | 09/2013 |
| Platform Presentations, 2013-2014, 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 Monthly Oral Presentation Session for Postdocs, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Office for Postdoctoral Studies, Jackson, MS | 07/2013 |
| Poster Presentation, Effect of high-fat diet (HFD) on blood pressure and placental levels of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α and soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase (sFlt)-1 in pregnant rats, 7th Gulf Coast Physiological Society Meeting, Mobile, AL | 06/2013 |
| Physiologists in Training Journal Club, "Up-regulated expression and aberrant DNA methylation of LEP and SH3PXD2A in pre-eclampsia." - Xiang et al. PLoS One. 2013; 8(3):e59753., UMMC, SOM, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Jackson, MS | 05/2013 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Obesity, pregnancy, and preeclampsia, UMMC's Cardiovascular-Renal Research Center (CRRC), Jackson, MS | 05/2013 |
| Poster Presentation, Effect of high-fat diet (HFD) on blood pressure and placental levels of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α and soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase (sFlt)-1 in pregnant rats, Experimental Biology Meeting, Boston, MA | 04/2013 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, How does obesity increase the risk of developing preeclampsia?, UMMC, SOM, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Jackson, MS | 10/2012 |
| Poster Presentation, Hyperleptinemia increases blood pressure and decreases pup weight in pregnant rats, High Blood Pressure Research Scientific Sessions, Washington, DC | 09/2012 |
| Physiologists in Training Journal Club, "Treatment with a constitutive androstane receptor ligand ameliorates the signs of preeclampsia in high-fat diet-induced obese pregnant mice." - Masuyama H, Hiramatsu Y. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2012; 348(1):120-7., UMMC, SOM, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Jackson, MS | 07/2012 |
| Poster Presentation, Hyperinsulinemia increases blood pressure and pup weight in pregnant rats, Experimental Biology Meeting, San Diego, CA | 04/2012 |
| Physiologists in Training Journal Club, Leptin in pregnancy, UMMC, SOM, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Jackson, MS | 10/2011 |
| Poster Presentation, Enhanced cyclic nucleotide phosphosdiesterase type 5 (PDE-5) expression in pregnant rats with reduced uterine perfusion pressure, American Physiological Society Conference: Physiology of Cardiovascular Disease: Gender Disparities, Jackson, MS | 10/2011 |
| Poster Presentation, Association between matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 polymorphisms and plasma MMP-2 levels in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, High Blood Pressure Research Scientific Sessions and 19th Inter-American Society of Hypertension Scientific Sessions, Orlando, FL | 09/2011 |
| Thesis Defense, Association of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 genetic polymorphisms with the susceptibility and pharmacological response of patients with gestational hypertension or preeclampsia, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), School of Medical Sciences (FCM), Campinas, SP, Brazil | 12/2010 |
| Poster Presentation, Interference of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 genotypes and haplotypes in the responsiveness to antihypertensive therapy of patients with preeclampsia or gestational hypertension, Workshop of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Biology - Translating Vision: from laboratory to clinic, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil | 10/2010 |
| Poster Presentation, Interference of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 genotypes and haplotypes in the responsiveness to antihypertensive therapy of patients with preeclampsia or gestational hypertension, 42nd Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil | 10/2010 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Interference of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 genotypes and haplotypes in the responsiveness to anti-hypertensive therapy of patients with preeclampsia or gestational hypertension, 42nd Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil | 10/2010 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, MMP-9 polymorphisms and their role in hypertension disorders of pregnancy, University of Alberta, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Edmonton, AB, Canada | 05/2010 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 genotype affects the responsiveness to antihypertensive therapy in gestational hypertension but not in preeclampsia, 25th Annual Scientific Meeting and Exposition of the American Society of Hypertension, New York, NY | 05/2010 |
