2004 Summer Faculty Fellows

Project Title:  Studies of Biological Electron Transfer

Principal Investigator

Anwar A. Bhuiyan, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Science

Arkansas Tech University

Francis S. Millett, PhD

Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

University of Arkansas

Project Title: Cultural Expectations and Their Role in Physician-Patient Communication

Wilson Gonzalez-Espada, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Science

Arkansas Tech University

Perla A. Vargas, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

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Project Title: Isolation of Xenopus TCS Binding Protein

Principal Investigator

Robert G. Gregerson, PhD

Associate Professor, Division of Science

Mentor

Associate Professor, Department of Neurobiology & Developmental Science

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Principal Investigator

Raymond A. Hawkins, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Biology

Philander Smith College

Mentor

Toni L. Darville, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Project Title:  Innate Immunity to Viral Infection in C. elegans

Principal Investigator

Steve Moore, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Biology

Harding University

Mentor

Marie Chow, PhD

Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Project Title: Developing Mimics for Carbohydrates with Lectins Using Molecular Modeling

Principal Investigator

Martin Perry, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry

Mentor

Professor, Department of Pathology

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

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Richard Tarkka, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry

University of Central Arkansas

Robert E. Gawley PhD

Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

University of Arkansas

Project Title:  Regulation of Serine Racemase Transcription

Principle Investigator

Deborly Wade, PhD

Instructor, Department Science

Central Baptist College

Steven Barger, PhD

Professor, Department of Neurobiology & Developmental Science

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Project Title:  Evaluation of Thiazolidines for Ability to Prevent Oxidative Damage to Membrane Lipids

Principal Investigator

Richard B. Walker, PhD

Professor, Department of Chemistry & Physics

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Mentor

Stephen C. Grace, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Biology

University of Arkansas at Little Rock

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Project Title:  Role of Essential Metaloelement Complexes in Progressive Renal Disease

Principle Investigator

Grant Wangila, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry & Physics

University of Arkansas  at Pine Bluff

Mentor

Sudhir V. Shah, MD

Professor and Director, College of medicine Division of Nephrology

University of Arkansas for medical Sciences

Project Title:  Identification and characterization of microsatellite loci , SNP’s, and toxin genes for genetic analysis of a medically important scorpion species

Principal Investigator

Tsunemi Yamashita, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences

Arkansas Tech University

Mentor

Douglas Rhoads, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Biology

University of Arkansas

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Updated 07/18/2006

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