Breadcrumb Home Home About Us About Us Awards & Acknowledgements Awards & Acknowledgements Dr. Andrei Derbenev Awarded an NIH SPARC Grant Dr. Andrei Derbenev Awar... Dr. Andrei Derbenev Awarded an NIH SPARC Grant Andrei V. Derbenev, PhD Congratulations to Dr. Andrei Derbenev, Associate Professor in Physiology, who was recently awarded an NIH SPARC grant. This award is part of the initiative together with Pennington. More Awards Wu-Min Deng, PhD Dr. Wu-Min Deng Receives $300k+ Grant to Study Salivary Gland Tumor Initiation Chinmaya Mutalik, Ph.D. Chinmaya Mutalik, PhD Presents Research at ASM Microbe 2026 Norman Haughey, PhD Target ALS Awards Consortium Grant to Dr. Norman Haughey Luke Dunaway, PhD The Physiology Department welcomes new Assistant Professor, Luke Dunaway, Ph.D. See all awards & recognitions