| Poster Presentation, Two MMP-9 gene polymorphisms (C-1562T and CAn) and preeclampsia, 41st Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil | 10/2009 |
| Poster Presentation, Relationship between nitric oxide consumption and plasma hemoglobin in preeclampsia, 41st Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil | 10/2009 |
| Poster Presentation, Comparative assessment of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and MMP-9, and their inhibitors, tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinase (TIMP)-1 and TIMP-2 in preeclampsia and gestational hypertension, 40th Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Aguas de Lindoia, SP, Brazil | 10/2008 |
| Poster Presentation, Matrix metaloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) microssatellite (CA)n polymorphism and preeclampsia, 11th Sao Paulo Research Conference: Molecular Medicine and Farmacogenetics, Sao Paulo, SP. Brazil | 09/2008 |
| Poster Presentation, Altered plasma levels of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP-2/-9) and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMP-1/-2) in pre-eclamptic pregnancy, Pharmacogenomics, Cambridge, England | 10/2007 |
| Poster Presentation, Interleukin-8-stimulated neutrophils release increased amounts of MMP-9 in preeclampsia pregnancy, Translational Approaches to Cardiovascular Research, Capri, Italy | 10/2007 |
| Poster Presentation, Nicotine does not stimulate matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 releasing by platelets, 38th Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil | 10/2006 |
| Poster Presentation, Nicotine does not stimulate matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 releasing by platelets, 14th International Symposium of Scientific Initiation of University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil | 10/2006 |
| Poster Presentation, Nicotine does not stimulate matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 releasing by platelets, 13th Meeting of the Cell Biology Brazilian Societ, 9th Brazilian Symposium on Extracellular Matrix, and IV International Symposium on Extracellular Matrix, Buzios, RJ, Brazil | 07/2006 |
| Poster Presentation, Nicotine acutely increases plasma matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 activity, 13th International Symposium of Scientific Initiation of University of Ribeirao Preto, Ribeirao Preto | 11/2005 |
| Poster Presentation, Nicotine acutely increases plasma matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 activity, 5th International Congress of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil | 09/2005 |
| Poster Presentation, Nicotine acutely increases plasma matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 activity, 20th Annual Meeting of the Federation of Brazilian Societies for Experimental Biology, Aguas de Lindoia, SP, Brazil | 08/2005 |
| Poster Presentation, Acute pulmonary embolism (APE) activates lung matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 activity, 12th International Symposium of Scientific Initiation of University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil | 10/2004 |
| Poster Presentation, Effects of L-arginine (L-arg) on acute pulmonary embolism (APE)-induced increases in lung metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) activity, 36th Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Aguas de Lindoia, SP, Brazil | 10/2004 |
| Poster Presentation, Acute pulmonary embolism (APE) activates lung matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 activity, 4th Pharmacist Meeting of Ribeirao Preto, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil | 10/2004 |
