Biography

I am a Professor of Pharmacology at West Virginia University School of Medicine and a Senior Advisor to the Pilot Core of the West Virginia Clinical Science and Translational Institute. I served as an Assistant Dean for Research and the Health Sciences Center from 2005-15. I received Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research from School of Medicine in 2008 and became a Robert C. Byrd Professor in 2010. In addition, I received Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research and Scholarly Activities from HSC in 2013. I have published over 200 manuscripts. Our past work has led to the approval of an A2A selective AR agonist (Lexican®) for myocardial perfusion imaging. Currently, we are using AR and β adrenergic receptor KOs to better understand the relationship between these receptors in coronary flow regulation.

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Research Interest

Currently, we are using AR and β adrenergic receptor KOs to better understand the relationship between these receptors in coronary flow regulation. .