Scholars
Year 1 Scholars: 
We are pleased to announce the Year 1 scholars for the K12 Program. Funding will be provided for two years starting July 1, 2019. View the Application tab for details on how to apply to become a K12 Scholar.

Kaylee Burnham Crockett, PhD
“Elucidating the role of weight stigma on mental health and cardiometabolic risk among women in the Women’s Interagency HIV Study/Combined Cohort Study” 
Primary Mentor: Janet Turan
 Saurabh Aggarwal, MD, PhD
“Cigarette Smoking Mediated Nef Translocation Impairs Pulmonary Artery Endothelial Cell Function and Increases the Risk of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in HIV”
Primary Mentors: Sonya Heath and J. Michael Wells
Crockett Kaylee Aggarwal Saurabh
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Presented at the 2019 European AIDS Clinical Society Meeting in Basel, Switzerland		 SAggarwal Poster

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Presented at the 2019 European AIDS Clinical Society Meeting in Basel, Switzerland
Year 2 Scholars:
 We are excited to introduce the Year 2 scholars for the K12 Program. Funding will be provided for two years starting July 1, 2020.
 
  Mohammed Siddiqui, MBBS, MD
“Mechanisms of Hypertension in Individuals
with HIV"                                                                    Primary Mentor: Greer Burkholder                                                  
 Jenni Wise, PhD, MSN
“The Impact of Environmental and Psychosocial Stressors on Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Women with HIV: A Mixed Methods Study"
Primary Mentor: Mirjam-Colette Kempf         
Picture Siddiqui Mohammed thumbnail Wise 2019 Summer Intensive
  Wise receives NIH grant to study cardiovascular health and HIV - Click to read article
Year 3 Scholar: 
We are pleased to announce the Year 3 scholar for the K12 Program. Funding will be provided for two years starting July 1, 2021. 
Soumya Niranjan, BPhram, MS, PhD
“Early Detection of COPD Among Patients with HIV” 
Primary Mentors: Monica Baskin and Mark Dransfield
 Picture of Soumya Niranjan
Year 4 Scholars: 
We are pleased to announce the Year 4 scholars for the K12 Program. Funding will be provided for two years starting July 1, 2022. 

Raymond Jones, PhD
“Central Vascular Implications in Neurocognitive Functioning among Older Adults with HIV” 
Primary Mentor: Thomas Buford
 Nicole Armstrong, MS, PhD
“Identifying genetic contributors for cardiovascular disease in people living with HIV from the Center for AIDS Research Network of Integrated Clinical Systems (CNICS) study”
Primary Mentors: Mandy Willig and Ryan Irvin