| 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 - 2026 | PhD Student | 2019 | Postdoctoral Research - UAB | 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 | MD Student | 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 | N/A | 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 | N/A | 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 | DO – 2026 | Post-Bacc Scholar | 2021 | Residency - Internal Medicine - HCA Florida Largo Hospital | 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 | N/A | MD Student | 2022 | MD degree seeking, UAB | Natural Course of Albuminuria In Humanized Sickle Cell Mouse Model |
| Ashley Denslow | N/A | PhD Student | 2022 | PhD Degree Seeking, Immunology at UAB | Insights into Modeling IgA Nephropathy |
| Gillian Kelly | N/A | 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 | N/A | MD Student | 2022 | MD degree seeking, UAB | Insights into Modeling IgA Nephropathy |
| E. Brody Rhodes | MD – 2026 | MD Student | 2022 | Urology Residency – UAB | Sex Differences in Various Timed Sodium Intakes of Wildtype and Bmal1 Knockout Rats |
| Michael Ho | N/A | Post-Bacc Scholar | 2022 | MD degree seeking, UAB | Natural Course of Albuminuria In Humanized Sickle Cell Mouse Model |
| Teresa Beamon | N/A | PhD Student | 2022 | PhD Degree Seeking - P3, UAB | Sex Differences in Various Timed Sodium Intakes of Wildtype and Bmal1 Knockout Rats |
| LaTimberly Washington | MD – 2026 | MD Student | 2022 | OBGYN Residency – UC San Diego | Early Life Stress is Associated with Increased Reactive Cytokine Production and an Elevated Risk for Developing Hypertension |
| Gavin Baker | N/A | 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 | N/A | MD Student | 2023 | MD degree seeking, UAB | Circadian regulation an oxalate synthesis and excretion : Insights from BmaL1 knockout rat model |
| John Diaz | N/A | 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 | N/A | MD Student | 2023 | MD degree seeking, UAB | Association between iron overload and kidney disease in pediatric sickle cell anemia |
| Chloe La Prairie | N/A | 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 | N/A | PhD Student | 2023 | PhD seeking - Graduate Biomedical Sciences - UAB | Association between iron overload and kidney disease in pediatric sickle cell anemia |
| Yifei Sun | N/A | 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 | N/A | 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 | N/A | PhD Student | 2024 | PhD, UAB | Life Environmental and Social Factors on Cardiovascular Disease Risk |
| Woojin Lee | N/A | MD Student | 2024 | MD degree seeking | Predicting Renal Replacement Therapy Initiation in Acutely Ill Adults with Acute Kidney Injury |
| Hyoeun (Esther) Lim | N/A | 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 – 2026 | MD Student | 2024 | Residency - Psychiatry – Arkansas | Life Environmental and Social Factors on Cardiovascular Disease Risk |
| William Spanier | N/A | 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 | N/A | PhD Student | 2024 | DNF | Predicting Renal Replacement Therapy Initiation in Acutely Ill Adults with Acute Kidney Injury |
| Farshad Ghanbari | N/A | MD Student | 2025 | MD degree seeking | Early Life Stress and Health Outcomes |
| Matthew Mullins | N/A | MD Student | 2025 | MD degree seeking | Sepsis-AKI Pathways |
| Shanzida Siddique | N/A | PhD Student | 2025 | PhD seeking - Graduate Biomedical Sciences - UAB | Sepsis-AKI Pathways |
| Deepa Nandan | N/A | PhD Student | 2025 | PhD seeking - Graduate Biomedical Sciences - UAB | Meal Timing Drives Diurnal Rhythms in Endogenous Oxalate Production |
| Sarah Kim | N/A | MD Student | 2025 | MD degree seeking | Early Life Stress and Health Outcomes |
| Pierce Plumlee | N/A | MD Student | 2025 | MD degree seeking | Meal Timing Drives Diurnal Rhythms in Endogenous Oxalate Production |
| Ross Dahlberg | N/A | MD Student | 2026 | MD degree seeking | Norepinephrine Priming of the Bone Marrow and Beta-2 Signaling Drive Elevated Vascular Stiffness in the MSEW Model of Early Life Stress |
| Sonoka Deguchi | N/A | PhD Student | 2026 | PhD degree seeking | Inappropriate meal timing disturbs normal diurnal urinary citrate excretion. |
| Branden Duyvestyn | N/A | MD Student | 2026 | MD degree seeking | Inappropriate meal timing disturbs normal diurnal urinary citrate excretion. |
| Matthew Farhat | N/A | MD Student | 2026 | MD degree seeking | Modeling Type 4 Cardiorenal Syndrome: From Organoid-Based Renal Injury to Human Myocardial Fibrosis |
| Samantha Hatfield | N/A | PhD Student | 2026 | PhD degree seeking | Norepinephrine Priming of the Bone Marrow and Beta-2 Signaling Drive Elevated Vascular Stiffness in the MSEW Model of Early Life Stress |
| Jordan Jackson | N/A | PhD Student | 2026 | PhD degree seeking | Modeling Type 4 Cardiorenal Syndrome: From Organoid-Based Renal Injury to Human Myocardial Fibrosis |
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