Heather A. Drummond
Professor
Department:
SOM-Physiology & Biophysics
Email:
hdrummond@umc.edu
Work Phone:
(601) 984-1812
Education
| Medical College of Wisconsin, PhD, Physiology | 1995 |
| University of Arizona, MS, Exercise Science | 1990 |
| California State University, Hayward, BS, Special Major: Human Performance | 1987 |
| Medical College of Wisconsin, Fellowship, Renal Physiology | |
| University of Iowa, Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Molecular Mechanotransduction |
Current Positions
| Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Physiology And Biophysics | 07/2016 - Present |
| The University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi 39216 | |
Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments
| Associate Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Physiology And Biophysics | 07/2008 - 06/2016 |
| Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Physiology And Biophysics | 06/2001 - 06/2008 |
| Assistant Research Scientist, University of Iowa, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine | 2000 - 05/2001 |
Sponsored Program Funding
| Intramural, The importance of Asic2 in Pomc and Agrp neuron control of energy balance, UMMC-IRSP | 11/2025 - 10/2026 |
| Extramural, Degenerin and TrpC6 channels in renal vascular mechanosensor signaling and protection against injury., NIDDK | 04/2024 - 03/2028 |
| Extramural, Placental ischemia, hypertension and vascular function, National Institute of Heart, Lung and Blood | 04/2017 - 03/2022 |
| Extramural, Degenerin Signal Transduction, National Institute on Heart, Lung and Blood | 04/2017 - 03/2022 |
| Extramural, Mississippi Center for Excellence in Perinatal Research, National Institute of Health | 01/2017 - 12/2022 |
| Extramural, Cardiovascular Dynamics and Their Control, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute | 08/2014 - 05/2019 |
| Extramural, ASIC2 forms mechanically gated channels and mediates mygoenic constriction in renal afferent arterioles., American Heart Association, Grant in Aid | 07/2014 - 06/2016 |
| Extramural, Cardiorenal and Metabolic Diseases Research Center, National Institute of General Medical Sciences | 09/2013 - 04/2018 |
| Extramural, TCS SP5 Multiphoton Confocal Microscope, National Center for Research Resources | 04/2012 - 03/2013 |
| Intramural, ASIC2 contributes to myogenic regulation of renal blood flow and protection from renal injury., UMMC | 11/2011 - 10/2012 |
| Extramural, ASIC2 protein mediates myogenic constriction in mouse cerebral arteries, Individual National Research Service Award, MD/PhD | 09/2008 - 05/2011 |
| Extramural, Beta ENaC mediates myogenic constriction in mouse renal interloper arteries, American Heart Association, Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, Kimberly Gannon | 07/2007 - 06/2009 |
| Extramural, Vascular bENaC protein mediates renal blood flow autoregulation, American Heart Association, Post-Doctoral Fellowship to Samira Grifoni, Ph.D. | 07/2007 - 06/2009 |
| Extramural, Vascular Mechanosensor, HL086996, National Institutes of Health | 07/2007 - 06/2012 |
| Extramural, ENaC proteins regulate myogenic constriction, American Heart Association, Southeast Affiliate, Grant in Aid | 07/2006 - 06/2008 |
| Extramural, DEG/ENaC mediate myogenic constriction, American Heart Association, Post-Doctoral Fellowship to Nikki Jernigan, Ph.D. | 07/2005 - 06/2007 |
| Extramural, Role of DEG/ENaC in the renal myogenic response, National Research Service Award, Postdoctoral Fellowship to Nikki Jernigan, Ph.D. | 07/2005 - 06/2008 |
| Extramural, Mechanism of Mechanoreceptor Inhibition by Aldosterone HL071603, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute | 01/2004 - 12/2006 |
| Extramural, Molecular Mechanism of Aldosterone Inhibition of Mechanoreceptor Function, SDG 0235015N, American Heart Association, Scientist Development Grant | 01/2002 - 06/2006 |
Publications
Letter | |
| Drummond H, Response to Role of Epithelial Sodium Channels in the Renal Myogenic Response? Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979), 2010 Feb;55(2):e7 | 2010 |
Comparative Study | |
| Aberdein N, Dambrino RJ, do Carmo JM, Wang Z, Mitchell LE, Drummond HA, Hall JE, Role of PTP1B in POMC neurons during chronic high-fat diet: sex differences in regulation of liver lipids and glucose tolerance. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, 2018 Mar 1;314(3):R478-R488 | 2018 |
| Jernigan NL, Speed J, LaMarca B, Granger JP, Drummond HA, Angiotensin II regulation of renal vascular ENaC proteins. American journal of hypertension, 2009 Jun;22(6):593-7 | 2009 |
| Stout JM, Gousset MU, Drummond HA, Gray W 3rd, Pruett BE, Stec DE, Sex-specific effects of heme oxygenase-2 deficiency on renovascular hypertension. Journal of the American Society of Hypertension : JASH, 2013 Sep-Oct;7(5):328-35 | |
Journal Article | |
| Shi S, Whelan SCM, Szekely KG, Kashlan OB, Drummond H, Kleyman TR, Acid-sensing ion channel 2a assembles with epithelial Na(+) channel β and γ subunits to form mechanosensitive ion channels. The Journal of biological chemistry, 2026 May 14;302(7):113151 | 2026 |
| Hamby M, Barr E, Lirette S, Drummond HA, Loss of βENaC Prevents Hepatic Steatosis but Promotes Abdominal Fat Deposition Associated with a High-Fat Diet. Biology, 2025 Nov 6;14(11) | 2025 |
| Hamby M, Kaur J, Lirette S, do Carmo JM, Speed J, Islam T, Hildebrandt E, Barr E, Challagundala L, Drummond HA, The impact of Asic2 deletion on metabolic homeostasis in mice. Physiological reports, 2025 Sep;13(17):e70514 | 2025 |
| Arthur G, Wasson AR, Straughan RE, Drummond HA, Stec DE, The Role of Renal Medullary Bilirubin and Biliverdin Reductase in Angiotensin II-Dependent Hypertension. American journal of hypertension, 2025 Mar 17;38(4):240-247 | 2025 |
| Hamby M, Stec DE, Hildebrandt E, Stec DF, Drummond HA, Mice lacking ASIC2 and βENaC are protected from high-fat-diet-induced metabolic syndrome. Frontiers in endocrinology, 2024;15:1449344 | 2024 |
| Wasson R, Fleming AB, McLin J, Hildebrandt E, Drummond HA, Bone marrow monocytes and macrophages from mice lacking βENaC and ASIC2 have a reduced chemotactic migration response and polarization. Physiological reports, 2024 Jul;12(14):e16139 | 2024 |
| Nemeth Z, Hildebrandt E, Parsa N, Fleming AB, Wasson R, Pittman K, Bell X, Granger JP, Ryan MJ, Drummond HA, Epithelial sodium channels in macrophage migration and polarization: role of proinflammatory cytokines TNFα and IFNγ. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, 2022 Nov 1;323(5):R763-R775 | 2022 |
| Nemeth Z, Granger JP, Ryan MJ, Drummond HA, Is there a role of proinflammatory cytokines on degenerin-mediated cerebrovascular function in preeclampsia? Physiological reports, 2022 Jul;10(13):e15376 | 2022 |
| Lu Y, Stec DE, Liu R, Ryan M, Drummond HA, βENaC and ASIC2 associate in VSMCs to mediate pressure-induced constriction in the renal afferent arteriole. American journal of physiology. Renal physiology, 2022 May 1;322(5):F498-F511 | 2022 |
