2022-2023
![Madeline Behr](/ccts/media/widgetkit/Behr_Headshot-ecf3abd4abe435af3365b75772056bf5.jpg)
Tulane University
School of Science and Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
![Caroline Brantley](/ccts/media/widgetkit/Brantley-5beacb65b863a0174ce4266bc2f9f69d.jpg)
University of Alabama
College of Human Environmental Sciences
Human Nutrition and Hospitality Management
![Jake Doiron](/ccts/media/widgetkit/Doiron-ba8b41caa52f21876e7bbb788dcaf6ae.jpg)
LSU Health Sciences Center
School of Medicine
Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
![Han Eckenrode](/ccts/media/widgetkit/Eckenrode_updated_headshot-b6b3ddc3dfa26093ed7f3072a9f3beac.jpg)
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Graduate Biomedical Sciences
Nephrology
![Charles Gagnon](/ccts/media/widgetkit/Gagnon_headshot-c811b56c591d0eec04a6a8d6cae15055.jpg)
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Heersink School of Medicine
Medicine
![Amin Izadpanah](/ccts/media/widgetkit/Amin_Izadpanah_headshot-e9cbe7ddabf2c39f78728a7c6920ed0b.jpg)
Biomedical Sciences
![Santina Johnson](/ccts/media/widgetkit/Johnson-Santina_2023-04745ff215280e4db671425612a1f5a8.jpg)
![Indonesia Jordan](/ccts/media/widgetkit/Jordan_headshot-65870797292555a44b34cbfd9913b639.jpg)
University of Alabama at Birmingham
College of Arts and Sciences
Psychology
![Braxton Linder](/ccts/media/widgetkit/Linder_headshot-8c6fb70d1f757af0672efbf72d85cebc.jpg)
Auburn University
College of Education
Kinesiology
![Troy LoBue](/ccts/media/widgetkit/LoBue_headshot-1402ceacb7be58f6f961169b9e8d5dd7.jpg)
Auburn University
College of Veterinary Medicine
Pathobiology
![Skye Opsteen](/ccts/media/widgetkit/Opsteen_headshot-cc6ea2995d3063bf7d01bc03b03d2e52.jpg)
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Heersink School of Medicine
Infectious Diseases
![Monica Pasala](/ccts/media/widgetkit/Pasala_headshot-0cac34754efbbba60f6bd2aa92dc0547.jpg)
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Heersink School of Medicine
Medicine
![Beenish Patel](/ccts/media/widgetkit/Patel_headshot-8d79a193ee833c4fb939b447f690391d.jpg)
Tulane University
Bioinnovation
![Jesse Rattan](/ccts/media/widgetkit/Rattan_headshot-26d9e47662891b82f550f305cb9e285a.jpeg)
Nursing
![Givanta Tribit](/ccts/media/widgetkit/Johnson-Santina_2023-04745ff215280e4db671425612a1f5a8.jpg)
2021-2022
![Monica Abdul-Chani](/ccts/media/widgetkit/Abdul_Chani_Headshot-fa8aecb5a86b797c24aaa91bfc7195b4.jpg)
![Akshay Aluri](/ccts/media/widgetkit/thumbnail_AKSHAY_STUDENT_IMAGE_DISPLAY-8e0e3c42e4f938a4ed44cb1723520e73.jpeg)
![John Bode](/ccts/media/widgetkit/thumbnail_Headshot_1_2021-3f02843c15bc4274f081f140f9d1e3bd.jpeg)
![Seth Bollenbecker](/ccts/media/widgetkit/Bollenbecker_Headshot-f3d745873b3038ebb7d091b5df47a936.jpg)
![Courtney Brock](/ccts/media/widgetkit/Brock_WhiteCoat2018-80db47eb5cff0236f8240c8281e5a724.jpg)
Tulane University
![Claudia Edell](/ccts/media/widgetkit/Edell_Headshot-6b71112cc5fd2483d7e61bc157f6b417.jpeg)
![Kayla Frey](/ccts/media/widgetkit/Frey_Headshot-3da05bb95bca56ffa9e954b4772ed4da.jpeg)
![Keonte Graves](/ccts/media/widgetkit/Graves_Headshot-3b4da090718ec9ba7a862d745f4d0790.jpg)
University of Alabama at Birmingham
![Hope Gray](/ccts/media/widgetkit/IMG_0067-6e5085c7c4cf969c51310e2f5eb78a53.jpg)
University of Alabama at Birmingham
