Kenneth R. Butler
Professor-Research
Department:
SOM-Pharmacology/Toxicology
Email:
kbutler@umc.edu
Work Phone:
(601) 984-4939
Biography
Both cardiovascular disease and neurocognitive decline share similar risk factors. My research focuses on how modifiable risk factors, particularly hypertension and inflammation, may influence cognition. Both risk factors have been implicated in neuronal loss resulting in neurocognitive decline over time. My goal is to further explain how inflammatory pathways in the brain contribute to neuronal loss and identify possible mechanisms through which these pathways may be inhibited.
Education
| University of Mississippi Medical Center, PhD, Clinical Health Sciences | 2001 |
| University of Mississippi Medical Center, MS, Clinical Health Sciences/Pathophysiology | 1999 |
| University of Mississippi Medical Center, BS, Cytotechnology | 1993 |
| Holmes Community College, AA, Biology/Pre-cytotechnology | 1990 |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Certification, CT (ASCP), American Society of Clinical Pathology | 08/1993 - Present |
Current Positions
| Professor, School of Medicine | 07/2015 - Present |
| Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine | 07/2012 - Present |
| Graduate Faculty Appointment, School of Graduate School in the Health Sciences | 07/2010 - 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 Medicine | 07/2007 - 06/2012 |
| Instructor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine | 04/2004 - 06/2007 |
Sponsored Program Funding
| Extramural, Jackson Heart Study Field Center, NIH/NHLBI | 08/2018 - 08/2023 |
| Extramural, A Social Epigenomic Approach to Health Disparities in Cardiovascular Risk Factors, NIH | 04/2018 - 01/2021 |
| Extramural, Aging, Cognition, and Hearing Evaluation in Elders (ACHIEVE) Randomized Trial, NIH/NIA | 06/2017 - 05/2022 |
| Extramural, Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study – Field Centers, NIH/NHLBI | 11/2016 - 11/2021 |
| Extramural, Jackson Heart Study Renewal: Field Center, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute | 08/2013 - 08/2018 |
| Extramural, UAB-MISS WIHS COHORT (Women's Interagency HIV Study), NIAD, NCI, NIDA, NIMH | 01/2013 - 12/2017 |
| Extramural, Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute | 11/2010 - 11/2016 |
| Extramural, ARIC Neurocognitive Study, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke | 07/2010 - 06/2019 |
| Extramural, Genetic Network of Arteriopathy (GENOA) Study, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute | 04/2006 - Present |
Publications
Conference Proceedings | |
| Butler K, Benghuzzi H, Cason Z, Tucci M and Puckett A The role of antioxidant-filled HA-L delivery systems on the fibrous tissue formation using adult rats as a model. Proceedings of the 16th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, April 4-6, 1997, Biloxi, MS, (0-7803-3869/1997 IEEE). 1997; 287-291 | 1997 |
Journal Article | |
| Tucci, M; Butler, K; Farah, I; Mohamed, A; Cason, Z; Ibrahim, J; McGuire, R; Benghuzzi, H The tissue implant response surrounding TCP implants containing demineralized bone matrix proteins Biomed Sci Instrum. 2016; 52, 112-117. | 2016 |
| Butler, KR; Benghuzzi, H; Tucci, M; Puckett, AD Enhancing macrophage behavior surrounding amino acid coated UHMW-PE implanted subcutaneously. Biomed Sci Instrum. 2016; 52, 189-196. | 2016 |
| Butler, KR; Benghuzzi, H; Tucci, M; Puckett, AD Neovascularization and fibroblast behavior under the influence of androgens in the tissue-implant response Biomed Sci Instrum. 2016; 52, 210-217 | 2016 |
| Butler, KR; Benghuzzi, H; Tucci, M; Thayer, J. Differences in estimated cardiac output in relation to cardiac risk factors Biomed Sci Instrum. 2016; 52, 173-180. | 2016 |
| Butler KR, Benghuzzi HA, Tucci MA, Puckett AD Subcutaneous Fibroblast Migration is Altered by Amino Acid Coated UHMW-PE Implants 32nd SBEC Conference Proceedings, 3/11-3/13, 2016. Shreveport, LA, Pages: 182-183, ISBN:978-1-5090-2132-1 INSPEC Accession Number: 15955558 (Publisher: IEEE) | 2016 |
| Fan P, Charles LE, Burchfiel CM, Andrew ME, Gu JK, Petrini MF, Butler KR Jr. Continuing medical education activity in echocardiography. Echocardiography. 2012; 29(2):130. | 2012 |
| Payne, T. J., Andrew, M., Butler, K. R., Wyatt, S. B., Dubbert, P. M., & Mosley, T. H. Psychometric Evaluation of the Interpersonal Support Evaluation List–Short Form in the ARIC Study Cohort SAGE Open, 2(3) | 2012 |
| Butler K, Puckett A, and Benghuzzi H Cytological analysis of the cellular components of the fibrous tissue reaction surrounding ALCAP and HA bioceramics in adult male rats. Pathology: Research and Practice. 2001; 197:29-39 | 2001 |
| Butler K, Benghuzzi H, and Tucci M Tissue-implant response following soft-tissue implantation of poly-l-lysine coated UHMW-polyethylene into adult male rats. Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation. 2001; 37:19-24 | 2001 |
| Butler K, Puckett A, and Benghuzzi, H Quantitative analysis of the cellular components of the fibrous tissue matrix surrounding ALCAP, HA, and TCP bioceramics using adult male rats as a model Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation. 1999; 35:267-272 | 1999 |
| Butler K, Benghuzzi H, Tucci M, and Cason Z A comparison of fibrous tissue formation surrounding intraperitoneal and subcutaneous implantation of ALCAP, HA, and TCP ceramic devices. Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation. 1998; 34:18-23 | 1998 |
| Butler K, Benghuzzi H, Bajpai P, Puckett A, Tucci M, Cason Z, and England B One year histopathological evaluation of fibrous tissue surrounding TCP-L implants using adult rats. Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation. 1997; 33:233-239 | 1997 |
Abstracts | |
| Adebamike A Oshunbade, Arsalan Hamid, Seth T Lirette, Semiu O Gbadamosi, Martin Tibuakuu, Olusola Orimoloye, Donald Clark, Daisuke Kamimura, Wondwosen K Yimer, Stephen D Grado, Elizabeth A Lutz, Robert J Mentz, Ervin R Fox, Javed Butler, Kenneth R Butler, Thomas H Mosley and Michael E Hall Hypertensive Diseases in Pregnancy, Cardiac Structure and FunctionLater in Life: Insights From the Genetic Epidemiology Network of Arteriopathy Study Circulation. 2019;140:A9699 | 2019 |
| Daisuke Kamimura, Seth T Lirette, B. Gwen Windham, Iftikhar J Kullo, Donald CLARK, Takeki Suzuki, Adebamike A Oshunbade, Arsalan Hamid, Javed Butler, Kenneth R Butler, Thomas Mosley, Michael E Hall Physical Activity and Biomarkers of Inflammation: The Genetic Epidemiology Network of Arteriopathy (GENOA) Study Circulation. 2019;140:A11478 | 2019 |
| Adebamike A Oshunbade, Seth T Lirette, Arsalan Hamid, Semiu O Gbadamosi, Olusola Orimoloye, Martin Tibuakuu, Daisuke Kamimura, Donald CLARK, Wondwosen K Yimer, Stephen D Grado, Elizabeth A Lutz, Robert J Mentz, Ervin R Fox, Javed Butler, Kenneth R Butler, Thomas H Mosley and Michael E Hall Hypertensive Diseases in Pregnancy and Renal Function Later in Life: Insights From the Genetic Epidemiology Network of Arteriopathy Study Circulation. 2019;140:A15401 | 2019 |