| Drummond HA, What Evolutionary Evidence Implies About the Identity of the Mechanoelectrical Couplers in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells. Physiology (Bethesda, Md.), 2021 Sep 1;36(5):292-306 | 2021 |
| Nemeth Z, Ryan MJ, Granger JP, Drummond HA, Expression of Exogenous Epithelial Sodium Channel Beta Subunit in the Mouse Middle Cerebral Artery Increases Pressure-Induced Constriction. American journal of hypertension, 2021 Nov 20;34(11):1227-1235 | 2021 |
| Duncan JW, Nemeth Z, Hildebrandt E, Granger JP, Ryan MJ, Drummond HA, Interleukin-17 induces hypertension but does not impair cerebrovascular function in pregnant rats. Pregnancy hypertension, 2021 Jun;24:50-57 | 2021 |
| Bakrania BA, Spradley FT, Drummond HA, LaMarca B, Ryan MJ, Granger JP, Preeclampsia: Linking Placental Ischemia with Maternal Endothelial and Vascular Dysfunction. Comprehensive Physiology, 2020 Dec 9;11(1):1315-1349 | 2020 |
| Nemeth Z, Hildebrandt E, Ryan MJ, Granger JP, Drummond HA, Pressure-induced constriction of the middle cerebral artery is abolished in TrpC6 knockout mice. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 2020 Jul 1;319(1):H42-H50 | 2020 |
| Duncan JW, Granger JP, Ryan MJ, Drummond HA, Interleukin-17 Reduces βENaC via MAPK Signaling in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells. International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 Apr 22;21(8) | 2020 |
| Duncan JW, Younes ST, Hildebrandt E, Ryan MJ, Granger JP, Drummond HA, Tumor necrosis factor-α impairs cerebral blood flow in pregnant rats: role of vascular β-epithelial Na(+) channel. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 2020 Apr 1;318(4):H1018-H1027 | 2020 |
| Shawky NM, Patil CN, Dalmasso C, Maranon RO, Romero DG, Drummond H, Reckelhoff JF, Pregnancy Protects Hyperandrogenemic Female Rats From Postmenopausal Hypertension. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979), 2020 Sep;76(3):943-952 | 2020 |
| Warrington JP, Fan F, Duncan J, Cunningham MW, LaMarca BB, Dechend R, Wallukat G, Roman RJ, Drummond HA, Granger JP, Ryan MJ, The angiotensin II type I receptor contributes to impaired cerebral blood flow autoregulation caused by placental ischemia in pregnant rats. Biology of sex differences, 2019 Dec 11;10(1):58 | 2019 |
| Drummond HA, Mitchell ZL, Abraham NG, Stec DE, Targeting Heme Oxygenase-1 in Cardiovascular and Kidney Disease. Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2019 Jun 18;8(6) | 2019 |
| do Carmo JM, da Silva AA, Freeman JN, Wang Z, Moak SP, Hankins MW, Drummond HA, Hall JE, Neuronal Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 3: Role in Modulating Chronic Metabolic and Cardiovascular Effects of Leptin. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979), 2018 Jun;71(6):1248-1257 | 2018 |
| Drummond HA, Xiang L, Chade AR, Hester R, Enhanced maximal exercise capacity, vasodilation to electrical muscle contraction, and hind limb vascular density in ASIC1a null mice. Physiological reports, 2017 Aug;5(15) | 2017 |
| Ferrão FM, Cardoso LHD, Drummond HA, Li XC, Zhuo JL, Gomes DS, Lara LS, Vieyra A, Lowe J, Luminal ANG II is internalized as a complex with AT(1)R/AT(2)R heterodimers to target endoplasmic reticulum in LLC-PK(1) cells. American journal of physiology. Renal physiology, 2017 Aug 1;313(2):F440-F449 | 2017 |
| Hinds TD Jr, Burns KA, Hosick PA, McBeth L, Nestor-Kalinoski A, Drummond HA, AlAmodi AA, Hankins MW, Vanden Heuvel JP, Stec DE, Biliverdin Reductase A Attenuates Hepatic Steatosis by Inhibition of Glycogen Synthase Kinase (GSK) 3β Phosphorylation of Serine 73 of Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor (PPAR) α. The Journal of biological chemistry, 2016 Nov 25;291(48):25179-25191 | 2016 |
| Warrington JP, Drummond HA, Granger JP, Ryan MJ, Placental ischemia-induced increases in brain water content and cerebrovascular permeability: role of TNF-α. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, 2015 Dec 1;309(11):R1425-31 | 2015 |
| Drummond HA, Nontubular epithelial Na+ channel proteins in cardiovascular regulation. Physiological reports, 2015 May;3(5) | 2015 |
| Gannon KP, McKey SE, Stec DE, Drummond HA, Altered myogenic vasoconstriction and regulation of whole kidney blood flow in the ASIC2 knockout mouse. American journal of physiology. Renal physiology, 2015 Feb 15;308(4):F339-48 | 2015 |
| El-Khattouti A, Sheehan NT, Monico J, Drummond HA, Haikel Y, Brodell RT, Megahed M, Hassan M, CD133⁺ melanoma subpopulation acquired resistance to caffeic acid phenethyl ester-induced apoptosis is attributed to the elevated expression of ABCB5: significance for melanoma treatment. Cancer letters, 2015 Feb 1;357(1):83-104 | 2015 |
| Drummond HA, Stec DE, βENaC acts as a mechanosensor in renal vascular smooth muscle cells that contributes to renal myogenic blood flow regulation, protection from renal injury and hypertension. Journal of nephrology research, 2015 Jun;1(1):1-9 | 2015 |
| Intapad S, Warrington JP, Spradley FT, Palei AC, Drummond HA, Ryan MJ, Granger JP, Alexander BT, Reduced uterine perfusion pressure induces hypertension in the pregnant mouse. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, 2014 Dec 1;307(11):R1353-7 | 2014 |
| Warrington JP, Fan F, Murphy SR, Roman RJ, Drummond HA, Granger JP, Ryan MJ, Placental ischemia in pregnant rats impairs cerebral blood flow autoregulation and increases blood-brain barrier permeability. Physiological reports, 2014 Aug 1;2(8) | 2014 |
| Warrington JP, Coleman K, Skaggs C, Hosick PA, George EM, Stec DE, Ryan MJ, Granger JP, Drummond HA, Heme oxygenase-1 promotes migration and β-epithelial Na+ channel expression in cytotrophoblasts and ischemic placentas. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, 2014 May;306(9):R641-6 | 2014 |
| Chung WS, Weissman JL, Farley J, Drummond HA, βENaC is required for whole cell mechanically gated currents in renal vascular smooth muscle cells. American journal of physiology. Renal physiology, 2013 Jun 15;304(12):F1428-37 | 2013 |
| Drummond HA βENaC is a molecular component of a VSMC mechanotransducer that contributes to renal blood flow regulation, protection from renal injury, and hypertension Front Physiol. 2012;3:341. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00341. | 2012 |
| Ge Y, Gannon K, Gousset M, Liu R, Murphey B, Drummond HA, Impaired myogenic constriction of the renal afferent arteriole in a mouse model of reduced βENaC expression. American journal of physiology. Renal physiology, 2012 Jun 1;302(11):F1486-93 | 2012 |
| Csongradi E, Juncos LA, Drummond HA, Vera T, Stec DE, Role of carbon monoxide in kidney function: is a little carbon monoxide good for the kidney? Current pharmaceutical biotechnology, 2012 May;13(6):819-26 | 2012 |
| Stec DE, Drummond HA, Gousette MU, Storm MV, Abraham NG, Csongradi E, Expression of heme oxygenase-1 in thick ascending loop of henle attenuates angiotensin II-dependent hypertension. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN, 2012 May;23(5):834-41 | 2012 |
