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RESEARCH PROJECT GRANT (RPG) RETREATS
LIST OF PRESENTERS AND REVIEWERS OF THE
2005-2010
April 16, 2010
Presenters
- Laura Kasman, PhD,
Assistant Professor, Dept of Microbiology & Immunology, College of
Medicine
-- Hepatitis-associated saliva deficiency: mechanism and
preclinical therapeutics
- Yong Wang, MD, PhD,
Assistant Professor, Dept of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, College
of Medicine
-- Targeting the ROS-p38 MAPK pathway as a novel strategy
for stem cell expansion
NIH R21 funding for $385,317
- Yong-Mei Zhang, PhD,
Assistant Professor, Dept of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, College
of Medicine
--
Quinolone
signaling of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
NIH P20 subproject funding for $289,071
Reviewers
- Craig Beeson, PhD,
Associate Professor, Dept of Pharmaceutical and Biological Sciences, SC
College of Pharmacy
- Keith Kirkwood, DDS
PhD, Associate Professor, Dept of Craniofacial Biology, James B. Edwards
College of Dental Medicine
- Elizabeth Slate,
PhD, Professor, Dept of Medicine (Biostatistics & Epidemiology),
College of Medicine
- Caroline Westwater,
PhD, Assistant Professor, Dept of Craniofacial Biology, James B. Edwards
College of Dental Medicine
January 22, 2010
Presenters
- Mona C.
Buhusi, MD, PhD, Assistant
Professor, Neurosciences
-- Neural circuits for social behavior in a mouse model for autism
- Joseph C.
Cheng, BA, Assistant Professor,
Colleges of Graduate Studies and Medicine
-- Regulation of acid ceramidase in prostate cancer
- Tamara K.
Nowling, PhD, Assistant Professor,
Medicine/Rheumatology & Immunology
-- Effects of targeting Fli1 transcription in
T cells on the development of nephritis
- Skylar
Stewart-Clark, PhD, Postdoctoral
Fellow Bioengineering
-- Reconstruction of critical size long bone defects using highly aligned,
deep grooved fiber scaffolds
Reviewers
- Courtney
Haycraft, PhD, Assistant Professor, College of Dental Medicine
- Cungui Mao,
PhD, Assistant Professor, College of Medicine
- Renée L.
Martin, PhD, Assistant Professor, College of Medicine
- M. Foster
Olive, PhD, Assistant Professor, College of Medicine
- Christopher H.
Parsons, MD, Assistant Professor, College of Medicine
October 9, 2009
PRESENTERS
- Erika Brown, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pathology
& Laboratory Medicine
-- Dysregulation of RAD51 in Tumor Formation
- Shahid Husain, PhD, Assistant Professor,
Ophthalmology
-- Opiodergic System: Its Role(s) in Glaucoma
NIH R01 funding for $722,750
- David J. Montefusco, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow,
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
-- The Reguiatory Function of Specific Ceramide Species in the Yeast Heat
Stress Response
- Heather Shaw Bonilha, PhD, Speech-Language Pathology, Health Professions
-- Standardization of the Laryngeal Endoscopic Assessment Protocol
REVIEWERS
- Elaine
Amella, PhD, RN, College of Nursing
- Ashley
Cowart, PhD, Biochemistry &
Molecular Biology
- Emily
Kistner-Griffin, PhD, College of Medicine
- Sergey
Krupenko, PhD, Biochemistry
& Molecular Biology
- Martine
Mueller, PhD, College of Nursing
- Kumar
Sambamurti, PhD, Neurosciences
August 14, 2009
PRESENTERS
- Teresa Kelechi, PhD, RN, Associate Professor,
College of Nursing
-- Preventing Venous Leg
Ulcers with Cryotherapy: A Randomized Clinical Trial
NIH R01 funding for $647,626
- Ryan Kendall, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department
of Medicine/Endocrinology, Diabetes & Medical Genetics
-- Biased
Activation of G Protein-independent AT1 Receptor Signal Transduction Pathways
- Adam Smolka, PhD, Professor, Department of Medicine/ Gastroenterology
& Hepatology
-- Mechanisms of H. Pylori-induced Hypochlorhydria
NIH R01 funding for $420,451
- Kristin Wallace, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine/
Biostatistics, Bioinformatics & Epidemiology
-- The Role of Race and Pathologic Prognostic Indicators on Survival in
Advanced Stage Colorectal Cancer
NIH K07 funding for $130,415
REVIEWERS
- Marc Chimowitz, MD, Neurosciences
- John Hildebrandt, PhD, Cell and
Molecular Pharmacology & Experimenal Therapeutics
- Paul Nietert, PhD, Biostatistics,
Bioinformatics & Epidemiology
- Maria Trojanowska, PhD, Rheumatology
& Immunology
- Dennis Watson, PhD Pathology &
Laboratory Medicine & Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
May 1, 2009
PRESENTERS
- Kimberly A.
