OCRID 2021 Phase II Projects Awarded
Congratulations to all Awardees!
After receiving 13 applications for OCRID project from this years Call for Proposals. They were submitted to both the External Advisory Committee and Internal Review Committee for review. Two continuing projects and two new projects were selected for 2-year full research project support. All projects have been approved by the NIH. Along with an ongoing project, OCRID is now supporting five full research projects. Please click the link below to see more information about each of the projects.
- Inflammatory monocyte-macrophages in age-related susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection– Rudragouda Channappanavar, Ph.D, Assistant Professor, The Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oklahoma State University. Mentors: Drs. Susan Kovats and Lin Liu. (New)
- Understanding the Mechanism of Immune Dysfunction in a Cystic Fibrosis Murine Model During Non-tuberculous Mycobacterial Infection– Yong Cheng, Ph.D, Assistant Professor, The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Ferguson College of Agriculture, Oklahoma State University. Mentors: Drs. Mark Coggeshall and Lin Liu. (New)
- The Role of Glucose Homeostasis During Influenza Infection– Veronique Lacombe, Ph.D, Professor, The Department of Physiological Sciences, The College of Veterinary Medicine, Oklahoma State University. Mentors: Drs. Gillian Air, Clint Jones and Bob Welliver. (Continuing)
- Two pathways for calcium signaling & virulence regulation in P. aeruginosa– Marianna Patrauchan, Ph.D, Professor, The Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, College of Arts and Sciences, Oklahoma State University. Mentors: Drs. Tyrrell Conway, Michael Franklin and Jordan Metcalf. (Continuing)
- Validation of a naturally-occurring animal model for SARS-CoV-2 infection – Dr. Craig Miller, Assistant Professor, The Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, The College of Veterinary Medicine, Oklahoma State University. Mentors: Clint Jones and Jordan Metcalf. (Ongoing)