UH-COP Research Collaborations
Texas Medical Center Collaborations
University of Texas Health Science Center
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6.
PI
Ming Hu
Samina Salim
Kevin Garey
Ke-He Ruan
Ke-He Ruan
Diana Chow
7. Rajender Aparasu
Collaborator(s)
Pramod Dash
Raymond J. Grill
Herbert DuPont
Ron Wang
Yong-Jian Geng
James Shuo-Hsiu
Chang
Sushovan Guha
Project
Reducing Memory Dysfunction Following Brain Injury
Technical expertise in brain imaging
State-wide Assessment of Environmental C. difficile Colonization
The relationship of inflammation and Prostate cancer
Human Stem Cells
Mechanisms of neuromusculoskeletal plasticity in humans
Non-Evidence Based Proton Pump Inhibitor Use Among Elderly
Nursing Home Residents
The Methodist Hospital
PI
8. Diana Chow
Collaborator(s)
Vadim Sherman
9. Diana Chow
Robert Grossman
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Vincent Tam
Vincent Tam
Michael Johnson
Michael Johnson
Luan Troung
Valerie Belden
Joshua Swan
Barbara Bass
Project
Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) Study of Metformin
and Rosuvastatin with Gastric Bypass Surgery
A Multi-Center, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blinded,
Trial of Efficacy and Safety of Riluzole in Acute Spinal Cord Injury
Nephrotoxicity of polymyxin B
Pharmacokinetics of cefepime in patients undergoing CRRT
Risk of Acute Kidney Injury in Patients undergoing Elective Surgery
Center for Outcomes Research
University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB)
PI
14. Bradley McConnell
Collaborator(s)
Kenichi Fujise
15. Bradley McConnell
Celeste Finnerty
16. Ke-He Ruan
Ken Fujise
Project
Role of Anti-Apoptotic Protein Fortilin in Cardiac Contractility and
Signaling
Effects of Chronic Catecholamine Exposure on Post-Burn Wound
Healing and Scarring
Fortilin-p53 interaction
Texas Heart Institute
PI
17. Ke-He Ruan
Collaborator(s)
Richard Dixon and
James Willerson
Project
Prostacyclin-Secreting Cells as Therapy for Pulmonary Artery
Hypertension
Texas Children’s Hospital
PI
18. Jason Eriksen
19. Diana Chow
Collaborator(s)
Ananth Annapragada
Daniella Rios
20. Diana Chow
Carmela Gironella
Project
Imaging Technologies for Alzheimer's Disease
Dopamine Versus Vasopressin for Cadiovascular Support in Low
Birth Weight Infants: A Randomized, Blinded Pilot Study
Clinical Pharmacology of Mycophenolate Mofetil and Its Relations
to Therapeutic Responses in Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus
Erythematosus
Baylor College of Medicine
PI
21. Kevin Garey
Collaborator(s)
Todd Lasco
22. Joy Alonzo
Carl Tapia
23. Joy Alonzo
Thomas Kosten
24. Rustin Crutchley
Christina Nance
25. Joydip Das
26. Marc Fleming
B.V.V. Prasad
George Taffet
27. Catherine Hatfield
28. Claire Mach
LaChauncy Woodard
Matthew Anderson
29. Claire Mach
30. Claire Mach
Matthew Anderson
Matthew Anderson
31. Claire Mach
Matthew Anderson
32. Bradley McConnell
Corey Reynolds
33. Ke-He Ruan
34. Sujit Sansgiry
Jie Cheng
Shubhada Sansgiry
35. Meghana Trivedi
Rachel Schiff
Project
Accelerate ID/AST System vs. Conventional Methods for
Identification and Susceptibility of Gram-positive Bacteria
A Social Network Theory Guided Intervention to Improve Guideline
Concordant Physician Prescribing Behavior
Novel Contingency Management in Prescription Drug Abuse in
Adolescents: Use of Virtual Reality Phone App
Phase 1 Study to Evaluate Safety and Toxicity of EGCG in HIV-1
Infected Subjects
Role of Munc 13-1 as am effector of ethanol action
Impact of Hydrocodone Rescheduling on Geriatric Patients
Undergoing Transition of Care
Center of Excellence in Primary Care Education
