Assistant Professor

Department of Neurology

Division of Memory & Aging Care

UVA School of Medicine

Primary Mentor: Carol Manning, PhD

Research Project: Characterization of millennial caregivers of persons with cognitive decline: Identifying intervention targets using a mixed-methods approach

Funding: UVA Department of Neurology, UVA Brain Institute, & UVA School of Medicine

Research Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine

Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

UVA School of Medicine

Primary Mentor: Imre Noth, MD

Research Project: Degree and timing of T cell co-stimulation determine protective immunity to M. tuberculosis infection

Funding: UVA Department of Medicine, Division of Pulm & Critical Care, & UVA Vice President for Research

Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine

Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology

UVA School of Medicine

Primary Mentor: Emily McGowan, MD, PhD

Research Project: Deciphering the immunologic landscape of gastroparesis-associated pylorospasm: Insights from single-cell RNA sequencing and gastric per-oral endoscopic myotomy

Funding: UVA School of Medicine

Assistant Professor

Department of Surgery

Division of Surgical Oncology

UVA School of Medicine

Primary Mentors: Craig Slingluff Jr., MD & Allan Tsung, MD

Research Project: Exploring the role of adipokine signaling in melanoma: Deciphering the obesity paradox

Funding: UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center

Assistant Professor

Department of Biomedical Engineering & Mechanics

VT School of Engineering

Primary Mentor: Raffaella De Vita, PhD 

Research Project: Development of strain-associated biomarkers for precision medicine in delayed fracture healing

Funding: VT Department of Biomedical Engineering & Mechanics

Assistant Professor

Department of Human Services

UVA School of Ed & Human Development

Primary Mentor: Catherine Bradshaw, PhD, MEd

Research Project: Leveraging data from mental health emergency department visits to inform an online, multi-part, mixed-reality training for school mental-health professionals

Funding: UVA Vice President for Research & UVA School of Ed & Human Development

Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine

Division of Infect. Disease & Int'l. Health

UVA School of Medicine

Primary Mentor: William Petri, MD, PhD

Research Project: Acute and long-term implications of IL-13 in COVID-19 associated hypoxic respiratory failure

Funding: KL2TR003016

Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine

Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

UVA School of Medicine

Primary Mentor: Michael Shim, MD

Research Project: Biomolecular and clinical outcomes of FK-506 immunosuppression in lung transplantation

Funding: UVA School of Medicine

Senior Instructor

Department of Health Systems & Implementation Science

VTC School of Medicine

Primary Mentor: Kathy Hosig, PhD, MPH, RD

Research Project: Facilitators and barriers of integrating community health workers (CHWs) into maternal and infant care for rural populations in Southwest Virginia

Funding: VTC Department of Health Systems & Implementation Science

Assistant Professor

Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Division of Gynecologic Oncology

Carilion Clinic

Primary Mentors: Samantha Harden, PhD & Jamie Zoellner, PhD

Research Project: Group-based exercise intervention for endometrial cancer survivors: Exploration of physical activity and quality of life impact

Funding: KL2TR003016

Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine

Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

UVA School of Medicine

Primary Mentor: J. Randall Moorman, MD

Research Project: Machine learning to improve sepsis care

Funding: UVA School of Medicine

Assistant Professor

Department of Urology

Division of Urologic Oncology

UVA School of Medicine

Primary Mentor: Tracey Krupski, MD

Research Project: Pre-habilitation and mindfulness program for patients undergoing radical cystectomy

Funding: UVA School of Medicine

Assistant Professor

Department of Pediatrics

UVA School of Medicine

Primary Mentor: James Nataro, MD, PhD, MBA

Research Project: Community-based approaches to improving pediatric mental health

Funding: UVA School of Medicine

Assistant Professor

Department of Human Services

UVA School of Ed & Human Development

Primary Mentor: Micah Mazurek, PhD

Research Project: Advancing the evidence-base for mindfulness-based interventions for treating behavioral health in adults with autism and intellectual disability

Funding: UVA Vice President for Research & UVA School of Ed & Human Development

Assistant Professor

Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences

VT Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine

Primary Mentor: Andrea Bertke, PhD

Research Project: Investigating functional changes in alpha6 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors following nerve injury

