Roger Pechous Institution-verified
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Associate Professor
faculty
Microbiology & Immunology, College of Medicine
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Biography and Research Information
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Roger Pechous's research focuses on understanding microbial infections and the host immune response, with a specific emphasis on the bacterium *Yersinia pestis*, the causative agent of plague. He has served as Principal Investigator (PI) on two federal grants from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases totaling $227,476. The first grant, for $76,000, investigated inflammation and potential treatments for primary pneumonic plague. The second, for $151,476, aimed to define the role of a specific protease, plasminogen activator, in the early stages of primary pneumonic plague establishment.
Pechous leads a research group at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, where he holds the position of Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology. His work contributes to the broader field of infectious disease research, seeking to elucidate the molecular mechanisms by which pathogens interact with their hosts and elicit disease.
Federal Grants 2 $227,476 total
Grants & Funding
- Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and Host Inflammatory Responses NIH Co-Investigator
- Evaluating early host-pathogen interactions in pneumonic plague using an ex vivo human lung tissue platform NIH Principal Investigator
- Defining the Role of the Plasminogen Activator Protease in the Early Events that Establish Primary Pneumonic Plague NIH Principal Investigator
- No FP attached UAMS College of Medicine Principal Investigator
- No FP attached UAMS College of Medicine Principal Investigator
- Evaluating the Progression of Pneumonic Plague NIH Principal Investigator
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