Research Interests: The role of stress and obesity on the neurovascular unit Achievements: Publications 2015-2019 – President’s List, West Virginia University.2015-2019 – Valerie Canady Charitable Trust Foundation Scholarship, West Virginia University.2015-2019 – Ida Cope Tait Music Scholarship, West Virginia University.2015-2019 – Presidential Scholarship, West Virginia University.2016 – WVU International Piano Competition, 1st Prize.2018 – Anna Lee Porter Riddle Scholarship, West Virginia University.2018 – WVU Young Artist Competition, 1st Prize.2019 – Order of Augusta Scholar, West Virginia University.& Louise Stone Swiger Fellowship, West Virginia University 2020 – Present NIH T32 Stroke and its Comorbidities Associate Scholar, West Virginia University.Improving CNS delivery to brain metastases by blood-tumor barrier disruption. Sprowls SA, Arsiwala TA, Bumgarner JR, Shah N, Lateef SS, Kielkowski BN, Lockman PR.Dim light at night exacerbates stroke outcome. Weil ZM, Fonken LK, Walker II WH, Bumgarner JR, Liu JA, Melendez-Fernandez OH, Zhang N, DeVries AC, Nelson RJ.Dim light at night exposure induces cold hyperalgesia and mechanical allodynia in male mice. Bumgarner JR, Walker WH, Liu JA, Walton JC, Nelson RJ.Walker WH, Bumgarner JR, Walton JC, Liu JA, Meléndez-Fernández OH, Nelson RJ, DeVries AC.Transcardial perfusion is not required to accurately measure cytokines within the brain. Walker II WH, Bumgarner JR, Nelson RJ, DeVries AC.Light at night disrupts biological clocks, calendars, and immune function.
Walker II WH, Bumgarner JR, Becker-Krail DD, May LE, Nelson RJ.A novel and open-source application for vasculature dataset analysis and visualization. Circadian variation in efficacy of medications. Walton JC, Walker WH, Bumgarner JR, Meléndez-Fernández OH, Liu JA, Hughes HL, Kaper AL, Nelson RJ.Light at night and disrupted circadian rhythms alter physiology and behavior. Time-of-day as a critical biological variable. Nelson RJ, Bumgarner JR, Walker WH, DeVries AC.Implications of disrupted circadian rhythms on pain.
Bumgarner JR, Walker II WH, Nelson RJ.Research Interests: Disruption of circadian rhythms, pain, and stroke. 2010 - South Dakota Opportunity Scholarship.2010 - Coyote Commitment Scholarship, University of South Dakota.2011 - Present Alpha Lambda Delta/Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society, University of South Dakota.Cable Scholarship, University of South Dakota 2013 - Present National Society of Leadership and Success, University of South Dakota.2016 - 2 nd place at Appalachian Regional Cell Conference Poster Presentation.2016 - Present WVU Cell Biology Training Program, West Virginia University.