National Research Service Award F30 for Dr. Kellogg

Collyn Kellogg, Ph.D. have received a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA – F30) Fellowship for M.D./Ph.D. training.  His project – ‘Regulation of Microglial Function by Major Histocompatibility Complex I in Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease’ will support the completion of his Ph.D. research and M.D. training.  Specifically, his project will examine the hypothesis that the increased expression of Major Histocompatibility Complex-I and their receptors is a mechanism through which microglia can signal cell-autonomously to themselves or cell-non-autonomously to other microglia to induce phenotypic switching to a more reactive phenotype.  This is one of only five F30 fellowships to be awarded in Oklahoma in the past decade.