Kenneth R. Butler

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 Sciences2001
University of Mississippi Medical Center, MS, Clinical Health Sciences/Pathophysiology1999
University of Mississippi Medical Center, BS, Cytotechnology1993
Holmes Community College, AA, Biology/Pre-cytotechnology1990

Specialty Certification Licensure

Certification, CT (ASCP), American Society of Clinical Pathology08/1993 - Present

Current Positions

Professor, School of Medicine07/2015 - Present
Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine07/2012 - Present
Graduate Faculty Appointment, School of Graduate School in the Health Sciences07/2010 - 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 Medicine07/2007 - 06/2012
Instructor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine04/2004 - 06/2007

Sponsored Program Funding

Extramural, Jackson Heart Study Field Center, NIH/NHLBI08/2018 - 08/2023
Extramural, A Social Epigenomic Approach to Health Disparities in Cardiovascular Risk Factors, NIH04/2018 - 01/2021
Extramural, Aging, Cognition, and Hearing Evaluation in Elders (ACHIEVE) Randomized Trial, NIH/NIA06/2017 - 05/2022
Extramural, Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study – Field Centers, NIH/NHLBI11/2016 - 11/2021
Extramural, Jackson Heart Study Renewal: Field Center, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute08/2013 - 08/2018
Extramural, UAB-MISS WIHS COHORT (Women's Interagency HIV Study), NIAD, NCI, NIDA, NIMH01/2013 - 12/2017
Extramural, Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute11/2010 - 11/2016
Extramural, ARIC Neurocognitive Study, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke07/2010 - 06/2019
Extramural, Genetic Network of Arteriopathy (GENOA) Study, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute04/2006 - 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; 287-2911997

Interview

Harris TA, Butler KR Jr, Three PAs talk about success in Mississippi. JAAPA : official journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants, 2017 May;30(5):1-42017

