Department of Physiology and Pharmacology

News

Graduate Students

The Department of Physiology and Pharmacology is actively recruiting graduate students for 2007. Any interested persons should contact Drs. John Zhang or John Buchholz.

Physiology and Pharmacology Open House

LLU physiology and pharmacology had an open house at the Risley Simulation Center at 5 p.m. on November 16, 2006. Faculty members, postdoctoral researchers, graduate students, and supporting staff participated, and everyone had a great time. Many faculty members and graduate students from other departments joined the party.

Current Funding in the Department (NIH Crisp)

Program Project Grant, Director: Lawrence D. Longo
5P01HD031226-12
Mechanisms of Acclimatization; Fetus and Adult

Longo, Lawrence D.
5P01 HD031226
Core: Administrative

Longo, Lawrence D.
5P01HD031226-120002
Cerebrovascular Contractile Responses to High Altitude

Longo, Lawrence D.
5P01HD031226-129001
Core--Technical

Buchholz, John
5P01HD031226-120004
Modulation of Calcium Induced Calcium Release in Adren

Ducsay, Charles
5P01HD031226-120005
Fetal Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Responses to Hypoxia

Hessinger, David
5P01HD031226-120007
Fetal/Adult Cerebral/Pulmonary Artery Bk Channel Adaptation

Pearce, William
5P01HD031226-120003
Hypoxic Modulation of Protein Kinase G Function In Fetal

Zhang, Lubo
5P01HD031226-120006
Uterine Vascular Responses to Pregnancy and Hypoxemia

Center Grant, Director: Marino De Leon
5P20MD001632-02
Center for Health Disparities Research

Training Grant, Director: Marino De Leon
5R25GM060507-06
NIH Initiative for Minority Students Program

Individual Grants

Buchholz, John
5R01HL069078-04
Maturation and Myogenic Reactivity of Cerebral Arteries

Longo, Lawrence D.
5R01HD003807-35
Cerebrovascular Adrenergic-Mediated Mechanisms

Pearce, William
5R01HL054120-11
Maturation of Cerebrovascular Contractile Mechanisms

Pearce, William
2R01HL064867-05A1
Maturation of Cerebrovascular Relaxant Mechanisms

Power, Gordon
5R01HL065494-05
Blood Flow and Metabolic Controls in the Fetal Brain

Tang, Jiping
5R21NS052492-02
Role of NADPH Oxidase in ICH-Induced Brain Injury

Yellon, Steven
1R01HD054931-01
NEURAL REGULATION OF PREPARTUM CERVICAL RIPENING

Zhang, John
5R01HD043120-04
Oxygen Therapy in Neonatal Hypoxia-Ischemia

Zhang, John
5R01NS043338-04
Mechanisms of Hyperbaric Oxygen-Induced Brain Protection

Zhang, John
5R01ns045694-04
Anti-Apoptosis as a New Therapy for Cerebral Vasospasm

Zhang, John
1R01NS053407-01A1
Neurovascular Protection for Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Zhang, John
1R01NS054685-01A1
Mechanisms of EPO-Induced Neuroprotection

Zhang, Lubo
5R01HL057787-08
Uterine Vascular Adaptation to Pregnancy

Zhang, Lubo
5R01HL082779-02
Prenatal Cocaine Exposure and Cardiac Programming

Zhang, Lubo
1R01HL083966-01a1
Maternal Hypoxia and Programming of Fetal Heart

Calendar

Visiting Scientists

Donald D. Heistad, MD, Director, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, will speak on March 8, 2007.

Marilyn Cipolla, PhD, from University of Vermont Department of Neurology will visit and lecture at the LLU Basic Science Seminar Series on March 29, 2007. Marilyn is an Associate Professor of Neurology and Director of the Cerebral Vascular Neuroscience Lab.

Michael J. Soares, PhD, Professor and Director, Institute of Maternal-Fetal Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, will speak on April 19, 2007.

Wei-Hua (Wendy) Lee, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Anatomy and Cell Biology, The Section of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, will visit Loma Linda University and give a lecture in the Basic Science Seminar Series on April 26, 2007.

Richard Pluta, MD, from Department of Neurosurgery at NIH will visit and lecture in the LLU Basic Science Seminar Series on May 3, 2007. Richard is a neurosurgeon in NIH and is an established researcher in cerebral vasospasm and brain tumor.

Brian R. Duling, PhD, Professor of Cardiovascular Research, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia. Dr. Duling will speak on May 10, 2007

Adrian M. Walker, PhD, Professor, Institute for Reproduction and Development, Ritchie Center for Baby Health Research, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia. Dr. Walker will speak on May 17, 2007.

Sue Duckles, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology at University of California, Irvine, will visit and lecture in the Basic Science Seminar Series on May 31, 2007. Dr. Duckles is a world authority on aging, estrogen, and mitochondrial function.