2022-2023
Tulane University
School of Science and Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
University of Alabama
College of Human Environmental Sciences
Human Nutrition and Hospitality Management
LSU Health Sciences Center
School of Medicine
Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Graduate Biomedical Sciences
Nephrology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Heersink School of Medicine
Medicine
Biomedical Sciences
University of Alabama at Birmingham
College of Arts and Sciences
Psychology
Auburn University
College of Education
Kinesiology
Auburn University
College of Veterinary Medicine
Pathobiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Heersink School of Medicine
Infectious Diseases
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Heersink School of Medicine
Medicine
Tulane University
Bioinnovation
Nursing
2021-2022
Tulane University
University of Alabama at Birmingham
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Tulane University
University of Alabama at Birmingham
2020-2021
Mentor: Geetha Thangiah, PhD
Mentor: Suzanne Oparil, MD, FACC, FAHA, FASH, FAPS
Mentor: Allan David, PhD
Mentor: Anne Sorace, PhD
Mentor: Christina Rodriguez, PhD
Mentor: Julie Kanter, MD
Mentor: René Myers, MD
2019-2020
Mentor: Michael Crowe, PhD
Mentor: David Knight, PhD
Mentor: Kim Garza, PharmD, PhD, MBA
Mentor: Burel Goodin, PhD
Mentor: Christina Rodriguez, PhD
Mentors: Michael Lyerly, MD; Nita Limdi, Pharm.D, PhD, MSPH, FAHA; Toby Gropen, MD
Mentor: William Opoku-Agyeman, MSc, MPH, PhD
Mentor: Magdalena Szaflarski, PhD
Mentor: Martha Wingate, DrPH, MPH
Mentors: Craig Maynard, PhD; Jennifer Pollock, PhD
Mentors: Marissa Gowey, Phd; Gareth Dutton, PhD
Mentor: Janna Wisniewski, PhD
Mentor: James Jackson, PhD
Mentor: Despina Stavrinos, PhD
2018-2019
Mentor: Rajesh Kana, PhD
Investigating mechanisms of driving impairment in individuals with autism and ADHD, as well as mapping brain activity in driving simulator
Mentor: Erik Hess, MD
Interested in improving linkage to care for Hep C positive in ED
Mentor: Elizabeth Lipke, PhD
Engineering novel tissue for heart patches in children with congenital heart defects
Mentor: Maureen Lichtveld, MD, MPH
Mentor: Herb Chen, MD
Interested in neuro-endocrine cancer research, including the viability of cell cultures and the role of NOTCH-2
Mentor: Patricia Kissinger, PhD, MPH
Mentor: Isabel Scarinci, PhD MPH
Identifying factors in Hispanic mothers not vaccinating their teen daughters against HPVD
Mentor: Suzana Savkovic, PhD
Mentor: James McLachlan, PhD
Mentor: Tanika Kelly, PhD, MPH
Mentor: Marie Anne Bakitas, DNSc, CRNP, NP-C, AOCN, ACHPN, FAAN
2017-2018
Mentor: Rajesh Kana
Mid-Fusiform sulcus anatomy-relationship to face processing in autism spectrum disorder
Mentor:Kiersten Kennedy
Patient-reported sociocognitive factors predicting readmission risk
Mentor: Isabel Scarinci
Perceived susceptibility to cervical cancer; AA Women living in MS delta
Mentor: Craig Elmets
The role of IL-23 in the prevention of melanoma
Mentor: Prescott Deininger
L1 expression analysis using a bioinformatics approach
Mentor: Maria Hopkins
Effectiveness of a robot social skills therapy for children with an autism spectrum disorder
Mentor: Bridgette Collins-Burow
Patient-derived xenografts: triple negative breast cancer tumorigenesis and metastasis
Mentor: David Kimberlin
ID of Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) shedding in pregnant women
Mentor: Bruce Bunnell
Obesity-altered stem cells & breast cancer metastasis
Mentor: Christine Curcio
Clinical ophthalmic imaging & retinal cell biology - macular degeneration
Mentor: Brandon Rocque
PTSD symptoms in hydrocephalus population
2016-2017
