| Name | Degree | PROmoTE Role | Entry year | Current Outcome | PROmoTE Research |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() J. Miller Allan |
MD - 2023 | MD Student | 2019 | Vascular surgery residency, Emory University | Effects of Early Life Stress on cardiovascular function in a novel MSEW mouse strain and immunological homeostasis in adolescent humans |
![]() Fabian Berru |
MD - 2023 | MD Student | 2019 | Residency - Family Medicine; UAB Heersink School of Medicine - Huntsville | Ferric citrate affects serum IL-6 levels in CKD patients |
![]() Stephen Cunningham |
MS - 2021 | PhD Student | 2019 | Software Engineer for JP Morgan Chase in Colombus, OH | Elevated Serum Phosphate induces genetic markers for Systemic Anemia and inflammation in murine hepatocytes |
![]() Mary Claire Chumley-Doss |
MD - 2023 | MD Student | 2019 | Residency- UAB- Pediatrics | Effects of Kidney Transplantation on Cystogenesis in Kidneys Procured from a Deceased Donor with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease |
![]() Ari Ginsparg |
PhD Student | 2019 | PhD degree seeking, Bioinformatics | A Series of Studies in Polycystic Kidney Disorder Approached with Team Science Techniques | |
![]() Chanelle Hunter |
PhD - 2024 | PhD Student | 2019 | Project Manager at Bracken | Developing Physiologically Relevant Tissue Chip Models of Renal Vasculature and the Study of Vascular Calcification |
![]() Cailin Kellum |
PhD -2025 | PhD Student | 2019 | Postdoctoral Researcher - UAB | Effects of Early Life Stress on cardiovascular function in a novel MSEW mouse strain and immunological homeostasis in adolescent humans |
![]() Cody Savage |
MD - 2023 | MD Student | 2019 | Resident - Diagnostic Radiology & Preliminary Medicine;University of Maryland Mercy Medical Center University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD |
Developing Physiologically Relevant Tissue Chip Models of Renal Vasculature and the Study of Vascular Calcification |
![]() Ayaka Fujihashi |
MD - 2024 | Post-Bacc Scholar | 2020 | Resident – Ophthalmology; Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, IN | Fibroblast HDAC1 induces fibrosis in male mice; A low-protein diet and macrophage depletion attenuates cyst development in murine models of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease |
![]() Lucinda Hall |
PhD - 2024 | PhD Student | 2020 | Scientist, New Technologies Group at Enzala Therapeutics | Bmal1-KO rats have impaired autonomic nervous system responses ; Early Life Stress Exposure, Blood Pressure Variability, and Subclinical Inflammation After Pediatric Kidney Transplantation |
![]() Matthew Kizsla |
MD - 2024 | MD Student | 2020 | Resident- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai - Neurology | Early Life Stress Exposure, Blood Pressure Variability, and Subclinical Inflammation After Pediatric Kidney Transplantation |
![]() Bethany Langner |
MD - 2024 | MD Student | 2020 | Resident, Johns Hopkins University | Increase in heart rate and blood pressure as a stress resposnse in male mice with sickle cell disease |
![]() Hailey Levi |
PhD Student | 2020 | PhD Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology | Fibroblast HDAC1 induces fibrosis in male mice; A low-protein diet and macrophage depletion attenuates cyst development in murine models of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease | |
![]() Derian Pugh |
PhD - 2025 | PhD Student | 2020 | PhD degree seeking; Cancer Theme, UAB | Increase in heart rate and blood pressure as a stress resposnse in male mice with sickle cell disease |
![]() Shaina Bolden |
MD - 2025 | MD Student | 2021 | Resident at Brookwood Baptist Health | Early Life Stress and Low Resilience Increase Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Human Adolescents and the Pro-Inflammatory State in Mice |
![]() Ahsan Lakhani |
Post-Bacc Scholar | 2021 | MD degree seeking, MS4 - UCSB School of Medicine | Early Life Stress and Low Resilience Increase Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Human Adolescents and the Pro-Inflammatory State in Mice | |
Ashley Mejia |
Post-Bacc Scholar | 2021 | DO degrees seeking - 4th Year - Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine | Gut microbiota manipulation attenuates polycystic kidney disease burden in an orthologous, slowly progressive mouse model | |
![]() Hemant Srivastava |
MD - 2025 | MD Student | 2021 | MS3 | Gut microbiota manipulation attenuates polycystic kidney disease burden in an orthologous, slowly progressive mouse model |
