Courses
Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Grants
Current:
National Institutes of Health (NIH) R03 award. Role-PI. R03-1R03AI149144 - 01 “Reverse
Evolution” Approach to Identify Coxiella burnetii Strategies of Intracellular Survival”.
Award amount - $144,572 total costs. May 18, 2020 - May 17, 2022.
Previous:
Oklahoma State University, VPR Swinging for the Fences Award. Role-PI. “Establishing
the Feasibility of Two Novel Approaches Towards a Q Fever Vaccine”. Award amount -
$20,000. July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019.
Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), Role-Co-PI along with W. Picking. “Assessment
of Type 4 Secretion System Proteins as Vaccines against Coxiella burnetii”. Award
amount - $333,680 total costs. Oct 24, 2013 - Feb. 24, 2016.
National Institutes of Health (NIH) COBRE. Oklahoma for Respiratory and Infectious
Diseases-Pilot Project. Role-PI. The Effect of “Avirulent” Rickettsial Infections
on Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Pathogenesis: Aerosol and Needle Inoculation. Award
amount - $50,000 total costs over 10 months. September 1, 2014 - June 30, 2015.
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Contract award. Role PI with Susan Little, CoI.
Task A13-“ Cultivating Currently Uncultivable Bacterial Pathogens”. Award amount -
$378,232 total costs over 1 year. Shaw portion - $191,726. September 30, 2014 - September
29, 2015.
National Institutes of Health (NIH) R15 award renewal. Role-PI. 2R15 AI072710-02A1
“Analysis of the Coxiella burnetii Type IV Secretion System During Infection”. Award
amount - $347,163 total costs. August 1, 2011 - July 31, 2015.
Zinpro Corporation. Research Agreement. Role-PI. “Analysis of C. burnetii Phase II
(avirulent) in Colostrum Whey: The Effect of H2O2 Treatment on Subsequent C. burnetii
Infectivity”. Award amount - $22,645. May 30, 2013 - August 31, 2013.
Zinpro Corporation. Research Agreement. Role-PI.“Coxiella burnetii Inactivation by
Heat”. Award amount - $23,924 total costs. June 1, 2012 - August 31, 2012.
National Institutes of Health (NIH), Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health
Related Research. Role-PI. For support and training of Devin Leslie (undergraduate).
Supplement to R15 (E.I.S-PI). “Analysis of the Coxiella burnetii Type IV Secretion
System During Infection”. Award amount - $22,000 total costs. August 1, 2012 - July
30, 2014.
DOD, subcontract from University Multispectral Lab. Role-subcontract PI. “Analysis
of Coxiella burnetii growth in cultured mammalian cells after hypochlorite exposure”.
Total award, $83,088. May - December, 2011.
DOD, subcontract from University Multispectral Lab. Role-subcontract PI. “Analysis
of Coxiellae and Rickettsiae sp. growth in cultured mammalian cells after hypochlorite
exposure”. Total award, $51,692. May, 2010 - May, 2011.
National Institutes of Health (NIH) R15 award. Role-PI. R15 AI072710-01 “Analysis
of the Coxiella burnetii Type IV Secretion System During Infection”. Award amount
- $215,000 total costs over 3 years. 2007.
National Institutes of Health (NIH), Research Equipment Supplement. Role-PI. Supplement
to R15 (E.I.S-PI). “Analysis of the Coxiella burnetii Type IV Secretion System During
Infection”. Award amount - $52,000 (total costs). March 30, 2009.
National Institutes of Health (NIH), Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health
Related Research. Role-PI. For support and training of Brian Herrin (undergraduate).
Supplement to R15 (E.I.S-PI). “Analysis of the Coxiella burnetii Type IV Secretion
System During Infection”. Award amount - $38,514 (total costs). April 1, 2008 - March
30, 2010.
OSU-Big XII Faculty Fellowship Program Award. Role-PI. Coxiella burnetii-host cell
molecular interactions. Award amount - $2,422.00.
College of Arts and Sciences Summer Research Proposal. Award amount - $8,392.00. July,
2006.
NSF-EPSCOR Summer Research Proposal. Role-PI. Summer 2005. Award amount - $16,783.00.