UMMC Oct.-Dec. grants, awards exceed $25 million

The University of Mississippi Medical Center garnered 78 new, continuing, transferred and revised grants and awards from October-December 2020, totaling $25,545,130.68.

The following personnel received the largest new and competitive renewal awards during the quarter. Dollar values are shown as annual figures for the first year of funding, unless otherwise indicated.

Dr. Jonathan Wilson, chief administrative officer, received $11 million from the U.S. Department of Treasury and Mississippi State Department of Health for the COVID-19 CARES Act Fund.

Dr. Caroline Compretta, assistant professor of preventive medicine, received a $988,182 subcontract from the National Institutes of Health and RTI International for the “Community-Engagement Research Alliance Against COVID-19 in Disproportionately Affected Communities (CEAL).”

Dr. Scott Benton, professor of pediatrics, received a $910,725 subcontract from the Department of Justice and MSDH for a “Victims of Crime Act” project.

Dodie McElmurray, CEO of UMMC Grenada and UMMC Holmes County, received $885,170 from the Department of Transportation and MSDH for the COVID-19 CARES Act Fund.

Dr. Thomas Mosley, director of The MIND Center, received a $689,425 subcontract from NIH and Columbia University for the “Collaborative Cohort of Cohorts for COVID-19 Research (C4R).”

Dr. Abhay Bhatt, professor of pediatrics, received $630,435 for an industry-sponsored research agreement.

Dr. Jason Parham, associate professor of medicine and director of the Division of Infectious Diseases, received a $600,000 subcontract from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the University of New Mexico for “The National Nursing Home COVID Action Network.”

Dr. Christa Ohana Nobleza, associate professor of neurology, received $444,404 for an industry-sponsored research agreement.

Dr. Charlotte Hobbs, professor of pediatrics, received a $412,500 grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for “Surveillance, Prevention and Education Efforts for Soil-transmitted Helminth Hookworm Necator Americanus Infection in Children from High-risk Counties in Mississippi.”

Dr. Richard Summers, associate vice chancellor for research, received a $300,000 grant from the Health Services and Research Administration for the “Telehealth Network Grant Program” and a $94,574 grant from the Manning Family Fund for the “Veggie Rx Project Pilot.”

Dr. Gailen Marshall, R. Faser Triplett Chair of Allergy and Immunology, received $338,660 for an industry-sponsored research agreement.

Dr. Sarah Glover, professor of medicine, received $373,355 for an industry-sponsored research agreement.

Dr. Clark Henegan, assistant professor of medicine, received a combined $330,228 for two industry-sponsored research agreements.

Dr. John Smith, associate dean for admissions in the School of Dentistry, received a $320,000 grant from the Robert Hearin Support Foundation for the “UMMC School of Dentistry Best and Brightest Students.”

Dr. Damon Darsey, professor of emergency medicine, received a $250,000 grant from the Delta Regional Authority for the “Emergency Response Station North.”

Dr. Deborah Konkle-Parker, professor of medicine, received a $229,970 subcontract from NIH and the University of Alabama-Birmingham for “Women’s HIV Cohort Study: HIV Infection and Treatment among Women of Reproductive Age.”

Dr. Patrick Bergin, associate professor of orthopaedic surgery, received a 166,501 grant from McMaster University for “A PREPARE: A Pragmatic Randomized Trial Evaluating Pre-operative Alcohol Skin Solutions in Fractured Extremities” and $52,400 for an industry-sponsored research agreement.

Dr. Craig Long, associate professor of medicine, received a combined $186,658 for two industry-sponsored research agreements.

Dr. William Hillegass, associate professor of data science, received a $185,607 subcontract from NIH and West Virginia University for the “West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute.”

Dr. Molobaji Famuyide, professor of pediatrics, received $160,742 for an industry-sponsored research agreement.

Dr. Celso Gomez-Sanchez, professor of pharmacology and toxicology, received $127,610 from the Department of Veterans Affairs in personnel agreement funds.

Dr. John Clemmer, instructor in physiology and biophysics, received $103,817 from NIH for “Improving Hypertension Treatment in African Americans Using Computational Modeling and Predictive Analytics.”

Dr. Craig Stockmeier, professor of psychiatry and human behavior, received a $100,000 grant from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention for “Epigenetic Risk Factors for Suicide in Comorbid Depression and Alcoholism.”

Dr. Anderson Collier, professor of pediatrics, received $99,859 for an industry-sponsored research agreement.

Dr. Abigail Gamble, assistant professor of preventive medicine, received a $92,950 grant from NIH for “Telehealth Diabetes Prevention Intervention for the Next Generation of African American Youth (TELE-GEN) Pilot Study.”

Dr. Jaimin Patel, associate professor of pediatrics, received a $92,500 subcontract from NIH and the Children’s Research Institute for “Intermittent Hypoxia and Caffeine in Infants Born Preterm.”

Dr. Riddhiben Patel, associate professor of pediatrics, received $74,954 for an industry-sponsored research agreement.

Dr. Charlene Collier, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, received a $66,988 grant from HRSA for the Mississippi Perinatal Quality Collaborative.

Jeanne Ishimwe, Ph.D. student in experimental therapeutics and pharmacology, received a $62,032 grant from the American Heart Association for “The Role of Toll-like Receptor 4 in the Development of Preeclampsia.”

Dr. Leandro Mena, chair of population health science, received a $50,575 subcontract from NIH and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center for “COVID-19 Prevention Network (CoVPN) Site Preparedness Funding.”