11/2011
Parimal “Perry” Chowdhury, Ph.D.,
a
Professor in the
Department of Physiology and Biophysics,
has been named as a Distinguished Member of
Sigma Xi, the scientific research society.
Dr. Chowdhury was one of only 59 senior
members in the 52,000-member professional
organization listed as an honoree in the
November-December issue of
American Scientist for
notable achievement in their fields of
discipline as part of the society’s 125th
anniversary year.
9/2011
Aime T. Franco, Ph.D., has joined the
faculty as an Assistant Professor in the
Department
of Physiology and Biophysics. Dr. Franco
received her doctorate in cancer biology from
Vanderbilt University in Nashville, followed by
a postdoctoral fellowship in human oncology
and pathogenesis at Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center in New York. The goal of Dr.
Franco’s research is to understand the role of specific
signaling pathways in the pathogenesis of
thyroid cancer and to develop new treatment
approaches for advanced thyroid cancer.
8/2011
Parimal Chowdhury, Ph.D.,
Howard Conaway, Ph.D.,
Dana Gaddy, Ph.D.,
Michael Jennings, Ph.D.,
Frank Simmen, Ph.D.,
Michael Soulsby, Ph.D., and
Jerry Ware, Ph.D. are this year
Dean's Educational Incentive Award Winners from the Department of
Physiology and Biophysics.
Adam
R Brown, a second year IBS student in the laboratory of
Frank
Simmen, Ph.D.,
has been selected to receive an AACR Scholar-in-Training Award
supported by Susan G. Komen for the Cure® to support his
attendance at the Tenth Annual International Conference on Frontiers
in Cancer Prevention Research, being held October 22-25, 2011 at the
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Boston, MA. He was chosen
for this honor because his abstract was highly rated by the Scientific
Review Committee.
7/2011
Tristan Fowler, a Ph.D. student in
Dana Gaddy Ph.D. lab has been
selected to receive an ASBMR Young Investigator Award to attend the
European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS) PhD Training Course being
held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, September 1-4, 2011.
6/2011
John Jayroe, a Master’s degree student in the
Department of Physiology and Biophysics was recently awarded a NASA
Fellowship from Arkansas Space Grant Consortium ( ASGC) on the project
entitled ” Diabetogenic Effects of Simulated Microgravity”. The
Fellowship carries a stipend of $5,000 and will be conducted under the
mentorship of Dr.
Parimal Chowdhury, Principal
Investigator of the project and Dr.
Michael Soulsby, a
Co-investigator of the project.
5/2011
Michael Jennings, Ph.D.,
Mike Soulsby, Ph.D.,
faculty members in the Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics
were presented with the Red Sash Award
for excellence in teaching at this year
College of Medicine Honors
Convocation
4/2011
Dr. Rosalia C.M. Simmen, a Professor
in the Department of Physiology & Biophysics and Senior Investigator
in Developmental Biology, Arkansas Children’s Nutrition
Center/Arkansas Children’s Hospital Research Institute recently
accepted an appointment to serve as Senior Editor of the Journal of
Endocrinology for four years beginning October 2011. Journal of
Endocrinology, the official journal of the European Society of
Endocrinology publishes reviews and original molecular, biochemical
and physiological studies of the structure and function of endocrine
and endocrine-related systems. Dr. Simmen was an Editorial Board
member of the journal for the past 4 years.
Hamdan Hamdan, a PhD graduate student in the laboratory of
Dr. Patricia Wight, received the
American Society for Neurochemistry’s prestigious “Young
Investigator’s Educational Enhancement” (YIEE) travel award. The
purpose of the award is to support the development of young
investigators by facilitating their attendance and active
participation at the 42st annual ASN meeting, which was
held March 19-23, 2011 in St. Louis, Missouri. In addition to the
$500 YIEE travel award, Hamdan also received free registration to
attend the pre-meeting workshop on “MicroRNA: From Theory to
Practice.”
2/2011
Parimal Chowdhury, Ph.D.,
a Professor in the Department of
Physiology and Biophysics, has been
named a Fellow of the American
Gastroenterological Association (AGA).The
rank recognizes superior achievement in
practice or research In the field of
gastroenterology. For researchers who are
candidates for the distinction, particular
attention is paid to the quality and impact of
their research contributions in sustained basic, translational
or clinical research programs related to digestive diseases.
Dana Gaddy, Ph.D., a Professor
in the departments of Physiology and
Biophysics and Orthopaedic Surgery at UAMS,
recently was elected to a three-year term on
the Council of the American Society
for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR).
The ASBMR is the preeminent professional,
scientific and medical society that brings
together over 4,000 U.S. and international
clinical and experimental scientists involved
in the study of bone and mineral metabolism. Dr. Gaddy’s
Council duties will begin at the end of the ASBMR
2011 Annual Meeting in San Diego September 16-20, at
which she also has been invited to present on the topic of
“Activins and Inhibins in Musculoskeletal Health.”
Frank Simmen, Ph.D.,
a Professor in the departments of
Physiology & Biophysics
has been reappointed to
the Editorial Board of the
The Journal of Nutrition
1/2011
Thomas M. Badger, Ph.D., a
Professor in the departments of
Physiology & Biophysics
and
Pediatrics and Director of the Arkansas Children’s
Nutrition Center, was honored as the College of
Medicine’s Distinguished Faculty Scholar January
25. Dr. Badger delivered the annual Faculty Scholar
Lecture, titled “Improving Child Health and
Preventing Childhood Disease Takes More than an
Apple a Day.”
12/2010
The Department of Physiology and Biophysics has dedicated their
conference room to Dr.
