UA Faculty and Partner Institution Researchers

Micah Hahn

University of Alaska Anchorage
Piloted Research: Understanding the risk of ticks and tick-borne pathogens in Alaska. Funding Period: 08/01/2018-07/31/2019

Frank Witmer

University of Alaska Anchorage
Piloted Research: Co-I: Understanding the risk of ticks and tick-borne pathogens in Alaska. Funding Period: 08/01/2018-07/31/2019

Patrick Tomco

University of Alaska Anchorage
Piloted Research: Cold-region environmental behavior of rotenone and applications to exposure prevention. Funding Period: 08/01/2018-07/31/2019

Brandon Briggs

University of Alaska Anchorage
Piloted Research: Co-I: Cold-region environmental behavior of rotenone and applications to exposure prevention.
Funding Period: 08/01/2018-07/31/2019

Inna Rivkin

University of Alaska Fairbanks
Piloted Research: Intergenerational Dialogue Exchange and Action to Facilitate Youth Wellness FY19. Funding Period: 08/01/2018-07/31/2019

Nin Dingra

University of Alaska Anchorage
Piloted Research: Antineoplastic, Anti-inflammatory, and Hepatic Clearance Profilling of CORCB-1. Funding Period: 08/01/2018-07/31/2019

Kristen Gorman

University of Alaska Fairbanks
Piloted Research: Effects of energetic state and infectious agents on migration by Sockeye Salmon. Funding Period: 08/01/2018-07/31/2019

Maegan Weltzin

University of Alaska Fairbanks
Piloted Research: Pharmacology and function of nicotinic receptors altered by and epilepsy mutation. Funding Period: 08/01/2018-07/31/2019

Cory Williams

University of Alaska Fairbanks
Piloted Research:
Effects of photoperiod and dopamine disruption on sleep and mass gain. Funding Period: 08/01/2018-07/31/2019

Jennifer Shaw

Southcentral Foundation
Piloted Research: Predictive Algorithms to Identify Risk for Suicide in an Alaska Native Health System.
Funding Period: 08/02/2018-07/31/2019

Past Piloted Faculty

2017-2018 Piloted Faculty

First	Last	Campus	Title
Vadim	Fedorov	UAF	Importance of microRNA for osteoporosis prevention in hibernating ground squirrel
Max	Kullberg	UAA	Tumor Antigen Delivery Using Complement Targeted Nanoparticles
Holly	Martinson	UAA	Molecular and clinicopathological analysis of Alaska Native breast cancer
Kathryn	Milligan-Myhre	UAA	Effects of perchlorate on gut microbiota and immune development
Sonia	Nagorski	UAS	Assessing spatiotemporal variability of water quality impacts in southeast Alaska
Kristin	O’Brien	UAF	The effect of polyglutamine and glutamic acid repeats on HIF-1 function
Scott Ryan	Oliver	UAF	Skeletal muscle thermogenesis by sarcolipin-uncoupling in ground squirrels
Inna	Rivkin	UAF	Intergenerational Dialogue Exchange and Action to Facilitate Youth Wellness
Kevin	Winker	UAF	Modeling Asia-to-America avian influenza virus invasions and hunter exposure

2016-2017 Piloted Faculty

Eric Bortz	University of Alaska Anchorage	Viral RNA adjuvants to enhance immunotherapy against human tumors
Max Kullberg	University of Alaska Anchorage	Targeted reprogramming of myeloid derived suppressor cells in cancer
Jason Burkhead	University of Alaska Anchorage	Copper deficiency in gastrointestinal and liver health
Mary Beth Leigh	University of Alaska Fairbanks	Phytoremediation for cleanup of diesel-contaminated soils in rural Alaska
Jack Chen	University of Alaska Fairbanks	Application of pathogen sequencing method in detection of human pathogens
Holly Martinson	University of Alaska Anchorage	Molecular characterization of gastric cancer in Alaska Native people
Khrys Duddleston	University of Alaska Anchorage	Urea-nitrogen salvage and ureolytic microbes: implications for human health
Vadim Fedorov	University of Alaska Fairbanks	MicroRNAs in muscle atrophy, osteoporosis prevention in hibernating mammals

2015-2016 Piloted Faculty

Mary Beth Leigh	University of Alaska Fairbanks	Phytoremediation for cleanup of diesel-contaminated soils in rural Alaska
Devin Drown	University of Alaska Fairbanks	Coevolution and virulence of host-symbiont associations
Molly Murphy	University of Alaska Fairbanks	Virus Populations Harbored by Bats in Alaska
N. Jane Shelby	University of Alaska Anchorage	Chronic inflammation and high incidence of gastric cancer in Alaska Natives
Jonathan Stecyk	University of Alaska Anchorage	Ecological to molecular comparative cardiac physiology and Functional Significance of Altered HCN Channel Expression in the Turtle Pacemaker
Andrea Ferrante	University of Alaska Fairbanks	Role of Structural Flexibility in Epitope Selection by HLA-DR

2014-2015 Piloted Faculty

Mary Beth Leigh	University of Alaska Fairbanks	Phytoremediation for cleanup of diesel-contaminated soils in rural Alaska
Sonia Nagorski	University of Alaska Southeast	Contribution of mercury by spawning salmon to southeastern Alaskan streams
Kriya Dunlap	University of Alaska Fairbanks	The environment, diet and metabolic syndrome
Jonathan Stecyk	University of Alaska Anchorage	Ecological to molecular comparative cardiac physiology and Functional Significance of Altered HCN Channel Expression in the Turtle Pacemaker
Frank von Hippel	University of Alaska Anchorage	Development of genomic approaches to study endocrine disruption
Thomas Kuhn	University of Alaska Fairbanks	Nanodisc technology: a cell-free system to study lipid regulation of NADPH oxidase
Liliya Vugmeyster	University of Alaska Anchorage	Dynamic of amyloid fibrils in different morphological forms