| Jingkai Wei, Priya Palta, Kenneth R Butler, Mariana Lazo, Benjamin D Capistrant, Thomas H Mosley and Gerardo Heiss Aortic Stiffness and Late-life Depression: the Atherosclerosis Riskin Communities Neurocognitive Study (ARIC-NCS). Circulation. 2019;139:AP014 | 2019 |
| Anne Marie Reimer Jensen, Hicham Skali, Kunihiro Matsushita, Tor Biering-Sørensen, Suma Konety, Kenneth Butler, Dalane W Kitzman, Scott D Solomon, Brian Clagget, and Amil M Shah. Impaired Left Ventricular Strain Despite Preserved Ejection Fraction and Risk of Incident Heart Failure With Ejection Fraction Above or Below 50% in Older Adults: The Community-Based Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study Circulation. 2018;138:A11800 | 2018 |
| Baldassari AR, Soliman EZ, Whitsel EA, Folsom AR, Matsushita K, Butler K, Bogle BM, Zhang ZM, Loop MS, Heiss G Feasibility of Electrocardiographic Identification and Classification of Myocardial Infarction Using Electronic Health Records. The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (ARIC). Circulation. 2018;137:AMP22 | 2018 |
| Tibuakuu M, Kamimura D, Kianous S, DeFillippis A, Al Rifai M, Butler KR, Hall ME, Blaha MJ The Association Between Cigarette Smoking, High Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein and Other Inflammatory Markers: The Genetic Epidemiology Network of Arteriopathy (GENOA) Study Circulation. 2017;135:AP045 | 2017 |
| Clemmer J, Pruett WA, Butler KR, Hester R Personalizing Medicine in Obesity Using Topological Data Analysis Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences, 62:1; pp. 87-88 | 2017 |
| Butler K, Tucci M, Benghuzzi H Reducing the Tissue-Implant Response Using Amino Acid Coated UHMW-PE In Soft Tissue Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences, 62:1; p. 102 | 2017 |
| Kamimura D, Suzuki T, Wang W, Deshazo MD, Hall J, Winniford MD, Mosley TH, Butler KR, Hall ME Higher Leptin Levels are Associated With Reduced Left Ventricular Mass and Left Ventricular Diastolic Stiffness in African American Women: Insights From the Genetic Epidemiology Network of Arteriopathy (GENOA) Study Circulation. 2016;134:A11443 | 2016 |
| Kamimura K, Suzuki T, Furniss AL, Griswold M, Lindsey ML, Winniford MD, Butler KR, Mosley TH, Hall ME Elevated Serum Osteoprotegerin is Associated With Increased Left Ventricular Mass Index and Left Ventricular Diastolic Stiffness in African Americans: Insights From the Genetic Epidemiology Network of Arteriopathy (GENOA) Study Circulation. 2016;134:A11417 | 2016 |
| Kamimura D, Suzuki T, Hall ME, Wang W, Winniford MD, Butler KR, Mosley TH Increased Left Ventricular Myocardial Stiffness is Associated With Incident Heart Failure in African Americans: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study Circulation. 2016;134:A12230 | 2016 |
| Kamimura D, Suzuki T, Wang W, Mosley TH, Butler KR, Hall ME Physical Activity is Associated With Reduced Left Ventricular Mass Index in Blacks: Insights From the Genetic Epidemiology Network of Arteriopathy (GENOA) Study Circulation. 2016;134:A13000 | 2016 |
| Azeem A, Beard WL, Musani S, Butler KR, Mosley TH, Fox ER Relation of left ventricular structure to incident heart failure in African Americans: the Jackson cohort of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study Circulation: Abstracts From the American Heart Association's Epidemiology and Prevention/Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health 2016 Scientific Sessions. 2016;133:AMP35. | 2016 |
| 203. A Azeem, SK Musani, WL Beard, TH Mosley, KR Butler, and ER Fox Long Term Prediction of Incident Heart Failure in African Americans - The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study Circulation: Abstracts From the American Heart Association's Epidemiology and Prevention/Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health 2016 Scientific Sessions. 2016;133:AMP32. | 2016 |
| Min YI, Anugu P, Butler K, Correa A, Hartley T, Mwasongwe S, Norwood A, Sims M, Wallace V, Wang W Cardiovascular disease burden in African Americans: the Jackson Heart Study Circulation, 133,Suppl 1 | 2016 |
| Butler KR, Penman AD, Taylor HA, Mosley, TH. Pulse pressure is not an independent risk factor for CHD in African-Americans: the ARIC study Journal of the Mississippi Academy Of Sciences, Volume 54(1):67 | 2009 |
| Mittwede P, Butler KR, Penman AD, Mosley TH, Taylor H The role of pulse pressure in stroke prediction in African Americans: the ARIC Study Journal of the Mississippi Academy Of Sciences, Volume 54(1):74 | 2009 |
| Minor D, Butler K, Wyatt S, Wofford M, Fowler J, Farah N, Jones D Achieving blood pressure control in Mississippi females The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 10(5): supp A, p. a77 | 2008 |
| Minor DK, Smith G, Butler K, Lee M, Warrington L, White W, Fahmy N Correlation of blood pressure with body mass index, waist circumference, and percent body fat among Mississippi adolescents participating in SLAM 2007 The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 10(5): supp A, p. a110, 2008 | 2008 |
| Minor DK, Lutz K, Wofford MR, Butler K, McNair V, Adair C Evaluation of equipment and techniques used for blood pressure measurement in a large academic medical center The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 10(5): supp A, p. a77, 2008 | 2008 |
| Minor D, Lutz K, Warrington L, Penman A, Butler K, Wofford M Evaluation of strategies for increasing pneumococcal vaccination rates in a hypertension clinic The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 10(5): supp A, p. a114, 2008 | 2008 |
| Thibodeaux C, Minor D, Butler K, Mosley T, Pearson M Prevalence of diabetes and patterns of nutritional supplement use among those with or without hypertension in the GENOA study The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 10(5): supp A, p. a50, 2008 | 2008 |
| Butler K, Penman A, Mosley T Pulse pressure as an independent risk factor for incident coronary heart disease: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study Journal of the Mississippi Academy Of Sciences, Volume 53(1):79, 2008 | 2008 |
| Butler K, Penman A, Mosley T Association and prevalence of cerebral MRI lesions and TIA/stroke symptoms: the ARIC Study Journal of the Mississippi Academy Of Sciences, Volume 52(1):106, 2007 | 2007 |
| Butler K, Benghuzzi H Effect of exogenous steroid hormones on cytokine expression in fibrous tissue surrounding TCP bioceramic implants Journal of the Mississippi Academy Of Sciences, Volume 51(1):82, 2006 | 2006 |
| Butler K, Benghuzzi H Androgenic modulation of angiogenesis in the tissue implant response Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Volume 50(1):76, 2005 | 2005 |