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, 210-2172016
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; 197:29-392001
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; 37:19-242001
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; 35:267-2721999
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; 34:18-231998
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; 33:233-2391997
Oshunbade AA, Hamid A, Lirette ST, Gbadamosi SO, Yimer WK, Orimoloye OA, Clark D 3rd, Kamimura D, Grado SD, Lutz EA, Mentz RJ, Fox ER, Butler J, Gwen Windham B, Butler KR, Mosley TH Jr, Hall ME, Hypertensive diseases in pregnancy, cardiac structure and function later in life: Insights from the Genetic Epidemiology Network of Arteriopathy (GENOA) study. Pregnancy hypertension, 2020 Jul;21:184-1902020
Clemmer JS, Faulkner JL, Mullen AJ, Butler KR, Hester RL, Sex-specific responses to mineralocorticoid receptor antagonism in hypertensive African American males and females. Biology of sex differences, 2019 May 9;10(1):242019
Clark D 3rd, Cain LR, Blaha MJ, DeFilippis AP, Mentz RJ, Kamimura D, White WB, Butler KR, Robertson RM, Bhatnagar A, Butler J, Correa A, Benjamin EJ, Hall ME, Cigarette Smoking and Subclinical Peripheral Arterial Disease in Blacks of the Jackson Heart Study. Journal of the American Heart Association, 2019 Feb 5;8(3):e0106742019
Kamimura D, Suzuki T, Wang W, deShazo M, Hall JE, Winniford MD, Kullo IJ, Mosley TH, Butler KR, Hall ME, Higher plasma leptin levels are associated with reduced left ventricular mass and left ventricular diastolic stiffness in black women: insights from the Genetic Epidemiology Network of Arteriopathy (GENOA) study. Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension, 2018 Aug;41(8):629-6382018
Joshu CE, Barber JR, Coresh J, Couper DJ, Mosley TH, Vitolins MZ, Butler KR, Nelson HH, Prizment AE, Selvin E, Tooze JA, Visvanathan K, Folsom AR, Platz EA, Enhancing the Infrastructure of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study for Cancer Epidemiology Research: ARIC Cancer. Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology, 2018 Mar;27(3):295-3052018
Kamimura D, Suzuki T, Hall ME, Wang W, Winniford MD, Shah AM, Rodriguez CJ, Butler KR, Mosley TH, Diastolic wall strain is associated with incident heart failure in African Americans: Insights from the atherosclerosis risk in communities study. Journal of cardiology, 2018 May;71(5):477-4832018
Biering-Sørensen T, Querejeta Roca G, Hegde SM, Shah AM, Claggett B, Mosley TH Jr, Butler KR Jr, Solomon SD, Left ventricular ejection time is an independent predictor of incident heart failure in a community-based cohort. European journal of heart failure, 2018 Jul;20(7):1106-11142018
Kamimura D, Suzuki T, Furniss AL, Griswold ME, Kullo IJ, Lindsey ML, Winniford MD, Butler KR, Mosley TH, Hall ME, Elevated serum osteoprotegerin is associated with increased left ventricular mass index and myocardial stiffness. Journal of cardiovascular medicine (Hagerstown, Md.), 2017 Dec;18(12):954-9612017
Min YI, Anugu P, Butler KR, Hartley TA, Mwasongwe S, Norwood AF, Sims M, Wang W, Winters KP, Correa A, Cardiovascular Disease Burden and Socioeconomic Correlates: Findings From the Jackson Heart Study. Journal of the American Heart Association, 2017 Aug 4;6(8)2017
Kamimura D, Loprinzi PD, Wang W, Suzuki T, Butler KR, Mosley TH, Hall ME, Physical Activity Is Associated With Reduced Left Ventricular Mass in Obese and Hypertensive African Americans. American journal of hypertension, 2017 Jun 1;30(6):617-6232017
Pokharel Y, Sun W, Villareal DT, Selvin E, Virani SS, Ndumele CE, Hoogeveen RC, Coresh J, Boerwinkle E, Butler KR, Solomon SD, Pankow JS, Bozkurt B, Ballantyne CM, Nambi V, Association between high-sensitivity troponin T and cardiovascular risk in individuals with and without metabolic syndrome: The ARIC study. European journal of preventive cardiology, 2017 Apr;24(6):628-6382017
Enkhmaa B, Anuurad E, Zhang W, Li CS, Kaplan R, Lazar J, Merenstein D, Karim R, Aouizerat B, Cohen M, Butler K, Pahwa S, Ofotokun I, Adimora AA, Golub E, Berglund L, Lipoprotein(a) and HIV: Allele-Specific Apolipoprotein(a) Levels Predict Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in HIV-Infected Young Women in the Women's Interagency HIV Study. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, 2017 May;37(5):997-10042017
Chatterjee R, Davenport CA, Svetkey LP, Batch BC, Lin PH, Ramachandran VS, Fox ER, Harman J, Yeh HC, Selvin E, Correa A, Butler K, Edelman D, Serum potassium is a predictor of incident diabetes in African Americans with normal aldosterone: the Jackson Heart Study. The American journal of clinical nutrition, 2017 Feb;105(2):442-4492017
Windham BG, Griswold ME, Wang W, Kucharska-Newton A, Demerath EW, Gabriel KP, Pompeii LA, Butler K, Wagenknecht L, Kritchevsky S, Mosley TH Jr, The Importance of Mid-to-Late-Life Body Mass Index Trajectories on Late-Life Gait Speed. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 2017 Aug 1;72(8):1130-11362017
Nadruz W Jr, Kitzman D, Windham BG, Kucharska-Newton A, Butler K, Palta P, Griswold ME, Wagenknecht LE, Heiss G, Solomon SD, Skali H, Shah AM, Cardiovascular Dysfunction and Frailty Among Older Adults in the Community: The ARIC Study. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 2017 Jul 1;72(7):958-9642017
