Federal Grants

UAMS

$152,773,549 Total Funding
247 Awards
203 NIH
6 NSF
38 Other Federal
$13,732,600 Last 12 Months
50 awards
NIH/National Heart Lung and Blood Institute PI: Shengyu Mu Apr 2019 - Mar 2029

T cell homing to the kidney contributes to salt retention and blood pressure regulation

$746,704 5R01HL146713-08
USDA/Rural Utilities Service Sep 2021 - Sep 2023

TELEMEDICINE GRANT

$737,882 CLSS00000071040
DOJ/Office of Justice Programs Oct 2020 - Sep 2023

SCHOOL TELEMEDICINE IN ARKANSAS FOR LESSONS IN TRAUMA-INFORMED EDUCATION (STARLITE)

$737,326 2020YSBX0087
NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases PI: Lu Huang Aug 2024 - Jul 2029

Ontogeny and metabolism of lung alveolar macrophages in tuberculosis

$733,424 5R01AI184960-02
NIH/National Cancer Institute PI: Mayumi Nakagawa Jul 2010 - Jun 2027

Understanding and Enhancing T-Cell Responses to High Risk Human Papillomaviruses-Renewal

$727,264 5R01CA143130-15
NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences PI: Ludmil B Alexandrov Feb 2025 - Jan 2028

Understanding the origins of the mutational landscape in cancer

$719,050 5R01ES036931-02
NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases PI: Yunmeng Liu Feb 2026 - Nov 2030

Metabolic Rewiring of T Cells Bridges Diabetes to Hypertension

$717,457 1R01DK145683-01
USDA/Rural Business Cooperative Service Sep 2024 - Sep 2026

DELTA HEALTH CARE SERVICES GRANT - CONACT SEC 379G

$700,000 CLSS00000087903
NIH/NIH Office of the Director PI: Martin J Cannon Jul 2022 - May 2027

Platelets in radiation-induced immune dysregulation

$693,302 5U01AI170039-04
DOD/Defense Health Agency Nov 2024 - Nov 2027

MECHANISMS OF COMBINATORIAL THERAPY TO ENHANCE ANTI-PD-1 IMMUNE CHECKPOINT INHIBITION FOR OVARIAN CANCER

$688,500 HT94252411008
NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse PI: Melissa Jean Zielinski Sep 2024 - May 2029

Effectiveness, Implementation, and Cost of Cognitive Processing Therapy in Prisons

$658,152 5R01DA059549-02
NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases PI: Sheldon Riklon Feb 2022 - Jan 2027

Evaluation of the effectiveness of Ajjmuurur Baamḷe DSMES in the RMI

$641,647 5R01DK128145-05
NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases PI: GWEN V CHILDS Sep 2024 - May 2029

Molecular mechanisms of pituitary plasticity

$637,340 5R01DK139476-02
NIH/National Cancer Institute PI: Brian Koss May 2026 - Apr 2031

Exploring host GSK3β-53BP1 axis in immune control of solid tumor progression

$628,980 1R01CA299654-01A1
NIH/National Heart Lung and Blood Institute PI: Brian Storrie Sep 2021 - Aug 2025

Resubmission: Structure/Function Determinants of Puncture Wound Thrombus Formation

$624,823 5R01HL155519-04
NIH/National Cancer Institute PI: Taren Swindle Sep 2021 - Aug 2026

Testing an Adaptive Implementation Strategy to Optimize Delivery of Obesity Prevention Practices in Early Care and Education Settings

$617,778 5R37CA252113-05
NIH/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism PI: ASHLEY ACHESON Sep 2001 - Feb 2027

Family Health Patterns: A Study Across Generations

$612,342 5R01AA012207-21
NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development PI: GWEN V CHILDS Sep 2018 - Jun 2025

Control of pituitary cell plasticity through regulated mRNA translation

$601,442 5R01HD093461-05
NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences PI: Kevin Douglas Raney Jan 2025 - Dec 2029

Helicase Mechanism and G-Quadruplex Signaling

$598,543 5R35GM156702-02
NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases PI: Jon Scott Blevins Aug 2022 - Jul 2027

Cyclic di-AMP-dependent signaling in tickborne relapsing fever Borrelia

$591,178 5R01AI170892-04
NIH/NIH Office of the Director PI: Marjan Boerma Jun 2017 - Nov 2022

The Protein C Pathway in Mitigation of Radiation-Induced Endothelial and Vascular Dysfunction

$588,106 5U01AI133561-05
NIH/National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research PI: Mark Manzano Jul 2025 - Mar 2030

Epigenetic Regulation of KSHV Latency

$583,289 1R01DE035025-01A1
NIH/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism PI: Paul D Drew May 2026 - Jan 2031