Assessing a Novel Synthetic Lethal Phenotype Sensitizing Ovarian
Cancer to Chemotherapy Project
Viral microRNAs in Ovarian Cancer Project
Evaluation of mannitol and furosemide use in cervical cancer
patients receiving cisplatin (retrospective)
Development of a nanoparticle based delivery system for small
RNA therapies
Gravin Scaffold Protein Regulation of Cardiac Hypertrophy and
Function
Structure and function of VIP receptor
Development and validation of a prognostic tool to identify
diabetes patients at high risk for non-adherence to medications
1. Circulating tumor cell-based model to test efficacy of novel anticancer
drugs
in
breast
cancer
2. Novel G protein-coupled receptor discovery in breast cancer
36. Meghana Trivedi
Mothaffar Rimawi
3. Understanding mechanism of drug resistance in breast cancer
1. Circulating tumor cell-based model to test efficacy of novel anticancer
drugs
in
breast
cancer
2. Novel G protein-coupled receptor discovery in breast cancer
3. Clinical/translational research in breast cancer
37. Meghana Trivedi
38. Matthew Wanat
Polly Niravath
Kaushal Patel
39. Joy Alonzo
40. Vincent Tam
Rich De La Garza,
Thomas Kosten and
Carl Tapia
Lynn Zechiedrich
41. Michael Johnson
Joseph Coselli
42. Michael Johnson
Scott Lemaire
43. Michael Johnson
Mark Kunik
44. Romi Ghose
45. Amelia Sofjan
46. Julianna Fernandez
B. Moorthy
Raymond Yau and
Todd Lasco
George Taffet
47. Julianna Fernandez
George Taffet
48. Hua Chen
Carl Tapia
Clinical research in breast cancer
Risk of Thrombosis and Bleeding in Patients on Warfarin or TSOACs
and Concurrent Anti-Arrhythmic Medications
Novel Contingency Management in Prescription Drug Abuse in
Adolescents: Use of Virtual Reality Phone App
Molecular and Temporal Characterization of fluoroquinolone
resistance mechanisms in E. Coli under a selective pressure
Aortic root aneurysm surgery and Marfan Syndrome: preserve or
replace the valve?
Aortic root aneurysm surgery and Marfan Syndrome: preserve or
replace the valve?
Antihypertensive agents and risk of dementia in patients with
diabetes
Regulation of Cytochrome P450 enzymes
Changing Epidemiology in Cirrhotic Patients with Spontaneous
Bacterial Peritonitis
Impact of Hydrocodone Rescheduling on Geriatric Patients
Undergoing Transition of Care
Caregiver type and knowledge of medication management for
geriatric patients: a prospective study
Texas Medicaid managed care quality improvement project for
improving prescribing for children with mental disorders
Johns Hopkins University
PI
49. Bradley McConnell
50. Bradley McConnell
Collaborator(s)
Genaro RamirezCorrea
Weidong Gao
51. Vincent Tam
Lynn Zechiedrich
Project
Scaffolding Protein Interaction Network Regulates Cardiac Cell
Signaling
Force Development and Intracellular Ca2+ in Intact Cardiac
Muscles
Molecular and Temporal Characterization of fluoroquinolone
resistance mechanisms in E. Coli under a selective pressure
MD Anderson Cancer Center
PI
52. Rajender Aparasu
Collaborator(s)
53. Marc Fleming
Holly Holmes
Knox Todd, Larry
Driver and Todd
Pickard
54. Michael Johnson
55. Michael Johnson
56. Michael Johnson
Holly Holmes
Holly Holmes
Maria Suarez-Almazor
Project
Comparative Effectiveness Of Second Generation Antidepressants
On Cognition And Dementia In The Elderly
Texas Prescribers’ Attitudes and Predicted Pain Management Based
on Rescheduling Hydrocodone Combination Products
Association of Physician Payments from Pharma and Prescription of
Drugs of Uncertain Medical Benefit in Medicare Part D
Costs of Oral Chemotherapy drugs in Medicare Part D
Comparative Effectiveness Research Training and Instruction (R25)
and Sharon H.
