KL2 Scholar Award Recipients - Current

  • Mautin Barry-Hundeyin, MD

    Assistant Professor, College of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Surgical Oncology

    Project: Macrophage regulation of peritoneal carcinomatosis in gastric adenocarcinoma

    Mentors: Joseph Kim, MD; Ilhem Messaoudi, PhD; Mark Evers, MD

    A headshot of Mautin Barry-Hundeyin, MD, PhD, a young Black woman with straight, chin-length hair. She's wearing a black suit jacket and smiling at the camera. There's a medium-gray backdrop.

  • Yosra Helmy, PhD, DVM

    Assistant Professor, Martin Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Family, Division of Veterinary Sciences, Gluck Equine Research Center

    Project: Probiotics-derived bioactive molecules as alternatives to antibiotics to mitigate antibiotic-resistant Campylobacter infections in humans

    Primary Mentors:  Ilhem Messaoudi, PhD; Jon Thorson, PhD; Mark Evers, MD

    Helmy

  • Jinpeng Liu, PhD

    Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cancer Biostatistics

    Project: Characterizing the pan-cancer endogenous retroviruses landscapes at single-cell resolution

    Mentors: Chi Wang, PhD; Jill Kolesar, PhD; Christine Brainson, PhD; John Villano, MD

    Liu

  • Amanda Trout, PhD

    Project:  ProBDNF/BDNF EV expression to predict cognitive decline with ischemia.​

    Mentors: Ann Stowe, PhD; Donna Wilcock, PhD; Justin Fraser, MD​

    Headshot of Amanda Trout, PhD. She's a white woman in her 30s with wavy, almost black hair just past her shoulders. She's smiling at the camera and wearing a peach-colored shirt with red flowers.

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