Role of Oligodendrocyte-Lineage Cells in FASD

$561,966 1R01AA032932-01
NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases PI: GWEN V CHILDS Jul 2021 - Jun 2026

The Impact of Obesity on Somatotrope Function

$549,786 5R01DK127723-04
NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases PI: Bita Fayaz Farkhad Sep 2025 - Aug 2030

Translating Evidence into Action: Novel modeling approaches to understand the efficacy of pharmacy-based PrEP

$530,353 7R01AI191569-02
NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences PI: Kevin Douglas Raney May 2017 - Apr 2023

Functions and Mechanisms of Helicases and G-Quadruplex Nucleic Acids

$529,716 5R35GM122601-05
NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases PI: John D Imig Jun 2021 - May 2027

Endothelial Epoxygenase, Kidney Injury, and Blood Pressure Regulation

$514,673 5R01DK126452-06
NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse PI: George Andrew James Aug 2021 - May 2027

Neurocognitive Mechanisms Underlying Smartphone-Assisted Prevention of Relapse in Opioid Use Disorder

$505,026 5R01DA048022-04
NIH/National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities PI: Carol Ellen Cornell Sep 2007 - Apr 2024

Arkansas Center for Health Disparities (ARCHD) Bridge Funding

$500,000 3U54MD002329-15S1
NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse PI: William E Fantegrossi Jul 2009 - Jun 2029

Translational Training in Addiction

$496,311 5T32DA022981-17
NIH/National Heart Lung and Blood Institute PI: Hui-Ming Chang Jun 2020 - May 2025

Prevention of Heart Failure induced by Doxorubicin with Early Administration of Dexrazoxane

$489,570 5R01HL151993-05
NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases PI: James Craig Forrest Jul 2024 - May 2029

Defining KSHV LANA functions in viral pathogenesis and immune evasion

$477,807 5R01AI181787-02
NIH/National Institute on Aging PI: Sue Tilton Griffin May 2023 - Jan 2028

Neuroinflammation, Protein Aggregates, ApoE4 Drug Targeting, and Autophagy Rescue

$470,331 5R01AG084472-04
NIH/National Institute of Nursing Research PI: Pearl McElfish Sep 2020 - Jun 2026

Home Food Delivery for Diabetes Management in Patients of Rural Clinics

$468,476 5R01NR019487-05
NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences PI: Shuk-Mei Ho Apr 2022 - Jan 2027

RNA modifications by paternal exposure to arsenic and intergenerational effects on sperm quality

$468,131 5R01ES032675-05
NIH/National Cancer Institute PI: James Craig Forrest Apr 2026 - Mar 2031

Defining the pathogenesis of gammaherpesvirus and Plasmodium coinfections

$460,548 1R01CA308444-01
NIH/National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences PI: JOHN M. ARTHUR Jul 2019 - Aug 2024

Institutional Career Development

$459,069 5KL2TR003108-05
NIH/National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases PI: Maria Jose Almeida Sep 2022 - Aug 2024

Mechanisms of decreased bone formation with aging

$455,284 2R56AR056679-11A1
NIH/National Cancer Institute PI: Teresita M. Bellido Mar 2017 - Jun 2028

Contribution of osteocytes to the musculoskeletal effects of Multiple Myeloma

$454,799 5R01CA209882-09
NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences PI: Mathias Brochhausen Mar 2015 - May 2027

Trauma Institutional Priorities and Teams for Outcome Efficacy (TIPTOE)

$454,259 5R01GM111324-10
NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases PI: Karen E. Beenken Jun 2015 - Aug 2026

Defining the role of post-translational regulation by extracellular proteases in the pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis

$451,739 5R01AI119380-10
NIH/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism PI: Paul D Drew Sep 2018 - Jun 2024

Dynamic neuroimmune interactions in the onset and progression of FASD

$451,350 5R01AA027111-05
NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases PI: Lu Huang Aug 2025 - Jul 2027

Single-cell spatial-temporal understanding of the role of macrophage subsets in maintenance of lesion biology and local Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection outcome

$450,500 1R21AI188044-01A1
NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences PI: Robert E McGehee Feb 2009 - Jan 2025

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Initiative for Maximizing Student Development Program

$445,062 5R25GM083247-13
NIH/National Eye Institute PI: Abdelrahman Fouda Sep 2024 - May 2029

Retinal neurovascular protection by boosting efferocytosis

$439,137 5R01EY035658-02
NIH/National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases PI: Maria Jose Almeida Mar 2024 - Feb 2029

Antagonism of RANKL signaling by estrogen in osteoclasts

$432,476 5R01AR082418-03
NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases PI: Nirmala Parajuli Mar 2021 - Jul 2026

Targeting heat shock protein 72 to improve renal function after transplantation

$429,560 5R01DK123264-05