Honors, Awards, and Recognitions

Dr. Joey Granger, dean of the School of Graduate Studies in the Health Sciences and professor of Physiology and Biophysics, received 202,004 from the NIH and University of Chicago for the project, "Luteolin as a therapeutic for hypertension in pregnancy." Read more.

Dr. Granger also received a five-year, $20 million competitive renewal from the National Institutes of Health for the "Mississippi Center for Clinical and Translational Research." Read more.

Dr. Alan Mouton, Instructor
Received $77,000 from the AHA for the project, "Role of macrophage metabolism in cardiac remodeling during metabolic syndrome." Read more.

Dr. Ana Omoto, Postdoctoral Fellow
Received $66,926 from the American Heart Association for the project, "Cardiac protection by CNS leptin administration after ischemia/reperfusion."