Current Grants

Title of Project: "Surfactant protein-A regions as TLR4-immunomodulators"

• Sponsoring Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
• Time Period: 08/08/17 through 07/31/22

Title of Project: "Immunokinetics of superhydrophili polymer-modified liposome encapsulated hemoglobin"

• Sponsoring Agency: Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST)
• Time Period: 09/01/17 through 08/31/20

Title of Project: "Pharmacotherapy of traumatic brain injury accompanied by hemorrhagic shock.""

• Sponsoring Agency: Department of Defense (DoD)
• Time Period: 09/30/17 through 09/29/20

Title of Project: "PET imaging agent for myocardial infarction"

• Sponsoring Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
• Time Period: 01/02/2019 - 12/31/2019

Title of Project: "The role of specific inflammatory mediators in keratinocyte function and wound healing."

• Sponsoring Agency: Presbyterian Health Foundation
• Time Period: 07/01/18 - 06/30/19

Title of Project: "Preclinical assessment of OHet72 as a new drug in the armamentarium against TB and MDR-TB"

• Sponsoring Agency: Oklahoma Center for Respiratory and Infectious Diseases (OCRID)
• Time Period: 07/01/19 - 06/30/2022

Title of Project: "Wound healing mechanisms modulated by novel antimicrobial peptides."

• Sponsoring Agency: NIH/National Eye Institute
• Time Period: 09/30/16 - 08/31/19

Title of Project: "Novel peptide therapeutic for corneal wound healing and infections."

• Sponsoring Agency: Presbyterian Health Foundation
• Time Period: 02/01/2019 - 01/31/2020
  

Title of Project: "Drug Utilization Review (DUR) board contract."

• Sponsoring Agency: Oklahoma Health Care Authority
• Time Period: 07/01/19 - 06/30/20

Title of Project: "Improving evidence-based antibiotic use for treatment of infections commonly seen in long term care."

• Sponsoring Agency: Oklahoma State Dept. of Health
• Time Period: 07/01/18 - 06/30/20

Title of Project: "Assessing the cutaneous lupus erythematosus quality of life (CLEQol) scale: Longitudinal change and clinical applicability."

• Sponsoring Agency: Presbyterian Health Foundation (seed grant)
• Time Period: 07/01/18 - 06/30/20

Title of Project: "IDeA Translational Resource Application - Oklahoma Shared Clinical and Translational Resources - James (PI)."

• Sponsoring Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH) - NIH2U54GM1034938-06
  • Role (Pereira) - 20% effort as project leader of subproject ID 6189 - Clinical and Translational Research Pilot Projects Program Core (The goal is to use these pilot funds to help foster clinical research throughout Oklahoma, as well as other IDeA states.
• Time Period: 08/03/2018 - 05/30/2023

Title of Project: "HIV Drug Assistance Program (HDAP) to promote adherence."

• Sponsoring Agency: Oklahoma State Department of Health
• Time Period: 04/01/11 through 03/31/2020
  

Title of Project: "Effects of dietary restriction on age-related neurophysiological adaptations; from behavior to single dopaminergic neurons."

• Sponsoring Agency: Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
• Time Period: 05/01/18 - 04/30/21

Title of Project: "The role of arcuate nucleus in the interaction between time-restricted feeding and circadian rhythm"

• Sponsoring Agency: Presbyterian Health Foundation
• Time Period: 07/01/2019 - 06/30/2020

Title of Project: "Post-traumatic stress disorder and co-morbid chronic pain: Evidence that TNF initiates a sequelae involving nocioceptin/orphanin FQ"

• Sponsoring Agency: Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST)
• Time Period: 08/01/19 through 07/31/20

Title of Project: "AFPE Pre-doctoral fellowship for Alex Crowe - Year 2"

• Sponsoring Agency: American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE)

• Time Period: 09/01/19 through 06/30/20