Yano Y, Butler KR, Hall ME, Schwartz GL, Knopman DS, Lirette ST, Jones DW, Wilson JG, Hall JE, Correa A, Turner ST, Mosley TH, Associations of Nocturnal Blood Pressure With Cognition by Self-Identified Race in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: The GENOA (Genetic Epidemiology Network of Arteriopathy) Study. Journal of the American Heart Association, 2017 Oct 27;6(11)2017
Camplain R, Meyer ML, Tanaka H, Palta P, Agarwal SK, Aguilar D, Butler KR, Heiss G, Smoking Behaviors and Arterial Stiffness Measured by Pulse Wave Velocity in Older Adults: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. American journal of hypertension, 2016 Nov 1;29(11):1268-12752016
Bello NA, Cheng S, Claggett B, Shah AM, Ndumele CE, Roca GQ, Santos AB, Gupta D, Vardeny O, Aguilar D, Folsom AR, Butler KR, Kitzman DW, Coresh J, Solomon SD, Association of Weight and Body Composition on Cardiac Structure and Function in the ARIC Study (Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities). Circulation. Heart failure, 2016 Aug;9(8)2016
Fox ER, Samdarshi TE, Musani SK, Pencina MJ, Sung JH, Bertoni AG, Xanthakis V, Balfour PC Jr, Shreenivas SS, Covington C, Liebson PR, Sarpong DF, Butler KR, Mosley TH, Rosamond WD, Folsom AR, Herrington DM, Vasan RS, Taylor HA, Development and Validation of Risk Prediction Models for Cardiovascular Events in Black Adults: The Jackson Heart Study Cohort. JAMA cardiology, 2016 Apr 1;1(1):15-252016
Quarta CC, Buxbaum JN, Shah AM, Falk RH, Claggett B, Kitzman DW, Mosley TH, Butler KR, Boerwinkle E, Solomon SD, The amyloidogenic V122I transthyretin variant in elderly black Americans. The New England journal of medicine, 2015 Jan 1;372(1):21-92015
Fox ER, Musani SK, Samdarshi TE, Taylor JK, Beard WL, Sarpong DF, Xanthakis V, McClendon EE, Liebson PR, Skelton TN, Butler KR, Mosley TH, Taylor H, Vasan RS, Clinical correlates and prognostic significance of change in standardized left ventricular mass in a community-based cohort of African Americans. Journal of the American Heart Association, 2015 Feb 5;4(2)2015
Gupta DK, Claggett B, Wells Q, Cheng S, Li M, Maruthur N, Selvin E, Coresh J, Konety S, Butler KR, Mosley T, Boerwinkle E, Hoogeveen R, Ballantyne CM, Solomon SD, Racial differences in circulating natriuretic peptide levels: the atherosclerosis risk in communities study. Journal of the American Heart Association, 2015 May 21;4(5)2015
Gonçalves A, Jhund PS, Claggett B, Shah AM, Konety S, Butler K, Kitzman DW, Rosamond W, Fuchs FD, Solomon SD, Relationship between alcohol consumption and cardiac structure and function in the elderly: the Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities Study. Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging, 2015 Jun;8(6)2015
Windham BG, Deere B, Griswold ME, Wang W, Bezerra DC, Shibata D, Butler K, Knopman D, Gottesman RF, Heiss G, Mosley TH Jr, Small Brain Lesions and Incident Stroke and Mortality: A Cohort Study. Annals of internal medicine, 2015 Jul 7;163(1):22-312015
Hickson LJ, Rule AD, Butler KR Jr, Schwartz GL, Jaffe AS, Bartley AC, Mosley TH Jr, Turner ST, Troponin T as a Predictor of End-Stage Renal Disease and All-Cause Death in African Americans and Whites From Hypertensive Families. Mayo Clinic proceedings, 2015 Nov;90(11):1482-912015
Butler KR Jr, Penman AD, Minor DS, Mosley TH Jr, Determinants of pulse pressure and annual rates of change in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study. Journal of hypertension, 2015 Dec;33(12):2463-702015
Hardy ST, Loehr LR, Butler KR, Chakladar S, Chang PP, Folsom AR, Heiss G, MacLehose RF, Matsushita K, Avery CL, Reducing the Blood Pressure-Related Burden of Cardiovascular Disease: Impact of Achievable Improvements in Blood Pressure Prevention and Control. Journal of the American Heart Association, 2015 Oct 27;4(10):e0022762015
Shah AM, Cheng S, Skali H, Wu J, Mangion JR, Kitzman D, Matsushita K, Konety S, Butler KR, Fox ER, Cook N, Ni H, Coresh J, Mosley TH, Heiss G, Folsom AR, Solomon SD, Rationale and design of a multicenter echocardiographic study to assess the relationship between cardiac structure and function and heart failure risk in a biracial cohort of community-dwelling elderly persons: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study. Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging, 2014 Jan;7(1):173-812014
Krause DD, May WL, Butler KR Jr, Determining unmet, adequately met, and overly met needs for health care and services for persons living with HIV/AIDS in Mississippi. AIDS care, 2013 Aug;25(8):973-92013
Gupta DK, Shah AM, Castagno D, Takeuchi M, Loehr LR, Fox ER, Butler KR, Mosley TH, Kitzman DW, Solomon SD, Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in African Americans: The ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities) study. JACC. Heart failure, 2013 Apr;1(2):156-632013
Minor DS, Meyer AM, Long RC, Butler KR Jr, β-Blockers and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: inappropriate avoidance? Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.), 2013 Dec;15(12):925-302013
Charles LE, Burchfiel CM, Andrew ME, Gu JK, Petrini MF, Butler KR Jr, Pulmonary function and left ventricular mass in African Americans: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.), 2012 Feb;29(2):131-92012
Minor DS, Butler KR Jr, Artman KL, Adair C, Wang W, McNair V, Wofford MR, Griswold M, Evaluation of blood pressure measurement and agreement in an academic health sciences center. Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.), 2012 Apr;14(4):222-72012
Henry OR, Benghuzzi H, Taylor HA Jr, Tucci M, Butler K, Jones L, Suppression of homocysteine levels by vitamin B12 and folates: age and gender dependency in the Jackson Heart Study. The American journal of the medical sciences, 2012 Aug;344(2):110-52012