| Poster Presentation, Effects of L-arginine (L-arg) on acute pulmonary embolism (APE)-induced increases in lung metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) activity, 12th Meeting of the Brazilian Society for Cell Biology and 9th Meeting of the Ibero-American Society for Cell Biology, Campinas, SP, Brazil | 07/2004 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Champion for Diversity and Inclusion Professional Development and Certificate Program, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 2024 |
| Dale J. Benos Early Career Professional Service Award, American Physiological Society | 2023 |
| Junior Faculty Research Award, Southern Society for Clinical Investigation | 2023 |
| Recognition of Services on Excellence in Research, Department of Surgery, SOM, UMMC | 2022 |
| Translational Research Team Award, UMMC Research | 2022 |
| Best Oral Presentation in Basic Science, International Society of the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy | 2022 |
| Research Scientist Development (K01) Award, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health | 2022 |
| Early-Career Faculty Award, Group on Women in Medicine and Science, UMMC | 2022 |
| Pilot Project Award, Mississippi Center for Clinical and Translational Research, UMMC | 2022 |
| Our Fellow’s Work, International Society of Hypertension | 2021 |
| Esprit De Corps Honorable Mention for GWIMS, The Pillars: Recognition of Service and Inclusive Excellence, UMMC | 2021 |
| John F. Perkins, Jr. Research Career Enhancement Award, American Physiological Society | 2020 |
| GWIMS Leadership Award for an Organization (Emerging Leader), Association of American Medical Colleges | 2019 |
| Minority Travel Fellowship Award, American Physiological Society | 2015 |
| New Investigator Travel Award, Inter-American Society of Hypertension | 2014 |
| Postdoctoral Fellowship, American Heart Association | 2014 |
| Travel stipend for attendance at the 8th Hypertension Summer School, American Heart Association | 2013 |
| Minority National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Travel Fellowship Award, American Physiological Society | 2012 |
| Caroline tum Suden Professional Opportunity Award, American Physiological Society | 2012 |
| New Investigator Travel Award, Inter-American Society of Hypertension | 2011 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim Young Investigator Travel Award, American Society of Hypertension | 2010 |
| Predoctoral Fellowship, Sao Paulo Research Foundation (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo), Brazil | 2007 |
| Best poster, Brazilian Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics | 2006 |
| Best poster, Young Scientist Award of the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo | 2005 |
| Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico, Brazil | 2004 |
| Undergraduate research fellowship, Programa Institucional de Bolsas de Iniciacao Cientifica, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico, Brazil | 2003 |
Professional Membership and Service
| Inter-American Society of Hypertension (IASH), Member | 2014 - Present |
| International Society of Hypertension (ISH), Member | 2013 - Present |
| American Physiological Society (APS), Member | 2011 - Present |
| American Heart Association (AHA), Member | 2011 - Present |
| Brazilian Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (SBFTe), Member | 2008 - Present |
Committee Service
| Inter-American Society of Hypertension (IASH), Steering Committee Member | 2023 - Present |
| MEDICAL CENTER-DIVERSITY, Steering Comittee Member | 2023 - Present |
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION, Member | 2022 - 2022 |
| Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Steering Committee, American Physiological Society, Steering Comittee Member | 2022 - Present |
| MEDICAL CENTER-DIVERSITY, Leader, Research Interest Group | 2021 - 2022 |
| MEDICAL CENTER-DIVERSITY, Steering Comittee Member | 2020 - 2021 |
| Inter-American Society of Hypertension (IASH), Steering Committee Member | 2019 - 2023 |
| Clinical Research and Trials Units (CRTU) Advisory Committee, Member | 2019 - Present |
| MEDICAL CENTER-DIVERSITY, Steering Comittee Member | 2019 - 2020 |
| American Physiological Society (APS), Member | 2016 - 2018 |
| Inter-American Society of Hypertension (IASH), Steering Comittee Member | 2014 - 2019 |
| Postdoctoral Advisory Committee, Member | 2013 - 2016 |
| Cultural Department of the Student Union, School of Pharmacy of Ribeirao Preto (FMRP), University of Sao Paulo (USP), Brazil, Member | 2003 - 2004 |
Community Service
