PI	Project Title	Funding Agency	Project Period	Total Funding
Alesia Ferguson	IDEAL HOPE: Innovative Development of education for the Advancement of Healthy Living through Occupational Partnerships and Enterprises.	U.S. Department of Housingand Urban Development	10/1/15 – 9/30/18	$558,913
Eric Johnson	Core Infrastructure and Methodological Research for Cancer Epidemiology Cohorts	NIH	4/1/16 – 3/31/21	$18,623,302
Nickolas Zaller	Minority Populations Resource Core	NIH	9/1/15 – 8/31/16	$49,721
Songtrip Ounpraseuth	IPA – Veterans’ Administration	Veterans’ Administration	7/1/15 – 9/30/15	$5,866

PI	Project Title	Funding Agency	Project Period	Total Funding
Gunnar Boysen	The role of glutamine-derived glutathione in lung cancer	NIH	4/1/2016 to 3/31/2021	$1,862,500
Gunnar Boysen	Dietary effects on carcinogen metabolism in genetically diverse mouse models	NIH	4/1/2016 to 3/31/2021	$1,700,178
Mohammed Elfaramawi	Genes, Blood Pressure Variability and Cardiovascular Diseases	NIH	4/1/2016 to 3/31/2019	$447,000
Holly Felix	Factors associated with admission of obese persons to U.S. nursing homes	NIH	4/1/2016 to 3/31/2019	$1,146,923
Eric Johnson	NIOSH brain study	NIH	4/1/2016 to 3/31/2020	$2,379,938
Mohammed Orloff	Epigenetic and Environmental Factors as Biomarkers to Avert Lung Cancer in COPD	NIH	4/1/2016 to 3/31/2021	$2,220,070
Rosalind Penney	Tryptophan degradation in lung cancer	NIH	12/2/2015 to 12/01/2017	$149,000
Rohit Pradhan	The Impact of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants on Nursing Home Performance	NIH	4/1/2016 to 3/31/2018	$383,372
Rohit Pradhan	Health System Factors and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Hospitals	NIH	7/1/2016 to 6/30/2020	$107,891
Nickolas Zaller	Improving Public Safety and Health Outcomes for the Justice-Involved Population	US Dept. of Justice	10/1/2015 to 9/30/2016	$202,927

Grants and Contracts

RECENTLY AWARDED GRANTS

PI or co-PI	Project Title	Funding Agency	Project Period	Total Funding
Tiffany Haynes	SC MIRECC Clergy-Mental Health Partnership to Improve Care for Rural Veterans in VISN 16	Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System	10/01/14 – 09/30/15	$9,481
Nickolas Zaller	Minority Populations Resource Core	NIH/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism	11/01/14 – 08/31/15	$60,476

RECENTLY SUBMITTED GRANTS

PI	Project Title	Funding Agency	Project Period	Total Funding
Gunnar Boysen	Effects of Genetic Diversity on Carcinogen Metabolism	NIH	5/1/15 –  4/30/16	$186,250
Victor Cardenas	Use of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems among Teenagers	NIH	9/1/15 –  8/31/18	$145,035
Mohammed Elfaramawi	Skin Cancer Screening and Cosmetology Schools	Arkansas Cancer Coalition	7/1/15 – 6/30/16	$55,000
Alesia Ferguson	Beach Exposure and Child Health Study (BEACHES)	EPA	1/1/16 –  12/31/18	$767,834
Ilias Kavouras	Chemical and Toxicological Characterization of Biomass Burning Smoke	University of Alabama at Birmingham	7/1/15 –  6/30/16	$19,592
Mick Tilford	Efficacy of a mHealth Smartphone App for Weight Loss and Maintenance	NIH	9/1/15 –  8/31/20	$117,152