| Drummond HA, βENaC is a molecular component of a VSMC mechanotransducer that contributes to renal blood flow regulation, protection from renal injury, and hypertension. Frontiers in physiology, 2012;3:341 | 2012 |
| Chung WS, Farley JM, Drummond HA ASIC-like currents in freshly isolated cerebral artery smooth muscle cells are inhibited by endogenous oxidase activity. Cell Physiol Biochem. 2011;27(2):129-38. | 2011 |
| Ryan MJ, Gilbert EL, Glover PH, George EM, Masterson CW, McLemore GR Jr, LaMarca B, Granger JP, Drummond HA, Placental ischemia impairs middle cerebral artery myogenic responses in the pregnant rat. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979), 2011 Dec;58(6):1126-31 | 2011 |
| Drummond HA, Grifoni SC, Abu-Zaid A, Gousset M, Chiposi R, Barnard JM, Murphey B, Stec DE, Renal inflammation and elevated blood pressure in a mouse model of reduced {beta}-ENaC. American journal of physiology. Renal physiology, 2011 Aug;301(2):F443-9 | 2011 |
| Chung WS, Farley JM, Drummond HA, ASIC-like currents in freshly isolated cerebral artery smooth muscle cells are inhibited by endogenous oxidase activity. Cellular physiology and biochemistry : international journal of experimental cellular physiology, biochemistry, and pharmacology, 2011;27(2):129-38 | 2011 |
| Grifoni SC, Chiposi R, McKey SE, Ryan MJ, Drummond HA. Altered whole kidney blood flow autoregulation in a mouse model of reduced bENaC Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2010; 298(2):F285-292 | 2010 |
| Venegas-Pont M, Manigrasso MB, Grifoni SC, LaMarca BB, Maric C, Racusen LC, Glover PH, Jones AV, Drummond HA, Ryan MJ, Tumor necrosis factor-alpha antagonist etanercept decreases blood pressure and protects the kidney in a mouse model of systemic lupus erythematosus. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979), 2010 Oct;56(4):643-9 | 2010 |
| Chung WS, Farley JM, Swenson A, Barnard JM, Hamilton G, Chiposi R, Drummond HA, Extracellular acidosis activates ASIC-like channels in freshly isolated cerebral artery smooth muscle cells. American journal of physiology. Cell physiology, 2010 May;298(5):C1198-208 | 2010 |
| Grifoni SC, Chiposi R, McKey SE, Ryan MJ, Drummond HA, Altered whole kidney blood flow autoregulation in a mouse model of reduced beta-ENaC. American journal of physiology. Renal physiology, 2010 Feb;298(2):F285-92 | 2010 |
| Lu Y, Ma X, Sabharwal R, Snitsarev V, Morgan D, Rahmouni K, Drummond HA, Whiteis CA, Costa V, Price M, Benson C, Welsh MJ, Chapleau MW, Abboud FM The ion channel ASIC2 is required for baroreceptor and autonomic control of the circulation Neuron. 2009; 64(6):885-897 | 2009 |
| Young SC, Storm MV, Speed JS, Kelsen S, Tiller CV, Vera T, Drummond HA, Stec DE Inhibition of biliverdin reductase increases ANG II-dependent superoxide levels in cultured renal tubular epithelial cells. Am J Physiol Regul Physiol. 2009; 297(5):R1546-1553 | 2009 |
| VanLandingham LG, Gannon KP, Drummond HA Pressure-induced constriction is inhibited in a mouse model of reduced bENaC Am J Physiol Regul Physiol. 2009 Sept;297(3):R723-728 | 2009 |
| Jernigan NL, Speed J, LaMarca BB, Granger J, HA Drummond Angiotensin II regulation of renal vascular ENaC proteins American Journal of Hypertension. 2009;22(6):593-597 | 2009 |
| Lu Y, Ma X, Sabharwal R, Snitsarev V, Morgan D, Rahmouni K, Drummond HA, Whiteis CA, Costa V, Price M, Benson C, Welsh MJ, Chapleau MW, Abboud FM, The ion channel ASIC2 is required for baroreceptor and autonomic control of the circulation. Neuron, 2009 Dec 24;64(6):885-97 | 2009 |
| Young SC, Storm MV, Speed JS, Kelsen S, Tiller CV, Vera T, Drummond HA, Stec DE, Inhibition of biliverdin reductase increases ANG II-dependent superoxide levels in cultured renal tubular epithelial cells. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, 2009 Nov;297(5):R1546-53 | 2009 |
| VanLandingham LG, Gannon KP, Drummond HA, Pressure-induced constriction is inhibited in a mouse model of reduced betaENaC. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, 2009 Sep;297(3):R723-8 | 2009 |
| Kelsen S, Patel BJ, Parker LB, Vera T, Rimoldi JM, Gadepalli RS, Drummond HA, Stec DE Heme oxygenase attenuates angiotensin II-mediated superoxide production in cultured mouse thick ascending loop of Henle cells. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2008 Oct;295(4):F1158-65, 2008 | 2008 |
| Gifroni SC, Jernigan NL, Hamilton G, HA Drummond. ASIC proteins regulate smooth muscle cell migration. Microvascular Research. 75(2):202-10, 2008. | 2008 |
| Jernigan NL, LaMarca BB, Speed J, Galmiche L, Granger J, HA Drummond Dietary salt enhances benzamil sensitive component of myogenic constriction in mesenteric arteries. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 294(1):H409-20, 2008. | 2008 |
| Grifoni SC, McKey SE, HA Drummond. Hsc70 regulates cell surface ASIC2 expression and vascular smooth muscle cell migration. Am. J. of Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 294(5):H2022-30, 2008 | 2008 |
| Gannon KP, Vanlandingham LG, Jernigan NJ, Grifoni SC, HA Drummond Impaired pressure induced constriction in mouse middle cerebral arteries of ASIC2 knockout mice. Am. J of Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 294(4):H1793-803, 2008. | 2008 |
| Stec DE, Drummond HA, Vera T. Role of Carbon Monoxide in Blood Pressure Regulation. Hypertension. 51(3):597-604, 2008. | 2008 |
| Kelsen S, Patel BJ, Parker LB, Vera T, Rimoldi JM, Gadepalli RS, Drummond HA, Stec DE, Heme oxygenase attenuates angiotensin II-mediated superoxide production in cultured mouse thick ascending loop of Henle cells. American journal of physiology. Renal physiology, 2008 Oct;295(4):F1158-65 | 2008 |
| Drummond HA, Jernigan NL, Grifoni SC, Sensing tension: epithelial sodium channel/acid-sensing ion channel proteins in cardiovascular homeostasis. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979), 2008 May;51(5):1265-71 | 2008 |
| Stec DE, Gannon KP, Beaird JS, HA Drummond 20-Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acid (20-HETE) stimulates migration of vascular smooth muscle cells Cell Physiol Biochem. 2007;19(1-4):121-8. | 2007 |
| Jernigan NL, Drummond HA, Myogenic vasoconstriction in mouse renal interlobar arteries: role of endogenous beta and gammaENaC. American journal of physiology. Renal physiology, 2006 Dec;291(6):F1184-91 | 2006 |
| Grifoni SC, Gannon KP, Stec DE, Drummond HA, ENaC proteins contribute to VSMC migration. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 2006 Dec;291(6):H3076-86 | 2006 |
| Ryan MJ, Jernigan NL, Drummond HA, McLemore GR Jr, Rimoldi JM, Poreddy SR, Gadepalli RS, Stec DE, Renal vascular responses to CORM-A1 in the mouse. Pharmacological research, 2006 Jul;54(1):24-9 | 2006 |
| Drummond HA, Furtado MM, Myers S, Grifoni S, Parker KA, Hoover A, Stec DE, ENaC proteins are required for NGF-induced neurite growth. American journal of physiology. Cell physiology, 2006 Feb;290(2):C404-10 | 2006 |
| Jernigan NL, Drummond HA, Vascular ENaC proteins are required for renal myogenic constriction. American journal of physiology. Renal physiology, 2005 Oct;289(4):F891-901 | 2005 |