James N. Pasley who will be
retiring on January 31, 2011 after 40 years of service to the
University. (Photos)
11/2010
Melissa Heard, 2nd year PhD student, was
awarded a 2010 Student and Clinical Staff Intramural Grant by the
Arkansas Children’s Hospital Research Institute for a research
proposal entitled “Obesity and Transcriptional Control of KLF
Family Members in Early Development of Endometrial Carcinoma”. The
award of $2,000 will be used for the conduct of the proposed studies
to be carried out in the laboratory of her graduate mentor,
Rosalia C.M. Simmen, Ph.D.,
a Professor in the Department.
5/2010
Howard Conaway, Ph.D.,
Michael Jennings, Ph.D.,
James
Pasley, Ph.D.,
Mike Soulsby, Ph.D.,
faculty members in the Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics
Felecia Hancock the Business Manger
in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics son
Edward Taylor has been selected to be a Hero by KTHV TV. Hero
Central was created to tell the stories of the everyday heroes
among us. See his story on the video link below
http://www.todaysthv.com/video/default.aspx?bctid=78381128001
3/2010
Gautam Gandhi, M.D.,
Ph.D., a first year
neurosurgery resident and graduate of the College of
Medicine’s M.D./Ph.D. program, has received the Journal of
Neurochemistry Editor’s Award. The award
was established to recognize the contributions of a young scientist to
an outstanding research paper. Dr. Gandhi’s article, “Astrocytes are
poised for lactate trafficking and release from activated brain
and for supply of glucose to neurons,” was published in the
October 2009 issue of the journal. The work was part of his Ph.D.
thesis research in the Department
of Physiology and Biophysics
and the UAMS Graduate
School, conducted in the lab of Gerald
A. Dienel, Ph.D.,
a Professor in the Department of Neurology.
12/2009
The
cover of the December 24 issue of
Blood,
the journal of the American Society of Hematology, will feature a
3-dimensional representation of a blood platelet by College of
Medicine researchers. The image is part of a publication from the labs
of
Jerry
Ware, Ph.D.,
and
Brian
Storrie, Ph.D.,
in the
Department of
Physiology & Biophysics.
It features a green platelet filled with red granules of von
Willebrand factor in keeping with colors of the holiday season.
10/2009
Christian Simmons
a Physiology and Biophysics graduate student received a $15,000,
1-year Doctoral Scholars Dissertation Award from the Southern Regional
Education Board (SREB) State Doctoral Scholars Program.
09/2009
Larry J. Suva, Ph.D.,
a Professor in the
departments of Orthopaedic Surgery
and Physiology and Biophysics,
was invested as the
inaugural holder of the Carl L. Nelson Chair in Orthopaedic Surgery
on September 8. Dr. Suva has served on the College of Medicine
faculty since 2000, when the late Dr. Nelson, then Chairman of
the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery,
recruited him to help establish the Center
for Orthopaedic Research, which Dr. Suva still directs.
For more than 20 years, Dr. Suva’s internationally recognized
research has focused on the skeletal
consequences of disease, with a particular interest in the
mechanisms of tumor metastasis to bone. His laboratory has been
continuously funded by the National
Institutes of Health, the National Space Biomedical Research Institute
and several private foundations. The endowment will help
support the ongoing work of the Center for
Orthopaedic Research, which was built on Dr. Nelson’s vision and Dr.
Suva’s commitment to multi-disciplinary, creative research into
orthopaedic disorders.
Roy Morello,Ph.D.,
has joined the Department of Physiology and Biophysics as an
Assistant Professor. Dr. Morello received his doctorate from
the University of Brescia in Italy and
completed his post-doctoral studies and transitioned to a faculty
position at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. His research will
involve mouse models to study the function
of genes involved in bone mass accrual, osteoporosis, collagen
modification and osteogenesis imperfecta.
05/2009
Shashank Jain,
a Physiology and Biophysics
graduate student,
received a Young Investigator Award for his submission entitled
“Platelet glycoprotein VI facilitates experimental lung metastasis in
syngenic mouse models” from the International Society of Thrombosis
and Hemostasis (ISTH). Mr. Jain will present his findings at the
upcoming July 2009 ISTH meeting in Boston, MA.
09/2008
Dana Gaddy, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor in the Department of Physiology
and Biophysics was awarded the Chancellor’s
Faculty Teaching Award for the 2007-2008
academic year. Each award winner was
submitted by the respective dean to receive
the campus award in recognition of excellence
in teaching and education.
Jerry
Ware,
Ph.D., Professor in the UAMS Department of Physiology and
Biophysics has received a grant from the U.S. Department of Defense
Breast Cancer Research Program to continue his research into the role
of blood platelets in the growth and spread of tumors. Jerry Ware,
was one of only 69 researchers to receive the highly competitive Idea
Award, which includes a three-year grant of $425,960
04/2008
Ying Su
a Physiology and Biophysics graduate student
was selected as the recipient of the American Society for Nutrition
Gerber Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship for 2008. This award is for
$5000 to be allocated for her research, based on the proposal
submitted on my dissertation project ‘Dietary Effects on Mammary Gland
Development and Breast Cancer Susceptibility’. Ying received the award
at the American Society for Nutrition Awards Ceremony at this year’s
EB meeting in San Diego in April. The UAMSGraduate School awarded Ying
the 2008 Achievement Award in recognition of this fellowship. Ying
placed 2nd in the Graduate Student poster presentation for
the 2008 UAMS Student Research Week .
02/2008
James N. Pasley,
Ph.D. and
Patricia A. Wight,
Ph.D., have been named distinguished recipients of the
Chancellor’s Faculty Teaching Award for 2006-2007 school year.