Badanich, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
-- Effects of Alcohol on Orbital Frontal Cortex and Behavioral Flexibility
NIH F32 funding for $64,714
- Joan E. Cunningham,
PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics &
Epidemiolog
-- Clarifying the Contradictory
Nature of Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer Incidence and Mortality Rates
NIH R03 funding for $147,500
- Victoria Findlay,
PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
-- Role of microRNA 510 as an ‘Oncomir’ in Breast Cancer
- David Turner, PhD,
Research Assistant Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
-- ETS-AR Transcriptional
Coregulation: A Mechanism Mediating
Prostate Cancer Progression and Androgen Sensitivity in Prostate Cancer?
REVIEWERS
- Robert M. Gemmill, PhD,
Medicine/Hematology-Oncology
- Elizabeth G. Hill, PhD, Biostatistics,
Bioinformatics & Epidemiology
- Douglas Leslie, PhD, Health Administration
& Policy
- James S. Norris, PhD, Microbiology &
Immunology
- M. Foster Olive, PhD, Psychiatry &
Behavioral Sciences
January 24, 2009
PRESENTERS
- Bernadette M.
Cortese, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
-- Trauma-Related
Olfactory Cues in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
NIH K01 funding for $295,058
- Lisa Cunningham,
PhD, Assistant Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
-- Mechanisms of Sensory
Hair Cell Death and Survival
NIH R01 subproject funding for $313,438
- Michael G. Hughes,
MD, Assistant Professor, Surgery
-- Impact of Race on Pathogenesis of Hepatitis C Viral
(HCV) Recurrence Following Liver Transplantation
- David Koch, MD,
Assistant Professor, Medicine/Gastroenterology & Hepatology
-- Endothelin-1 as a Mediator of the Hepatopulmonary
Syndrome in Humans
American College of Gastroenterology funding for $150,000
- Eve Spratt, MD,
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
-- Neurobiology and Development of Mother-infant Emotional Bonding
REVIEWERS
- John Arthur, MD, PhD, Medicine/Nephrology
- Craig Beeson, PhD, Pharmaceutical &
Biomedical Sciences
- Mark Eckert, PhD, Otolaryngology – Head
& Neck Surgery
- Andrew Lawson, PhD, Biostatistics,
Bioinformatics & Epidemiology
- Charlene Pope, RN, PhD, Nursing
- Michael Schmidt, PhD, Microbiology &
Immunology
December
12, 2008 – Special Session for Program Project Grant
Overall Program Project Title: Perceived
Discrimination and the Health of Minority Elders
PRESENTERS
- Barbara Tilley,
PhD, Professor, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics & Epidemiology
-- Summary
of the Program Project and Core A – Administrative Core
- Arch Mainous, PhD,
Professor, Family Medicine
-- Project 1 –
Telomere Length, Perceived Discrimination and Aging-Related Diseases
- Vanessa Diaz, MD,
Assistant Professor, Family Medicine
-- Project 2
- Discrimination,
Acculturation, and Management of Diabetes and CVD in Older Latinos
- Barbara Tilley,
PhD, Professor, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics & Epidemiology
-- Project 3 – Effect of
Perceived Discrimination on Referral and Recruitment to Clinical Trials
- Marvella Ford, PhD,
Associate Professor, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics & Epidemiology
-- Project 4 – Addressing Disparities in Non-small
Cell Cancer Surgical Resection Rates
- Mulugeta
Gebregziabher, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics
& Epidemiology
-- Core B – Methods
REVIEWERS
- Ronald Acierno, PhD, Psychiatry &
Behavioral Sciences
- Anthony Coelho, PhD, Health Research
Associates
- Brent Egan, MD, Medicine and Pharmacology
- David Garr, MD, Family Medicine
- Elizabeth Letourneau, PhD, Psychiatry &
Behavioral Sciences
- DeAnna Hilfinger Messias, PhD, Nursing,
University of South Carolina
March 29, 2008
PRESENTERS
- John R. Freedy, MD,
PhD, Assistant Professor, Family Medicine
-- Computer-Assisted
Learning Modules (C.A.L.M) for PTSD: A Test of Portable Collaborative Care within a Civilian Primary Care
Setting
- Shahid Husain, PhD,
Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology
-- Opioidergic System: Role(s) in Glaucoma
- Tasos E.
