Tiffany Weinkopff

Assistant Professor

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

faculty

Microbiology & Immunology, College of Medicine

14 h-index 39 pubs 653 cited

Research Areas

Immune Response and Inflammation Microbial infections and disease research Immune Cell Function and Interaction Parasitic disease research

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Tiffany Weinkopff investigates the complex interactions between the immune system and infectious agents. Her work focuses on understanding how host immune cells, specifically macrophages, respond to parasitic infections like *Leishmania major*. A key area of her research examines the role of hypoxia-inducible factor alpha (HIF-alpha) activation in modulating macrophage function during these infections. Weinkopff's research has been supported by external funding, and she has published a total of 39 scholarly works, which have garnered 653 citations. Her h-index is 14. She collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Charity L. Washam, Manjunath Bettadapura, Steven Murdock, and Hayden Roys.

Metrics

  • h-index: 14
  • Publications: 39
  • Citations: 653

Selected Publications

  • HIF-alpha Activation Impacts Macrophage Function During Murine <em>Leishmania major</em> Infection (2021) DOI

Research Interests

Leishmania, leishmaniasis, lymphatics, macrophages, vascular remodeling

Grants & Funding

  • Partnerships for Biomedical Research in Arkansas - Admin Supplement NIH/Nat. Inst. of General Medical Sciences Principal Investigator
  • Partnerships for Biomedical Research in Arkansas NIH Co-Investigator
  • The Role of Myeloid Lineage Cells in Leishmaniasis NIH Principal Investigator
  • Regulation of macrophage function during acute infection with Plasmodium NIH Co-Investigator

Collaborators

Researchers in the database who share publications

Charity L. Washam University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication Manjunath Bettadapura University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication Steven Murdock University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication Hayden Roys University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication Anne K. Bowlin University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication Humphrey Wanjala University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff 1 shared publication Lucy Fry University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication and Tiffany Weinkopff University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication

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