Romulo Albuquerque, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, College Of Medicine
Project Title: Novel nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor derivatives for chronic neuropathic pain
Primary Mentor: Jayakrishna Ambati, M.D.
Shanna Babalonis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Behavioral Science, College of Medicine
Project Title: Utilizing translational models to develop opioid adjuvants: Analgesis interactions of cannabinoids and opioids
Primary Mentor: Sharon Walsh, Ph.D.
Keisa Bennett, M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine
Project Title: How social networks influence smoking behavior in rural Appalachian lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBTQ) persons
Primary Mentor: Nancy Schoenberg, Ph.D.
Matthew Bush. M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, ENT Surgery, College of Medicine
Project Title: Bridging the Gaps: Assessment of pediatric hearing Loss in Appalachia
Primary Mentor: Nancy Schoenberg, Ph.D.
Meredith Duncan, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics, College of Public Health
Project: The power of social determinants of health: An Avenue for eliminating race-based cardiovascular Disease
Mentors: Carrie Oser, PhD, Donna Arnett, PhD, Jeff Talbert, PhD
Sally Ellingson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Bioinformatics, College of Medicine
Project Title: Development of "Gold Standard" next generation sequencing data sets
Primary Mentor: Heidi Weiss, Ph.D.
Sycarah Fisher, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology, College of Education
Project Title: Adolescent substance use: School and community perspectives on school-based interventions
Primary Mentor: Lisa Ruble, Ph.D.
Brandon Fornwalt, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Imaging Science and Innovation, Geisinger Health Care
Project Title: Exploring the role of dyssynchrony in pediatric heart disease with MRI
Primary Mentor: Susan Smyth, M.D., Ph.D.
Nathan Johnson, D.P.T., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Health Sciences
Project Title: Does aerobic training increase primary motor cortex cerebral blood flow and motor performance in healthy older adults?
Primary Mentor: Charlotte Peterson, Ph.D.
Mary (Beth) Lacy, PhD
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health
Project Title: Developing and validating a prediction tool for diabetic ketoacidosis among diabetes patients
Mentors: Jeff Talbert, Ph.D., John Fowlkes, M.D.
Ying Liang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Toxicology and Cancer Biology, College of Medicine
Project Title: Role of latex in Pathogenesis of myeloproliferative neoplasms
Primary Mentor: Gary Van Zant, Ph.D
Steve W. Leung, M.D.
Associate Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine
Project Title: Differentiating athlete's heart and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with cardiac MRI
Primary Mentor: Susan Smyth, M.D., Ph.D.
Laurie McLouth, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Behavioral Science
Project: Piloting ‘mPAL’, a multilevel implementation strategy to integrate non-hospice palliative care into advanced stage lung cancer treatment
Mentors: Nancy Schoenberg, PhD; Pam Hull, PhD
Brandon Miller, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine
Project Title: Reducing pathological macrophage activation and white matter injury in neonatal intraventricular hemorrhage
Primary Mentor: Edward Hall, Ph.D.
Brian Noehren, P.T., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Division of Physical Therapy, College of Health Sciences
Project Title: Prolonged micro and macro alterations to muscle following knee surgery and physical therapy
Primary Mentor: Charlotte Peterson, Ph.D.
Jill Roberts, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Sanders Brown Center on Aging, College of Medicine
Project Title: Optimization and translational validation of a novel mouse surgical model of Moyamoya Syndrome
Mentors: Linda VanEldik, Ph.D., Justin Fraser, M.D.
Elizabeth Salt, A.P.R.N., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, College of Nursing
Project Title: Pain sensitivity and mHealth therapy in acute to chronic back pain transition
Primary Mentor: Suzanne Segerstrom, Ph.D.
Michael Samaan, PhD
Assistant Professor, UK College of Education, Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion
Project: Hip Joint Bone and Cartilage Health and Mechanics in Patients with Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome
Mentor: Tom Kelly, PhD
Quing-Bai She, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology, College of Medicine
Project Title: Biological and therapeutic implications of AKT and AR cooperation in advanced prostate cancer
Primary Mentor: B. Mark Evers, M.D.
Rachel Stewart, D.O., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine
Project Title: MHC class II antigen presentation pathway and outcome in patients with triple negative breast cancer
Primary Mentors: Katherine Varley, Ph.D. and C. Darrell Jennings, M.D.
Christina R. Studts, L.C.S.W., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Health Behavior, College of Public Health
Project Title: Development of an ultra-rapid screening tool for disruptive behavior problems in preschoolers: First step toward a clinical intervention in primary care
Primary Mentor: Carl Leukefeld, Ph.D.
Moriel Vandsburger, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Bioengineering, University of California Berkeley
Project title: Translational magnetization transfer MRI of myocardial fibrosis
Primary Mentor: Susan Smyth, M.D., Ph.D
Tritia Yamasaki, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, College of Medicine
Project Title: Synuclein seed detection in synucleinopathies
Primary Mentor: Greg Gerhardt, Ph.D.