Funding: VT Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences

Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine

Division of Cardiology Medicine

UVA School of Medicine

Primary Mentor: Christopher Kramer, MD

Research Project: Novel therapy to treat microvascular disease in women

Funding: KL2TR003016

Assistant Professor

Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC

Primary Mentor: Catherine Bollard, MD, MBChB

Research Project: The molecular basis of euchromatic dysregulation in Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG)

Funding: Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC

Assistant Professor

Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, & Exercise

VT College of Agriculture & Life Sciences

Primary Mentor: Martha Ann Bell, PhD

Research Project: Examining the clinical utility of dance to support social skills and behavioral and neural synchrony in individuals with autism spectrum disorder

Funding: VT Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, & Exercise

Assistant Professor

Acute & Specialty Care

UVA School of Nursing

Primary Mentor: Bethany Teachman, PhD

Research Project: Measurement and modification of threat interpretation bias to reduce anxiety in Huntington’s disease

Funding: KL2TR003016

Assistant Professor

Acute & Specialty Care

UVA School of Nursing

Primary Mentor: Sarah Ratcliffe, PhD

Research Project: Comorbidity profiles and their influence on treatment and survival among underserved individuals with advanced lung cancer

Funding: UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center

Associate Professor

Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences 

VT VA-MD College of Veterinary Medicine

Primary Mentor: Nicola Mason, BVetMed, PhD

Research Project: Nanopulse stimulation as an ablative immune modifier in spontaneous canine diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

Funding: VT Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences

Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine

Division of Infect. Disease & Int’l. Health

UVA School of Medicine

Primary Mentor: William Petri, MD, PhD

Research Project: Immune profiling to stratify Clostridioides difficile infection outcomes

Funding: K23AI163368

Assistant Professor

Department of Human Services

UVA School of Ed & Human Development

Primary Mentor: Silvia Blemker, PhD

Research Project: Improving speech outcomes for cleft and craniofacial conditions through applications of machine learning algorithms and patient-specific pre-operative assessment

Funding: KL2TR003016

Assistant Professor

Department of Psychology

UVA College of Arts & Sciences

Primary Mentor: Jessica Connelly, PhD

Research Project: Vision deficits of non-retinal origin in preterm infants: Circuit mechanisms and noninvasive approach for prevention and treatment

Funding: UVA Vice President for Research & UVA College of Arts and Sciences

Assistant Professor

Department of Neurology

UVA School of Medicine

Primary Mentor: Kevin Pelphrey, PhD

Research Project: Is autism-plus-epilepsy an autism subtype with a focal neurobiological basis?

Funding: U24NS107182 

Assistant Professor

Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC

Primary Mentors: Warren Bickel, PhD & Matthew Hulver, PhD

Research Project: Neural and metabolic correlates of carbohydrate reward

Funding: Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC

Assistant Professor

Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC

Primary Mentor: Catherine Limperopoulos, PhD

Research Project: A pilot study of the role of gut dysbiosis in the neurodevelopmental consequences of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS)

Funding: Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC

Assistant Professor

Department of Pediatrics

UVA School of Medicine

Primary Mentors: Karen Fairchild, MD & Doug Lake, PhD

Research Project: Neurodevelopmental infant cardiorespiratory evaluation (NICE)

Funding: UVA School of Medicine

Assistant Professor

Department of Psychology

UVA College of Arts & Sciences

Primary Mentor: Carol Manning, PhD

Research Project: Mnemonic brain states and selective memory deficits in healthy aging

Funding: KL2TR003016

Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine

Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism

UVA School of Medicine

Primary Mentor: Zhenqi Liu, MD

Research Project: Effect of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonism on microvascular perfusion, cardiorespiratory fitness, and glycemic variability in type 1 diabetes

Funding: UVA School of Medicine

Assistant Professor

Frailin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC

Primary Mentor: Warren Bickel, PhD

Research Project: Deciphering the role of leptin receptor neural circuits in mediating early life trauma-induced binge eating behavior

Funding: Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC

Assistant Professor

Department of Public Health Sciences

UVA School of Medicine

Primary Mentor: Lee Ritterband, PhD

Research Project: Establishing the effectiveness of publicly available smoking cessation resources: Does rurality matter?

