Q1 awards and grants reach nearly $30 million

Published on Monday, December 5, 2022

By: Andrea Wright Dilworth, awdilworth@umc.edu

From July through September, the University of Mississippi Medical Center amassed 97 new, continuing and revised grants and awards, for a total of $29,873,695.60. These faculty and staff members were recipients of the largest competitive funding awards during the first quarter of 2023.

Dr. Jane Reckelhoff, Billy S. Guyton Distinguished Professor and chair of the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, received $2.32 million from the National Institutes of Health for the project “Mississippi Center of Excellence in Perinatal Research, Phase 2.”

Dr. April Carson, professor of medicine, received two awards from the NIH: $2.07 million for the project, “Jackson Heart Study - Coordinating Center” and $1.72 million for “Jackson Heart Study – Field Center.”

Dr. Loretta Jackson-Williams, vice dean for medical education and professor of emergency medicine, received $1.75 million from the Health Resources and Services Administration for the project, “Value-based medical student education training program.”

Dr. Fan Fan, associate professor of pharmacology, received $1.72 million from the NIH for the project, “Vascular mechanisms of inhibition of sEH as a novel therapy for AD/ADRD.”

Dr. Matthew Kutcher, assistant professor of surgery, received a $1.65 million subaward from the University of Pittsburgh and the Department of Defense for the project, “Type O whole blood and assessment of age during pre-hospital resuscitation (TOWAR) trial.”

Dr. Courtney Walker, assistant professor of psychiatry, received $1.3 million from the HRSA for the project, “Child Health and Development Fellowship (CHDP).”

Dr. James Brock, associate professor of medicine, received $1.04 million from a private foundation for the project, “Mississippi HIV Care Connect” and a $283,270 subaward from Vanderbilt University and the HRSA for the project, “AIDS Education Training Center.”

Dr. Norma Ojeda, professor and chair of the Department of Advanced Biomedical Education, received $1 million from the Department of Health and Human Services for the project, “Mississippi Perinatal COVID-19 Registry.”

Dr. Hong Zhu, professor of otolaryngology, received two awards from the NIH, totaling $881,748, for the project, “Mechanisms of blast-induced vestibular injury.”

Dr. John Mitchell, director of the Office of Mississippi Physician Workforce, received $800,000 from the HRSA for the project, “Mississippi Medical Education Support and Development Project.”

Dr. Jennifer Reneker, associate professor of population health, received $788,536 from the NIH for the project, “Jackson Heart Study - Training and Education Center.”

Dr. Matthew Morris, associate professor of psychiatry, received $685,786 from the NIH for the project, “Mechanisms of transition from acute to chronic pain in Non-Hispanic Black and White injury patients.”

Dr. Joey Granger, associate vice chancellor for research and Billy S. Guyton Distinguished Professor of physiology and medicine, received $570,228 for the project, “Hypertension and Cardiorenal Diseases Research Training Program.”

Dr. Gene Bidwell, professor of neurology, received $545,168 from the NIH for the project, “A novel protein delivery system for therapy of preeclampsia.”

Dr. Donna Rowlett, professor of psychiatry, received $510,067 from the NIH for the project, “GABA-A receptor subtype mechanisms and the abuse-related effects of alcohol.”

Dr. Andrew Voluse, associate professor of psychiatry, received $500,000 from the HRSA for the project, “Rural Communities Opioid Response Program - Mental and Behavioral Health.”

Dr. Thomas Mosley, director of the MIND Center, received a $488,608 subaward from the Mayo Clinic and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for the project, “MarkVCID validation in the general community.”

Kayla Carr, associate professor of nursing, received $479,847 from the HRSA for the project, “Nurse education, practice, quality, and retention interprofessional collaborative practice.”

Dr. Dustin Sarver, associate professor of psychiatry, received $451,245 from the HRSA for the project, “Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program .”

Dr. Charlotte Hobbs, professor of pediatrics-infectious diseases, received $412,998 from the DHHS for the project, “Surveillance, prevention and education efforts for soil transmitted Helminth Hookworm Necator Americanus infection in children from high-risk counties in Mississippi.”

Dr. Harry Pantazopoulos, assistant professor of psychiatry, received $391,972 from the NIH for the project, “Diurnal molecular rhythms of the human hypothalamus and involvement in bipolar disorder.”

Dr. Jian-Xiong Chen, professor of pharmacology, received $387,500 from the NIH for the project, “Endothelial PHD2 in hypertensive vascular remodeling.”

Dr. Heng Zeng, assistant professor pharmacology, received $387,500 from the NIH for the project, “P53 acetylation in microvascular rarefaction and heart failure.”

Dr. Jeannette Simino, associate professor of population health, received $378,114 from the Robert M. Hearin Support Foundation for the project, “Biostatistics and data science scholarship.”

Dr. Tearsanee Davis, director of clinical programs and strategy for the Center for Telehealth, received $341,842 from the HRSA for the project “Evidence-based tele-behavioral health network program.”

Dr. Celso Gomez-Sanchez, professor of pharmacology, received $318,750 from the NIH for the project, “Adrenal cell ATP1A1 mutations and mechanisms of aldosterone biosynthesis.”

Dr. Phyllis Bishop, professor of pediatrics, received a $307,959 subaward from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and a large children’s hospital for the project, “Mapping the early childhood gut across ancestry."

Dr. Kim Douglas, associate professor nursing, received $273,516 from the HRSA for the project, “Nurse Faculty Loan Program.”

Dr. Richard Roman, professor of pharmacology, received a $270,901 subaward from Leflore Technologies and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for the project, “Renal therapeutic angiogenesis using the novel biologic ELP-VEGF.”

Dr. Lais Berro, assistant professor of psychiatry, received $249,000 from the NIH for the project, “Role of orexin receptors in the abuse-and sleep-related effects of methamphetamine.”

Dr. Eric Vallender, associate professor of psychiatry, received $232,500 from the NIH for the project, “Host genetic variation affecting the microbiome in rhesus macaques.”

Dr. Alicia Rose, associate professor of dentistry, received $218,636 from the HRSA for the award, “Community Based Dental Partnership.”

Dr. April Palmer, professor and chief of pediatric infectious diseases, received $205,313 from the HRSA for the project, “Ryan White Title IV Women, Infants, Children, Youth, and Affected Family Members AIDS Healthcare.”

Dr. Michael Marlin, assistant professor of emergency medicine, received $203,953 from the HRSA for the project, “Poison control stabilization and enhancement grants” and a $200,000 award from the DHHS for the project, “Mississippi Regional Poison Control Center.”