![]() Kayla Baker |
MD Student | 2022 | MD degree seeking, UAB | Natural Course of Albuminuria In Humanized Sickle Cell Mouse Model | |
![]() Ashley Denslow |
PhD Student | 2022 | PhD Degree Seeking, Immunology at UAB | Insights into Modeling IgA Nephropathy | |
![]() Gillian Kelly |
PhD Student | 2022 | PhD Degree Seeking - P3, UAB | Early Life Stress is Associated with Increased Reactive Cytokine Production and an Elevated Risk for Developing Hypertension | |
![]() Venu Reddy |
MD Student | 2022 | MD degree seeking, UAB | Insights into Modeling IgA Nephropathy | |
![]() E. Brody Rhodes |
MD Student | 2022 | MD degree seeking, UAB | Sex Differences in Various Timed Sodium Intakes of Wildtype and Bmal1 Knockout Rats | |
![]() Michael Ho |
Post-Bacc Scholar | 2022 | MD degree seeking, UAB | Natural Course of Albuminuria In Humanized Sickle Cell Mouse Model | |
![]() Teresa Beamon |
PhD Student | 2022 | PhD Degree Seeking - P3, UAB | Sex Differences in Various Timed Sodium Intakes of Wildtype and Bmal1 Knockout Rats | |
![]() LaTimberly Washington |
MD Student | 2022 | MD degree seeking, UAB | Early Life Stress is Associated with Increased Reactive Cytokine Production and an Elevated Risk for Developing Hypertension | |
![]() Gavin Baker |
MD Student | 2023 | MD degree seeking, UAB | Class lla HDAC potentially mediates inflammation and aortic stiffness in mice exposed to early-life stress | |
![]() Michael Ho |
MD Student | 2023 | MD degree seeking, UAB | Circadian regulation an oxalate synthesis and excretion : Insights from BmaL1 knockout rat model | |
![]() John Diaz |
Post-Bacc Scholar | 2023 | DO degree seeking - College of Osteopathic Medicine (ACOM) | Circadian regulation an oxalate synthesis and excretion : Insights from BmaL1 knockout rat model | |
![]() William Gard |
MD Student | 2023 | MD degree seeking, UAB | Association between iron overload and kidney disease in pediatric sickle cell anemia | |
![]() Chloe La Prairie |
PhD Student | 2023 | PhD Degree Seeking, Cancer Theme, UAB | A novel risk tool for sepsis-associated AKI in the ICU and impact of macrophage Ferritin light chain deletion on iron storage and sepsis-associated AKI in mice | |
![]() Vivek Somasundaram |
PhD Student | 2023 | PhD seeking - Graduate Biomedical Sciences - UAB | Association between iron overload and kidney disease in pediatric sickle cell anemia | |
![]() Yifei Sun |
MD Student | 2023 | MD degree seeking, UAB | A novel risk tool for sepsis-associated AKI in the ICU and impact of macrophage Ferritin light chain deletion on iron storage and sepsis-associated AKI in mice | |
![]() Ayla Vaughn Embs |
PhD Student | 2023 | PhD Degree Seeking, Cancer Theme, UAB | Class lla HDAC potentially mediates inflammation and aortic stiffness in mice exposed to early-life stress | |
![]() O. Blaine Johnston |
PhD Student | 2024 | PhD, UAB | Life Environmental and Social Factors on Cardiovascular Disease Risk | |
Woojin Lee |
MD Student | 2024 | MD degree seeking | Predicting Renal Replacement Therapy Initiation in Acutely Ill Adults with Acute Kidney Injury | |
![]() Hyoeun (Esther) Lim |
MD Student | 2024 | MD degree seeking, UAB | Developing Physiologically Relevant Tissue Chip Models of Renal Vasculature and the Study of Vascular Calcification | |
![]() Rohit Reddy |
MD Student | 2024 | MD degree seeking, UAB | Life Environmental and Social Factors on Cardiovascular Disease Risk | |
![]() William Spanier |
PhD Student | 2024 | PhD, UAB, Biochemical and Structural Biology | Developing Physiologically Relevant Tissue Chip Models of Renal Vasculature and the Study of Vascular Calcification | |
![]() Parker Tamucci |
PhD Student | 2024 | DNF | Predicting Renal Replacement Therapy Initiation in Acutely Ill Adults with Acute Kidney Injury | |
![]() Farshad Ghanbari |
MD Student | 2025 | MD degree seeking | Early Life Stress and Health Outcomes | |
Matthew Mullins |
MD Student | 2025 | MD degree seeking | Sepsis-AKI Pathways | |
![]() Shanzida Siddique |
PhD Student | 2025 | PhD seeking - Graduate Biomedical Sciences - UAB | Sepsis-AKI Pathways | |
![]() Deepa Nandan |
PhD Student | 2025 | PhD seeking - Graduate Biomedical Sciences - UAB | Meal Timing Drives Diurnal Rhythms in Endogenous Oxalate Production | |
![]() Sarah Kim |
MD Student | 2025 | MD degree seeking | Early Life Stress and Health Outcomes | |
![]() Pierce Plumlee |
MD Student | 2025 | MD degree seeking | Meal Timing Drives Diurnal Rhythms in Endogenous Oxalate Production |
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