Warrington L, Ayers P, Baldwin AM, Wallace V, Riche KD, Saulters R, Waldrop OG, Dyess T, Delashmet GB, Peeples S, Horsley WS, Harris WJ 3rd, Butler K Jr, Implementation of a pharmacist-led, multidisciplinary diabetes management team. American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, 2012 Jul 15;69(14):1240-52012
Hamidovic A, Kasberger JL, Young TR, Goodloe RJ, Redline S, Buxbaum SG, Benowitz NL, Bergen AW, Butler KR, Franceschini N, Gharib SA, Hitsman B, Levy D, Meng Y, Papanicolaou GJ, Preis SR, Spring B, Styn MA, Tong EK, White WB, Wiggins KL, Jorgenson E, Genetic variability of smoking persistence in African Americans. Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.), 2011 May;4(5):729-342011
McAdams DeMarco M, Coresh J, Woodward M, Butler KR, Kao WH, Mosley TH Jr, Hindin M, Anderson CA, Hypertension status, treatment, and control among spousal pairs in a middle-aged adult cohort. American journal of epidemiology, 2011 Oct 1;174(7):790-62011
Liu J, Butler KR, Buxbaum SG, Sung JH, Campbell BW, Taylor HA, Leptinemia and its association with stroke and coronary heart disease in the Jackson Heart Study. Clinical endocrinology, 2010 Jan;72(1):32-72010
Minor DS, Eubanks JT, Butler KR Jr, Wofford MR, Penman AD, Replogle WH, Improving influenza vaccination rates by targeting individuals not seeking early seasonal vaccination. The American journal of medicine, 2010 Nov;123(11):1031-52010
Nagarajarao HS, Penman AD, Taylor HA, Mosley TH, Butler K, Skelton TN, Samdarshi TE, Aru G, Fox ER, The predictive value of left atrial size for incident ischemic stroke and all-cause mortality in African Americans: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. Stroke, 2008 Oct;39(10):2701-62008
Fox ER, Alnabhan N, Penman AD, Butler KR, Taylor HA Jr, Skelton TN, Mosley TH Jr, Echocardiographic left ventricular mass index predicts incident stroke in African Americans: Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. Stroke, 2007 Oct;38(10):2686-912007
Fox ER, Wilson RS, Penman AD, King JJ, Towery JG, Butler KR, McMullan MR, Skelton TN, Mosley TH, Taylor HA, Epidemiology of pure valvular regurgitation in the large middle-aged African American cohort of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study. American heart journal, 2007 Dec;154(6):1229-342007
Bis JC, DeStefano A, Liu X, Brody JA, Choi SH, Verhaaren BF, Debette S, Ikram MA, Shahar E, Butler KR Jr, Gottesman RF, Muzny D, Kovar CL, Psaty BM, Hofman A, Lumley T, Gupta M, Wolf PA, van Duijn C, Gibbs RA, Mosley TH, Longstreth WT Jr, Boerwinkle E, Seshadri S, Fornage M, Associations of NINJ2 sequence variants with incident ischemic stroke in the Cohorts for Heart and Aging in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE) consortium. PloS one, 2014;9(6):e99798
Butler KR, Benghuzzi HA, Tucci MA, Puckett A, Morphometric analysis of the location and activity of cytokines in the tissue implant response. Biomedical sciences instrumentation, 2014;50:77-82
Butler KR, Benghuzzi H, Tucci M, Puckett AD, The Tissue Implant Response Surrounding Subcutaneous TCP, HA, And ALCAP Bioceramics. Biomedical sciences instrumentation, 2015;51:407-14
Butler KR, Benghuzzi H, Tucci M, Puckett AD, Neovascularization And Macrophage Behavior Under The Influence Of Androgens In The Tissue-Implant Response. Biomedical sciences instrumentation, 2015;51:415-22
Krause DD, Butler KR, May WL, Associations between factors affecting access to care and health-related quality of life: results of a statewide HIV/AIDS cross-sectional study. AIDS care, 2013;25(1):77-84
Butler KR Jr, Benghuzzi H, Tucci M, Puckett A, Amino Acid coated uhmw-pe implants modify macrophage migration in the tissue-implant response - biomed 2011. Biomedical sciences instrumentation, 2011;47:240-5
Butler KR Jr, Benghuzzi H, Tucci M, Puckett A, Androgen administration and macrophage behavior in the tissue-implant response - biomed 2011. Biomedical sciences instrumentation, 2011;47:228-33
Butler KR, Minor DS, Benghuzzi HA, Tucci M, Terminal digit bias is not an issue for properly trained healthcare personnel using manual or semi-automated devices - biomed 2010. Biomedical sciences instrumentation, 2010;46:75-80
Butler KR Jr, Benghuzzi HA, Immunohistochemical detection of cytokine expression in tissue-implant response associated with TCP bioceramic implants loaded with steroid hormones. Biomedical sciences instrumentation, 2003;39:541-6
Butler KR Jr, Benghuzzi HA, Morphometric analysis of the hormonal effect on tissue-implant response associated with TCP bioceramic implants. Biomedical sciences instrumentation, 2003;39:535-40
Butler KR, Benghuzzi HA, Puckett A, Morphometric evaluation of tissue-implant reaction associated with ALCAP and TCP bioceramics in vivo. Journal of investigative surgery : the official journal of the Academy of Surgical Research, 2001 May-Jun;14(3):139-52
Butler KR Jr, Benghuzzi H, Tucci M, Puckett A, Neovascularization is influenced by androgenic hormones in the tissue implant response. Biomedical sciences instrumentation, 2012;48:49-56
Chatterjee R, Davenport CA, Raffield LM, Maruthur N, Lange L, Selvin E, Butler K, Yeh HC, Wilson JG, Correa A, Edelman D, Hauser E, KCNJ11 variants and their effect on the association between serum potassium and diabetes risk in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study and Jackson Heart Study (JHS) cohorts. PloS one, 2018;13(8):e0203213