| Vera T, Henegar JR, Drummond HA, Rimoldi JM, Stec DE, Protective effect of carbon monoxide-releasing compounds in ischemia-induced acute renal failure. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN, 2005 Apr;16(4):950-8 | 2005 |
| Drummond HA, Gebremedhin D, Harder DR, Degenerin/epithelial Na+ channel proteins: components of a vascular mechanosensor. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979), 2004 Nov;44(5):643-8 | 2004 |
| Sedeek MH, Llinas MT, Drummond H, Fortepiani L, Abram SR, Alexander BT, Reckelhoff JF, Granger JP, Role of reactive oxygen species in endothelin-induced hypertension. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979), 2003 Oct;42(4):806-10 | 2003 |
| Drummond HA, Welsh MJ, Abboud FM, ENaC subunits are molecular components of the arterial baroreceptor complex. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2001 Jun;940:42-7 | 2001 |
| Drummond HA, Abboud FM, Welsh MJ, Localization of beta and gamma subunits of ENaC in sensory nerve endings in the rat foot pad. Brain research, 2000 Nov 24;884(1--2):1-12 | 2000 |
| Price MP, Lewin GR, McIlwrath SL, Cheng C, Xie J, Heppenstall PA, Stucky CL, Mannsfeldt AG, Brennan TJ, Drummond HA, Qiao J, Benson CJ, Tarr DE, Hrstka RF, Yang B, Williamson RA, Welsh MJ, The mammalian sodium channel BNC1 is required for normal touch sensation. Nature, 2000 Oct 26;407(6807):1007-11 | 2000 |
| Fricke B, Lints R, Stewart G, Drummond H, Dodt G, Driscoll M, von Düring M, Epithelial Na+ channels and stomatin are expressed in rat trigeminal mechanosensory neurons. Cell and tissue research, 2000 Mar;299(3):327-34 | 2000 |
| McDonald FJ, Yang B, Hrstka RF, Drummond HA, Tarr DE, McCray PB Jr, Stokes JB, Welsh MJ, Williamson RA, Disruption of the beta subunit of the epithelial Na+ channel in mice: hyperkalemia and neonatal death associated with a pseudohypoaldosteronism phenotype. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 1999 Feb 16;96(4):1727-31 | 1999 |
| Drummond HA, Price MP, Welsh MJ, Abboud FM, A molecular component of the arterial baroreceptor mechanotransducer. Neuron, 1998 Dec;21(6):1435-41 | 1998 |
| Hoffman MD, Clifford PS, Snyder AC, O'Hagan KP, Mittelstadt SW, Roberts MM, Drummond HA, Gaskill SE, Physiological effects of technique and rolling resistance in uphill roller skiing. Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 1998 Feb;30(2):311-7 | 1998 |
| Alonso-Galicia M, Drummond HA, Reddy KK, Falck JR, Roman RJ, Inhibition of 20-HETE production contributes to the vascular responses to nitric oxide. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979), 1997 Jan;29(1 Pt 2):320-5 | 1997 |
| Jiang J, Stec DE, Drummond H, Simon JS, Koike G, Jacob HJ, Roman RJ, Transfer of a salt-resistant renin allele raises blood pressure in Dahl salt-sensitive rats. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979), 1997 Feb;29(2):619-27 | 1997 |
| Drummond HA, Seagard JL, Acute baroreflex resetting: differential control of pressure and nerve activity. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979), 1996 Mar;27(3 Pt 1):442-8 | 1996 |
| Zou AP, Drummond HA, Roman RJ, Role of 20-HETE in elevating loop chloride reabsorption in Dahl SS/Jr rats. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979), 1996 Mar;27(3 Pt 2):631-5 | 1996 |
| Drummond HA, Seagard JL, Lack of effect of 4-aminopyridine on acute resetting of the type I carotid baroreceptor. Neuroscience letters, 1994 May 23;173(1-2):45-9 | 1994 |
| Seagard JL, Hopp FA, Drummond HA, Van Wynsberghe DM, Selective contribution of two types of carotid sinus baroreceptors to the control of blood pressure. Circulation research, 1993 May;72(5):1011-22 | 1993 |
Review Article | |
| Drummond HA and Stec DE bENaC acts as a mechanosensor in renal vascular smooth muscle cells that contributes to renal myogenic blood flow regulation, protection from renal injury and hypertension J Nephrology Research 2015; 1(1):1-9 | 2015 |
| Drummond, HA bENaC is a component of a VSMC mechanotransducer that contributes to renal blood flow regulation, protection from renal injury and hypertension. Frontiers in Physiology. 2012; 3:341 | 2012 |
| Drummond HA, Jernigan NL, Grifoni SC Sensing tension: ENaC/ASIC proteins in cardiovascular homeostasis. Hypertension. 2008 May;51(5):1265-71. | 2008 |
| Drummond HA, Grifoni SC and NL Jernigan. A new trick for an old dogma: ENaC proteins as mechanotransducers in smooth muscle. Physiology. Feb 23: 23 – 31, 2008 | 2008 |
Book Chapter | |
| Drummond HA ENaC Proteins in Vascular Smooth Muscle Mechanotransduction Elsevier, 2007 | 2007 |
| Lohmeier, T.E. and H.A. Drummond The Baroreflex in the Pathogenesis of Hypertension. Elsevier, 2007 | 2007 |
Editorial Commentary | |
| Drummond HA Yes, no, maybe so: ENaC proteins as mediators of renal myogenic constriction. Hypertension. 2009; 54(5):962-963 | 2009 |
| Drummond HA The (F)low down on the endothelial epithelial sodium channel: epithelial sodium channel as a brake on flow-mediated vasodilation Hypertension. 2009; 53(6):903-904 | 2009 |
Comment | |
| Drummond HA, Yes, no, maybe so: ENaC proteins as mediators of renal myogenic constriction. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979), 2009 Nov;54(5):962-3 | 2009 |
| Drummond HA, The (F)low down on the endothelial epithelial sodium channel: epithelial sodium channel as a brake on flow-mediated vasodilation. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979), 2009 Jun;53(6):903-4 | 2009 |
Presentations
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Use of RNAseq data set HypoMap to identify a potential role for Acid Sensing Ion Channel 2 in metabolic homeostasis, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomical Sciences, Jackson, MS | 09/2025 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Update on ongoing projects: a smorgasbord of expected and unexpected findings associated with degenerin channel function.”, Department of Physiology, Jackson, MS | 09/2025 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Role of Asic2 in metabolic homeostasis, Department of Physiology, Jackson, MS | 10/2024 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Acid sensing ion channel 2 (ASIC2) deficiency increases light cycle ambulatory activity in mice, National Idea Symposium of biomedical Research Excellence, Washington, DC | 06/2024 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Role of vascular smooth muscle cell bENaC and ASIC2 in protection against renal injury, Department of Physiology, UMMC Multi-Cobre Meeting, Jackson, MS WebEx | 02/2024 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Epithelial sodium channels in macrophage migration and polarization, Department of Physiology, Jackson, MS | 09/2023 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Proinflammatory cytokine regulation of degenerin channel on macrophage function, Department of Physiology, Jackson, MS | 09/2023 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Degenerin mediated macrophage function in the kidney, Center for Metabolic Disease