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Sensory neuron-skin interaction in health and disease
PROJECT SUMMARY My career goal is to lead an independent research group to investigate the pathology and resolution of pain to solve neuropathic pain problems. To achieve this goal...
Adaptation of a PrEP Shared-Decision Making Tool for Family Planning Clinics
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Cisgender women account for ~20% of new HIV infections in the US, and are systematically under-accessed for HIV prevention. The intersection of patient-sid...
Metabolic impact of Intralipid on synaptic function as a mechanism of resuscitation in local anesthetic systemic toxicity
Project Summary Intravenous lipid emulsions (ILEs) are important therapies. Though designed for parenteral nutrition, they were discovered to be an antidote for local anesthetic sy...
Adaptation of a PrEP Shared-Decision Making Tool for Family Planning Clinics
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Cisgender women account for ~20% of new HIV infections in the US, and are systematically under-accessed for HIV prevention. The intersection of patient-sid...
CAREER: Electrochemical Dynamic Midinfrared Metasurface for Ultra-Low Power Wearable Thermoregulation
Thermal comfort is one of the most essential fundamental needs for human health and productivity. The seasonality of cardiovascular diseases and influenza demonstrates the importan...
Investigation of brainstem neurons in the regulation of gonadotropin secretion
PROJECT SUMMARY The long-term goal of the proposed research is to determine the neural pathways by which physiological signals regulate gonadotropin secretion, which ultimately det...
Determining the role of AIRE and AIRE-expressing tumor associated macrophages in tumor growth and immunity
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT AutoImmune Regulator gene (AIRE) prevents autoimmunity by promoting thymic deletion of self-reactive T cells. While most studied in the thymus, AIRE is als...
Determining the role of AIRE and AIRE-expressing tumor associated macrophages in tumor growth and immunity
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT AutoImmune Regulator gene (AIRE) prevents autoimmunity by promoting thymic deletion of self-reactive T cells. While most studied in the thymus, AIRE is als...
AMS Professorship award for Professor Giorgio Tasca, Newcastle University
My plan foresees pursuing high level translational research in the neuromuscular field and in particular in one frequent form of muscular dystrophy called Facioscapulohumeral muscu...
Second Messenger Nucleotides of Enterococcus faecalis
ABSTRACT Enterococci are the 3rd most common cause of hospital-acquired infections and a major public health threat due to the continuous rise of multidrug-resistant (MDR) isolates...
Second Messenger Nucleotides of Enterococcus faecalis
ABSTRACT Enterococci are the 3rd most common cause of hospital-acquired infections and a major public health threat due to the continuous rise of multidrug-resistant (MDR) isolates...
Radon exposure in relation to the risk of cognitive impairment and mitochondrial function
In the US, it has been recently found that inhabitants in certain areas are more likely to have Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and related dementias compared to those in the other areas....
Digital Monitoring of Impulsivity as a Proximal Risk Factor for Suicidal Outcomes
Background: Suicide is a leading cause of death, but progress in suicide prevention has been slowed by critical gaps in knowledge about predictors of imminent risk. Impulsivity is...
Digital Monitoring of Impulsivity as a Proximal Risk Factor for Suicidal Outcomes
Background: Suicide is a leading cause of death, but progress in suicide prevention has been slowed by critical gaps in knowledge about predictors of imminent risk. Impulsivity is...
Intraoperative Identification of Cranial Nerves in Skull Base Surgery Using Polarization Sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography
Project summary/abstract Identification of cranial nerves during skull base surgery is critical to avoid iatrogenic injury. Even the slightest damage to any one of these nerves can...
CAREER: Uncovering transcriptional regulatory mechanisms in plant thermomorphogenesis
In the context of global climate change, plants face a more fluctuating temperature environment. It is well known that extreme temperatures such as heatwaves have detrimental impac...
Predictors of Youth-Onset Type 2 Diabetes: UAB Clinical Center
Minority youth are at elevated risk for type 2 diabetes (T2D) relative to non-Hispanic whites (NHW), with African-Americans (AA) and Hispanic-Americans (HA) showing the greatest in...
Predictors of Youth-Onset Type 2 Diabetes: UAB Clinical Center
Minority youth are at elevated risk for type 2 diabetes (T2D) relative to non-Hispanic whites (NHW), with African-Americans (AA) and Hispanic-Americans (HA) showing the greatest in...
Utilizing Causal X-Linked Intellectual Disability Variants to Gain Insight into the O-GlcNAc Transferase Enzyme
Summary: Approximately 1 in 500 males in the United States are affected by X-Linked Intellectual Disability (XLID). Our laboratory has previously characterized several mutations in...
Impact of Meal Timing on Glycemic Profiles in Adolescents with Type 2 Diabetes
CANDIDATE: Alaina Vidmar is a pediatric clinical scientist specializing in treatment of adolescents with obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D). The proposed study will focus on investi...