Funding: KL2TR003016

Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine

Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism

UVA School of Medicine

Primary Mentor: Helmy M. Siragy, MD

Research Project: The (pro)renin receptor promotes renal injury in the aging kidney through increased cellular senesence

Funding: UVA School of Medicine

Assistant Professor

Center for Advanced Study of Teaching & Learning

UVA School of Ed & Human Development

Primary Mentor: Kevin Pelphrey, PhD

Research Project: Parent-child brain synchrony in autism spectrum disorders

Funding: KL2TR003016

Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine

Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism

UVA School of Medicine

Primary Mentor: Eugene Barrett, MD, PhD

Research Project: Examining the effect of glycemic excursions on cardiac function and myocardial perfusion in type 1 diabetes

Funding: UVA School of Medicine

Assistant Professor

Department of Surgery (Pediatric)

UVA School of Medicine

Primary Mentor: Sean Moore, MD, MS

Research Project: Role of enteric neuronal glucagon-like peptide-2 receptor agonist augmentation of tissue engineered intestine for the treatment of short bowel syndrome

Funding: KL2TR003016

Assistant Professor

Youth-Nex

UVA School of Ed & Human Development

Primary Mentor: Catherine Bradshaw, PhD, MEd

Research Project: Development of decision and implementation supports for a rural school-based prevention program

Funding: UVA Vice President for Research & UVA School of Ed & Human Development

Assistant Professor

Department of Psychiatry & Neurobehavioral Sciences

UVA School of Medicine

Primary Mentor: Lee Ritterband, PhD

Research Project: Improving the understanding of depression among cancer caregivers using ecological momentary assessment

Funding: UVA School of Medicine

Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine

Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care

UVA School of Medicine

Primary Mentor: Coleen McNamara, MD

Research Project: The role of B-1 cells and natural IgM in lung inflammation and fibrosis

Funding: UVA School of Medicine

Assistant Professor

Department of Neurology (Pediatric)

UVA School of Medicine

Primary Mentor: Karen Johnston, MD, MSc

Research Project: Application of a ketogenic diet in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis

Funding: UVA School of Medicine

Assistant Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

UVA School of Medicine

Primary Mentor: Mark Sochor, MD, MS

Research Project: Predicting injury risk after motor vehicle collisions using occupant and vehicle telemetry data

Funding: UVA School of Medicine & KL2TR003016

Assistant Professor

Acute & Specialty Care

UVA School of Nursing

Primary Mentor: Lee Ritterband, PhD

Research Project: Use of an internet-based intervention to prevent cognitive decline in older adults with mild

cognitive impairment

Funding: UVA School of Medicine

Assistant Professor

Department of Pediatrics

UVA School of Medicine

Primary Mentor: Sean Moore, MD, MS

Research Project: Computational modeling of intestinal mucosa: Image analysis and multiomics

Funding: UVA School of Medicine

Assistant Professor

Department of Neurology

UVA School of Medicine

Primary Mentor: Jaideep Kapur, MBBS, PhD

Research Project: Prediction cardiopulmonary events during seizures

Funding: U24NS107182

Assistant Professor

Acute & Specialty Care

UVA School of Nursing

Primary Mentor: J. Randall Moorman, MD

Research Project: A pragmatic clinical trial evaluating impact of continuous predictive monitoring on nurse-driven

outcomes in a dynamic intensive care setting

Funding: UVA School of Medicine

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemical Engineering 

UVA School of Engineering & Applied Science

Primary Mentor: Brad Worrall, MD, MSc

Research Project: Bioengineered hydrogels to facilitate 3D neural stem cell survival and growth in a stroke environment

Funding: UVA School of Medicine

Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine

Division of Infect. Disease & Int’l. Health

UVA School of Medicine

Primary Mentor: Rebecca Dillingham, MD, MPH

Research Project: Affordable Care Act's effects on persons living with HIV (PLWH) in Virginia

Funding: UVA School of Medicine

Assistant Professor

Department of Pediatrics

UVA School of Medicine

Primary Mentor: J. Randall Moorman, MD

Research Project: Pulse oximetry cardiorespiratory scores to predict adverse events and outcomes in premature infants

Funding: UVA School of Medicine

Assistant Professor

Department of Surgery

UVA School of Medicine

Primary Mentor: Sasha Krupnick, MD

Research Project: The role of CD8+ T cell-mediated tolerance in non-small cell lung cancer

Funding: UVA School of Medicine