Giordano
57. Santhi Masilamani
Lorna McNeill
58. Randall Prince
Kenneth Tolston
59. Randall Prince
60. Maria Tejada-Simon
61. Meghana Trivedi
62. Anne Tucker
Kenneth Tolston
Kun-Sang Chang
David Hong
Joseph Nates and
Sharla Tajchman
63. Elizabeth Coyle
K. Rolston
- Observational Research Module, Longitudinal Data Analysis
Physician-Pharmacist Model for Increasing Physical Activity in
Safety Net Clinics
In-Vitro Activity of Ceftaroline and Comparative Agents against
Bacterial Pathogens Isolated from Patients with Cancer
In-Vitro Activity of Ceftaroline and Comparative Agents against
Bacterial Pathogens Isolated from Patients with Cancer
Learning and memory in PML knockout mice
Clinical/translational research in oncology
Oncological Critical Care Outcomes Research Project
1. Telavancin versus Gram Positive Isolates from a Comprehensive
Cancer
2. Dalbavancin versus Gram Positive Isolates from a Comprehensive
Cancer Center
University of Houston Collaborations
PI
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69.
70.
71.
72.
Kevin Garey
Maria Bondesson
Maria Bondesson
Maria Bondesson
Joydip Das
Joydip Das
Jason Eriksen
Jason Eriksen
Jason Eriksen
Collaborator(s)
Long Chan
Ioannis Kakadiaris
Fatima Merchant
Chandra Mohan
Gregg Roman
Leigh Leasure
David Mayerich
Badri Roysam
Steve Bark
73. Marc Fleming
Kathleen Reeve
74. Kevin Garey
Ioannis Kakadiaris
75. Michael Johnson
Ioannis Kakadiaris
76. Bradley McConnell
Robert Schwartz
77. Bradley McConnell
78. Bradley McConnell
79. Bradley McConnell
Yu Liu
David Stewart
Li Chen
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85.
Bradley McConnell
Maria Tejada-Simon
Maria Tejada-Simon
Maria Tejada-Simon
Samina Salim
Samina Salim
Ravi Birla
Thomas Lowder
Gregg Roman
Leigh Leasure
Peter Norton
Tahir Hussain
Project
Immunomodulatory activity of SMT19969, a novel agent for
Clostridium difficile
Development of segmentation and atlas methods for zebrafish
Analysis of vasculogenesis in zebrafish
Immunotoxicology in zebrafish
Role of Munc 13-1 as am effector of ethanol action
Role of Munc 13-1 as am effector of ethanol action
Tissue Modeling in Mouse Models of Neurodegeneration
Blood vessel pathology in neurodegenerative disorders
Mechanisms of Antigen Retrieval
Texas Prescribers’ Attitudes and Predicted Pain Management Based
on Rescheduling Hydrocodone Combination Products
Immunomodulatory activity of SMT19969, a novel agent for
Clostridium difficile
Developing a risk index for prediction of C Difficile in hospitalized
patients
Generation of Mesendoderm Stem Cell Progenitors in the ISS National Laboratory
Mesp1 Marked Cardiac Progenitor Cells Repair Infarcted Mouse
Hearts
Cardiomyopathy in the Absence of Histone Chaperone HIRA
Mesp1 Regulation of Pancreatic Regeneration
Bioengineering Three Dimensional Heart Muscle using Adult
Cardiomyocytes
Immune system in Fragile X syndrome
Biology of Behavior Institute Scholars
Biology of Behavior Institute Scholars
Understanding anxiety disorders : a translational approach
Anglotensin signaling in anxiety disorders
86. Vincent Tam
Michael Nickolaou
87. Douglas Eikenburg
Jokubas Ziburkus
88. Julianna Fernandez
Marc Fleming
Modeling of combination antimicrobial therapy
Effects of inescapable stress on neuronal network activity in locus
coeruleus
Impact of Hydrocodone Rescheduling on Geriatric Patients Undergoing
Transition of Care
Other Domestic Institutions
PI
89. Diana Chow
90. Susan Abughosh
91. Susan Abughosh
92. Rajender
Aparasu
Collaborator(s)
Jamie Renbarger
Omar Serna and
Tara Esse
Marcia
McDonnell
Holstad
Ryan Carnahan
93. Kim Birtcher
Ali Mortazavi
Richard Finnell
and Robert
94. Maria Bondesson Cabrera
Thomas Knudsen,
Tamara Tal and
Nicole
95. Maria Bondesson Kleinstreuer
96. Rustin Crutchley
97. Rustin Crutchley
98. Greg Cuny
99. Greg Cuny
Institution
Indiana University
School of Medicine
Cigna-Health Spring
Kelsey-Seybold Clinic
A Motivational Interviewing Pharmacy Student
Intervention to Improve Medication Adherence
Anticholinergics and Cognitive Decline in the Elderly
with Depression
Compliance With National Guidelines In Patients at
Very High-Risk for Future Cardiovascular and/or
Stroke Event
University of Texas at
Austin
Identification of vascular and neuronal disruptors
Emory University
University of Iowa
Joseph Gathe
Environmental
Protection Agency
Therapeutic
Concepts
Joseph Gather
Liz Hedstrom
Liz Hedstrom
Therapeutic
Concepts
Brandeis University
Brandeis University
100.
