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Developmental Pediatrics

Stepan B. Melnyk, PhD

Research Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Section of Developmental Pediatrics

 

 

Contact Information

Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute

800 Marshall St.

Little Rock, AR  72202

 

Phone: (501) 364-4659

Fax: (501) 364-5107

MelnykStepanB@uams.edu

Education

PhD - Medical Science, Lviv Medical University, Ukraine, 1994

MD - Ivano-Frankivsk Medical University, Ukraine, 1990

Research Interests

Folate deficiency and genetic instability; molecular cardinogenesis, tumor/suppresor genes; DNA damage and repair; molecular and metabolic determinants of risk and progression of diseases (Autism, Down Syndrome); role of aminothiols (homocysteine, cystein, methionine) in pathogenesis of chronic diseases; oxidative stress biomarkers and antixidants (gluthione and metabolites) in diagnostic of chronic diseases; hard damage and microcirculation changes induced by stress, physical exercise, their combination and their correlation by diet.

 

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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
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Little Rock, AR  72202

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