![Katherine Hebert](/ccts/media/widgetkit/Katie-Hebert-8ed453586de6aca5aa27a60fe0b8f9f5.jpeg)
Tulane University
![Desalyn Johnson](/ccts/media/widgetkit/Johnson_Headshot-ae66b1205bc1f4be317d00d3cce0956d.jpg)
![Kristen Smith](/ccts/media/widgetkit/Smith_K_Headshot-d7b4c496d1376990f68be10862bffdb3.jpg)
![Sydney Weir](/ccts/media/widgetkit/Weir_Headshot-d07f0dc42eacf3ce7b40fcccbb3e7432.jpg)
University of Alabama at Birmingham
![Griffin Wright](/ccts/media/widgetkit/Wright_G_Headshot-c42edc6f3ae9823d31e5689c47f24c77.jpg)
![Maryl Wright](/ccts/media/widgetkit/Wright_M_Headshot-d684f4f4934decb0c73d65adf5b606b5.jpg)
2020-2021
![Hasan Alrefair](/ccts/media/widgetkit/Hasan_Headshot-1a387918e0fdd592e42a12a6f42e7498.jpeg)
![UAB logo](/ccts/images/UAB-logo.png)
![Daniel Brake](/ccts/media/widgetkit/TL1_Brake_Daniel-0c75c22281620123ed0f93aff42758ec.jpg)
![UAB logo](/ccts/images/UAB-logo.png)
![Andrés Camino](/ccts/media/widgetkit/TL1_Camino_Andres-ff084ed309d1f7544c142f683787caa0.jpg)
![UAB logo](/ccts/images/UAB-logo.png)
![Brittannie Chester](/ccts/media/widgetkit/TL1_Chester_Brittannie-002df10de365273abd7b2572aa6986ac.jpg)
Mentor: Geetha Thangiah, PhD
![Auburn logo](/ccts/images/Auburn_logo.jpg)
![Ryan Ferrie](/ccts/media/widgetkit/TL1_Ferrie_Ryan-c23a6aa93e60518c01c739052bb7209d.jpg)
![Tulane logo](/ccts/images/tulane.jpeg)
![Dulce Gomez](/ccts/media/widgetkit/TL1_Gomez_Dulce-c085b32dd03022c53f0e3ab364490ea9.jpg)
Mentor: Suzanne Oparil, MD, FACC, FAHA, FASH, FAPS
![Auburn logo](/ccts/images/Auburn_logo.jpg)
![Braden Hahn](/ccts/media/widgetkit/TL1_Hahn_Braden-2b71491309bf75bd6622c371f34a3ccc.jpg)
Mentor: Allan David, PhD
![Auburn logo](/ccts/images/Auburn_logo.jpg)
![Justin Magrath](/ccts/media/widgetkit/TL1_Magrath_Justin-bc7a7c095238134161d8a9914e57b7bb.jpg)
![Tulane logo](/ccts/images/tulane.jpeg)
![Cassidi McDaniel](/ccts/media/widgetkit/TL1_McDaniel_Cassidi-9741778f5eaa98b04024c3cd8ef9ed98.jpg)
![Auburn logo](/ccts/images/Auburn_logo.jpg)
![Tiara Napier](/ccts/media/widgetkit/TL1_Napier_Tiara-034751baab09ba450d038ba7979aafe8.png)
Mentor: Anne Sorace, PhD
![UAB logo](/ccts/images/UAB-logo.png)
![Khoa (Andy) Nguyen](/ccts/media/widgetkit/TL1_Nguyen_Khoa_Andy-ca80f8ad7d5b903dcd9a746f537c6588.jpg)
![Tulane logo](/ccts/images/tulane.jpeg)
![Jonathan Patterson](/ccts/media/widgetkit/TL1_Patterson_Jonathan-f9e14d5f1432fe227b9b2cc0e55f3479.jpg)
![UAB logo](/ccts/images/UAB-logo.png)
![Doris Pu](/ccts/media/widgetkit/TL1_Pu_Doris-6c2a0bd8101955c516d45fa16090057d.jpg)
Mentor: Christina Rodriguez, PhD
![UAB logo](/ccts/images/UAB-logo.png)
![Sydney Sheppard](/ccts/media/widgetkit/TL1_Sheppard_Sydney-8c6ccaca64b07066ffd4351191033497.jpg)
Mentor: Julie Kanter, MD
![UAB logo](/ccts/images/UAB-logo.png)
![Edgar Soto](/ccts/media/widgetkit/TL1_Soto_Edgar-2852ad6d3e9a5985d76221ddf85fda56.jpeg)
Mentor: René Myers, MD
![UAB logo](/ccts/images/UAB-logo.png)
2019-2020
![Cheyenne Barba](/ccts/media/widgetkit/Cheyanne-Barba-273f9cb2ee45a65d88671f0e053a8b84.jpeg)
Mentor: Michael Crowe, PhD
![UAB logo](/ccts/images/UAB-logo.png)
![Heather Dark](/ccts/media/widgetkit/Heather_Dark-91af5e929160a06e63ac8ee6a20be852.jpg)
Mentor: David Knight, PhD
![UAB logo](/ccts/images/UAB-logo.png)
![Brandy Davis](/ccts/media/widgetkit/Brandy-Davis-0b5b3c424c583e81388eba51cf2b4321.jpg)
Mentor: Kim Garza, PharmD, PhD, MBA
![Auburn logo](/ccts/images/Auburn_logo.jpg)