| Physiology Understanding Week (PhUn Week) at the Mississippi Children’s Museum sponsored by the APS and SGSHS, Participant | 11/2016 - 11/2016 |
| PhUn Week at the Highland Bluff Elementary School sponsored by the APS and GWIMS, Organizer and Participant | 04/2016 - 04/2016 |
| PhUn Week at the Boys and Girls Club sponsored by the APS and GWIMS, Organizer ans Participant | 12/2015 - 12/2015 |
| Participated on the PhUn Week at the Mississippi Children’s Museum sponsored by the APS and SGSHS, Participant | 11/2015 - 11/2015 |
| Participated on the PhUn Week at the Mississippi Children’s Museum sponsored by the APS and SGSHS, Participant | 11/2014 - 11/2014 |
| Sociocultural Welfare Program of Pharmacy Students (Programa Assistencialista Sociocultural de Estudantes de Farmacia), Brazil, Member | 02/2004 - 12/2005 |
Other Service
| Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group for Physician Scientist Transition to Independence in Blood Science Research (R00 - Clinical Trial Optional) (ZHL1 CSR-N (O1) 2), National Heart Lung Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH) | 05/2024 - 07/2024 |
| Poster Judge, School of Health Related Professions (SHRP)’s Research Day | 04/2024 - Present |
| Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group for National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) K Award Recipients (R03) (ZHL1 CSR-Z J2), National Institutes of Health (NIH) | 01/2024 - 04/2024 |
| Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group for National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) K Award Recipients (R03) (ZHL1 CSR-Z J2), National Institutes of Health (NIH) | 10/2023 - 11/2023 |
| Biomedicines | 08/2023 - Present |
| Award Review Committee, American Physiological Society (APS), Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis (WEH) Section | 07/2023 - 08/2023 |
| Poster judge, American Physiological Society (APS) Summit | 04/2023 - 04/2023 |
| Mentored Clinical and Basic Sciences (MCBS) study section, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Member | 04/2023 - 06/2023 |
| Physiological Genomics | 02/2023 - Present |
| Grant Review Committee, Cardiovascular Renal Research Center (CRRC) | 01/2023 - Present |
| Diabetes, Metabolism, Nutrition and Obesity Small Business [Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)] Scientific Review Group (ZRG1 EMS-K 10), Center for Scientific Review (CSC), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Member | 01/2023 - 03/2023 |
| Frontiers in Endocrinology, Guest Editor | 11/2022 - 01/2023 |
| Award Review Committee, American Physiological Society (APS), Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis (WEH) Section, Award Review/Evaluation Panel | 06/2022 - 06/2022 |
| Mentored Clinical and Basic Sciences (MCBS) Study Section, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Member | 04/2022 - 06/2022 |
| Reproductive Sciences Small Business (SBIR/STTR) Scientific Review Group (ZRG1 EMNR-K 11), Center for Scientific Review (CSC), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Member | 02/2022 - 04/2022 |
| Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy | 07/2021 - Present |
| Reproductive Sciences Small Business (SBIR/STTR) Special Emphasis Panel, Endocrinology, Metabolism, Nutrition and Reproductive Sciences (EMNR-D 11) Integrated Review Groups, Center for Scientific Review (CSR), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Member | 05/2021 - 07/2021 |
| Group on Women in Medicine and Science (GWIMS) – Seminar Series of the Research Interest Group | 05/2021 - 12/2021 |
| Group on Women in Medicine and Science (GWIMS), Award Review/Evaluation Panel | 02/2021 - 03/2021 |
| Cells, Guest Editor | 01/2021 - 2023 |
| Hypertension, Journal | 05/2020 - Present |
| Group on Women in Medicine and Science (GWIMS), Award Review/Evaluation Panel | 02/2020 - 03/2020 |
| Obesity Reviews | 12/2019 - Present |
| Connect, Share and Advance Monthly Sessions, Group on Women in Medicine and Science (GWIMS) | 07/2019 - 06/2020 |
| PLoS One | 03/2019 - Present |
| Nutrients | 10/2018 - Present |
| American Physiological Society (APS), International Committee, Award Review/Evaluation Panel, International Opportunity Program Award | 08/2018 - 09/2018 |
| American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology | 03/2018 - Present |
| Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy | 01/2018 - Present |