(Cancer)/Impact of related health behaviors on chemotherapy regimen
(Neuro)/Neuroassessment of Traumatic Brain Injury
Long-term psychosocial impact of low grade CNS tumors on families
(HIV)/Therapeutic Adherence
Prostaglandin metabolism in ovarian cancer
(Precision Medicine)/Patient preferences related to genetic testing
(CVD)/Connection between PTSD and cardiovascular outcomes
Overcoming chemoresistance with the inhibition of the WNT pathway in ovarian cancer
(Pediatrics)/Transitions in care for children with concussions
Pain disparities in knee osteoarthritis
2015-2016
Anshika Chopra Bakshi
Shima Dowla
Stephen Douglas Gragg
Timothy Irving Kennell
Mary Kenna Lynch
Michael Owens
Anna Joy Graves Rogers
Robert F Wood
Mallory L Youngstrom
2012-2013
Thy Huynh, 3rd Year Medical Student
Mentor: Naveed Sami, MD, FAAD, Assistant Professor of Dermatology
Genetic Mutational Analysis of a Family with Unique Sclerodermoid Features
Catherine Poholek, Medical Scientist Training Program Trainee, Graduate Biomedical Sciences - Immunology Theme
Mentor: Laurie E. Harrington, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Cell Biology
Mechanisms of Interleukin-21-driven Pathogenesis in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Neil Kelly, Graduate Biomedical Science - Pathobiology and Molecular Medicine Theme
Mentor: Marcus Bamman, Ph.D., Professor of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology Director, UAB Center for Exercise Medicine
Novel exercise prescription to improve fatigability and muscle function in Parkinson’s Disease
2011-2012
Donnie McCormick
Mentor: Candace L. Floyd, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
The Effects of Venlafaxine on Functional Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury
Carl Odom
Co-mentors: James M. Markert, MD, Professor and Chair, Division of Neurosurgery and Kevin A. Cassady, MD, Associate Professor, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Modulation of MICA/B by Engineered Herpes Simplex Type-1 Vectors
Stephanie Robert
Mentor: Harald Sontheimer, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Neurobiology
Cystine/Glutamate Transporters as Possible Prognostic & Therapeutic Markers of Primary Brain Tumors
2011
Paul Bonvallet
Mentor: Susan L. Bellis, PhD Professor of Physiology and Biophysics
Designing an electrospun scaffold for skin regeneration
Jacquelyn Zimmerman
Mentor: Boris Pasche, MD, PhD, Professor and Division Director, Hematology/Oncology
Amplitude-Modulated Electromagnetic Fields as Novel Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
2010-2011
Ian Backstrom, MS
Mentor: Shawn R. Gilbert, MD, Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
The Effect of Pediatric Obesity on Traumatic Lower Extremity Long Bone Fracture Outcomes
Teruko M. Bredemann, PhD
Mentor: Lori L. McMahon, PhD Professor and Director, Neuroscience Graduate Program, Department of Physiology and Biophysics
Major Depressive Disorder, Estrogen, and Hippocampal Synaptic Function
2010
Christina M. Croney
Co-mentors: Marilyn J. Crain, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and David E. Briles, PhD, Professor of Microbiology and Pediatrics
Selection and Evolution of Pneumococci in Response to Conjugate Vaccines
2008-2009
Jessica Alvarez, PhD, MS, RD
Mentor: Barbara Gower, PhD, Professor, Department of Nutrition Sciences
The influence of vitamin D on insulin sensitivity
Nikki Bush, PhD, MS, RD
Mentor: Barbara Gower, PhD, Professor, Department of Nutrition Sciences
Insulin resistance and body composition in African American children exposed to gestational diabetes and obesity in utero
TL1 trainees from 2008-2012 were supported by grant number 5TL1RR025775 from the NIH National Center for Research Resources.