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Research Activities

The research and research training mission in the Department of Pharmacology continues to expand. This continued growth is indicated by the continued addition of new faculty, the expansion of our training program and the awarding of new research grants as indicated

• New NIH program grant - (Principal Investigator - Stephen M. Lanier, PhD)
  Center of Biomedical Research Excellence - "Mentoring in Cardiovascular Biology" ($10,388,419 total costs; 9/01/2003 - 9/20/2008).

• New R01 grant from NIH to Dr. Hamid Boulares -
  "Cardio-renal actions of novel nociceptin analogues"; 8/1/2003 - 7/31/2008, project total $1,136,000)

• New Research Grant from American Heart Association to Dr. Varner
  "Cardio-Vascular responses elicited by gamma hydroxyl butarate" (Project total $154,000, 7/03-6/05);

• New Equipment Grant for ultrasound analysis of cardiac function from Board of Regents to Dr. Varner .(Project Total - $70,000)

• New Predoctoral Individual NRSA from NIH to Alissa Hicks (Mentor - Dr. Kurt Varner) NIH Predoctoral Fellowship "GHB: Sympathomimetic actions of a CNS depressant". (Project Total - $54,844)

• Superior Graduate Student Stipend Award from Board of Regents to Dr. Songu Mize ( Project Total - $ 19,000)

• Establishment of the Cardiac and Vascular Function Core

• Establishment of the Cell and Molecular Core

• Establishment of a Histology Core

• The recruitment of Dr. Pamela Lucchesi from the University of Alabama - Birmingham School of Medicine as Tenured Associate Professor with the following grant support:

  NIH NHLBI 2 R01 HL063318-05
  Reactive Inflammatory Species in Heart Failure
  $1,000,000 Total Direct, 09/01/03 to 08/31/07

  NIH NHLBI 5 R01 HL056046-09
  Regulation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Growth
  $1,125,000 Total Direct, 12/01/01 to 11/30/06

  NIH Consortium - Sub contract with UAB
  Renin-Ang II System in Cardiovascular Remodeling
  $57,327 Total Direct 04/01/01 to 03/30/08

• The recruitment of Dr. Charles Nichols (Assistant Professor - Tenure Track) from Vanderbilt University.

• The recruitment of Dr. Rebecca Worthylake (Assistant Professor - Tenure Track) from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine with the following grant support:

  AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
  " Crosstalk between RhoA and PI (3) - Kinase during Monocyte Responses to Fractalkine"
  $236,364 Total Direct, 07/01/04 to 06/30/08

• The recruitment of Dr. Khalid Matrougi from the the University of Alabama - Birmingham School of Medicine (Assistant Professor - Research track) with the following grant support:

  AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
  " Involvement of ERK ½, p38 and Akt in function and remodeling of mice resistance arteries in response to flow pressure and Ang II"
  $236,364 Total Direct, 01/01/04 to 12/31/07

• The continued expansion of our graduate and postdoctoral training programs.

  New Graduate Students:
  Mr. Baher Fahmy, BS - Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
  Ms. Elizabeth Gorman, BS - Texas A &M University
  Mrs. Sylvia Shenoudua, MS - New York Medical College

  New Postdoctoral Fellows:
  Catalin Filipeanu, PhD - (Mentor - Wu)
  Ashok Pullikuth, PhD (Mentor - Catling)
  Amanda Struckhoff, PhD - (Mentor - Lanier)

• The total annual NIH funding in the Department of Pharmacology is now ~$5,378,631 total costs. The total annual extramural funding in the Department is ~$5,893,574 total costs. The total amount of monies awarded to the Department of Pharmacology is $20,595,400.