| American Physiological Society (APS), International Committee, Award Review/Evaluation Panel, International Early Career Physiologist Travel Award | 12/2017 - 01/2018 |
| Pregnancy Hypertension: An International Journal of Women's Cardiovascular Health | 10/2017 - Present |
| American Physiological Society (APS), International Committee, Award Review/Evaluation Panel, International Opportunity Program Award | 09/2017 - 10/2017 |
| Pharmacogenomics | 09/2017 - Present |
| Inter-American Society of Hypertension (IASH), Award Reviewer/Evaluation Panel, New Investigator Travel Award for South American Trainees | 07/2017 - 08/2017 |
| Journal of Cellular Biochemistry | 07/2017 - Present |
| Nitric Oxide | 06/2017 - Present |
| International Journal of Molecular Sciences | 05/2017 - Present |
| American Physiological Society (APS), International Committee, Award Review/Evaluation Panel, International Union of Physiological Society Congress Travel Award | 05/2017 - 05/2017 |
| Chapter 10, Animal models of investigating pathophysiological mechanisms of preeclampsia – Taylor RN, Conrad KP, Davidge ST, Staff AC, Roberts JM. Chesley's Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy. London/Cambridge/Oxford, United Kingdom and San Diego, United States: Academic Press (Elsevier); 5th Edition, 2021. | 03/2017 - 05/2017 |
| Inter-American Society of Hypertension, Award Review/Evaluation Panel, Young Latin American Investigator Award | 02/2017 - 03/2017 |
| Journal of Human Hypertension | 02/2017 - Present |
| American Physiological Society (APS), International Committee, Award Review/Evaluation Panel, International Early Career Physiologist Travel Award | 01/2017 - 02/2017 |
| American Journal of Physiology – Heart and Circulatory Physiology | 12/2016 - Present |
| Bioscience Reports | 12/2016 - Present |
| American Physiological Society (APS), International Committee, Award Review/Evaluation Panel, International Opportunity Program Award | 11/2016 - 12/2016 |
| Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets | 08/2016 - Present |
| American Physiological Society (APS), International Committee, Award Review/Evaluation Panel, International Opportunity Program Award | 07/2016 - 08/2016 |
| Inter-American Society of Hypertension (IASH), Award Review/Evaluation Panel, New Investigator Travel Award for Central and South American Trainees | 05/2016 - 07/2016 |
| Group of Woman in Medical Sciences (GWIMS) Coffee Talk, Lead the discussion on “Power of Public speaking” | 05/2016 - Present |
| American Physiological Society (APS), International Committee, Award Review/Evaluation Panel, The Physiological Society Joint Meeting Travel Award Program | 04/2016 - 04/2016 |
| Gene | 12/2015 - Present |
| Molecular Human Reproduction | 11/2015 - Present |
| BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | 11/2015 - Present |
| Postdoctoral Fellows and Instructors Oral Presentation at the School of Graduate Studies in the Health Sciences (SGSHS) Research Day | 10/2015 - Present |
| “Writing, submitting and reviewing scientific manuscripts” at the 23rd Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Hypertension (SBH) | 08/2015 - Present |
| European Journal of Medical Research | 08/2015 - Present |
| American Journal of Hypertension | 03/2015 - Present |
| Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics | 02/2015 - Present |
| Postdoctoral Fellows and Instructors Oral Presentation at the School of Graduate Studies in the Health Sciences (SGSHS) Research Day | 10/2014 - Present |
| Biomarkers | 03/2014 - Present |
| Monthly Oral Presentation Session for Postdocs | 09/2013 - 07/2016 |
| Journal of Perinatal Medicine | 09/2012 - Present |
Teaching Experience
| Graduate, Lab, Lab Director, Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Program | Summer 2024-2025 - 2024 |
| ID 737, Graduate, Lab, Lab Director, Elective Research Course | Summer 2023-2024 - 2023 |
| Graduate, Lab, Lab Director, Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Program | Summer 2023-2024 - 2023 |
| Medicine, Lab, Lab Director, Medical Student Research Program (MSRP) | Summer 2023-2024 - 2023 |
| ID 737, Graduate, Lab, Lab Director, Elective Research Course | Spring 2023-2024 - 2024 |
| Graduate, Lab, Lab Director, Base Pair Program | Annual 2024-2025 |
| Graduate, Small Group, Guest Presenter, U-Networking Event, Career Opportunities and Professional Development (COPD) Series | Winter 2023 - 2023 |
