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H. RICHARD ADAMS
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Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine

Email: radams@cvm.tamu.edu


EDUCATION:

  • B.S., Texas A&M University, Veterinary Science
  • D.V.M., Texas A&M University, Veterinary Medicine
  • Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, Pharmacology

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
  • University of Missouri named new building "H. Richard Adams Conference Center"
  • 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:

  • American Veterinary Medical Association
  • Sigma Xi
  • American Society of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology
  • American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
  • American Academy of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics
  • Shock Society
  • American Physiological Society
  • American Association for Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care

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.