Microbiology & Immunology at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Leads a grant in this department

11 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.

1. James Craig Forrest

   Leads 3 awards · $1,265,753

   • 5R01AI181787-02Department: NIH department code

     Defining KSHV LANA functions in viral pathogenesis and immune evasion
     $477,807

     award amount
   • 1R21AI189385-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Lytic viral genes in the pathogenesis of oncogenic gammaherpesviruses

     Principal investigators: James Craig Forrest (contact PI), Mark Manzano

     $420,335

     award amount
   • 5R01CA167065-09Department: NIH department code

     Defining mechanisms of gammaherpesvirus-driven genomic instability in B cells
     $367,611

     award amount

2. Lu Huang

   Leads 2 awards · $1,183,924

   • 5R01AI184960-02Department: NIH department code

     Ontogeny and metabolism of lung alveolar macrophages in tuberculosis
     $733,424

     award amount
   • 1R21AI188044-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Single-cell spatial-temporal understanding of the role of macrophage subsets in maintenance of lesion biology and local Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection outcome

     Principal investigators: Lu Huang (contact PI), Shumin Tan

     $450,500

     award amount

3. Jon Scott Blevins

   Leads 1 award · $591,178

   • 5R01AI170892-04Department: NIH department code

     Cyclic di-AMP-dependent signaling in tickborne relapsing fever Borrelia
     $591,178

     award amount

4. Mark Manzano

   Leads 1 award · $583,289

   • 1R01DE035025-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Epigenetic Regulation of KSHV Latency
     $583,289

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 1R21AI189385-01A1, led by James Craig Forrest.

5. Mark S Smeltzer

   Leads 1 award · $451,739

   • 5R01AI119380-10Department: NIH department code

     Defining the role of post-translational regulation by extracellular proteases in the pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis

     Principal investigators: Mark S Smeltzer (contact PI), Karen E. Beenken

     $451,739

     award amount

6. Matthew Jorgenson

   Leads 1 award · $376,625

   • 5R35GM154672-02Department: NIH department code

     Manipulating undecaprenyl phosphate levels to decipher mechanisms of competing cell envelope assembly pathways in Escherichia coli
     $376,625

     award amount

7. Jia Liu

   Leads 1 award · $221,105

   • 1R21AI191013-01Department: NIH department code

     APOBEC3-driven host mechanism promotes poxvirus diversification to overcome host immune restriction
     $221,105

     award amount

8. Daniel E Voth

   Leads 1 award · $191,250

   • 5R21AI173725-02Department: NIH department code

     Defining the impact of host-directed drugs on Coxiella burnetii growth in macrophages
     $191,250

     award amount

9. Jason S Stumhofer

   Leads 1 award · $185,375

   • 5R21AI180630-02Department: NIH department code

     Regulation of macrophage function during acute infection with Plasmodium
     $185,375

     award amount

10. Lin-Xi Li

    Leads 1 award · $182,746

    • 5R21AI180670-02Department: NIH department code

      Exploring early protective immune responses to Chlamydia
      $182,746

      award amount

11. Martin J Cannon

    Leads 1 award · $178,819

    • 5R21CA288928-02Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of Th17-DC immunotherapy for ovarian cancer
      $178,819

      award amount

Co-investigators

Named as principal investigators on these awards, which someone else leads. They may belong to another department or institution: their own, below, comes from the awards they lead.

• Karen E. Beenken

  Co-investigator on 5R01AI119380-10, led by Mark S Smeltzer

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (no department on record, 1 award)

• Shumin Tan

  Co-investigator on 1R21AI188044-01A1, led by Lu Huang

  Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.