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Michael Scott Robeson

High Impact

Associate Professor

Last publication 2026 Last refreshed 2026-05-16

faculty

Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine

MRobeson@uams.edu

34 h-index 97 pubs 31,352 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Michael Scott Robeson's research focuses on the intersection of biomedical informatics and health sciences, particularly investigating immune responses and microbiome diversity. He has contributed to studies examining immune responses in a phase 2 clinical trial for a human papillomavirus vaccine in patients with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. Additionally, his work includes an analysis of gut microbiome diversity and composition changes following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant. Robeson's scholarly output includes six publications with a total of six citations and an h-index of 1. He has collaborated with researchers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including David W. Ussery, William W. Greenfield, and Milan Bimali.

Metrics

  • h-index: 34
  • Publications: 97
  • Citations: 31,352

Selected Publications

  • Abstract 6079: Resistance-specific proteogenomics in melanoma PDXs (2026)
  • Late-in-life treadmill training mitigates gut microbiome imbalances and cardiovascular disease risk in mice (2026)
  • A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Phase I/II Clinical Trial of a Human Papillomavirus Therapeutic Vaccine, PepCan, for Reducing Head and Neck Cancer Recurrence (2026)
  • Changes in gut, microbiome, and cognition after doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, and paclitaxel chemotherapy treatment (2026)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Implications of cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and 5-fluorouracil chemotherapy on hippocampal-dependent cognition and gut microbiome (2025)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • The effect of obesity and dietary soy protein with different isoflavone levels on fecal microbial composition in lean and obese Zucker rats over 9- and 18-week periods (2025)
  • Oat bran fiber protects against radiation-induced disruption of gut barrier dynamics and mucosal damage (2025)
    3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Obesity and Dietary Soy Protein With Different Isoflavone Levels Alter Fecal Microbial Composition in Zucker Rats Over 9- and 18-Week Periods (2025)
  • Fueling the fire: colonocyte metabolism and its effect on the colonic epithelia (2025)
    6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • MOSHPIT: accessible, reproducible metagenome data science on the QIIME 2 framework (2025)
    5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • A Randomized Double-Blind Phase 2 Clinical Trial Treating Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia 2/3 with PepCan or <i>Candida</i> (2025)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Gut Microbiome Diversity and Composition Changes Post Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (AlloSCT): A Single-Center Prospective Analysis (2024)
  • Dietary soy protein reverses obesity-induced liver steatosis and alters fecal microbial composition independent of isoflavone level (2024)
    3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Bioinformatics challenges for profiling the microbiome in cancer: pitfalls and opportunities (2024)
    8 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Soy Protein Concentrate With Low and High Isoflavones Can Reverse Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Caused by Obesity and Alter Gut Microbial Composition (2024)

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Research Interests

Dr. Robeson currently focuses on the human microbiome and its relationship to nutrition and cancer therapeutics, while also contributing to the development of bioinformatics tools to aid in these studies. Dr. Robeson’s research interests center on the human cancer microbiome, which is an important and booming area of research and is in line with the current UAMS plan for NCI designation, as it has become increasingly clear that the efficacy of anticancer treatments is not only affected by host genetic and immunological factors but are also substantially mediated by the host microbiome. Microbial community dynamics, disease resistance, human health, and agricultural productivity are all highly affected, or dependent upon, microbes. Dr. Robeson’s research integrates bioinformatics, microbial ecology, and integrative multi-omics technologies, to study host-microbe interactions. Particularly those that affect human health and agricultural productivity.; Microbiome; Microbiome Data Science; Microbial Ecology; Human Microbiome; Bioinformatics; eDNA; Phylogenetics; Cancer Microbiome; Microbiome Science; Metagenomics; Host-microbe Interactions

Grants & Funding

  • Melanoma Resistance Evolution Atlas (MREA) for identifying combinatorial targets to prevent and reverse MAPKi NCI Co-Investigator
  • Improvement of cellular immunotherapy during dysbiosis- Resubmission NIH Co-Investigator
  • Improvement of cellular immunotherapy during dysbiosis NIH/Nat. Cancer Institute Principal Investigator
  • Regulation of macrophage function during acute infection with Plasmodium NIH Co-Investigator
  • Understanding and Enhancing T-Cell Responses to High Risk Human Papillomaviruses-Renewal NIH Co-Investigator
  • Center for Translational Pediatric Research (CTPR) NIH/NIGMS Other Key Personnel
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea Arkansas Research Alliance Co-Investigator

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