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WonMo Ahn
Mentor: Gabor Csanyi, PhD
Research Project: ACE2-independent internalization of SARS-CoV-2 protein in COPD
Suhib Alhusban
Mentor: Brian Annex, MD
Research Project: Hexosamine Biosynthesis Pathway as a Potential Therapeutic Target in Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease
Candee Barris
Mentor: Eric Belin de Chantemele, PhD
Research Project: Origins of sex difference in the mechanisms of obesity-associate hypertension
Maria Blahove
Mentor: Gabor Csanyi, PhD
Research Project: The link between exosomes & cardiovascular diseases. By targeting exosomes in diseased states to better understand the cross-talk between cells during cardiovascular diseases & furthers progression of the disease.
Zsuzsanna Bordan
Mentor: David Fulton, PhD
Research Project: PDZ-Binding Kinase Drives Pulmonary Artery Smooth Muscel Proliferation & Vascular Remodeling in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Karl Diaz-Sanders
Mentor: Jennifer Sullivan, PhD
Research focus: Sex differences in hypertension to understand the molecular mechanisms within the immune system that regulate blood pressure in males & females under physiological & pathophysiological conditions.
Jaser Doja
Mentor: Joe Miano, PhD
Research Project: Orbiting Myocardin: Finding a Viable Landing Site
Brandee Goo
Mentor: Neal Weintraub, MD
Research focus: Aging increases inflammation & impairs the function of fat tissue. I'm interested in the processes that cause aging of our fat tissues & how they may be targeted to promote healthy aging.
Steve Haigh
Mentor: David Fulton, PhD
Research Project: Pulmonary Arterial hypertension, Cell Death, & Galectin 3
David Kim
Mentor: Neal Weintraub, MD
Research Project: Role of Novel Long Non-coding RNA BAZ1A-AS1 in Neointima Formation in Human Saphenous Vein Graft Disease
Taylor Kress
Mentor: Eric Belin de Chantemele, PhD
Research focus: My research is focused on HIV associated cardiovascular disease & determining how repressed viral protein expression contributes to diseases such as hypertension & atherosclerosis.
Cody Rosewater
Mentor: David Stepp, PhD
Research Project: Investigating the impact of obesity on blood brain barrier integrity & the role of obesity in aromatase expression & its associated pathways.
Hunter Sellers
Mentor: David Fulton, PhD
Research Project: A Model of Sustained Hyperphagia & Obesity in Mice using a Brain Targeting Adneo Associated Virus
Andrew Speese
Mentor: David Stepp, PhD
Research Project; Reversing Myosteatosis, a Novel Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease in Obesity
Josue Zambrano-Carrasco
Mentor: Huabo Su, PhD
Research Project: Role of RBX1 in cardiac development & maturation