Roger Pechous Institution Verified
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Associate Professor
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
faculty
Microbiology & Immunology, College of Medicine
Research Areas
Biography and Research Information
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Roger Pechous' research focuses on understanding the molecular mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis, particularly in the context of pneumonic plague. He has received federal funding from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for two grants totaling $227,476. The first grant, for $76,000, investigated "Inflammation and the Treatment of Primary Pneumonic Plague." The second grant, for $151,476, aimed at "Defining the Role of the Plasminogen Activator Protease in the Early Events that Establish Primary Pneumonic Plague." Pechous leads a research group dedicated to these investigations.
Federal Grants 2 $227,476 total
Grants & Funding
- Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and Host Inflammatory Responses NIH Co-Investigator
- Evaluating early host-pathogen interactions in pneumonic plague using an ex vivo human lung tissue platform NIH Principal Investigator
- Defining the Role of the Plasminogen Activator Protease in the Early Events that Establish Primary Pneumonic Plague NIH Principal Investigator
- No FP attached UAMS College of Medicine Principal Investigator
- No FP attached UAMS College of Medicine Principal Investigator
- Evaluating the Progression of Pneumonic Plague NIH Principal Investigator
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