Research COBRE, Jackson, MS ONLINE | 12/2022 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Renal hemodynamics: role of myogenic autoregulation in susceptibility to renal injury and chronic kidney disease, Kidney Week, American Society of Nephrology, On Demand Lecture | 10/2022 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Is there a role for degenerin proteins in immune function?”, Department of Physiology, Jackson, MS | 09/2021 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Degenerin proteins in vascular function: renal blood flow autoregulation, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT | 10/2020 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, A novel for degenerin proteins in metabolic dysfunction associated with a high fat diet, Department of Physiology, Jackson, MS | 09/2020 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Sex-dependent protection from high fat diet-induced metabolic disease in mice lacking Degenerin proteins, Experimental Biology, Orlando, FL | 04/2019 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, History and Future of Vascular Degenerins, Department of Physiology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA | 03/2019 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Vascular degenerins in renal hemodynamics, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA | 03/2019 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Vascular Degenerins, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand | 09/2018 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Role of Degenerins in vascular function, Queenstown Research Week, Queenstown, NZ | 08/2018 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Role of Degenerin proteins in VSMCs, Department of Physiology, Jackson, MS | 06/2018 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Role of Degenerins in VSMCs, Experimental Biology, San Diego, California | 04/2018 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Different Roles of ENaC in Carotid and Mesenteric Arteries, American Physiological Society, Online Podcast | 2018 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Role of Degenerin proteins in VSMCs, Department of Physiology, Jackson, MS | 06/2017 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Degenerin signaling, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, UMMC, Jackson, MS | 07/2016 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, “bENaC-gENaC-ASIC2 are components of a large signaling complex at the VSMC surface that includes stomatin, integrin and Trp proteins, FASEB Summer Conference on Renal Hemodynamics, Saxtons River, Vermont | 06/2016 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, The vascular mechanosome, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, UMMC, Jackson, MS | 02/2015 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Vascular Degenerins contribute to mechanotransdcution and the control of renal vascular function and hemodynamics, Southern Salt and Water Conference, Sarasota, Florida | 12/2014 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Mechanisms of kidney injury in hypertension. Is there a role for VSMC ENaC in protection against pressure-dependent renal injury?, International Society of Nephrology Nexus Symposium, Brisbane, Australia | 09/2014 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Degenerin proteins, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, UMMC, Jackson, MS | 09/2014 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Degenerin Proteins as Mechanotransducers, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomical Sciences, Jackson, MS | 09/2014 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Degenerin Proteins as Mechanotransducers, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomical Sciences, Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS | 09/2014 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Importance of bENaC as a mechanosensor in renal VSMCs. The final saga, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, UMMC, Jackson, MS | 06/2013 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Role of bENaC as a renal vascular mechanosensor, Experimental Biology 2013, Boston, MA | 04/2013 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Role of bENaC as a mechanotransducer in renal VSMCs, Department of Pharmacology, UMMC, Jackson, MS | 03/2012 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Role of βENaC in renal vascular function, Departments of Cardiology and Anesthesiology, Oregon Health Sciences University | 01/2012 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Role of βENaC in vascular function, American Physiological Society, Asilomar, California | 09/2011 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Degenerin proteins in vascular function, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, UMMC, Jackson, MS | 02/2011 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Role of bENaC in vascular smooth muscle function., British Physiological Society, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom | 12/2010 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Degenerin Proteins in VSMC Function, Department of Cell Biology, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS | 10/2010 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Molecules of mechanosensation in blood vessels, Department of Physiology and Biophysics/University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi | 07/2010 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Molecules of mechanotransduction in blood vessels, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, UMMC, Jackson, MS | 07/2010 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Vascular Degenerin Proteins Mediate Renal Myogenic Constriction, Renal Hemodynamics, FASEB, Saxton's River, Vermont | 06/2010 |
| Poster Presentation, A role for bENaC protein in microvessel formation, Experimental Biology, 2010, Anaheim, California | 04/2010 |
| Poster Presentation, Acid-induced currents in freshly isolated cerebral artery smooth muscle cells are predominately conducted by ASIC1b, Experimental Biology, 2010, Anaheim, California | 04/2010 |