![Cesar Gonzalez](/ccts/media/widgetkit/cesar_gonzalez-686f15f321aa0a44d01d31ec0c8cbbe2.jpg)
Mentor: Burel Goodin, PhD
![UAB logo](/ccts/images/UAB-logo.png)
![Samantha Gonzalez](/ccts/media/widgetkit/Gonzalez-Samantha-14791d727b81f889cd6750d9d3782395.jpeg)
Mentor: Christina Rodriguez, PhD
![UAB logo](/ccts/images/UAB-logo.png)
![Logan Hilton](/ccts/media/widgetkit/Logan-Hilton-c82387095c4a507052aa44f42ebec0e2.jpg)
Mentors: Michael Lyerly, MD; Nita Limdi, Pharm.D, PhD, MSPH, FAHA; Toby Gropen, MD
![LSU Health](/ccts/images/LSU_Health_Logo.png)
![Daniel Kim](/ccts/media/widgetkit/Daniel-Kim-e21ef29acedf1b188b493d8bfe56766f.jpg)
Mentor: William Opoku-Agyeman, MSc, MPH, PhD
![UAB logo](/ccts/images/UAB-logo.png)
![Zachary McCann](/ccts/media/widgetkit/Zachary_McCann-abba4ea1569845414cdd17117da8f2e4.jpg)
Mentor: Magdalena Szaflarski, PhD
![UAB logo](/ccts/images/UAB-logo.png)
![Matthew Moore](/ccts/media/widgetkit/Matthew_Moore-303402c525671a4fe355d13b4e3c2e1e.jpg)
Mentor: Martha Wingate, DrPH, MPH
![UAB logo](/ccts/images/UAB-logo.png)
![Rachel Muir](/ccts/media/widgetkit/Rachel-Muir-7b4287b2b5b751b4b9eb22099c0d76b3.jpeg)
Mentors: Craig Maynard, PhD; Jennifer Pollock, PhD
![UAB logo](/ccts/images/UAB-logo.png)
![Kathryn Pendergast](/ccts/media/widgetkit/Kate-Prendergast-2696663dc27209ad5db2eda9519f1909.jpg)
Mentors: Marissa Gowey, Phd; Gareth Dutton, PhD
![UAB logo](/ccts/images/UAB-logo.png)
![Riley Santiago](/ccts/media/widgetkit/Santiago_Riley-031d8967ac2d11caae6345db5f84de72.jpg)
Mentor: Janna Wisniewski, PhD
![Tulane logo](/ccts/images/tulane.jpeg)
![Ashkan Shahbandi](/ccts/media/widgetkit/Ashkan_Shahbandi-48a18aa9b287a00db4e79a015b5fcfea.jpeg)
Mentor: James Jackson, PhD
![Tulane logo](/ccts/images/tulane.jpeg)
![Austin Svancara](/ccts/media/widgetkit/Austin-Svancara-11b88aced523c4453ecd4ddc8b005414.png)
Mentor: Despina Stavrinos, PhD
![UAB logo](/ccts/images/UAB-logo.png)
2018-2019
![Haley Bednarz](/ccts/images/Haley_Bednarz.jpg)
Mentor: Rajesh Kana, PhD
Investigating mechanisms of driving impairment in individuals with autism and ADHD, as well as mapping brain activity in driving simulator
![UAB logo](/ccts/images/UAB-logo.png)
![Josh Blackwell](/ccts/images/Blackwell.jpg)
Mentor: Erik Hess, MD
Interested in improving linkage to care for Hep C positive in ED
![UAB logo](/ccts/images/UAB-logo.png)
![Morgan Ellis](/ccts/images/Morgan-Ellis.jpg)
Mentor: Elizabeth Lipke, PhD
Engineering novel tissue for heart patches in children with congenital heart defects
![Auburn logo](/ccts/images/Auburn_logo.jpg)
![Frances Gill](/ccts/images/profile-placeholder.jpg)
Mentor: Maureen Lichtveld, MD, MPH
![Tulane logo](/ccts/images/tulane.jpeg)
![Brendon Herring](/ccts/images/Herring.jpg)
Mentor: Herb Chen, MD
Interested in neuro-endocrine cancer research, including the viability of cell cultures and the role of NOTCH-2
![UAB logo](/ccts/images/UAB-logo.png)
![Austin Jones](/ccts/images/profile-placeholder.jpg)
Mentor: Patricia Kissinger, PhD, MPH
![Tulane logo](/ccts/images/tulane.jpeg)
![Allie Khodadadi](/ccts/images/Allie_Khodadadi.jpg)
Mentor: Isabel Scarinci, PhD MPH
Identifying factors in Hispanic mothers not vaccinating their teen daughters against HPVD
![UAB logo](/ccts/images/UAB-logo.png)
![Harrison Penrose](/ccts/images/Penrose.jpg)
Mentor: Suzana Savkovic, PhD
![Tulane logo](/ccts/images/tulane.jpeg)
![Tim Prior](/ccts/images/Prior.jpg)
