Associate Dean of Pipeline and Career Development | Graduate School
UAMS Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD)
Member, Division of Radiation Health
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Lab Information
Antiño R. Allen Lab Summer Students
Antiño R. Allen’s Lab Alumni
Education & Training
- Jackson State University, Jackson, MS BS
- Indiana University, Bloomington, IN MA
- Indiana University, Bloomington, IN PhD
- University of California, San Francisco Post-Doctoral Fellow
Teaching Responsibilities
- PhSci 3245 – Principles of Drug Action
- PhSci 4423 – Molecular Biology & Biotechnology
Research & Scholarly Interests
- Dr. Allen received his Ph.D. degree in Evolution, Ecology & Behavior from Indiana University Bloomington in 2010. He received postdoctoral training at the Brain and Spinal Injury Center, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco.
- Dr. Allen is Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), member of the College of Pharmacy Division of Radiation Health.
- Dr. Allen’s research examines how inflammation and oxidative stress affect neuronal anatomy and cognitive function after exposure to x-rays, heavy ion irradiation or traumatic brain injury
Publications
- Nemec-Bakk A., Sridharan V, Landes R., Desai P., Hart B., Allen A.R., Boerma M. (In Press) Effects of Simulated 5-ion Galactic Cosmic Radiation on Form and Structure of the Mouse Heart. Life. PMID: 36983950
- Allen A.R., Jones A., Krager K., Aykin-Burns N. (2023) Effect of Sirt3 on MnSOD, Mitochondrial Function, Cognition and Hippocampal Physiology in an Aged Murine Model. Behav Brain Res. PMID: 36804441
- Simmons P., Corley, C., Allen A.R. (2022) Fractionated 1H does not impair Hippocampal Dependent Short term and Spatial Memory in Female Mice Toxics PMCID: PMC9503909
- Ntagwabira, F., Trujillo M., McElroy, T., Brown, Simmons P., Allen A.R. (2022) Piperlongumine as a Neuro-Protectant in Chemotherapy Induced Cognitive Impairment. Int J Mol Sci. PMID: 35216124
- Kim, H.,* Richardson, K., Krager, K., Ling, W., Simmons P, Allen A.R., Aykin-Burns N.,* (2021) Simulated Galactic Cosmic Rays stimulated mitochondrial metabolism in osteoclasts increase osteoclastogenesis and causes trabecular bone loss in mice. Int J Mol Sci. PMID: 34769141
Visit: National Library of Medicine, NCBI, to view more of Dr. Allen’s bibliography.