| Poster Presentation, A role for bENaC protein in microvessel formation, Angiogenesis in Health and Disease, Keystone, Colorado | 03/2010 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Degenerin channels in mechanotransduction, Dept of Molecular Physiology and Pharmacology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL | 09/2009 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Molecular components of a vascular mechanosensor and their role in whole kidney blood flow autoregulation, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, UMMC, Jackson, MS | 09/2009 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Paradoxical hypertension in a mouse model of reduced bENaC., Dept of Physiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA | 06/2009 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, ENaC/ASIC Channels in Cardiovascular Mechanosensing, Keystone Scientific Symposia, Taos, New Mexico | 01/2009 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Degenerin channels in mechanotransduction, Pennsylvania State University Medical Center, Hershey, PA | 02/2008 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Epithelial Na+ channels: role in ENaC myogenic control of blood vessels, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Jackson, MS | 02/2008 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Role of ENaC as a mechanosensor, American Society of Nephrology, San Francisco, CA | 11/2007 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Sensing tension between ENaC and ASIC, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Jackson, MS | 07/2007 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, ENaC channels and the myogenic response of the renal vasculature., FASEB Summer Research Conference, Renal Hyemodynamics: Biomolecular Control Mechanisms Integrating Vascular and Tubular Function, Saxtons River, VT | 07/2007 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, ENaC Channels: Not Just for Sodium Transport Anymore, UAB, Department of Physiology, University of Alabama, Birmingham | 02/2007 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Feeling the way through: degenerin proteins in VSMC migration, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Jackson, MS | 05/2006 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, ENaC Expression and Potential Function in Vascular Smooth Muscle, Telluride Research Conference, Epithelial Cell Biology and Physiology, Telluride, Colorado | 07/2005 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Mechanosensosors in smooth muscle and neurons, Department of Pharmacology, UMMC, Jackson, MS | 05/2005 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Degenerin proteins and mechanotransduction in smooth muscle and sensory neurons, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Jackson, MS | 09/2004 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Degenerins in vascular smooth muscle, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, UMMC, Jackson, MS | 07/2004 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, ENaC proteins in vascular smooth muscle cells, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Jackson, MS | 04/2004 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, DEG/ENaC Proteins: Components of a Vascular Mechanosensor, American Heart Association, Council for High Blood Pressure, Washington D.C. | 09/2003 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, DEG/ENaC Proteins: Components of a Vascular Mechanosensor, Gordon Conference on Mechanotransduction, Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut | 07/2003 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Mechanotransduction in smooth muscle, American Society of Hypertension, New York City, New York | 05/2003 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Molecules of mechanosensation, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, UMMC, Jackson, MS | 05/2003 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, A molecular component of the arterial baroreceptor mechanotransducer, Baroreceptor and Cardiopulmonary Receptor Reflexes Conference, American Physiological Society, Iowa City, Iowa | 07/2000 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Scientific Merit Award, National Idea Symposium for Biomedical Research Excellence | 2024 |
| Young Investigator Award, American Society for Hypertension | 2008 |
| Gold Award, Faculty Achievement Award, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 2005 |
| Bronze Award, Faculty Achievement Award, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 2002 |
| Beginning Grant in Aid, American Heart Association, Heartland Affiliate | 2000 |
| Young Investigator Travel Award, International Society of Hypertension | 1998 |
| Caroline Tum Suden/Frances A. Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Award, American Physiological Society | 1998 |
| Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Individual NRSA, National Institutes of Health | 1997 |
| Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Institutional NRSA, National Institutes of Health | 1996 |
| Procter and Gamble Professional Opportunity Award, American Physiological Society | 1994 |
| Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, American Heart Association of Wisconsin | 1993 |
| Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, American Heart Association of Wisconsin | 1992 |
| Charles Soda Scholarship, California State University, Hayward | 1986 |
Professional Membership and Service
| American Physiological Society, Member | 2014 - 2025 |
| American Physiological Society, Member, Women in Physiology, Committee member | 2011 - 2013 |
| American Physiological Society, Member, Women in Physiology, Bodil-Schmidt Neilson Award Selection Committee | 2011 - 2013 |
| American Physiological Society, Member, Governance Task Force Committee Member | 2007 |
| American Physiological Society, Member, Joint Programming Committee | 2006 - 2007 |
| American Physiological Society, Member, Long Range Planning Committee Member | 2006 - 2007 |
| American Heart Association, Committee Member, Council for High Blood Pressure/Membership Committee | 2004 - 2007 |
| American Heart Association High Blood Pressure Council, Member, Organization Member | 2004 - 2010 |
| American Physiological Society, Member, Organization Member | 1995 - Present |
Committee Service
| SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES IN THE HEALTH SCIENCES-GRADUATE COUNCIL, Member | 2025 - Present |
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-MEDICAL STUDENT PROMOTIONS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, Member | 2025 - Present |
| MEDICAL CENTER-MEDICAL STUDENT RESEARCH PROGRAM (MSRP) COMMITTEE, Co-Chair | 2015 - 2026 |
| Graduate Women in Medical Sciences Committee, Member | 2013 - 2015 |
| QEP Assessment Committee for SACS Accreditation, Member | 2011 - 2013 |
| Medical Student Research Program, Member | 2010 - 2014 |
| Program in Neuroscience Curriculum Committee, Member | 2008 - 2008 |
| MEDICAL CENTER-FACULTY DEVELOPMENT, Member | 2005 - 2009 |
Community Service
| Mississippi Phun Week, Demonstrate Gastrointestinal Function, Children's Museum | 11/2015 - 11/2015 |
| Discovery U, Laboratory Observation/Rotations (12 hours, Madison Central High School Students) | 2015 - 12/2015 |
| Discovery U, Lab observation/rotations (12 hours, Madison Central High School Students) | 2014 - 12/2014 |
| Mississippi Phun Week, Demonstrate Respiratory Function Station | 11/2013 - 11/2013 |
Other Service
| National Institutes of Health, Fellowships: ZR1_F10-B(20)L, Vascular and Hematological Systems, Surgical Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, and Bioengineering | 2024 - Present |
| Department of Medicine Research Day, Oral Presentation Judge | 04/2016 - 04/2016 |
| Israel Science Foundation | 2016 - 12/2016 |