Greg Cuny
Alexei Degterev
Tufts University
101.
Greg Cuny
Alexei Degterev
102.
Greg Cuny
Paul Yu
Tufts University
Brigham and
Women's Hospital
103.
Greg Cuny
Guan Zhu
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105.
Greg Cuny
Joydip Das
Amin Arnaout
Peter M.
Project
Clinical Pharmacology of Mycophenolate Mofetil in
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT)
Patients as a Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD)
prophylaxis
A Motivational Interviewing Pharmacy Student
Intervention to Improve Medication Adherence
Texas A&M
University
Massachusetts
General Hospital
NCI/NIH
Toxicity testing of potential vascular disruptors
Real-world use of crofelemer in HIV patients on
HAART with treatment failure to other anti-diarrheals
Assessing the effects of lopinavir/ritonavir
monotherapy on changes in serum 25-hydroxyvitamin
D levels in treatment-naïve HIV-infected patients over
48 weeks
IMPDH-targeted antibiotics for select agents
Optimizing IMPDH inhibitors for select agents
New approaches to development of selective type 2
inhibitors of RIP kinase family
Coupling binding affinity and reactivity in covalent
kinase inhibitors
Probes to elucidate the role of BMP signaling in
vasculature calcification
Developing therapeutics against Giardia and other
anaerobic protozoa by targeting parasite fatty acylCoA synthetase (ACS)
Integrins and kidney disease
Structure and Function of PKC thata
Blumberg
106.
Jason Eriksen
Iris Lindberg
University of
Maryland
107.
James Essien
Marcia Holstad
Emory University
108. Marc
Fleming
109. Mustafa
Lokhandwala
110. Bradley
McConnell
111. Bradley
McConnell
112. Bradley
McConnell
113.
Sujit Sansgiry
114.
Sujit Sansgiry
115.
Anne Tucker
116.
Anne Tucker
Jamie Barner
Nosratola Vaziri
Celeste Finnerty
Kenichi Fujise
Jonathan and
Christine
Seidman
Omar Serna and
Nelson
Fernandez
Omar Serna and
Nelson
Fernandez
Renee Walker
Renee Walker
and Lauren
Probsfield
117. Gomika
Udugamasooriya
Rolf Brekken
118. Gomika
Udugamasooriya
Mark
Henkemeyer
119.
Yang Zhang
Pin-Lan Li
120.
Ming Hu
Xiaoqiang Wang
121.
Samina Salim
122.
Richard Bond
Kendal Blumer
Julia Walker and
Robert Lefkowitz
123.
Richard Bond
124.
Brian Knoll
Ray Penn
Julia Walker and
Robert Lefkowitz
125.
