UAMS Endowment Awards Research Grants
| Oct. 31, 2002
Several scientists at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have received new seed grants thanks to a research endowment created by generous donors.
The UAMS Foundation Fund Board recently awarded nine internal research grants to faculty scientists, using the annual income from the UAMS Medical Research Endowment.
Since the inception of the Medical Research Endowment Awards in 1982, 188 investigators have received awards totaling $1.5 million. The awards are valuable seed grants, allowing individual researchers or teams to collect preliminary data and form hypotheses before seeking major research grants. In this way, the awards are vital bridges between the researchers’ initial ideas and major discoveries. Eighty-three Medical Research Endowment Award recipients, with awards totaling $633,751, have generated extramural funding at UAMS of $30 million through fiscal year 2002.
The scientists, their research projects, and the amounts of their awards are:
Lawrence E. Kass, M.D., Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
College of Medicine
“Emergency Department Breast Cancer Screening Initiative”
$7,395
Angus M. MacNicol, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology
College of Medicine
The Mr. and Mrs. Sam Walton Research Award
“Identification of Cell Cycle Control Proteins”
$15,000
Walter G. Hubert, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Department of Dermatology
College of Medicine
The Murphy Oil Corporation Research Award
“Oncogenesis of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Type 16 Variants”
$15,000
Michael E. Petty, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Office of Educational Development
“Study of 360o Evaluations for UAMS Residents on General Competency Skills”
$4,835
Song Hee Hong, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
College of Pharmacy
The Mr. and Mrs. Willard Walker Research Award
“The Impact of Inappropriate Use of Asthma Medications on Patient Health and Health Services Utilization”
$13,980
Jack J. H. Bleesing, M.D., Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
College of Medicine
The Mr. and Mrs. Frank Whitbeck Research Award
“An Altered Immunophenotype of B Cells in Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Is Linked to Abnormal B-Cell Homeostasis”
$15,000
Beverly J. McCabe-Sellers, Ph.D., Professor
Department of Dietetics & Nutrition
College of Health Related Professions
The Herbert L. Thomas, Sr., Memorial Award
“Assessment of Stability of Biotin in Frozen Food Samples: A PreliminaryStudy to Develop a Provisional Table of American Foods”
$15,183
Alan B. Diekman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
College of Medicine
“Peptide Mimic for a Human Sperm Specific Carbohydrate Epitope”
$12,000
Laura W. Lamps, M.D., Associate Professor
Department of Pathology
College of Medicine
The Ed Harms Family Research Award
“Rapid Molecular Diagnosis of Tularemia – A Potential Bioterrorism Agent Endemic to Arkansas”
$10,197