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:A96992019
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:A114782019
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:A154012019
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:AP0142019
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:A118002018
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:AMP222018
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:AP0452017
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. 87-882017
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. 1022017
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:A114432016
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:A114172016
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:A122302016
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:A130002016
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 12016
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):672009
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):742009
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. a772008
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, 20082008
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, 20082008
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, 20082008
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, 20082008
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, 20082008
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, 20072007
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, 20062006
Butler K, Benghuzzi H Androgenic modulation of angiogenesis in the tissue implant response Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Volume 50(1):76, 20052005
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, 20012001
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; 44:631999
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 19981998
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: 451998
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 19971997
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); 8071993
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. 52002

Clinical Trial

Tibuakuu M, Kamimura D, Kianoush S, DeFilippis AP, Al Rifai M, Reynolds LM, White WB, Butler KR, Mosley TH, Turner ST, Kullo IJ, Hall ME, Blaha MJ, The association between cigarette smoking and inflammation: The Genetic Epidemiology Network of Arteriopathy (GENOA) study. PloS one, 2017;12(9):e0184914

Historical Article

Harris TA, Butler KR Jr, Last but not least: PA practice in Mississippi. JAAPA : official journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants, 2017 May;30(5):44-482017

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, UMMC01/2020
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Ceramic Implantable Devices: From Bioengineering to Biocompatibility to Biointegration, International Society for Ceramincs in Medicine, New Orleans11/2019
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, The Tissue Implant Response Surrounding TCPL Implants Containing Estrogen, Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Denver CO03/2017
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, The Use of Complex Clinical Data and Topological Data Analysis for Personalized Medicine, Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Denver, CO03/2017
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, MS03/2017
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, MS03/2017
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Using Topological Data Analysis to Explore Complex Clinical Data for Personalized Medicine, 3rd Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, Glufport, MS03/2017
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 Orleans06/2016
Poster Presentation, Discriminating dementia subtypes in mixed dementia using diffusion tensor imaging, UMMC Radiological Scienece Scholar Day, UMMC05/2016
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, UMMC05/2016
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, UMMC05/2016
Poster Presentation, Exploring differences in estimated cardiac output in relation to cardiometabolic risk factors, 2016 School of Health Related Professions Research Day, UMMC04/2016
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, UMMC04/2016
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, UMMC04/2016
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, Mississippi04/2016
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, Mississippi04/2016
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, Mississippi04/2016
Poster Presentation, Differences in estimated cardiac output in relation to cardiometabolic risk factors., 2016 Department of Medicine Research Day, Jackson, Mississippi04/2016
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 Colorado04/2016
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Enhancing macrophage behavior surrounding amino acid coated UHMW-PE implanted subcutaneously., 53rd Annual Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Denver Colorado04/2016
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 Colorado04/2016
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Differences in estimated cardiac output in relation to cardiac risk factors., 53rd Annual Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Denver Colorado04/2016
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Subcutaneous fibroblast migration is altered by amino acid coated UHMW-PE implants., 32nd Southern Biomedical Engineering Symposium, Shreveport, Louisiana03/2016
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, Mississippi02/2016
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, Mississippi02/2016
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Manipulation of the Macrophage Response Using Amino Acid Coated UHMW-PE Implanted Subcutaneously., 31st Southern Bioengineering Symposium, New Orleans, Louisiana05/2015
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, Louisiana05/2015
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, Utah04/2015
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, Utah04/2015
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, MS03/2015
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Inflammatory Biomarkers and Blood Pressure Variability: The Genetic Epidemiology Network of Arteriopathy, Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Hattiesburg, MS02/2015
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Implant Response Surrounding Subcutaneous TCP, HA, and ALCAP Bioceramic Implants, Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Hattiesburg, Mississippi02/2015
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, Mississippi02/2015
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, Mississippi02/2015
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, Mississippi02/2015
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Androgen Administration and Macrophage Behavior in the Tissue Implant Response., Southern Biomedical Engineering Symposium, Gulfport, MS04/2014
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, The Correlation Between Neovascularization and Macrophage Populations Under the Influence of Androgens., Southern Biomedical Engineering Symposium, Gulfport, MS04/2014
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Amino Acid Coated UHMW-PE Implants Modify Neovascularization in the Tissue Implant-Response., Southern Biomedical Engineering Symposium, Gulfport, MS04/2014
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Morphometric Analysis of the Location and Activity of Cytokines in the Tissue-Implant Response., Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Denver, CO04/2014
