Charles A O'Brien, PhD

Research Program: Cancer Biology Faculty Rank: Professor Campus: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College: College of Medicine Department: Internal Med Endo

Cancer Research Interest

• Disease Site Focus: Musculoskeletal
• Research Focus Area: Carcinogenesis
• Type of Research: Basic
• Research Interest Statement: I am a skeletal biologist and my research focuses on the mechanisms that control bone remodeling, a process which is disrupted by cancers such as myeloma or breast cancer metastasis.

Contact Information

• Email Address: OBRIENCHARLESA@UAMS.EDU
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Active Grants

• NIH/Nat. Inst. of General Medical Sciences – 2P20GM125503
  “Center for Musculoskeletal Disease Research (CMDR)”
  Principal Investigator
  4/1/2023 – 1/31/2028

Recent Publications

• Palmieri M, Joseph TE, O'Brien CA, [et al.]. Deletion of the scavenger receptor Scarb1 in osteoblast progenitors does not affect bone mass. PloS one. 2022 17(3):e0265893. PMID: 35349600. PMCID: PMC8963559.
• Sherman AC, Simonton-Atchley S, O'Brien CE, [et al.]. Associations Between Religious/Spiritual Coping and Depression Among Adults with Cystic Fibrosis: A 12-Month Longitudinal Study. Journal of religion and health. 2021. PMID: 33575892.