| ID 737, Graduate, Lab, Lab Director, Elective Research Course | Spring 2022-2023 - 2023 |
| ID 737, Graduate, Lab, Lab Director, Elective Research Course | Summer 2022-2023 - 2023 |
| Graduate, Lab, Lab Director, Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Program | Summer 2022-2023 - 2022 |
| ID 737, Graduate, Lab, Lab Director, Elective Research Course | Spring 2021-2022 - 2023 |
| ID 737, Graduate, Lab, Lab Director, Elective Research Course | Summer 2021-2022 - 2023 |
| Graduate, Lab, Lab Director, Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Program | Summer 2021-2022 - 2023 |
| ID709, Graduate, Course, Facilitator, Responsible Conduct in Research | Spring 2021 - 2021 |
| ID709, Graduate, Course, Facilitator, Responsible Conduct in Research | Spring 2020 - 2020 |
| ID709, Graduate, Course, Facilitator, Responsible Conduct in Research | Spring 2019 - 2019 |
| ID709, Graduate, Course, Facilitator, Responsible Conduct in Research | Spring 2019 - 2019 |
| ID709, Graduate, Course, Facilitator, Responsible Conduct in Research | Spring 2018 - 2018 |
| Graduate, Lecture, Facilitator, Seminar Series on Responsible Conduct of Research | Fall 2018 - 2018 |
| ID709, Graduate, Course, Facilitator, Responsible Conduct in Research | Spring 2016 - 2016 |
| Graduate, Lecture, Facilitator, Seminar Series on Responsible Conduct of Research | Fall 2015 - 2015 |
| ID 716, Graduate, Course, Lecturer, Teaching Practicum | Winter 2015 - 2015 |
Directed Student Learning
| Supervised Research, Advised: Charismia Turner | 2024 - 2024 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Vesper Johnson | 2024 - Present |
| Supervised Research, Advised: J. Alyse Robinson | 2024 - Present |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Jeffrey Sarkady | 2023 - 2023 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Jackson Strong | 2023 - 2023 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: J. Alyse Robinson | 2023 - 2023 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Robert Wilkins | 2023 - 2023 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Aaina Sabharwal | 2023 - 2023 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Jackson Strong | 2022 - 2022 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: A. Parker Shull | 2022 - 2022 |
| Dissertation Committee Member, Potential biomarkers, signaling pathways and genes differentially expressed by metformin and its action as potential treatment for preeclampsia Advised: Daniela Pereira | 2022 - 2022 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Todd Senters | 2022 - 2022 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Kamryn Thomas | 2021 - 2021 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Madison Ezell | 2021 - 2021 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Madeline Chaney | 2021 - 2021 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Hunter Martin | 2019 - 2019 |
| Master's Thesis Committee Member, Acute Cannabinoid Abuse and Hypercoagulability in Trauma Advised: Kristen Carter | 2018 - 2020 |
| Meeting mentor, Advised: Shannon Dunn | 2016 - 2016 |
| Meeting Mentor, Advised: Benard Ogola | 2015 - 2015 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Estelle Blair | 2015 - 2015 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Edward Dent | 2014 - 2014 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Alexandra Himel | 2014 - 2014 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Jackeline Machado | 2009 - 2011 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Lorena Amaral | 2009 - 2010 |
Fellows supervised
| University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Graduate Studies in Health Sciences, Training Faculty, 1 fellows supervised, Surgery - Basic Sciences | 07/2022 - 06/2024 |
| University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Graduate Studies in Health Sciences, Training Faculty, 1 fellows supervised, Surgery - Basic Sciences | 07/2020 - 06/2021 |
| University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Graduate Studies in Health Sciences, Training Faculty, 1 fellows supervised, Surgery - Basic Sciences | 07/2020 - 06/2022 |
| University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Graduate Studies in Health Sciences, Training Faculty, 1 fellows supervised, Surgery - Basic Research | 07/2018 - 06/2020 |