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, A Retrospective Review of Pediatric Hypertension Management in a Hypertension Referral Clinic., American Heart Association, San Francisco, CA03/2014
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, CA03/2014
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, CA03/2014
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, CA03/2014
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, CA03/2014
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, TX11/2013
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, LA03/2013
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, LA03/2013
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, LA03/2013
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, LA03/2013
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, Tennessee05/2012
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, Tennessee05/2012
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, Tennessee05/2012
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, Tennessee05/2012
Invited Symposia, Access to care and health related quality of life., Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Hattiesburg Convention Center, Hattiesburg, Mississippi02/2012
Invited Symposia, Androgenic hormones influence angiogenesis in the tissue-implant response., Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Hattiesburg Convention Center, Hattiesburg, Mississippi02/2012
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, Mississippi02/2012
Invited Symposia, Service needs reported by people living with HIV/AIDS: results of a statewide survey., Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Hattiesburg Convention Center, Hattiesburg, Mississippi02/2012
Poster Presentation, Factors influencing control in a Mississippi Hypertension Referral Clinic, American Heart Association - Council on Epidemiology, Atlanta, Georgia03/2011
Poster Presentation, Hypertension status, treatment, and control among spouse pairs in a middle aged adult cohort., American Heart Association, Atlanta, Georgia03/2011
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, Georgia03/2011
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, The macrophage response to amino acid coated UHMW-PE implants in soft tissue., Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Hattiesburg, Mississippi02/2011
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, The effect of androgen administration on the macrophage in the tissue implant response., Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Hattiesburg, Mississippi02/2011
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, Florida06/2010
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, MS02/2009
Poster Presentation, The role of pulse pressure in stroke prediction in African Americans: the ARIC Study, Mississippi Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting, Olive Branch, MS02/2009
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, MS02/2009
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Addressing Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Women--GO RED, 20th Century Club, Kosciusko, MS02/2009
Poster Presentation, Resistant Hypertension in a Hypertension Clinic at a Large Academic Medical Center, American Society of Health- System Pharmacists Midyear Meeting 2008, Orlando, FL12/2008
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, FL12/2008
Poster Presentation, Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction: Educating Mississippi Youth, American Society of Health- System Pharmacists Midyear Meeting 2008, Orlando, FL12/2008
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, FL12/2008
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, FL12/2008
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, MS10/2008
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, MS10/2008
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, MS10/2008
Poster Presentation, Achieving blood pressure control in Mississippi females, American Society of Hypertension 23rd Annual Meeting and Exposition, New Orleans, LA05/2008
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, LA05/2008
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, LA05/2008
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, LA05/2008
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, LA05/2008
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Fertility Regulation With Geographically Available Natural Products, School of Health Related Professions, Jackson, MS04/2008
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Toxicology of Ephedra: Why a Good Natural Product was Banned by FDA, School of Health Related Professions, Jackson, MS04/2008
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Regulatory Aspects of Food Supplements, School of Health Related Professions, Jackson, MS04/2008
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, MS02/2008
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Histopathological Investigations Using Light and Electron Microscopy, School of Health Related Professions, Jackson, MS09/2007
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Spiritual Aspects of Healing as Alternative and Complementary Medicine, School of Health Related Professions, Jackson, MS04/2007
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, LA03/2007
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Fertility Regulation Using Natural Products, School of Health Related Professions, Jackson, MS03/2007
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, LA02/2007
Poster Presentation, Association and prevalence of cerebral MRI lesions and TIA/stroke symptoms: the ARIC Study, Annual Mississippi Academy of Sciences Meeting, Starkville, MS02/2007
Poster Presentation, Evaluation of Strategies for Improving Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates, 41st American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear Clinical Meeting, Anaheim, CA12/2006
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, IL11/2006
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, MS04/2006
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, MS04/2006
Poster Presentation, Effect of exogenous steroid hormones on cytokine expression in fibrous tissue surrounding TCP bioceramic implants, Annual Mississippi Academy of Sciences Meeting02/2006
Poster Presentation, Research opportunities at UMMC: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study, Proceedings of the Department of Medicine Research Day, Jackson, MS04/2005
Poster Presentation, Androgenic modulation of angiogenesis in the tissue implant response, Annual Mississippi Academy of Sciences Meeting02/2005
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 Meeting02/2001
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 Meeting02/1999
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 Symposium04/1998
Poster Presentation, Sequential endometrial changes associated with sustained delivery of ovarian hormones in adult female rats, 17th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, San Antonio, TX02/1998
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, TX02/1998
Poster Presentation, Detection of the estrus cycle by means of Pap stain in adult female rats, Annual Mississippi Academy of Sciences Meeting02/1998
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 Meeting02/1998
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, OH04/1997
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, MS04/1997
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 Meeting02/1997
Poster Presentation, Fibroadenoma versus fibrocystic change: differential characteristics, American Society of Cytology, 41st Annual Scientific Meeting, Houston, TX11/1993