| Public Relations Service, Laboratory Tour Guide | 10/2015 - 10/2015 |
| American Physiological Society, Experimental Biology Meeting, Scientific Session Chair on Inflammatory Mediators, Autoregulation and Cardio-renal Function | 04/2015 - 04/2015 |
| Department of Medicine Research Day, Oral Presentation Judge | 03/2015 - 03/2015 |
| American Heart Association, Innovative Research Grants | 2015 - 12/2015 |
| Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle | 12/2014 - Present |
| Department of Medicine Research Day, Oral Presentation Judge | 04/2014 - 04/2014 |
| American Heart Association, Innovative Research Grants | 2014 - 12/2014 |
| Marsden Foundation | 2014 - 12/2014 |
| Institutional Research Project Grants | 2014 - 12/2015 |
| American Physiological Society, Women in Physiology, Tum Suden Award Abstract Scorer | 2013 - 2013 |
| American Physiological Society, Women in Physiology, Tum Suden Award Abstract Scorer | 2012 - 2012 |
| Frontiers in Renal Physiology | 2011 - Present |
| National Institutes of Health, Institute of General Medicine Study Section, Minority Biomedical Research Program | 2011 - 12/2011 |
| American Physiological Society, Women in Physiology, Tum Suden Award Abstract Scorer | 2011 - 2011 |
| University of Otago, New Zealand, PhD Thesis Committee, YongFeng Lu, Interaction between COMMD family proteins and the Epithelial Na+ Channel | 12/2010 - 12/2011 |
| Board Exam - Physiology, Examination Proctor | 03/2010 - 03/2010 |
| Hypertension | 2010 - 12/2012 |
| American Physiological Society, Women in Physiology, Tum Suden Award Abstract Scorer | 2010 - 2010 |
| Wellcome Trust | 12/2009 - 12/2009 |
| SHRP-Graduate Student Research Day, Abstract Scorer | 10/2009 - 10/2009 |
| American Heart Association, Circle of Red Visit, Laboratory Demonstration | 10/2009 - 10/2009 |
| Department of Physiology Faculty Retreat, Organizer | 09/2009 - 09/2009 |
| American Heart Association Tour, Laboratory Demonstration | 09/2009 - 09/2009 |
| American Physiological Society, Experimental Biology Meeting, Scientific Session Chair; Deg/ENaC proteins in cardiovascular function | 04/2009 - 04/2009 |
| Keystone Scientific Symposia on Mechanotransduction in Physiology and Disease, Session Chair: Hypertension and Stretch | 01/2009 - 01/2009 |
| American Society for Nephrology, Scientific Session Co-Chair | 11/2008 - 12/2008 |
| Jackson Cardiovascular-Renal Meeting, Scientific Session Chair, Aldosterone, ENaC and Salt Sensitive Hypertension | 10/2008 - 10/2008 |
| American Heart Association, Council on High Blood Pressure, Abstract Scorer | 07/2008 - 09/2008 |
| Jackson Cardiovascular-Renal Meeting, Abstract Scorer | 2008 - 12/2008 |
| American Physiological Society, Physiological Genomics | 2008 - 12/2008 |
| American Physiological Society, Experimental Biology Meeting, Organized Symposium on Deg/ENaC proteins in cardiovascular function | 2008 - 12/2008 |
| American Heart Association, Council on High Blood Pressure, Abstract Scorer | 07/2007 - 09/2007 |
| Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 2007 - Present |
| European Journal of Pharmacology | 2007 - Present |
| Hypertension | 2007 - Present |
| American Journal of Physiology, Cellular Physiology | 2007 - Present |
| American Journal of Physiology, Integrative Physiology | 2007 - Present |
| American Journal of Physiology, Circulatory Physiology | 2007 - Present |
| National Institutes of Health, NINDS, Study Section: Neurotransporters, Receptors and Calcium Signaling | 2007 - 12/2007 |
| National Institutes of Health, Special Emphasis Panel | 2007 - 12/2007 |
| National Institutes of Health, NINDS | 2007 - 12/2007 |
| National Institutes of Health, NIDDK | 2007 - 2007 |
| Neuroscience Curriculum Committee, Member | 2007 - 2008 |
| American Heart Association, Council on High Blood Pressure, Abstract Scorer | 07/2006 - 09/2006 |
| Canadian Research Council | 2006 - 12/2006 |
| American Journal of Physiology, Renal Physiology | 2005 - Present |
| American Journal of Physiology, Renal Physiology | 2005 - Present |
| Experimental Biology, Featured Topic, Selected featured speaker, scored abstracts, organized session on Epithelial Ion Channels | 2005 - 12/2005 |
| Department of Physiology and Biophysics Seminar Director | 07/2004 - 06/2006 |
| American Heart Association, Southeastern/Ohio Valley, Peer Review Committee | 2004 - 12/2004 |
| Council for High Blood Pressure, Session Co-Chair, Scientific Session Co-Chair, Neural Mechanisms of Hypertension | 09/2003 - 09/2003 |
| Gender Medicine | |
| Journal of Visualized Experiments | |
| Biomedical Research International | |
| PLOSone | |
| Physiologist | |
| Physiological Reports | |
| Neuroscience | |
| Nature Medicine | |
| Molecular Brain Research | |
| Journal of Biological Chemistry | |
| Journal of Neurophysiology | |
| Journal of Diabetes | |
| Journal of Applied Physiology | |
| Faseb Journal | |
| European Journal of Physiology, Pflugers Archives | |
| European Journal of Pharmacology | |
| Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology | |
| Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology |
Teaching Experience
| SOM 621, Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, The Respiratory System | Spring 2026 |
| PHYS 625/725, Dentistry, Course, Course Presenter, Dental Physiology | Fall 2016 |
| ID710, Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Physiological Applications of Molecular Biology | Spring 2016 |
| CONJ630/663, Medicine, Course, Course Director, Medical Scientist Research Program Lab Rotation | Annual 2016 |
| ID710, Graduate, Course, Course Director, Physiological Applications of Molecular Biology | Spring 2016 |
| PHYS 731, Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Advanced Renal and Body Fluid Physiology | Spring 2016 |
| PHYS 717, Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Advanced Circulatory Physiology | Spring 2016 |
| PHYS 625/675, Dentistry, Course, Course Presenter, Dental Physiology | Fall 2015 |
| PHYS 625/725, Dentistry, Course, Course Presenter, Dental Physiology | Fall 2014 |
| 714, Graduate, Course, Lecturer, Professional Skills for Graduate Students and Post-doctoral Fellows | Spring 2013 |
| 710, Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Research Tools in Molecular Biology | Spring 2013 |
| 710, Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Research Tools in Molecular Biology | Spring 2013 |
| PHYS 625/725, Dentistry, Course, Course Presenter, Dental Physiology | Fall 2013 |
| ID 714, Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Professional Skills for Graduate Students and Post-Doctoral Fellows | Spring 2013 |
| PHYS 625/725, Dentistry, Course, Course Presenter, Dental Physiology | Fall 2012 |
| ID 727, Graduate, Course, Lecturer, Current Issues in Biomedical Research | Spring 2012 |
| 714, Graduate, Course, Lecturer, Professional Skills for Graduate Students and Post-doctoral Fellows | Spring 2012 |
| BIOCH 724, Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Research Tools in Molecular Biology | Spring 2012 |