| Butler K, Benghuzzi H, Puckett A, and Tucci M Comparison of macrophage populations in fibrous tissue following subcutaneous and intraperitoneal implantation of TCP ceramics and UHMW-polyethylene Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Volume 46(1):46, 2001 | 2001 |
| Butler K, Puckett A, and Benghuzzi H Histopathological evaluation of the cellular components associated with the inflammatory response following surgical implantation of the ALCAP bioceramic into adult male rats Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences. 1999; 44:63 | 1999 |
| Butler K, Benghuzzi H, Tucci M, Puckett A, and Cason Z The effect of sustained delivery of reproductive hormones on the adrenal glands using adult male rats as a model Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences, 43: 45, January 1998 | 1998 |
| Cason Z, Butler K, Tucci M, and Benghuzzi H Detection of the estrus cycle by means of Pap stain in adult female rats Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences, 43: 45 | 1998 |
| Butler K, Benghuzzi H, and Puckett A The role of DHEA filled HA-L delivery system on the fibrous tissue formation using adult rats as a model Journal Of The Mississippi Academy Of Sciences, Sixty-First Annual Meeting, Program And Abstracts Issue, Vol.42, #1, p.52, January 1997 | 1997 |
| Butler K, Cason Z, Nick T, and Chandler L Fibroadenoma versus fibrocystic change: differential characteristics American Society of Cytology, 41st Annual Scientific Meeting, Houston,Texas, November 2-7,1993, Vol.5(5); 807 | 1993 |
| Min YI, Anugu P, Butler K, Correa A, Hartley T, Mwasongwe S, Norwood A, Sims M, Wallace V, Wang W Socioeconomic correlates of cardiovascular disease risk in African Americans: the Jackson Heart Study Circulation, 133,Suppl 1 | |
Editorial Commentary | |
| Butler K Taking leadership from capitol hill to the community ASCP-AMS Leadership Line, Spring 2002, p. 5 | 2002 |
Presentations
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study Research Update, Visits 8-11, Strategic Plan for Alzheimer's Diseae and Related Dementias Summit, State of Mississippi, UMMC | 01/2020 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Ceramic Implantable Devices: From Bioengineering to Biocompatibility to Biointegration, International Society for Ceramincs in Medicine, New Orleans | 11/2019 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, The Tissue Implant Response Surrounding TCPL Implants Containing Estrogen, Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Denver CO | 03/2017 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, The Use of Complex Clinical Data and Topological Data Analysis for Personalized Medicine, Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Denver, CO | 03/2017 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Optimizing Qualitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging (QMRI) for Brain Iron Deposition Assessment in Alzheimer’s Disease, 33rd Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, Gulfport, MS | 03/2017 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Morphometric Differences in Fibrous Tissue Surrounding Amino Acid Coated UHMW-PE Implanted in Soft Tissue, 33rd Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, Gulfport, MS | 03/2017 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Using Topological Data Analysis to Explore Complex Clinical Data for Personalized Medicine, 3rd Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, Glufport, MS | 03/2017 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Interaction of potassium measures with potassium channel genetic variants on diabetes risk: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study and Jackson Heart Study (JHS), ADA, New Orleans | 06/2016 |
| Poster Presentation, Discriminating dementia subtypes in mixed dementia using diffusion tensor imaging, UMMC Radiological Scienece Scholar Day, UMMC | 05/2016 |
| Poster Presentation, Inflammation effects nocturnal BP dipping status differentially using two common dipping definitions: the genetic epidemiology network of arteriopathy (GENOA), UMMC Radiological Science Scholar Day, UMMC | 05/2016 |
| Poster Presentation, The association of renal function and ectopic kidney fat accumulation: findings from the genetic epidemiology network of arteriopathy (GENOA), UMMC Radiological Science Scholar Day, UMMC | 05/2016 |
| Poster Presentation, Exploring differences in estimated cardiac output in relation to cardiometabolic risk factors, 2016 School of Health Related Professions Research Day, UMMC | 04/2016 |
| Poster Presentation, Ectopic kidney fat accumulation is not associated with declining kidney function: findings from the Genetic Epidemiology Network of Arteriopathy, 2016 School of Health Related Professions Research Day, UMMC | 04/2016 |
| Poster Presentation, The association of calcium biomarkers osteoprotegerin, osteonectin, osteocalcin, and osteopontin with bone mineral density: findings from the Genetic Epidemiology Network of Arteriopathy (GENOA), 2016 School of Health Related Professions Research Day, UMMC | 04/2016 |
| Poster Presentation, The association of calcium biomarkers osteoprotegerin, osteonectin, osteocalcin, and osteopontin with bone mineral density: findings from the Genetic Epidemiology Network of Arteriopathy (GENOA)., 2016 Department of Medicine Research Day, Jackson, Mississippi | 04/2016 |
| Poster Presentation, Ectopic kidney fat does not affect kidney function: findings from the Genetic Epidemiology Network of Arteriopathy., 2016 Department of Medicine Research Day, Jackson, Mississippi | 04/2016 |
| Poster Presentation, Hemodynamic effects of propofol versus dexmedetomidine for sedation during mechanical ventilation in adult medical and surgical intensive care units., 2016 Department of Medicine Research Day, Jackson, Mississippi | 04/2016 |
| Poster Presentation, Differences in estimated cardiac output in relation to cardiometabolic risk factors., 2016 Department of Medicine Research Day, Jackson, Mississippi | 04/2016 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Neovascularization and fibroblast behavior under the influence of androgens in the tissue-implant response., 53rd Annual Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Denver Colorado | 04/2016 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Enhancing macrophage behavior surrounding amino acid coated UHMW-PE implanted subcutaneously., 53rd Annual Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Denver Colorado | 04/2016 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, The tissue implant response surrounding TCP implants containing demineralized bone matrix proteins., 53rd Annual Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Denver Colorado | 04/2016 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Differences in estimated cardiac output in relation to cardiac risk factors., 53rd