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Dudley F. Peeler Award, Mississippi Academy of Sciences2020
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society2004
President's Award, Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium2003
First Place Graduate Research, University of Mississippi2000
Third Place Graduate Research, Mississippi Academy of Sciences2000
Second Place Graduate Research, University of Mississippi1999
First Place Research, School of Health Related Professions1998
Travel Award, Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium1997

Professional Membership and Service

Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Officer-President2016 - 2019
Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Board of Directors2016 - Present
American Heart Association, Fellow, Council on Epidemiology and Prevention2014 - Present
Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Board of Directors2010 - Present
American Heart Association, Member, Council on Functional Genomics and Translational Biology2010 - Present
American Society of Hypertension, Member2010 - Present
American Heart Association, Member2010 - Present
Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Member2003 - Present
Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Member1997 - Present
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Member
Physician Assistant Education Association, Member

Committee Service

36th Southern Bioengineering Symposium, Co-Chair2019 - 2020
Program Committee - Southern Biomedical Engineering Symposium, Member2019 - 2020
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-ADMISSIONS INTERVIEW, Member2018 - 2020
AHA Scientific Sessions: Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease, Reviewer2016 - 2016
AHA - ISC and/or Nursing Symposium, Reviewer2015 - 2017
Program Committee, Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Member2015 - 2016
Joint Faculty Search Committee: MIND Center and Neurobiology & Anatomical Sciences, Member2015 - Present
AHA Strategically Focused Prevention Research Network Review Panel, Reviewer2014 - 2014
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-ADMISSIONS, Member2014 - Present
30th Southern Biomedical Engineering Symposium, Chair2014 - 2014
AHA (SURF 2) Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Review Committee, Member2014 - 2016
51st Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Chair2014 - 2014
Neurosciences Institute Planning and Development Working Group, Member2014 - Present
COBRE/Center for Obesity Research Committee, Member2014 - Present
Study Quality Assurance Committee, Jackson Heart Study, Member2013 - Present
Ancillary Studies Subcommittee, Jackson Heart Study, Member2013 - Present
Publications and Presentations Subcommittee, Jackson Heart Study, Member2013 - 2014
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-ADMISSIONS FILE REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE, Member2012 - Present
Clinical Laboratory Sciences Advisory Committee - School of Health Related Professions, Member2012 - Present
MEDICAL CENTER-FACULTY SENATE, Chair2011 - 2012
MEDICAL CENTER-SACS LEADERSHIP, Member2011 - 2012
MEDICAL CENTER-LIBRARY FACULTY ADVISORY, Member2011 - 2012
MEDICAL CENTER-FACULTY DEVELOPMENT, Member2011 - 2012
Department of Medicine Research Council, Member2011 - Present
Health Sciences Division (MAS), Chair2011 - 2012
CORC Outcomes Committee, ARIC Study, Member2011 - Present
MEDICAL CENTER-FACULTY SENATE, Vice Chair2010 - 2011
ARIC Data Quality Control Committee, ARIC Study, Member2010 - 2013
ARIC Operations Committee, ARIC Study, Member2010 - 2013
ARIC Recruitment Committee, ARIC Study, Member2010 - Present
Health Sciences Division (MAS), Vice Chair2008 - 2011
SCHOOL OF HEALTH RELATED PROFESSIONS-ALUMNI RELATIONS, President, Board of Directors2007 - Present
Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Rebuildings Committee (MAS), Member2007 - 2008
Outpatient Heart Failure Surveillance Subcommittee, Jackson Heart Study, Member2007 - Present
Ancillary Studies Subcommittee, Jackson Heart Study, Member2007 - 2011
2nd Drug Delivery: Systems and Applications Symposium, Co-Chair2006 - 2006
SCHOOL OF HEALTH RELATED PROFESSIONS-ALUMNI RELATIONS, Board of Directors2005 - Present
Publicity Committee (MAS), Chair2005 - 2007
Drug Delivery: Systems and Applications Symposium, Co-Chair2005 - 2005
Awards & Resolutions Committee (MAS), Chair2004 - Present
Events Monitoring Subcommittee, Jackson Heart Study, Member2004 - Present
Cohort Annual Follow-up Committee, ARIC Study, Member2004 - Present
Community & Hospital Surveillance Committee, ARIC Study, Member2004 - Present
Jackson Field Center Publications/Writing Committee, ARIC Study, Member2004 - Present
Translational Research Subcommittee, Jackson Heart Study, Member2004 - 2011
Publications and Presentations Subcommittee, Jackson Heart Study, Member2004 - 2011
Program Committee, 40th Annual Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Special Liaison2003 - 2003

