Each year in the Fall, we take the time to recognize our faculty members who have contributed significantly to research at AU in the following categories: Emerging Scientist Award, Distinguished Research Award(s), and Lifetime Achievement Award. Below is a listing of all of our past winners since 2006.
Medical College of Georgia
Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy
Education
Ph.D., Physiology, Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, 2005
Research Interests
Exosome biogenesis in epithelial cells• Exosomes in kidney injuries•
Medical College of Georgia
Department of Neurosurgery
Education
Ph.D., Toxicology, Hamdard University, 2013
Research Interests
Brain Injury induced neuroinflammation • Heterogenous nature of TBI and stroke• mechanism behind TBI-induced inflammation and subsequent injury progression
Medical College of Georgia
Department of Social Sciences
Education
Ph.D., Political Science and Government, State University of NY, Stony Brook, 2009
Research Interests
Political Science and Government•
Medical College of Georgia
Department of Vascular Biology
Education
Ph.D., Biomedical Sciences, Peking Univ, 1998
Research Interests
Examination of metabolic effect on leukocyte recruitment and activation• fibroblast activation • activation and proliferation of vascular cells in animal models
of atherosclerosis • thrombosis • diabetes/obesity • pulmonary hypertension • retinopathy
• cardiac hypertrophy and renal fibrosis•
Georgia Cancer Center
Department of Radiology and Imaging
Education
Ph.D., Cell Biology, Genetics, Radiation Biology, Florida State University, 1981
Research Interests
Musculoskeletal biology and aging • Regenerative medicine • Anatomical sciences
Georgia Cancer Center
Department of Pediatric Oncology
Education
MD, Medical College of Georgia, 1984
Research Interests
Tumor immunology and the molecular mechanisms of immune suppression and tolerance
in the tumor microenvironment • Regulation of anti-tumor T cell activation by tolerogenic dendritic cells and regulatory
T cells (Tregs) in the setting of cancer • Activation of suppressive tumor-associated
Tregs via the PTEN lipid-phosphatase pathway • Regulation of the dendritic cell (DC)
population in tumors and the choice between tolerogenic vs. immunogenic DCs • Tolerance-induction
to dying tumor cells mediated via the enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) and
PTEN+ Tregs
Medical College of Georgia
Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy
Education
Ph.D., Basic Medical Science, University of South Alabama, 1987
MA University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 1979
BS, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 1977
Research Interests
Diseases that affect retinal neurons including ganglion cells (diabetic retinopathy) and photoreceptor cells
(retinitis pigmentosa, RP) • Retinal degeneration •
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