| ID 714, Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Professional Skills for Graduate Students and Post-Doctoral Fellows | Spring 2012 |
| NSCI 703, Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Neurophysiology | Fall 2011 |
| 725, Dentistry, Course, Course Presenter, Dental Physiology | Fall 2011 |
| ID 714, Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Professional Skills for Graduate Students and Post-Doctoral Fellows | Spring 2011 |
| NSCI 703, Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Neurophysiology | Fall 2010 |
| PHYS 625/725, Dentistry, Course, Course Presenter, Dental Physiology | Fall 2010 |
| ID 714, Graduate, Lecture, Guest Presenter, Professional Skills for Graduate Students and Post-Doctoral Fellows | Spring 2010 |
| 625, Dentistry, Course, Course Presenter, Dental Physiology | Fall 2009 |
| 703, Graduate, Lecture, Course Presenter, Neurophysiology | Fall 2009 |
| NSCI 703, Graduate, Lecture, Guest Presenter, Neurophysiology | Spring 2009 |
| ID 714, Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Professional Skills for Graduate Students and Post-Doctoral Fellows | Spring 2009 |
| PHYS 625/725, Dentistry, Course, Course Presenter, Dental Physiology | Fall 2008 |
| Graduate, Small Group, Facilitator, Program in Neuroscience Journal Club | Annual 2008 |
| PHYS 625/725, Dentistry, Course, Course Presenter, Dental Physiology | Fall 2007 |
| PHYS 625/725, Dentistry, Course, Course Presenter, Dental Physiology | Fall 2006 |
| PHYS 625, Dentistry, Course, Course Presenter, Dental Physiology | Fall 2005 |
| PHYS 708, Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Ethics, Communication and Survival Skills | Spring 2005 |
| PHYS 704, Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Molecular Physiology | Spring 2004 |
| Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Learning Seminars | Annual 2004 |
Directed Student Learning
| Dissertation Committee Chair, The Roles of Beta Epithelial Sodium Channel and Acid-Sensing Ion Channel 2 in Protection Against Diet-Induced Obesity Advised: Madison Hamby | 2024 - 2025 |
| Dissertation Committee Chair, Role of smooth muscle beta epithelial sodium channel in protection from vascular renal injury Advised: Tawhida Islam | 2024 - Present |
| Supervised Research, First Year Graduate Student Rotation Advised: Adrian Eddy, Erika Guise | 2015 - 2015 |
| PhD Qualifying Preliminary Exam Committee and/or Preparation Advised: Ashley Newsom, Gwen Davis, Victoria Wolf | 2015 - 2016 |
| Pre-Clinical Advisor, Pre-Clinical Advisor to First Year Medical Students Advised: George Puneky, Naishal Patel, Matt McGuire | 2015 - 2016 |
| Pre-Clinical Advisor, Pre-Clinical Advisor to Second Year Medical Students Advised: Ashton Walters, Cathy Chen, Natalie Ethridge | 2015 - 2016 |
| Directed Individual/Independent Study, Undergraduate Student Summer Research Advised: Douglas McLaurin | 2015 - 2015 |
| Supervised Research, First Year Graduate Student Rotation Advised: Victoria Wolf | 2014 - 2014 |
| Pre-Clinical Advisor, Pre-Clinical Advisor to First Year Medical Students Advised: Ashton Walters, Cathy Chen, Natalie Ethridge | 2014 - 2015 |
| Pre-Clinical Advisor for Second Year Medical Students, Pre-Clinical Advisor to Second Year Medical Students Advised: Mary-Katherine Kerce, Bailey Hansen, Talyr Hall | 2014 - 2015 |
| Directed Individual/Independent Study, Undergraduate Student Summer Research Advised: Skyler Gordon | 2014 - 2014 |
| Directed Individual/Independent Study, Medical Student Summer Research Advised: Paris Raja | 2014 - 2014 |
| PhD Qualifying Preliminary Exam Committee Advised: John Henry Dassinger, Chunyu Chen | 2013 - 2014 |
| Directed Individual/Independent Study, Undergraduate Student Summer Research Advised: Kayla Coleman, Courtney Skaggs | 2013 - 2013 |
| Directed Individual/Independent Study, Medical Student Summer Research Advised: Ahmed Abu-Zaid, Asma Al-Najjar | 2013 - 2013 |
| Directed Individual/Independent Study, Medical Student Summer Research Advised: Ahmed Abu-Zaid | 2012 - 2012 |
| Supervised Research, First Year Graduate Student Rotation Advised: Joy Estes | 2011 - 2011 |
| Directed Individual/Independent Study, Undergraduate Student Summer Research Advised: Mohammad Dhaklallah | 2011 - 2011 |
| Directed Individual/Independent Study, Medical Student Summer Research Advised: Ahmed Abu-Zaid | 2011 - 2011 |
| Directed Individual/Independent Study, Medical Scholars Research Program Advised: Olusola Isikalu | 2010 - 2010 |
| Directed Individual/Independent Study, Undergraduate Student Summer Research Program Advised: Summer Bailey | 2010 - 2010 |
| Supervised Research, First Year Graduate Student Rotation Advised: John Clemmer | 2009 - 2009 |
| Supervised Research, First Year Graduate Student Rotation Advised: Jeremy Freeman | 2009 - 2009 |
| Dissertation Committee Member, Interaction between COMMD family proteins and the epithelial sodium channel Advised: Yong Feng Lu | 2009 - 2011 |
| Directed Individual/Independent Study, Undergraduate Student Summer Research Advised: Gina Hamilton | 2009 - 2009 |
| Directed Individual/Independent Study, Medical Student Summer Research Advised: Matthew Burford | 2009 - 2009 |
| Directed Individual/Independent Study, Undergraduate Student Summer Research Advised: Gina Hamilton, Giana Egiwke | 2008 - 2009 |
| Directed Individual/Independent Study, Undergraduate Student Summer Research Advised: Nancy Salloum, Toni Peters | 2007 - 2007 |
| Dissertation Committee Chair, Role of ASIC2 Protein in Cerebral Myogenic Constriction Advised: Kimberly Gannon | 2007 - 2010 |
| Directed Individual/Independent Study, Summer Research Advised: Ryan Hughes, Alyssa Swenson | 2007 - 2010 |
| Supervised Research, First Year Graduate Student Rotation Advised: Evelyn Ajelabi | 2005 - 2005 |
| Directed Individual/Independent Study, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Base-Pair Program Advised: Gina Hamilton | 2004 - 2007 |
| Directed Individual/Independent Study, Summer Undergraduate Research Advised: Toni Peters, Chaz Seyfarth, Samuel Meyers | 2004 - 2004 |
| Directed Individual/Independent Study, Medical Student Summer Research Program Advised: Michael Hall | 2004 - 2004 |
| Directed Individual/Independent Study, Undergraduate Student Summer Research Advised: Hinda Ahmed | 2003 - 2003 |
| Dissertation Defense Committee Member, Advised: Massodi Iqbal |
Fellows supervised
| Physiology and Biophysics, Research Advisor, 0 fellows supervised | 08/2015 - 06/2016 |
| Physiology and Biophysics, Research Advisor, 0 fellows supervised | 08/2015 - 05/2018 |
| Physiology and Biophysics, Research Advisor, 0 fellows supervised | 08/2013 - 06/2015 |
| Physiology and Biophysics, Research Advisor, 0 fellows supervised | 08/2009 - 02/2012 |
| Physiology and Biophysics, Research Advisor, 0 fellows supervised | 08/2005 - 05/2010 |
| Physiology and Biophysics, Research Advisor, 0 fellows supervised | 08/2004 - 05/2006 |
| Physiology and Biophysics, Research Advisor, 0 fellows supervised | 08/2004 - 05/2005 |