Karakostas, PhD, Assistant Professor, Rehabilitation Sciences
-- Aging and Motion Analysis: The Translational link Between Rodents
and Humans
- Christopher H.
Parsons, MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine/Infectious Diseases
-- Regulation of IL-10 by the Kaposi’s
Sarcoma-Associated Herpes Virus (KSHV)
NIH R01 funding for $602,944
REVIEWERS
- Peng Huang,
PhD, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics & Epidemiology
- Keith L. Kirkwood, DDS, PhD, Craniofacial
Biology
- Antonieta Lavin, PhD, Neurosciences
- Douglas L. Leslie, PhD, Health Administration
& Policy
March
28, 2008
PRESENTERS
- Jeffrey E. Korte,
PhD, Assistant Professor, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics & Epidemiology
-- Ethnic Disparities in HPV Vaccine Acceptability, Transmission
and Prevention
- James S. Krause,
PhD, Professor, Rehabilitation Sciences
-- Expolration of Allostatic Load after Spinal Cord
Injury
- Carlos Rossa, PhD,
Postdoctoral Fellow/Visiting Scholar, Craniofacial Biology
-- Role of Endogenous Negative Regulators of Cytokine
Signaling SOCS-1 and SOCS-3 on Oral Sqauamous Cell Carcinoma Progression
REVIEWERS
- Jeannette Andrews, PhD,
APRN, BC, Nursing
- Dennis K. Watson, PhD, Pathology &
Laboratory Medicine
- Sharon D. Yeatts, PhD, Biostatistics,
Bioinformatics & Epidemiology
January
12, 2008
PRESENTERS
- Joe B. Blumer, PhD,
Research Assistant Professor, Cell & Molecular Pharmacology
-- AGS4 and G-protein Signal Processing
NIH R01 funding for $912,430
- Keith Borg, MD,
PhD, Assistant Professor, Medicine/Emergency Medicine
-- Measurement of Oxidative Stress in Emergency
Department Patients
- Courtney Haycraft,
PhD, Assistant Professor, Medicine/Nephrology
-- Cilia in Bone Development
And Maintenance
- Tamara Nowling,
PhD, Assistant Professor, Medicine/Rheumatology & Immunology
-- Transcriptional Regulation
of Fli1 in T Lymphocytes
- Xian (John) Zhang, DVM, PhD, Assistant Professor,
Medicine/Rheumatology & Immunology
-- Role of Fli-1 Gene in
Pathogenic B Cell Development
VAMC funding for $783,900
REVIEWERS
- Judy Dubno, PhD, Otolaryngology – Head
& Neck Surgery
- Elizabeth Garrett-Mayer, PhD, Biostatistics,
Bioinformatics & Epidemiology
- John Hildebrandt, PhD, Cell & Molecular
Pharmacology
- Sakamuri Reddy, PhD, Pediatrics
September 15, 2007
PRESENTERS
- Shailendra Giri,
PhD, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
-- Energy Sensor and Autoimmune Disorder
- Laura Herpel, MD,
PhD candidate, Assistant Professor, Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy
& Sleep Medicine
-- Impact
of Respiratory Patterns During Sleep in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Marty Player, MD,
Assistant Professor, Family Medicine
--Combined
Impact of Psychosocial Factors and Hypertension and Other Cardiovascular Risk
Markers on Telomere Length
- John Welton, PhD,
RN, Assistant Professor, Nursing
-- Predicting Inpatient Nursing Sensitive Outcomes
Outliers
- Hon Yuen, PhD,
Associate Professor, Rehabilitation Sciences
-- Impact of Head & Neck Cancer on Driving
Performance
- W. Jim Zheng, PhD,
Assistant Professor, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics & Epidemiology
--
Computational and Experimental Investigation of Gene Regulatory Networks in Cancer
Metastasis
REVIEWERS
- Craig Beeson, PhD,
Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences
- Rickey Carter, PhD,
Biostatistics, Bioinformatics & Epidemiology
- Daniel Lackland,
DRPH, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics & Epidemiology
- Arch “Chip”
Mainous, MD, Family Medicine
June
16, 2007
PRESENTERS
- Steven H. Saef, MD,
Assistant Professor, Medicine/Emergency Medicine
-- Application of the EMPATH Survey Instrument to
an Elderly Population
- Jeffrey L. Hansen,
PhD, Assistant Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
-- Assembly of Active Recombinant Human Telomerase
in a Bacterial System
- Shigenobu Toda, MD,
PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Neurosciences
-- Actin-based Metaplasticity in Cocaine Addiction
- James C. Oates,