Brian Knoll
Ray Penn
University of Texas at
Austin
University of
California
University of Texas
Medical Branch
University of Texas
Medical Branch
Harvard Medical
School
Cigna Health Springs
Cigna Health Springs
Michael E. DeBakey
VA Medical Center
Bioactive Molecules in Alzheimer's Disease
Motivating HIV positive women for safer sex and ART
adherence
Survey of Pharmacists’ Perceptions Pharmacist’s
Perceptions Regarding the Impact of Hydrocodone
Rescheduling on Work Flow Management, Revenue,
and Patient Outcomes
Role of renal inflammation in hypertension
Effects of Chronic Catecholamine Exposure on PostBurn Wound Healing and Scarring
Role of Anti-Apoptotic Protein Fortilin in Cardiac
Contractility and Signaling
Cardiac Myosin Binding Protein C Regulates Postnatal
Myocyte Cytokinesis
Development and validation of a prognostic tool to
identify diabetes patients at high risk for nonadherence to medications
Impact of Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug
Coverage GAP Among COPD patients: Analysis of Risk
of Hospitalization
Does Hang Height Influence the Accuracy of Enteral
Nutrition Provision
Michael E. DeBakey
VA Medical Center
University of Texas
Southwestern
Medical Center
University of Texas
Southwestern
Medical Center
Virginia
Commonwealth
University
University of North
Texas
Washington
University School of
Medicine
Nutritional Requirements in Patients with Late Stage
Huntington Disease
Duke University
Thomas Jefferson
Medical School
Optimizing beta-2 AR signaling in asthma
Duke University
Thomas Jefferson
Medical School
Optimizing beta-2 AR signaling in asthma
Validation of phosphatidylserine targeted
peptidomimetics
Peptoid ligands that target the pro-¬synaptic EphB2
receptor
Lysosome trafficking dysfunction of arterial myocytes
in atherogenesis
UGT Engineering for Detoxifying Anticancer Drug SN38
RGS Proteins
Optimizing beta-2 AR signaling in asthma
Optimizing beta-2 AR signaling in asthma
126.
Joy Alonzo
Robert Hunter
127.
Kevin Garey
Luis Ostroksy
Texas Children's
Health Plan
University of Texas
Medical School
128.
Hua Chen
Melissa OchoaPerez
Legacy Health
Services
129.
Hua Chen
Vinod Bhatara
University of South
Dakota
130.
Hua Chen
131.
Hua Chen
Heidi
Schwarzwald
Kayo Fujimoto
and Wenyaw
Chan
Texas Children’s
Health Plan
University of Texas
School of Public
Health
Vinod Bhatara
University of South
Dakota
Kayo Fujimoto
University of Texas
School of Public
Health
132.
133.
Hua Chen
Hua Chen
Novel Contingency Management in Prescription Drug
Abuse in Adolescents: Use of Virtual Reality Phone
App
Effect of Antifungals on the Performance of the
T2Cnadida Assay
Texas Medicaid managed care quality improvement
project for improving prescribing for children with
mental disorders
Texas Medicaid managed care quality improvement
project for improving prescribing for children with
mental disorders
Texas Medicaid managed care quality improvement
project for improving prescribing for children with
mental disorders
Texas Medicaid managed care quality improvement
project for improving prescribing for children with
mental disorders
A Social Network Approach to Understanding the
Diagnosis and Treatment of ADHD: The effect of
delivery system design and the moderating role of
care coordination
A Social Network Approach to Understanding the
Diagnosis and Treatment of ADHD: The effect of
delivery system design and the moderating role of
care coordination
International Institutions
PI
Collaborator(s)
134. Susan
Abughosh
135. Mustafa
Lokhandwala
136. Maria
Tejada-Simon
Feras Hawari
Bernardo
Rodriquez-Iturbe
Yolanda de
Diego-Otero
137. Maria
Tejada-Simon
Gunter Eckert
138.
Samina Salim
Iris Hovatta
139.
Samina Salim
Yu-Lin Wu
140.
141.
Richard Bond
Richard Bond
Michael Bouvier
Paul Leff
142.
143.
Brian Knoll
Brian Knoll
Michael Bouvier
Paul Leff
Institution
King Hussein Cancer
Center
Hospital Universitaio
University of Malaga,
Spain
University of
Frankfurt Am Main,
Germany
University of
Helskinki
National Yang-Ming
University
University of
Montreal
Manchester
University of
Montreal
Manchester
Project
Smoking cessation support among oncology
practitioners in a regional cancer center in the Middle
East – improving a critical service for cancer care
Oxidative stress, inflammation and transcription factors
in hypertension
Oxidative stress in Fragile X syndrome
Isoprenylation defects related to impaired cognition
Oxidative Stress and Genomics
RGS Proteins
Optimizing beta-2 AR signaling in asthma
Optimizing beta-2 AR signaling in asthma
Optimizing beta-2 AR signaling in asthma
Optimizing beta-2 AR signaling in asthma
144. Mustafa
Lokhandwala
145.
James Essien
Franceso Amenta
Emmanual
Ezedinachi
146.
Vincent Tam
Dala Fisher
University of
Camerino
University of Calabar
National University
of Singapore
Dopamine receptor interactions within the brain and
kidney
The Center of Excellence in Infectious Diseases
Program
Continuous infusion of vancomycin