Reem Atawia, PhD
Taylor Kress
Putting the brakes on accelerated aging of bone, muscle from HIV infection, treatment
Antiretroviral cocktails can make human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, undetectable and untransmittable, but both the virus and its treatment can also accelerate aging of bone and muscle.
Females of all ages, ethnicities have more salt-sensitive hypertension than males
There is increasing evidence that females of all ethnicities and ages are more salt sensitive than males, and that this propensity to hold onto more salt, which drives blood pressure up, increases after menopause.
Obesity, high-salt diet pose different cardiovascular risks in females, males
Obesity and a high-salt diet are both bad for our hearts but they are bigger, seemingly synergistic risks for females, scientists report.
2022 https://jagwire.augusta.edu/prestigious-nih-grant-supports-augusta-university-student-researchers/
2020 https://jagwire.augusta.edu/scientists-explore-the-obesity-paradox-cardiovascular-risk-of-hiv/
2018 https://jagwire.augusta.edu/new-evidence-that-females-might-benefit-most-from-a-low-salt-diet/
2018 https://jagwire.augusta.edu/getting-leptin-levels-just-right-may-provide-cardiovascular-protection/
2018 https://jagwire.augusta.edu/scientists-work-to-protect-obese-younger-women-from-cardiovascular-risk/
March 16-17, 2023 |38th Graduate Research Day Events
(middle right) Reem Atawia, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow who is mentored by Dr. Eric Belin de Chantemele, awarded 2nd place for Excellence in Research (poster presentation)
(middle left) Candee Barris, a candidate for PhD in Vascular Biology who is mentored by Dr. Eric Belin de Chantemele, received the Virendra B. Mahesh Award (poster presentation) for “Ovarian-derived sex hormones do not mediate the sex-specific mechanism of hypertension in obese mice”
April 20-23, 2023 | American Physiology Summit (APS) held in Long Beach, CA
Reem Atawia, PhD, was awarded the APS-Cardiovascular Section “Outstanding Trainee Award”
Eric Belin de Chantemele, PhD, received the inaugural award for “The APS Charles Bates Research Award”
Candee Barris discusses her military service before becoming a PhD student in the JagWire article: Augusta University students reflect on military service for Veterans Day
Candee Barris is one of four students to receive NIH-funded, highly competitive T32 training grant currently supporting PhD work.
Experimental Biology 2022:
APS Cardiovascular Section Clinical Science Young Investigator Award awarded to Reem Atawia
Experimental Biology 2021:
Dr. Belin de Chantemele recipient of the Henry Pickering Bowditch award.
Augusta University Graduate research Day 2021
(picture 1) Ji Cheng Memorial & Phi Kappa Phi Award for Excellence in Research by a Biomedical Sciences student in the early years of training to Candee BARRIS
(picture 2) Augusta University Award for Excellence in Research by a Postdoctoral Fellow, 1st place (oral) to Reem ATAWIA
(picture 3) Augusta University, The Graduate School Award for Excellence in Research by a Graduate Student to Taylor KRESS
2019 APS “Aldosterone and ENaC in Health and Disease: the Kidney and Beyond”
Conference travel award awarded to Jessica FAULKNER
2019 AHA Hypertension Scientific Session
“Stephanie Watts Career Development Award” awarded
to Thiago BRUDER DO NASCIMENTO
2019 Augusta University Vascular Biology Center Journal Club Excellence Award
awarded to Jessica FAULKNER
Graduate Research day 2019
Augusta University Award for Excellence in Research by a Postdoctoral Fellow, 1st place (oral) to Jessica Faulkner, 2nd place (oral) to Thiago Bruder Nascimento
2018 American Physiological Society: Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic Diseases:
Sex-specific Implications for Physiology Conference Award awarded to Jessica FAULKNER
Experimental Biology Meeting 2018
APS-Cardiovascular Section “Outstanding Trainee Award” awarded to Jessica FAULKNER
APS-Cardiovascular Section “Clinical Science Young Investigator Award” awarded
to Thiago BRUDER DO NASCIMENTO
Experimental Biology Meeting 2017
APS-Cardiovascular Section “Outstanding Trainee Award” awarded to Thiago BRUDER DO NASCIMENTO
Experimental Biology Meeting 2017
Caroline tum Suden/Frances Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Award
to Jessica FAULKNER (Postdoctoral Fellow)
2017 Augusta University Graduate Research Day Award for
Best Oral Presentation to Jessica FAULKNER (Postdoctoral Fellow)
2013 Annual High Blood Pressure Research Conference Award
for New Investigators to Anne-Cécile HUBY (Postdoctoral Fellow)
