Two faculty members from the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine – Allen Perkins, M.D., M.P.H., and Troy Stevens, Ph.D. – were recognized among the top 10 investigators at the University of South Alabama who have received the most funding over the past five years. USA President Jo Bonner honored the faculty at a reception on April 27.
Perkins, professor and chair of family medicine, is the highest funded investigator, having received $20.5 million in awards since 2018. His recent funding includes grants from the Health Resources and Services Administration to develop the
Primary Care Pathway program at the Whiddon College of Medicine. The program is designed to enhance medical students’ educational experience in preparing them to serve populations in rural and underserved areas.
Stevens, professor and Lenoir Louise Locke Chair of Physiology and Cell Biology and director of the USA Center for Lung Biology, has received $10.4 million in awards over the past five years. His research, largely supported by the National Institutes of Health, focuses on the mechanisms pertaining to endothelial cell heterogeneity, particularly in the lung. Most recently, he was awarded an NIH Research Project Grant (R01) for his research on lung endothelial tauopathy.
Additionally, the Whiddon College of Medicine was recognized as the top-funded college at the University of South Alabama. It has received $102.5 million in awards over the past five years. Overall, USA has received $475 million in extramural funding since 2018.
Learn more about research at the Whiddon College of Medicine.