Mentor: James McLachlan, PhD
![Tulane logo](/ccts/images/tulane.jpeg)
![Alex Razavi](/ccts/images/Razavi.jpg)
Mentor: Tanika Kelly, PhD, MPH
![Tulane logo](/ccts/images/tulane.jpeg)
![Macy Stockdill](/ccts/images/Macy-Stockdill.jpg)
Mentor: Marie Anne Bakitas, DNSc, CRNP, NP-C, AOCN, ACHPN, FAAN
![UAB logo](/ccts/images/UAB-logo.png)
2017-2018
![Carla Ammons](/ccts/images//Ammons.png)
Mentor: Rajesh Kana
Mid-Fusiform sulcus anatomy-relationship to face processing in autism spectrum disorder
![UAB logo](/ccts/images/UAB-logo.png)
![Naveed Farrukh](/ccts/images/Farrukh.png)
Mentor:Kiersten Kennedy
Patient-reported sociocognitive factors predicting readmission risk
![UAB logo](/ccts/images/UAB-logo.png)
![Elena Gibson](/ccts/images/Gibson.png)
Mentor: Isabel Scarinci
Perceived susceptibility to cervical cancer; AA Women living in MS delta
![UAB logo](/ccts/images/UAB-logo.png)
![Aditi Jani](/ccts/images/Jani.png)
Mentor: Craig Elmets
The role of IL-23 in the prevention of melanoma
![UAB logo](/ccts/images/UAB-logo.png)
![Tiffany Kaul](/ccts/images/Kaul_2.png)
Mentor: Prescott Deininger
L1 expression analysis using a bioinformatics approach
![Tulane logo](/ccts/images/tulane.jpeg)
![Jenna Lebersfeld](/ccts/images/Lebersfeld.png)
Mentor: Maria Hopkins
Effectiveness of a robot social skills therapy for children with an autism spectrum disorder
![UAB logo](/ccts/images/UAB-logo.png)
![Margarite Matossian](/ccts/images//Matossian.png)
Mentor: Bridgette Collins-Burow
Patient-derived xenografts: triple negative breast cancer tumorigenesis and metastasis
![Tulane logo](/ccts/images/tulane.jpeg)
![Milza Opper](/ccts/images/Opper.png)
Mentor: David Kimberlin
ID of Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) shedding in pregnant women
![UAB logo](/ccts/images/UAB-logo.png)
![Rachel Sabol](/ccts/images/Sabol.png)
Mentor: Bruce Bunnell
Obesity-altered stem cells & breast cancer metastasis
![Tulane logo](/ccts/images/tulane.jpeg)
![Ramya Singireddy](/ccts/images/Singireddy.png)
Mentor: Christine Curcio
Clinical ophthalmic imaging & retinal cell biology - macular degeneration
![UAB logo](/ccts/images/UAB-logo.png)
![Kathrin Zimmerman](/ccts/images/Zimmerman.png)
Mentor: Brandon Rocque
PTSD symptoms in hydrocephalus population
![UAB logo](/ccts/images/UAB-logo.png)
2016-2017
(Cancer)/Impact of related health behaviors on chemotherapy regimen
![Rutgers](/ccts/images/Rutgers.png)
(Neuro)/Neuroassessment of Traumatic Brain Injury
![UAB logo](/ccts/images/UAB-logo.png)
Long-term psychosocial impact of low grade CNS tumors on families
![UAB logo](/ccts/images/UAB-logo.png)
(HIV)/Therapeutic Adherence
![UAB logo](/ccts/images/UAB-logo.png)
Prostaglandin metabolism in ovarian cancer
![UAB logo](/ccts/images/UAB-logo.png)
(Precision Medicine)/Patient preferences related to genetic testing
![UAB logo](/ccts/images/UAB-logo.png)
![hudsonalpha](/ccts/images/hudsonalpha.png)
(CVD)/Connection between PTSD and cardiovascular outcomes
![Tulane logo](/ccts/images/tulane.jpeg)
Overcoming chemoresistance with the inhibition of the WNT pathway in ovarian cancer
![UAB logo](/ccts/images/UAB-logo.png)
(Pediatrics)/Transitions in care for children with concussions
![UAB logo](/ccts/images/UAB-logo.png)
Pain disparities in knee osteoarthritis
![UAB logo](/ccts/images/UAB-logo.png)
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.