Annual Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Denver Colorado | 04/2016 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Subcutaneous fibroblast migration is altered by amino acid coated UHMW-PE implants., 32nd Southern Biomedical Engineering Symposium, Shreveport, Louisiana | 03/2016 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Androgens influence neovascularization and fibroblast behavior in the tissue-implant response., 80th Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Hattiesburg, Mississippi | 02/2016 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Fibroblast populations are influenced by amino acid coated UHMW-PE when implanted subcutaneously., 80th Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Hattiesburg, Mississippi | 02/2016 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Manipulation of the Macrophage Response Using Amino Acid Coated UHMW-PE Implanted Subcutaneously., 31st Southern Bioengineering Symposium, New Orleans, Louisiana | 05/2015 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Morphometric Evaluation of the Tissue Implant Response Surrounding Subcutaneous TCP, HA, and ALCAP Bioceramic Implants., 31st Southern Bioengineering Symposium, New Orleans, Louisiana | 05/2015 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Neovascularization and macrophage behavior under the influence of androgens in the tissue-implant response., 52nd Annual Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Salt Lake City, Utah | 04/2015 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, The tissue implant response surrounding subcutaneous TCP, HA, and ALCAP bioceramics., 52nd Annual Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Salt Lake City, Utah | 04/2015 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Identifying and Reducing Racial and Other Disparities Through Population Research: The Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities (ARIC) and Jackson Heart Studies (with Dr. Adolfo Correa), Molecular Rounds, GV “Sonny” Montgomery VA Medical Center, Jackson, MS | 03/2015 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Inflammatory Biomarkers and Blood Pressure Variability: The Genetic Epidemiology Network of Arteriopathy, Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Hattiesburg, MS | 02/2015 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Implant Response Surrounding Subcutaneous TCP, HA, and ALCAP Bioceramic Implants, Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Hattiesburg, Mississippi | 02/2015 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Manipulation of the Macrophage Response Using Amino Acid Coated UHMW-PE Implanted Subcutaneously., 79th Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Hattiesburg, Mississippi | 02/2015 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Identifying and Reducing Racial Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease: The Jackson Heart Study., 79th Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Hattiesburg, Mississippi | 02/2015 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Elucidating the Natural History Of Atherosclerosis: The Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities Study., 79th Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Hattiesburg, Mississippi | 02/2015 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Androgen Administration and Macrophage Behavior in the Tissue Implant Response., Southern Biomedical Engineering Symposium, Gulfport, MS | 04/2014 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, The Correlation Between Neovascularization and Macrophage Populations Under the Influence of Androgens., Southern Biomedical Engineering Symposium, Gulfport, MS | 04/2014 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Amino Acid Coated UHMW-PE Implants Modify Neovascularization in the Tissue Implant-Response., Southern Biomedical Engineering Symposium, Gulfport, MS | 04/2014 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Morphometric Analysis of the Location and Activity of Cytokines in the Tissue-Implant Response., Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Denver, CO | 04/2014 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, A Retrospective Review of Pediatric Hypertension Management in a Hypertension Referral Clinic., American Heart Association, San Francisco, CA | 03/2014 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Time Since Smoking Cessation and Pulse Wave Velocity: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study., American Heart Association, San Francisco, CA | 03/2014 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Association of Body Mass Index (BMI) with Abnormalities of Cardiac Structure and Function: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study., American Heart Association, San Francisco, CA | 03/2014 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Projected impact of shifting categories of hypertension on rates of coronary heart disease, heart failure and stroke: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (ARIC)., American heart Association, San Francisco, CA | 03/2014 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Associations of Markers of Inflammation with Nocturnal BP Dipping Status Using Two Common Dipping Definitions: the Genetic Epidemiology Network of Arteriopathy., American Heart Association, San Francisco, CA | 03/2014 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Cardiac Structure and Function and Outcome of African-Americans Carrying the Amyloidogenic V122i Transthyretin Mutation: The ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities) Study., American Heart Association, Dallas, TX | 11/2013 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Projected impact of shifting population distributions of blood pressure on rates of coronary heart disease, heart failure and stroke: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study., American Heart Association, New Orleans, LA | 03/2013 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Predictors of high pulse pressure and change in pulse pressure with age in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study., American Heart Association, New Orleans, LA | 03/2013 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Evaluation of hyperkalemia and the use of aldosterone antagonists in resistant and secondary hypertension in a hypertension referral center., American Heart Association, New Orleans, LA | 03/2013 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Relation of left ventricular mass and geometry to incident heart failure in African Americans., American Heart Association, New Orleans, LA | 03/2013 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, A multi-level approach to improving health and nutritional literacy for children through use of the Southern Remedy Healthy Eating Plate., Mid South Pharmacy Residents Conference, Fogleman Conference Center, Memphis, Tennessee | 05/2012 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, A retrospective review of pediatric hypertension management in a hypertension referral clinic., Mid South Pharmacy Residents Conference, Fogelman Executive Conference Center, Memphis, Tennessee | 05/2012 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, An assessment of health-care providers awareness of the FDA risk evaluation and mitigation strategies (REMS) program., Mid-South Pharmacy Residents Conference, Fogleman Conference Center, Memphis, Tennessee | 05/2012 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Developing and implementing a community health advocate training program., Proceedings of the Mid South Pharmacy Residents Conference, Fogelman Executive Conference Center, Memphis, Tennessee | 05/2012 |
