Angela D. Sickels, MD
Research Project: Health services and clinical outcomes research in vascular surgery
Surgery - Vascular Surgery
September 2023 - present
Primary Mentor: Adam Beck, MD
Co-Mentor/MiT: Daniel Chu, MD
Ian C. Berg, PhD
Research Project: Engineering in vitro systems in cardiac and vascular tissue
Cardiovascular Disease
July 2023 - present
Primary Mentor: Palaniappan Sethu, PhD
MiT: Gregory Payne, MD, PhD
Catharine (Katie) Couch, PhD
Research Project: Identifying genetic variants associated with cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes
Nutrition Sciences
January 2023 - present
Primary Mentor: Marguerite (Ryan) Irvin, PhD; Co-Mentor/MiT: Luz Padilla, MD
Ting Wei, MD, PhD
Research Project: Pulmonary hypertension associated with brochopulmonary dysplasia
Medicine-Pediatrics (Neonatology)
September 2022 - present
Primary Mentor: N. Ambalavanan, MD; Co-Mentor/MiT: Samuel Gentle, MD
Margaret B. Bell, PhD
Research Project: Mitochondrial function in cardiovascular disease and its effects in older persons
Pathology
May 2022 - present
Primary Mentor: Jianhua Zhang, PhD; Co-Mentor: Victor Darley-Usmar, PhD
Emily L. Zumbro, PhD
Research Project: Aerobic exercise and hypertension pharmcological treatments on microbiome diversity, metabolomics and vascular health
Gerontology/UCEM
June 2021 - June 2023
Primary Mentor: Thomas W. Buford, PhD
MiT: Adam R. Wende, PhD; Co-Mentor: Cristy S. Carter, PhD
Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, UAB Center for Exercise Medicine
Samantha L. Martin, PhD
Research Project: Mechanisms associated with the transgenerational effects of cardiovascular disease
Nutrition Sciences/OBGYN
April 2020 – March 2023
Primary Mentor: Alan T.N. Tita, MD, PhD
MiT: Rachel Sinkey, MD; Co-Mentor: Paula Chandler-Laney, PhD
Current Position: Assistant Professor, UAB OB/GYN, Maternal & Fetal Medicine
Vivian Lin, PhD
Research Project: Mechanisms underlying pulmonary vascular disease in COPD
Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine
June 2020 – May 2022
Primary Mentor: J. Michael Wells, MD, MSPH
MiT: Gregory Payne, MD, PhD
Co-Mentor: Amit Gaggar, MD
Current Position: Scientist I, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine
UAB Department of Medicine, Heersink School of Medicine
Nikki Marie Davis Armstrong, PhD
Research Project: Identification of pharmacogenetic predictors associated with metabolic response, BP response and outcomes in African American hypertensives
Epidemiology
June 2019 – June 2022
Primary Mentor: M. Ryan Irvin, PhD, MS
MiT: Byron C. Jaeger, PhD; Co-Mentor: Bertha Hidalgo, PhD, MPH
Current Position: Assistant Professor, UAB Department of Epidemiology
Mariame Selma Kane, PhD
Research Project: Circadian regulation of mitochondrial quality control in the mouse heart
Cardiovascular Disease
March 2019 – March 2022
Primary Mentor: Martin Young, PhD
Co-Mentor: John Chatham, DPhil, T32 Faculty Alumnus
Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Division of Cardiovascular Disease
UAB Department of Medicine, Heersink School of Medicine
Anne M. Ramsey, PhD
Research Project: Timing of food intake and its effect on metabolic function
Nephrology/Cardio-Renal Section
June 2020 – December 2021
Primary Mentor: David Pollock, PhD
MiT: Carmen De Miguel, PhD; Co-Mentor: Jennifer S. Pollock, PhD
Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Division of Nephrology, UAB Department of Medicine, Heersink School of Medicine
American Heart Association (AHA) Postdoctoral Fellowship Award Recipient (2022-2023), BMAL1 Control of Kidney Respiration