PhD, Associate Professor, Medicine/Rheumatology & Immunology
-- Nitric Oxide in Systematic Lupus Erythematosus
- Zsolt Ablonczy,
PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology
-- Regulation of Retinal Pigment Epithelium
Permeability
- Omar M. Moussa,
PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
-- The Role of Thromboxane A2 (TP) receptor in
bladder cancer
NIH R01 funding for $899,825
REVIEWERS
- Elaine Amella, PhD,
Nursing
- Perry Halushka, MD,
PhD, Pharmacology and Medicine
- Peng Huang, PhD,
Biostatistics, Bioinformatics & Epidemiology
- Yiannis Koutalos,
PhD, Ophthalmology
- Besim Ogretmen,
PhD, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
- Kenneth Tew, PhD,
DSc, Cell & Molecular Pharmacology
MARCH
10, 2007
PRESENTERS
- Elaine Amella, PhD, APRN, BC, FAAN,
Associate Professor, Nursing & Don Garrow, MD, MSCR, Assistant
Professor, Medicine/Gastroenterology & Hepatology
-- Hand-feeding versus tube-feeding in late-stage
dementia
NIH R21 funding for $319,843
- Warren Davis, PhD,
Assistant Professor, Cell & Molecular Pharmacology
-- ABCA2 regulation of APP processing and
neuropathology
- Shahid Husain, PhD, Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology
-- Opioid receptor activation in retinal ischemic
preconditioning
- Hideharu Sekine,
MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Medicine/Rheumatology & Immunology
-- Role of Msh4/5 in human IgA deficiency and CVID
US Immunodeficiency Network funding for $205,4801
REVIEWERS
- Naren Banik, MS, PhD, Neurosciences
- Valerie Durkalski,
PhD, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics & Epidemiology
- Kumar Sambamurti,
PhD, Neurosciences
- Dennis
Watson, PhD, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
DECEMBER 2, 2006
PRESENTERS
- Teresa Kelechi,
PhD, RN, Associate Professor, Nursing
-- Cryotherapy in Chronic Venous Disorders
NIH R21 funding for $272,625
- Deanna Lathers,
PhD, Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery
-- Tumor
Modulation of the IFN-Inducible Chemokine Pathway Corrupts Cell Responses
- Michael Mitas, PhD,
Assistant Profesoor, Surgery
-- E-Cadherin-Induced Gene Expression Patterns Necessary for Cancer
Metastases
- Carola Neumann,
PhD, Assistant Professor, Cell & Molecular Pharmacology
-- Deficiency in the Cellular Antioxidant Prdx1 Promotes Ras-Induced
Breast Cancer
- Hon Yuen, PhD,
Associate Professor, Rehabilitation Sciences
-- Oral Home
Tele-care Program for People with Quadriplegia
NIH R21 funding for $408,561
REVIEWERS
- Anthony J. Alberg,
PhD, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics & Epidemiology
- W. David Bradford,
PhD, Health Administration & Policy
- Yiannis Koutalos,
PhD, Ophthalmology
- Steven Rosenzweig,
PhD, Cell & Molecular Pharmacology
SEPTEMBER
16, 2006
PRESENTERS
- Yiannis Koutalos,
PhD, Associate Professor, Ophthalmology
-- Transport
Processes in Phtoreceptors
NIH G08 funding for $399,053
- Suniti Misra, PhD,
Assistant Professor, Cell Biology & Anatomy
-- Hyaluronan
Regulation of COX-2 Induced Cell Survival in Colon Cancer
- Charlene Pope, RN,
PhD, Assistant Professor, Nursing
--
Carolina Conversations: A Multiethnic Digital Corpus of Speech for Older
Persons
NIH R01 funding for $1,548,148
- Marcelo Vela Acquino,
MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine/Gastroenterology & Hepatology
-- Impedance-pH
& Electron Microscopy to Evaluate Endoscopy-Negative Reflux Disease
- Hon Yuen, PhD,
Associate Professor, Rehabilitation Sciences
-- A
Multi-faceted Intervention to Improve Oral Health in Adults with Systemic
Sclerosis
Scleroderma Foundation funding for $132,269
REVIEWERS
- Yuko Palesch, PhD,
Biostatistics, Bioinformatics & Epidemiology
- Craig Beeson, PhD,
Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences
- Kit Simpson, DrPH,
Health Administration & Policy
- Rita Young, PhD,
Medicine and Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery
APRIL 8, 2006
PRESENTERS
- Jimmy Alele, MD,
Assistant Professor, Medicine/Endocrinology, Diabetes & Medical
Genetics
-- Nutritional
Factors in Lupus-Related Osteoporosis among African American Subjects
