Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA·Public·Medical school
8 labs on PI Pages. It spends $76M a year on research and awards 143 research doctorates a year.
- Students
- 26,280: 20,407 undergraduates, 5,873 graduate
- Postdocs
- 42
- Faculty
- 890 full-time
- Campus
- Residential
Labs here
Nagaraja Nagre
Pharmacology
Test how effectively inhibiting MAGL, the enzyme that degrades the endocannabinoid 2-AG, protects mice from nitrogen mustard-induced acute lung injury, inflammation and oxidative stress, using the selective inhibitor JZL184 and MAGL-inactivated animals.
Mohamadmahdi Samandari
Biomedical Engineering
Characterize microneedle-like gelatin drug depots that are printed directly inside a defect, and measure how quickly they release drugs in laboratory experiments.
Pavla Brachova
Biology
Determine how inosine, a chemical modification in the coding region of mRNA, affects translation in oocytes, including whether it causes amino acid substitutions, using proteomics and RNA-sequencing approaches.
Gregory Cutter
Earth & Environmental Science
Quantify the total inventory of dissolved organic sulfur (DOS), trace carbon-bound sulfur compounds, across the Pacific Ocean using archived samples from over 100 sites between Alaska and Antarctica.
Faryaneh Poursardar
Computer Science
Develop telehealth kiosks with large language model chat interfaces, built with healthcare providers and community organizations for homeless individuals in Hampton Roads, Virginia.
Where its research money goes
A year of research spending, from the NSF survey every research university fills in.