Funded projects involving faculty from UT Southwestern and UT Arlington are:

• "Development of a novel biodegradable stent" Dr. Emmanouil Brikalis, assistant professor of internal medicine at UT Southwestern, and Dr. Jian Yang, assistant professor of bioengineering at UTA. The goal of this project is to design and test biodegradable coronary artery stents composed of nanocomposite materials.

• "Quantification of in vivo protein dynamics at the single molecule level" Dr. Georgios Alexandrakis, assistant professor of bioengineering at UTA, and Dr. David Chen, professor of radiation oncology at UT Southwestern. This study will examine the proteins and enzymes involved in DNA repair, leading to a better understanding of cancer onset and progression.

• "Toward a model of the average heart with the normal and abnormal variations" Dr. Heng Huang, assistant professor of computer science and engineering at UTA, and Dr. Roderick McColl, associate professor of radiology at UT Southwestern. This study will compare mathematical models of the heart with data from thousands of participants in the Dallas Heart Study in order to determine risk factors for heart disease and evaluate potential therapies.

• "Neuropathic pain mechanisms in myelination disorders" Dr. Perry Fuchs, associate professor of pathology at UTA, and Dr. Qing Lu, assistant professor of developmental biology at UT Southwestern. This project examines new approaches to the prevention and treatment of pain in multiple sclerosis patients.

• "Adjustment to lung cancer" Dr. Angela Liegey Dougall, assistant professor of psychology at UTA, and Dr. Joan Schiller, professor of internal medicine at UT Southwestern. This study examines the links between depressi
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