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Faculty Mentor
Research Projects
 The
Multi-Ethnic Biomedical Research Support
Grant was awarded to Texas Woman's University
by the National Institutes of Health,
National Institute of General Medical
Sciences (NIGMS). The grant is committed to
the recruitment and training of primarily
underrepresented students in biomedical
research at both the undergraduate and
graduate level. Faculty mentors, with
research projects in both basic and applied
biomedical research areas, are currently
participating in the program. There is the
option to expand this list of faculty
mentors.
Dr. Mary
E. Anderson, Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
uses experiments and computer modeling to
study the structure/function relationships of
glutathione synthetase, an enzyme used to
make the important antioxidant, glutathione (
y-glu-cys-gly).
Dr.
Victor Ben-Ezra, Associate Professor of
Kinesiology, who is studying the effects
of exercise on risk factors associated with
coronary heart disease and diabetes;
specifically how exercise influences insulin
responses.
Dr.
Michael Bergel, Assistant Professor of
Molecular Biology, who is working on
identifying novel chromatin-associated
targets for cancer therapy and cancer
prevention; cellular response to stresses (as
UV irradiation) on the chromatin level.
Dr. Kyle
Biggerstaff, Associate Professor of
Kinesiology, who studies the effects of
single exercise bouts and exercise training
on lipid and lipoprotien-cholesterol
metabolism.
Dr. Mark
Britt, Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
who is investigating a model developed in his
laboratory to explain enzyme catalysis
generally by kinetics and thermodynamic
studies of the interactions of enzymes with
catalytically relevant ligands.
Dr.
Heather Conrad-Webb, Associate Professor of
Biology, who is investigating the
genetics of rRNA synthesis in Baker’s yeast.
Dr. Kathy
DeOrnellas, Assistant Professor of Psychology
Dr. Bruce
Grossie, Associate Professor of Nutrition,
who is investigating the effect of nutrition
support on the cellular responses to
traumatic stress.
Dr.
Patricia Hamilton, Professor of Nursing,
who is examining the time series patterns in
the occurrence and number of births to
teenagers in the State of Texas over time.
Dr. Mark
Hamner, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
and Computer Science, whose statistical
research focuses on finite population
prediction and who does statistical
consulting using SAS software.
Dr.
DiAnna Hynds, Assistant Professor of Biology,
who is investigating the intracellular
signaling pathways that control axon
formation, regeneration, and path finding.
Dr.
Victorine Imrhan, Associate Professor of
Nutrition, who is investigating the use
of dietary antioxidants for the prevention
and treatment of diseases such as coronary
heart disease and breast cancer.
Dr. James
Johnson, Professor of Chemistry, who is
investigating the steriochemistry and
kinetics of a wide variety of nucleophilic
substitution reactions in selected organic
compounds.
Dr.
Camelia Maier, Assistant Professor of Biology,
who studies the involvement of phytoestrogens
in plant development and sexual reproduction,
including the medical applications of
phytoestrogens as possible antiestrogens for
the prevention and therapy of cancers.
Dr. Sarah
McIntire, Chair and Professor, Department of
Biology, who is analyzing the structure
of Helicobacter pylori plasmid DNA molecules
to provide insights into the mechanism(s) of
pathogenicity of H. pylori.
Dr.
Nathaniel Mills, Professor of Biology,
who is working primarily to demonstrate that
Leydig cells are required for developing
gonads.
Dr.
Huanbiao Mo, Assistant Professor of Nutrition,
who is studying the modulation of mevalonate
pathway and, consequently, suppression of
tumorgenesis by isoprenoids and other
chemopreventive phytochemicals.
Dr. Shannon
Rich, Assistant Professor of Psychology
Dr.
Charlotte (Barney) Sanborn, Chair, Department
of Kinesiology, whose research areas of
interest are women's health, exercise and
osteoporosis, athletic amenorrhea and body
composition.
Dr. Lynda
Uphouse, Professor of Biology, who is
studying the interaction between serotonin
and female gonadal hormones in the control of
female reproductive function.
The MBRS
program at TWU exposes research-oriented
students to biomedical science research with
the overall goal of increasing the
representation of traditionally
underrepresented groups in biomedical
research fields. |