| Invited Symposia, Access to care and health related quality of life., Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Hattiesburg Convention Center, Hattiesburg, Mississippi | 02/2012 |
| Invited Symposia, Androgenic hormones influence angiogenesis in the tissue-implant response., Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Hattiesburg Convention Center, Hattiesburg, Mississippi | 02/2012 |
| Invited Symposia, Rationale, design, and sample characteristics of a statewide comprehensive survey to assess access to care, health related quality of life, and service needs of people living with HIV/AIDS., Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Hattiesburg Convention Center, Hattiesburg, Mississippi | 02/2012 |
| Invited Symposia, Service needs reported by people living with HIV/AIDS: results of a statewide survey., Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Hattiesburg Convention Center, Hattiesburg, Mississippi | 02/2012 |
| Poster Presentation, Factors influencing control in a Mississippi Hypertension Referral Clinic, American Heart Association - Council on Epidemiology, Atlanta, Georgia | 03/2011 |
| Poster Presentation, Hypertension status, treatment, and control among spouse pairs in a middle aged adult cohort., American Heart Association, Atlanta, Georgia | 03/2011 |
| Poster Presentation, Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity in Jackson Heart Study Science, Language Arts and Mathematics (SLAM) Participants, 2004-2010., American Heart Association, Atlanta, Georgia | 03/2011 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, The macrophage response to amino acid coated UHMW-PE implants in soft tissue., Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Hattiesburg, Mississippi | 02/2011 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, The effect of androgen administration on the macrophage in the tissue implant response., Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Hattiesburg, Mississippi | 02/2011 |
| Poster Presentation, Blood pressure control rates among patients with chronic kidney disease or diabetes in a hypertension referral clinic., American Society of Hospital Pharmacists, Tampa, Florida | 06/2010 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Novel Applications of Controlled Release Implantable Bioceramics and Polymers: Implications for Public Health, Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Drug Delivery Symposium, Olive Branch, MS | 02/2009 |
| Poster Presentation, The role of pulse pressure in stroke prediction in African Americans: the ARIC Study, Mississippi Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting, Olive Branch, MS | 02/2009 |
| Poster Presentation, Pulse pressure is not an independent risk factor for CHD in African-Americans: the ARIC study, Mississippi Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting, Olive Branch, MS | 02/2009 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Addressing Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Women--GO RED, 20th Century Club, Kosciusko, MS | 02/2009 |
| Poster Presentation, Resistant Hypertension in a Hypertension Clinic at a Large Academic Medical Center, American Society of Health- System Pharmacists Midyear Meeting 2008, Orlando, FL | 12/2008 |
| Poster Presentation, Association between Self-Reported Health Status, Physical Activity and Healthy Dietary Behaviors in SLAM 2008, American Society of Health- System Pharmacists Midyear Meeting 2008, Orlando, FL | 12/2008 |
| Poster Presentation, Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction: Educating Mississippi Youth, American Society of Health- System Pharmacists Midyear Meeting 2008, Orlando, FL | 12/2008 |
| Poster Presentation, Correlation of Self-reported Physical Activity and Lipids in Mississippi Adolescents Participating in SLAM 2007 and 2008, American Society of Health- System Pharmacists Midyear Meeting 2008, Orlando, FL | 12/2008 |
| Poster Presentation, Validating a New Measure of Social Attachment for Use During Routine Clinic Visits: The Social Attachment Scale for Adults (SATS-A), American Society of Health- System Pharmacists Midyear Meeting 2008, Orlando, FL | 12/2008 |
| Poster Presentation, Pulse pressure as an independent risk factor for incident coronary heart disease in African-Americans: the ARIC study, Jackson Cardiovascular Renal Meeting, Jackson, MS | 10/2008 |
| Poster Presentation, Pulse pressure is an inferior predictor of stroke in African Americans: the ARIC Study, Eighth Annual Conference on Eliminating Health Disparities in Mississippi: Stroke and Obesity, Jackson, MS | 10/2008 |
| Poster Presentation, Sex specific leptinemia and its association with stroke and coronary heart disease in the Jackson Heart Study, Eighth Annual Conference on Eliminating Health Disparities in Mississippi: Stroke and Obesity, Jackson, MS | 10/2008 |
| Poster Presentation, Achieving blood pressure control in Mississippi females, American Society of Hypertension 23rd Annual Meeting and Exposition, New Orleans, LA | 05/2008 |
| Poster Presentation, Correlation of blood pressure with body mass index, waist circumference, and percent body fat among Mississippi adolescents participating in SLAM 2007, American Society of Hypertension 23rd Annual Meeting and Exposition, New Orleans, LA | 05/2008 |
| Poster Presentation, Evaluation of equipment and techniques used for blood pressure measurement in a large academic medical center, American Society of Hypertension 23rd Annual Meeting and Exposition, New Orleans, LA | 05/2008 |
| Poster Presentation, Evaluation of strategies for increasing pneumococcal vaccination rates in a hypertension clinic, American Society of Hypertension 23rd Annual Meeting and Exposition, New Orleans, LA | 05/2008 |
