TL1 Postdoctoral Award Recipients - Past
  • Vedant Gupta, M.D. Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine

    Project Title: Role of coronary artery calcification in predicting cardiovascular event rates after sepsis

    Project Mentor: Susan Smyth, M.D., Ph.D.

    Vedant Gupta
  • Vashisht Madabhushi, M.D., Resident, Department of Surgery

    Project Title: Barriers to surgical colon and lung cancer treatment in Kentucky's Appalachia patients

    Primary Mentor: Roberto Cardarelli, D.O, M.H.A., M.P.H.

    Vashisht Madabhushi
  • Jennifer Miller, R.N., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, College of Nursing

    Project Title: Health literacy and end-of-life choices in heart failure patients with life-saving/extending devices

    Primary Mentor: Debra Moser, R.N., Ph.D.

    Niller
  • Vihang Patel, M.D., Fellow, Digestive Diseases and Nutrition

    Project Title: Evaluating the role of exosomes as a biomarker in patient's with inflammatory bowel disease

    Project Mentor: Terrence Barrett, M.D.

    Vihang Patel
  • Courtney Perry, D.O., Fellow, Digestive Disease and Nutrition

    Project Title: Peripheral Blood Exosomes as a novel biomarker for Sorafenib induced GI toxicity

    Primary Mentor: Terrence Barrett, M.D.

    Courtney Perry
  • Kshitij Thakur, MD, GI Fellow, College of Medicine

    Project: Role of palliative care in decompensated cirrhosis

    Mentor: Jerod Stapleton, PhD

  • Hailey Traxler, PHD, BCBA, Postdoctoral Fellow, College of Arts & Sciences

    Project: Development of optimal financial incentive amount to maximizeffectiveness and cost-efficiency in contingency management with behavioral economics

    Mentor: Mikhail Koffarnus, PhD

  • Matthew Sousa, M.D., Fellow Cardiology

    Project Title: The influence of coronary calcium noted on non-gated CT scans on preoperative morality and major adverse cardiac events

    Primary Mentor: Vedant Gupta, M.D.

    Sousa
  • Yuan Wen, M.D., PhD, Research Fellow, College of Medicine

    Project Title: Identification of novel small molecule modulators of skeletal muscle hypertrophy

    Primary Mentor: Charlotte Peterson, Ph.D.

    Yuan Wen