Dr Sailaja Paruchuri has been awarded an NIH R01 grant for her research, “Integration of leukotriene and prostaglandin receptor signaling in mast cell activation and pulmonary inflammation during asthma”. The five-year award is from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIH-NIAID) and totals $1.9 million.

This is the most prestigious grant a scientist can be awarded. The grants are incredibly competitive and represent excellence in research.

Congratulate Dr Paruchuri when you see her – we are incredibly proud of her accomplishment.

If you are thinking about completing graduate studies at UA, you should know we have very successful researchers that can offer you incredible career opportunities.

Here are a few of our notable faculty highlights:

Dr. Hazel Barton, professor of biology and director of the Integrated Bioscience Program, whose research on cave formations has been featured in Sports Illustrated, Forbes, National Geographic Explorer, The Smithsonian magazines, NPR, BBC Radio, Animal Planet, the History Channel and more;

Dr. William Schneider IV, professor of civil engineering, who has been the principal investigator on thirty transportation-related projects. UA has recognized him as one of the Top 5 most productive faculty members in Spring 2016;

Dr. Hossein Tavana, associate professor of biomedical engineering, is conducting National Institutes of Health funded research that has the potential to improve cancer treatment. He recently developed and patented a method to make 3D cultures of clustered cancer cells that better mimic tumors in the body than 2D cultures used in traditional methods (in which a thin layer of cells is treated on a flat, plastic dish), which may lead to more accurate drug testing and more effective treatment.