| Poster Presentation, Prevalence of diabetes and patterns of nutritional supplement use among those with or without hypertension in the GENOA study, American Society of Hypertension 23rd Annual Meeting and Exposition, New Orleans, LA | 05/2008 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Fertility Regulation With Geographically Available Natural Products, School of Health Related Professions, Jackson, MS | 04/2008 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Toxicology of Ephedra: Why a Good Natural Product was Banned by FDA, School of Health Related Professions, Jackson, MS | 04/2008 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Regulatory Aspects of Food Supplements, School of Health Related Professions, Jackson, MS | 04/2008 |
| Poster Presentation, Pulse pressure as an independent risk factor for incident coronary heart disease: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study, Annual Mississippi Academy of Sciences Meeting, Jackson, MS | 02/2008 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Histopathological Investigations Using Light and Electron Microscopy, School of Health Related Professions, Jackson, MS | 09/2007 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Spiritual Aspects of Healing as Alternative and Complementary Medicine, School of Health Related Professions, Jackson, MS | 04/2007 |
| Poster Presentation, Epidemiology of Valvular Regurgitation in the Middle-Aged African-American Cohort of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study: an Evaluation of Prevalence and Both Clinical and Echocardiographic Correlates, American College of Cardiology 56th Annual Scientific Session, New Orleans, LA | 03/2007 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Fertility Regulation Using Natural Products, School of Health Related Professions, Jackson, MS | 03/2007 |
| Poster Presentation, Epidemiology of Valvular Regurgitation in the Middle-Aged African-American Cohort of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study: an Evaluation of Prevalence and Both Clinical and Echocardiographic Correlates, SSCI Southern Regional Meeting, New Orleans, LA | 02/2007 |
| Poster Presentation, Association and prevalence of cerebral MRI lesions and TIA/stroke symptoms: the ARIC Study, Annual Mississippi Academy of Sciences Meeting, Starkville, MS | 02/2007 |
| Poster Presentation, Evaluation of Strategies for Improving Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates, 41st American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear Clinical Meeting, Anaheim, CA | 12/2006 |
| Poster Presentation, Echocardiographic Left Ventricular Mass Index Predicts Incident Stroke in African Americans: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2006, Chicago, IL | 11/2006 |
| Poster Presentation, Association and prevalence of cerebral MRI lesions and TIA/stroke symptoms: the ARIC Study, Proceedings of the Second Annual Department of Medicine Research Day, Jackson, MS | 04/2006 |
| Poster Presentation, Association between asymptomatic ECG abnormalities and echocardiographic left ventricular geometric patterns and parameters: the ARIC study, Proceedings of the Second Annual Department of Medicine Research Day, Jackson, MS | 04/2006 |
| Poster Presentation, Effect of exogenous steroid hormones on cytokine expression in fibrous tissue surrounding TCP bioceramic implants, Annual Mississippi Academy of Sciences Meeting | 02/2006 |
| Poster Presentation, Research opportunities at UMMC: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study, Proceedings of the Department of Medicine Research Day, Jackson, MS | 04/2005 |
| Poster Presentation, Androgenic modulation of angiogenesis in the tissue implant response, Annual Mississippi Academy of Sciences Meeting | 02/2005 |
| Poster Presentation, Comparison of macrophage populations in fibrous tissue following subcutaneous and intraperitoneal implantation of TCP ceramics and UHMW-polyethylene, Annual Mississippi Academy of Sciences Meeting | 02/2001 |
| Poster Presentation, Histopathological evaluation of the cellular components associated with the inflammatory response following surgical implantation of the ALCAP bioceramic into adult male rats, Annual Mississippi Academy of Sciences Meeting | 02/1999 |
| Poster Presentation, A comparison of fibrous tissue formation surrounding intraperitoneal and subcutaneous implantation of ALCAP, HA, and TCP ceramic devices, 35th International ISA Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation Symposium | 04/1998 |
| Poster Presentation, Sequential endometrial changes associated with sustained delivery of ovarian hormones in adult female rats, 17th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, San Antonio, TX | 02/1998 |
| Poster Presentation, The role of sustained delivery of estrogen and androgen on cytological structures of the adrenal gland of adult rats using TCP delivery devices, 17th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, San Antonio, TX | 02/1998 |
| Poster Presentation, Detection of the estrus cycle by means of Pap stain in adult female rats, Annual Mississippi Academy of Sciences Meeting | 02/1998 |
| Poster Presentation, The effect of sustained delivery of reproductive hormones on the adrenal glands using adult male rats as a model, Annual Mississippi Academy of Sciences Meeting | 02/1998 |
| Poster Presentation, One year histopathological evaluation of fibrous tissue surrounding TCPL implants using adult rats as a model, 34th International ISA Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation Symposium, Dayton, OH | 04/1997 |
| Poster Presentation, The role of antioxidant-filled HA-L delivery systems on fibrous tissue formation using adult rats as a model, Proceedings of the 16th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, Biloxi, MS | 04/1997 |
| Poster Presentation, The role of DHEA filled HA-L delivery system on the fibrous tissue formation using adult rats as a model, Annual Mississippi Academy of Sciences Meeting | 02/1997 |
| Poster Presentation, Fibroadenoma versus fibrocystic change: differential characteristics, American Society of Cytology, 41st Annual Scientific Meeting, Houston, TX | 11/1993 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Dudley F. Peeler Award, Mississippi Academy of Sciences | 2020 |
| Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society | 2004 |
| President's Award, Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium | 2003 |
| First Place Graduate Research, University of Mississippi | 2000 |
| Third Place Graduate Research, Mississippi Academy of Sciences | 2000 |
| Second Place Graduate Research, University of Mississippi | 1999 |
| First Place Research, School of Health Related Professions | 1998 |
| Travel Award, Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium | 1997 |
Professional Membership and Service
| Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Officer-President | 2016 - 2019 |
| Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Board of Directors | 2016 - Present |
| American Heart Association, Fellow, Council on Epidemiology and Prevention | 2014 - Present |
| Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Board of Directors | 2010 - Present |
| American Heart Association, Member, Council on Functional Genomics and Translational Biology | 2010 - Present |
| American Society of Hypertension, Member | 2010 - Present |
| American Heart Association, Member | 2010 - Present |
| Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Member | 2003 - Present |
| Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Member | 1997 - Present |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science, Member | |
| Physician Assistant Education Association, Member |
Committee Service
| 36th Southern Bioengineering Symposium, Co-Chair | 2019 - 2020 |
| Program Committee - Southern Biomedical Engineering Symposium, Member | 2019 - 2020 |
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-ADMISSIONS INTERVIEW, Member | 2018 - 2020 |
| AHA Scientific Sessions: Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease, Reviewer | 2016 - 2016 |
| AHA - ISC and/or Nursing Symposium, Reviewer | 2015 - 2017 |
| Program Committee, Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Member | 2015 - 2016 |
| Joint Faculty Search Committee: MIND Center and Neurobiology & Anatomical Sciences, Member | 2015 - Present |
| AHA Strategically Focused Prevention Research Network Review Panel, Reviewer | 2014 - 2014 |
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-ADMISSIONS, Member | 2014 - Present |
| 30th Southern Biomedical Engineering Symposium, Chair | 2014 - 2014 |
| AHA (SURF 2) Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Review Committee, Member | 2014 - 2016 |
| 51st Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Chair | 2014 - 2014 |
| Neurosciences Institute Planning and Development Working Group, Member | 2014 - Present |
| COBRE/Center for Obesity Research Committee, Member | 2014 - Present |
| Study Quality Assurance Committee, Jackson Heart Study, Member | 2013 - Present |
| Ancillary Studies Subcommittee, Jackson Heart Study, Member | 2013 - Present |
| Publications and Presentations Subcommittee, Jackson Heart Study, Member | 2013 - 2014 |
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-ADMISSIONS FILE REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE, Member | 2012 - Present |
| Clinical Laboratory Sciences Advisory Committee - School of Health Related Professions, Member | 2012 - Present |
| MEDICAL CENTER-FACULTY SENATE, Chair | 2011 - 2012 |
| MEDICAL CENTER-SACS LEADERSHIP, Member | 2011 - 2012 |
| MEDICAL CENTER-LIBRARY FACULTY ADVISORY, Member | 2011 - 2012 |
| MEDICAL CENTER-FACULTY DEVELOPMENT, Member | 2011 - 2012 |
| Department of Medicine Research Council, Member | 2011 - Present |
| Health Sciences Division (MAS), Chair | 2011 - 2012 |
| CORC Outcomes Committee, ARIC Study, Member | 2011 - Present |
| MEDICAL CENTER-FACULTY SENATE, Vice Chair | 2010 - 2011 |
| ARIC Data Quality Control Committee, ARIC Study, Member | 2010 - 2013 |
| ARIC Operations Committee, ARIC Study, Member | 2010 - 2013 |
| ARIC Recruitment Committee, ARIC Study, Member | 2010 - Present |
| Health Sciences Division (MAS), Vice Chair | 2008 - 2011 |
| SCHOOL OF HEALTH RELATED PROFESSIONS-ALUMNI RELATIONS, President, Board of Directors | 2007 - Present |
| Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Rebuildings Committee (MAS), Member | 2007 - 2008 |
| Outpatient Heart Failure Surveillance Subcommittee, Jackson Heart Study, Member | 2007 - Present |
| Ancillary Studies Subcommittee, Jackson Heart Study, Member | 2007 - 2011 |
| 2nd Drug Delivery: Systems and Applications Symposium, Co-Chair | 2006 - 2006 |
| SCHOOL OF HEALTH RELATED PROFESSIONS-ALUMNI RELATIONS, Board of Directors | 2005 - Present |
| Publicity Committee (MAS), Chair | 2005 - 2007 |
| Drug Delivery: Systems and Applications Symposium, Co-Chair | 2005 - 2005 |
| Awards & Resolutions Committee (MAS), Chair | 2004 - Present |
| Events Monitoring Subcommittee, Jackson Heart Study, Member | 2004 - Present |
| Cohort Annual Follow-up Committee, ARIC Study, Member | 2004 - Present |
| Community & Hospital Surveillance Committee, ARIC Study, Member | 2004 - Present |
| Jackson Field Center Publications/Writing Committee, ARIC Study, Member | 2004 - Present |
| Translational Research Subcommittee, Jackson Heart Study, Member | 2004 - 2011 |
| Publications and Presentations Subcommittee, Jackson Heart Study, Member | 2004 - 2011 |
| Program Committee, 40th Annual Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Special Liaison | 2003 - 2003 |
Community Service
| International Visitors Center of Jackson, Board of Directors | 2012 - 12/2012 |
| Conrad Foundation, Spirit of Innovation Awards, Judge | 2012 - 12/2012 |
| Trusts and Foundations Task Force, The Little Lighthouse School | 2005 - 2005 |
| AMS (ASCP), Southeast Region, State Advisor | 2002 - 2004 |
| AMS (ASCP), Southeast Region, State Advisor | 2000 - 2002 |
Other Service
| Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning, Second Edition, Jones and Bartlett Publishing | 2016 - 2016 |
| Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience | 2016 - 2016 |
| BMC Psychiatry | 2015 - 2015 |
| American Journal of Public Health | 2013 - 2013 |
| SAGE Open | 2012 - 2012 |
| Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies | 2012 - 2012 |
| Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences | 2011 - Present |
| Genetics and Epigenetics | 2011 - 2011 |
| Rehabilitation Process and Outcome | 2011 - 2011 |
| Primary Prevention Insights | 2011 - 2011 |
| Health Services Insights | 2011 - 2011 |
| Clinical Medicin Reviews in Vascular Health | 2011 - 2011 |
| Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences | 2010 - Present |
| Journal of Inflammation Research | 2010 - 2010 |
| Pathology and Laboratory Medicine International | 2010 - 2010 |
| Stroke | 2007 - 2007 |
| Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences | 2007 - 2007 |
| RMBS - Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation | 2006 - 2006 |
| American Journal of Men's Health | 2005 - 2005 |
| Online Journal of Healthcare Ethics | 2004 - 2004 |
Teaching Experience
| MSCI 711, Population Health, Course, Course Director, Epidemiology II | Fall 2020 - 2020 |
| PHS 740, Population Health, Course, Writing and Reviewing Scientific Papers | Summer 2020 |
| Pharmacy, Lecture, Lecturer, Orientation | Summer 2013 - 2013 |
| SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS728 | Fall 2013 - 2013 |
| SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 728 | Fall 2013 - 2013 |
| Pharmacy, Lecture, Lecturer, Orientation | Summer 2012 - 2012 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer | Fall 2012 - 2012 |
| SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 728 | Fall 2012 - 2012 |
| SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 728 | Fall 2012 - 2012 |
