Research Associate

Department of Environmental Health Sciences, College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

In 2016, Katie started working at UAMS in the Department of Laboratory Animal Medicine (DLAM) as an Animal Husbandry Technician.  She maintained various animal studies, as well as colony management for several investigators.  She later transferred to a Research Technician position at UAMS in The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.  Here she handled the processing of clinical patient samples and logging them into a database for future research.  She has optimized a tumor-bearing rat animal model for breast cancer that can be used for a variety of chemotherapy-induced disease research areas, some of which include cardiotoxicity, cognitive impairment, and lymphedema which she will present at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

Research Assistant
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, University of
Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Edgar Ellis is a research assistant with the ARCH team focusing on data management, data analysis, and manuscript writing for the cohort. He received his Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He graduated from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry. Edgar’s research at UAMS focuses on cancer epidemiology and health disparities of lung, breast, and prostate cancer in rural, medically underserved populations in the Southeastern United States.

Post Doctorial Fellow
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Beginning her public health journey at The Ohio State University, Shelbie completed her masters in epidemiology and PhD in Clinical and Translational Sciences with a specialization in epidemiology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.  Her dissertation work was centered on the ARCH cohort regarding heavy metal analyses and obesity.  She has published papers utilizing the ARCH cohort analyzing physical activity, breast cancer, heavy metals, environmental exposures and obesity.  She has participated in various community events for the ARCH cohort to update participant contact information and currently maintains the cohort database.

Instructor
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Eryn’s research interests are related to the metabolomic effect of environmental, occupational, and behavioral exposure including diet, chemotherapy, pesticide, and tobacco exposure on cancer risk and health outcomes. She has attended and helped at events in the past for ARCH participant contact update collection. Eryn is working with Drs. Hsu and Boerma to develop a small molecule/analytical lab as a part of the UAMS DNA Damage and Toxicology COBRE core.