- Azizul Haque, PhD,
Assistant Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
-- Defects in HLA Class II Antigen
Presentation in B-cell Lymphomas
NIH R01 funding for $900,530
- Lou Luttrell, MD,
PhD, Professor, Medicine/Endocrinology, Diabetes & Medical Genetics
-- Role of ErbB Transactivation in the Pathogenesis of
Diabetic Vascular Diseases
REVIEWERS
- Lou Luttrell, MD,
PhD, Medicine/Endocrinology
- John Raymond, MD,
Medicine/Nephrology
- Robert (Skip)
Woolson, PhD, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics & Epidemiology
- Rita Young, PhD,
Medicine and Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery
FEBRUARY 4, 2006
PRESENTERS
- Antonieta Lavin, PhD, Assistant Professor, Neurosciences
-- Interneurons and repeated cocaine
treatment
NIH R01 funding for $1,483,988
- Tamara K. Nowling, Assistant Professor, Medicine/Rheumatology &
Immunology
-- Regulation of Fli1 and its role in the
pathogenesis of lupus
NIH R03 funding for $143,100
- Anand Ramamurthi, PhD, Assistant Professor, Cell Biology and
Clemson-MUSC Bioengineering Program
-- Hyaluronan scaffold for regenerating
vascular elastin matrices
- Baby G. Tholanikunnel, PhD, Assistant Professor, Medicine/Nephrology
-- Studies on beta2-adrenergic receptor
mRNA binding proteins
- W. Jim Zheng, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biostatistics,
Bioinformatics & Epidemiology
-- Enhancing gene ontology by
object-oriented modeling
REVIEWERS
- Perry Halushka, MD, PhD, Pharmacology and Medicine
- Jakie McGinty, PhD, Neurosciences
- Debajyoti Sinha, PhD, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics &
Epidemiology
- Bryan Toole, PhD, Cell Biology & Anatomy
DECEMBER 10, 2005
PRESENTERS
- Marcelo Vela
Aquino, Assistant Professor, Medicine/Gastroenterology & Hepatology
-- Endoscopy-negative reflux disease: Characterization by
multichannel intraluminal impedance and pH (MII/pH) and electron microscopy
- Sharie Haugabook,
Assistant Professor, Neurosciences
-- Phosphatidylinositol
kinases and the generation of amyloid beta
- Diane Kamen,
Assistant Professor, Medicine/Rheumatology & Immunology
-- Role of vitamin D in systemic lupus
erythematosus
NIH K23 funding for $647,325
- Prakash Kara,
Assistant Professor, Neurosciences
-- Single-cell precision and plasticity of functional maps in
the developing visual cortex
NIH R01 funding for $1,795,946
- Henry Lemon,
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
-- Relevance of
birth order to expression of autism within multiplex families
- Jim Oates,
Associate Professor, Medicine/Rheumatology & Immunology
-- Urine
biomarkers of disease in lupus nephritis
REVIEWERS
- Judy Dubno, PhD,
Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery
- Gary Gilkeson, MD,
Medicine/Rheumatology & Immunology
- Lou Luttrell, MD,
PhD, Medicine/Endocrinology, Diabetes &
Medical Genetics
- Elizabeth Slate,
PhD, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics & Epidemiology
DECEMBER 3, 2005
PRESENTERS
- Carlton Donald, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pathology &
Laboratory Medicine
-- Role of DEFB1 in prostate cancer
- Juan Manuel Gomez, Assistant Professor, Medicine/Infectious
Diseases
-- Risk Factors for prosthetic joint infection in a Medicare
population
- Peng Huang, Assistant Professor, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics
& Epidemiology
-- Statistical methods in Parkinson's disease
- Masahiro Kono, Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology
-- Structure and function of rod and cone pigments
- Sammanda Ramamoorthy, Assistant Professor, Neursociences
-- Serotonin transporter phosphorylation
NIH R01 funding for $1,548,148
- Natalie Sutkowski, Assistant Professor, Microbiology &
Immunology
-- Endogenous superantigen in nasopharyngeal carcinoma
REVIEWERS
- Jim Cook, PhD, Neurosciences
- Rosalie Crouch, PhD, Ophthalmology
- Barbara Tilley, PhD, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics &
Epidemiology
- Maria Trojanowska, PhD, Medicine/Rheumatology & Immunology
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