| Pharmacy, Lecture, Lecturer, Orientation | Summer 2011 - 2011 |
| SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 728 | Fall 2011 - 2011 |
| SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 728 | Fall 2011 - 2011 |
| SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 728 | Fall 2010 - 2010 |
| CHS 728, SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, Histopathology | Fall 2010 - 2010 |
| Pharmacy, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 763 | Summer 2010 - 2010 |
| SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 763 | Spring 2010 - 2010 |
| SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 763 | Spring 2010 - 2010 |
| CHS 728, SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, Histopathology | Fall 2009 - 2009 |
| SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 763 | Fall 2009 - 2009 |
| SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 763 | Spring 2008 - 2008 |
| SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 763 | Spring 2008 - 2008 |
| SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 763 | Spring 2008 - 2008 |
| CHS 728, SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, Histopathology | Fall 2007 - 2007 |
| CHS 728, SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, Histopathology | Fall 2007 - 2007 |
| SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 763 | Spring 2007 - 2007 |
| SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 763 | Spring 2007 - 2007 |
| SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 763 | Spring 2007 - 2007 |
| SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS | Spring 2007 - 2007 |
| CHS 728, SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 728 | Fall 2006 - 2007 |
| SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 728 | Fall 2006 - 2006 |
| SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 728 | Fall 2006 - 2005 |
| SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 763 | Spring 2006 - 2006 |
| SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 728 | Fall 2005 - 2005 |
| SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 763 | Spring 2005 - 2005 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Physiology and Biophysics | Fall 2004 - 2004 |
| SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, Cytotechnology | Fall 2004 - 2004 |
| SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, Cytotechnology | Fall 2003 - 2003 |
| SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, Cytotechnology | Fall 2002 - 2002 |
| SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, Cytotechnology | Summer 2001 - 2001 |
| SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, Cytotechnology | Fall 2001 - 2001 |
| CHS 763, SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 763 | Fall 2000 - 2000 |
| SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, Cytotechnology | Spring 2000 - 2000 |
| SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, Cytotechnology | Fall 2000 - 2000 |
| SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS | Spring 1998 - 1998 |
Directed Student Learning
| Research Advisor, Post-Cardiac Surgery Hypotension Associated With Perioperative ACE/ARB Administration Advised: Elizabeth Vincent | 2016 - Present |
| Research Advisor, Advised: Hannah Burson | 2016 - Present |
| Research Advisor, Hemodynamic effects of propofol versus dexmedetomidine for sedation during mechanical ventilation in adult medical and surgical intensive care units Advised: Katie Langley | 2015 - 2016 |
| Research Advisor, The association of renal function and ectopic kidney fat accumulation: findings from the genetic epidemiology network of arteriopathy (GENOA) Advised: Anne Marie Mercier | 2015 - Present |
| Research Advisor, The association of calcium biomarkers osteoprotegerin, osteonectin, osteocalcin, and osteopontin with bone mineral density: findings from the Genetic Epidemiology Network of Arteriopathy (GENOA) Advised: Kim Zachow | 2015 - Present |
| Supervised Research, Inflammation effects nocturnal BP dipping status differentially using two common dipping definitions: the genetic epidemiology network of arteriopathy (GENOA) Advised: Harrison To | 2014 - 2016 |
| Dissertation Committee Member, The effect of thiazolidinedionses on cardiac structure and function on Individuals with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes mellitus Advised: Khalid Moktar | 2014 - Present |
| Dissertation Committee Member, Patients' Perceptions of Achieving Glucose Control Advised: Cynthia Roach | 2012 - 2013 |
| Research Advisor, Evaluation of hyperkalemia and the use of aldosterone antagonists in resistant and secondary hypertension in a hypertension referral center Advised: Natalie Montgomery | 2012 - 2013 |
| Research Advisor, A retrospective review of pediatric hypertension management in a hypertension referral clinic Advised: Lucy Cadwallader | 2011 - 2012 |
| Dissertation Committee Member, In Vitro Effects of BMP-2, BMP-7, and BMP-13 on Differentiated and Undifferentiated Mouse Mesenchymal Stem Cells Advised: Lisa Dorman | 2010 - 2012 |
| Dissertation Committee Member, Electrocardiographic Intervals in African-Americans: The Jackson Heart Study Advised: Ermeg Albykova | 2010 - 2011 |
| Research Advisor, Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity in Jackson Heart Study Science, Language Arts and Mathematics (SLAM) Participants, 2004-2010 Advised: William Lancaster | 2010 - 2011 |
| Dissertation Committee Member, Homocysteine Levels and Cardiovascular Complications: Age, Gender, and BMI Dependency Among Jackson Heart Study Participants Advised: Olivia Henry | 2009 - 2011 |
| Research Advisor, Predictive validity and reliability of the social attachment scale for adults (SATS-A) Advised: Patrick Boler | 2009 - 2010 |
| Research Advisor, The role of pulse pressure in stroke prediction in African Americans: the ARIC Study Advised: Peter Mittwede | 2008 - 2009 |
| Research Advisor, NSAID use a predictor of cognitive function change in a biracial middle-aged population: the ARIC study Advised: Raghada Elsayed | 2008 - 2009 |
| Research Advisor, Medication adherence in a hypertension referral clinic Advised: Amber Holdiness | 2007 - 2008 |
| Research Advisor, Prevalence of diabetes and patterns of nutritional supplement use among those with or without hypertension in the GENOA study Advised: Candace Tibodeaux | 2007 - 2008 |
| Research Advisor, Prevalence of Resistant Hypertension in a Hypertension Clinic at a Large Academic Medical Center Advised: Ebb Boakye | 2007 - 2008 |
| Research Advisor, Evaluation of equipment and techniques used for blood pressure measurement in a large academic medical center Advised: Katherine Lutz Artman | 2006 - 2007 |
| Research Advisor, Implementation of a pharmacist-led, multidisciplinary diabetes management team Advised: Laurie Warrington | 2006 - 2007 |