VTPP Faculty Member - H. RICHARD ADAMS

H. RICHARD ADAMS

Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine

EDUCATION:

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT:

Chairman, University-Wide Ph.D. Graduate Program in Physiology Area, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1986-1990
Professor, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1986-1998
Associate Director, Dalton Research Center, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1989-1992
Chairman, Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1984-1992
Interim Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1992-1993
Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1993-1998
Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, 1998-present

HONORS:

Keynote Speaker, Annual Meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK, 1985

Outstanding Teacher Award in Medical Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1986

Distinguished Lecturer, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University, 1986

Outstanding Teacher Award in Medical Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1988

Beecham Award for Research Excellence, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1989

Weldon Springs Research Support Award, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1990

Excellence in Education Award in Medical Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1990, 1993

President-Elect and President, Shock Society, 1993-1994

The 1994 Robert Knowles Lecturer and Keynote Speaker, Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society

Missouri Veterinarian of the Year - Missouri Veterinary Medical Association, 1997

Resolution of Appreciation - Missouri State House of Representatives, 1998

Honorary Diplomate in Emergency and Critical Care - American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, 1998

FUNDED RESEARCH (last 3 years):

Exercise: Coronary Reserve; Coronary Heart Disease (National Institutes of Health $1,278,228), Co-I
Premature Labor, Endotoxemia, and Cytokine Mechanisms (National Institutes of Health $413,100), Sponsor
Endotoxemia and Premature Birth (National Institutes of Health $105,000), Sponsor
Lipopolysaccharide and Cardiac Dysfunction (National Institutes of Health $108,000), PI

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

SELECTED RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS:

Myers PR, Zhong Q, Jones MA, Tanner HR, Adams HR, and Parker JL: Release of endothelium-derived relaxing factor and nitric oxide in ex vivo perfused aorta: Inhibition by in vivo E. coli endotoxemia. Am J Physiol 268:H955-H961, 1995.
Cogswell AM, Johnson PJ, and Adams HR: Evidence for endothelium-derived relaxing factor/nitric oxide in equine digital arteries. Am J Vet Res 56(12):1637-1641, 1995.
Adams HR: Physiology, pathophysiologic, and therapeutic implications for endogenous nitric oxide. JAVMA 209(7):1297-1302, 1996. (Review)
Myers PR, Gupta M, Rogers S, Mattox ML, Adams HR and Parker JL: Chronic endotoxemia and endothelium-dependent vasodilation in coronary arteries. Shock 6(4):267-273, 1996.
Zhong J, Adams HR, and Rubin LJ: Cytosolic Ca²⁺ concentration and contractin-relaxation properties of ventricular myocytes from Escherichia coli endotoxemic guinea pigs: Effect of fluid resuscitation. Shock 7(5):383-388, 1997.
Zhong J, Tzyh-Chang H, Adams HR, and Rubin LJ: Reduced L-type calcium current in ventricular myocytes from endotoxemic guinea pigs. Am J Physiol 273:H2312-H2324, 1997.
Rigby SL, Hofmann PA, Zhong J, Adams HR, and Rubin LJ: Endotoxemia-induced myocardial dysfunction is not associated with changes in myofilament Ca²⁺ responsiveness. Am J Physiol 274:H580-H590, 1998.