Community Service

International Visitors Center of Jackson, Board of Directors2012 - 12/2012
Conrad Foundation, Spirit of Innovation Awards, Judge2012 - 12/2012
Trusts and Foundations Task Force, The Little Lighthouse School2005 - 2005
AMS (ASCP), Southeast Region, State Advisor2002 - 2004
AMS (ASCP), Southeast Region, State Advisor2000 - 2002

Other Service

Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning, Second Edition, Jones and Bartlett Publishing2016 - 2016
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience2016 - 2016
BMC Psychiatry2015 - 2015
American Journal of Public Health2013 - 2013
SAGE Open2012 - 2012
Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies2012 - 2012
Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences2011 - Present
Genetics and Epigenetics2011 - 2011
Rehabilitation Process and Outcome2011 - 2011
Primary Prevention Insights2011 - 2011
Health Services Insights2011 - 2011
Clinical Medicin Reviews in Vascular Health2011 - 2011
Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences2010 - Present
Journal of Inflammation Research2010 - 2010
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine International2010 - 2010
Stroke2007 - 2007
Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences2007 - 2007
RMBS - Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation2006 - 2006
American Journal of Men's Health2005 - 2005
Online Journal of Healthcare Ethics2004 - 2004

Teaching Experience

MSCI 711, Population Health, Course, Course Director, Epidemiology IIFall 2020 - 2020
PHS 740, Population Health, Course, Writing and Reviewing Scientific PapersSummer 2020
Pharmacy, Lecture, Lecturer, OrientationSummer 2013 - 2013
SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS728Fall 2013 - 2013
SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 728Fall 2013 - 2013
Pharmacy, Lecture, Lecturer, OrientationSummer 2012 - 2012
Medicine, Lecture, LecturerFall 2012 - 2012
SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 728Fall 2012 - 2012
SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 728Fall 2012 - 2012
Pharmacy, Lecture, Lecturer, OrientationSummer 2011 - 2011
SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 728Fall 2011 - 2011
SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 728Fall 2011 - 2011
SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 728Fall 2010 - 2010
CHS 728, SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, HistopathologyFall 2010 - 2010
Pharmacy, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 763Summer 2010 - 2010
SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 763Spring 2010 - 2010
SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 763Spring 2010 - 2010
CHS 728, SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, HistopathologyFall 2009 - 2009
SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 763Fall 2009 - 2009
SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 763Spring 2008 - 2008
SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 763Spring 2008 - 2008
SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 763Spring 2008 - 2008
CHS 728, SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, HistopathologyFall 2007 - 2007
CHS 728, SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, HistopathologyFall 2007 - 2007
SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 763Spring 2007 - 2007
SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 763Spring 2007 - 2007
SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 763Spring 2007 - 2007
SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHSSpring 2007 - 2007
CHS 728, SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 728Fall 2006 - 2007
SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 728Fall 2006 - 2006
SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 728Fall 2006 - 2005
SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 763Spring 2006 - 2006
SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 728Fall 2005 - 2005
SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 763Spring 2005 - 2005
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Physiology and BiophysicsFall 2004 - 2004
SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CytotechnologyFall 2004 - 2004
SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CytotechnologyFall 2003 - 2003
SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CytotechnologyFall 2002 - 2002
SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CytotechnologySummer 2001 - 2001
SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CytotechnologyFall 2001 - 2001
CHS 763, SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHS 763Fall 2000 - 2000
SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CytotechnologySpring 2000 - 2000
SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CytotechnologyFall 2000 - 2000
SHRP, Lecture, Lecturer, CHSSpring 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 Burson2016 - 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