BRIC Research Activities
The overall intent of this core is to provide the required research infrastructure to support our research objectives:
- Conduct original and innovative biomedical/behavioral research aimed at eliminating health disparities as they relate to diabetes, HIV/AIDS, hypertension/cardiovascular disease, and sleep deprivation as it relates to alcoholism and drug addiction.
- Translate health services research outcomes into improvements for Winston-Salem's sizeable minority population and throughout the 12-county Piedmont Triad by leveraging WSSU's long-standing community partnerships.
- Create training opportunities for undergraduate/graduate students and junior faculty to pursue research interests in minority health or health disparities.
Collaborators: Allyn Howlett and Sara Jones, Ph.D. Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, WFUSM, Tony Reeves, Ph.D. Molecular Medicine, WFUSM, Kiran Solingapuram Sai, PhD. Radiology, WFUSM
Project Titles:
Piperidines as Potential Medications for CNS disorders.
Piperidines as Potential Molecular Tools.
Collaborators: Daniel Kim-Shapiro, Ph.D. Department of Physics, WFU
Project Titles:Vascular dysfunction and blood disorders as they relate to overall functional health in diabetic individuals.
The impact of music on therapeutics and biophysical parameters in pathophysiologic conditions.
Collaborators: Wayne Silver, Ph.D Dept. of Biology, WFU; Vijay Gorantla, M.D. Ph.D. WFIRM
Project Titles:
Neurophysiology of calcium signaling in sensory neurons. Role of calcium channels in acute and chronic pain.
Collaborators: Dr. Danielle Dickens, Spelman College, Dr. Yarneccia Dyson, UNCG
Project Titles:
Infusing an Honors Curriculum to Enrich the Undergraduate Research Experience in Psychological Sciences.
- Excellence in Research: Navigating the Double Bind: Assessing the Development and Contribution of Identity Shifting to the Recruitment & Retention of Black Women in STEM Education. Collaborator: Dr. Danielle Dickens, Spelman College.
- Excellence in Research: Attitudes, Motivations, and Justifications of Interpersonal Aggression. Collaborator: Dr. Yarneccia Dyson, UNCG
Jeffery Overholt, Ph.D.
Collaborators: Errol Thompson, Ph.D., Debra Diz, Ph.D. Hypertension and Vascular Disease Center, WFUSM
Project Titles:
Cellular mechanisms of hypertension at the superior cervical ganglia.
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Project Titles:
The role of matrix metalloproteinase and vascular remodeling.
Collaborators: N/A
Project Titles:
Neural control of blood pressure with a concentration in molecular mechanism responsible for the development and maintenance of hypertension.
Teresa L. Singleton, PhD
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Project Titles:
Mechanisms involved during integration of the LTR-Retrotransposon Tf1 in heterochromatic regions of Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
C. Edward Ebert, Ph.D.
Collaborators:
Rong Chen, Ph.D. Dept. of Phys./Pharm., WFUSM
Mark E. Van Dyke, Ph.D. Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Polyechnic Inst.
Project Titles:
Investigating the biochemical mechanisms by which keratin promotes nerve cell regeneration. Schwann cell metabolism.
Collaborators: N/A
Project Titles:
Impact of linolenic acid on growth of prostate cancer cells.
Effect of various essential oils on growth of major causes of bacterial diarrhea.
Errol Thompson, Ph.D.
Collaborators: Jeffery Overholt, Ph.D., Debra Diz, Ph.D. Hypertension and Vascular Disease Center, WFUSM
Project Titles:
Cellular mechanisms of hypertension at the superior cervical ganglia.
Collaborators: Stephen J. Walker, PhD and Hooman Sadri Ardekani, MD, PhD, WFRIM
Project Titles:
Mechanisms of sterile inflammation, in the context of skeletal muscle contraction-induced injury.
Collaborators: Professor William Gmeiner, Wake Forest School of Medicine
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Develop novel and efficient synthetic methodologies and apply them to access such useful molecules as drugs, natural products, agrochemicals and materials.
Collaborators: N/A
Project Titles:
Development of novel carbon carbon bond formation for synthesis of bioactive N,O, S-heterocycles.
