Current Newman Society Members Last Name First Name Project Primary Department Current or Previous Funding
Developing, Validdating, and Implementing a Medicine/Nephrology K23 Abdel-Kader Khaled CKD Predictive Model (DELVECKD) Simulating Ion Channel Interactions to Study Medicine/Cardiovascular Medicine VPSD Abraham Robert Atrial Fibrillation Risk Modulation Aday Aaron Medicine/Cardiovascular Medicine K12 VEMRT Decreasing Interruptions and Losses from HIV Medicine/Infectious Diseases K23 Ahonkhai Aimalohi Care in Nigeria Leveraging Genetic Ancestry to Identify Genetic Thoracic Surgery VCTRS; K07 Variants and Gene-Environment Interactions Aldrich Melinda Influencing Lung Cancer in African Americans
ALCAM as a Biomarker for Urogenital Cancer Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology VA CDA Arnold Shanna Insulin and the Natriuretic Peptide System Medicine/Diabetes, Endocrinology & VFRS ; K23 Bachmann Katherine Metabolism Using the Electronic Health Record to Risk- Medicine/Rheumatology K12 BIRCWH ; K08 Barnado April Stratify Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythmatosus Pelvic Accelerometry Tracking for Objective Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation K12 BIRCWH Detection of Worsening Gait Deviations and Bastas Gerasimos Prosthetic Device Optimization in Transfemoral Amputees Regulation of Elastin Assembly During Saccular Pediatrics/Neonatology K12 Pediatrics ; K08 Benjamin John Stage Lung Development Attenuation of Diet-induced Hypothalamic Pediatrics/Endocrinology and Diabetes K12 Pediatrics Bingham Nathan Inflammation and Microglial Activation by Bile Acids The Impact of Sex on the Development of Medicine/Rheumatology K12 BIRCWH Bonami Rachel Autoreactive B Lymphocytes in Type 1 Diabetes
Proximal Tubule KIM-1 Expression Modulates Medicine/Nephrology K01 Brooks Craig Acute and Chronic Kidney Injury Long Term Outcomes of Physical Activity in Medicine/Allergy, Pulmonary & Critical VFRS ; K76 Brummel Nathan Older Adults with Critical Illness Care Medicine Carson Robert MTOR Modulation of Myelination Neurology K08 The Dynamics of HIV, Aging, and T Lymphocyte Medicine/Infectious Diseases K12 BIRCWH ; K23 Castilho Jessica Exhaustion Improving Peripartum Maternal Health in Medicine/General Internal Medicine & VFRS Chakkalakal Rosette Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Public Health Drug-Drug Interactions and Preventable Adverse Medicine/Clinical Pharmacology K23 Chung Cecila Events in Rheumatology
Clark Stephen Neurology K12 VCORCDP Mechanisms of Cellular Adaptation in Cystitis Urologic Surgery K08 Clayton Douglass Population Mobility and Retention in HIV Care Medicine/Infectious Diseases K01 Clouse Kate among Postpartum Women in South Africa
L-Arginine Metabolism in Mucosal Inflammation Medicine/Gastroenterology VA CDA Coburn Lori and Inflammation-Associated Carcinogenesis
Investigation of Barriers and Facilitators of School of Graduate Studies and Research KL2 VFRS Cook Mekeila Service Utilization among Justice-Involved Girls (Meharry) Vulnerable to Sex Trafficking: A Mixed-Methods Crescenzi Rachelle VisualizingStudy Vascular Mechanisms of Salt Radiology & Radiological Sciences AHA CDA PatientSensitivity Driven Two-way Text Messaging: A Novel Biomedical Informatics VFRS; K23 Strategy for Improving Medication Adherence in Cronin Robert Adolescents and Adults with Sickle Cell Disease
Developing Alternative Approaches to Reduce Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences VFRS ; K08 Retinal Toxicity and Prevent Vision Loss in the Daniels Anthony Treatment of Intraocular Blastoma
Dementia, Decision-Making, and the Law Neurology VFRS Darby Ryan Elucidating Binding Modes of BRCT-Modules Biochemistry and Cancer Biology K22 Davis Jamaine (Meharry) Defining the Role of Streptococcus Agalactiae Medicine/Infectious Diseases VFRS Doster Ryan Biofilm at the Host-pathogen Interface during Chorioamnionitis Erves Jennifer Internal Medicine (Meharry) K12 V-POCKET Investigating the Role of the JAK/STAT3 Pathway Medicine/Hematology-Oncology K12 VCORCDP ; K23 Ferrell Brent in Clonal Proliferation and Immune Dysfunction in Myelodysplastic Syndrome Protein Handling by Renal Proximal Tubule Medicine/Nephrology K01 Ferrell Nicholas Epithelial Cells Metabolic Reprogramming in Pulmonary Arterial Medicine/Allergy, Pulmonary & Critical VFRS ; K08 Fessel Joshua Hypertension Care Medicine Toll-like Receptor 2, Vitamin D, and Medicine/Infectious Diseases K23 Fiske Christina Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis Modulation of Striatal Biology and Repetitive Pharmacology VFRS Foster Daniel Behaviors by M4 PAMs Development of a Dynamic Risk Prediction Anesthesiology KL2 VFRS Freundlich Robert Model for Postoperative Assisted Ventliation
The Anti-Fibrotic Effects of Neuregulin in the Medicine/Cardiovascular Medicine K01 Galindo Cristi Heart Sympathetic Nervous System and Nitric Oxide in Medicine/Clinical Pharmacology K23 Gamboa Alfredo Obesity Associated Hypertension Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Chronic Kidney Medicine/Clinical Pharmacology K23 Gamboa Jorge Disease Cognitive Concerns in Middle Aged and Older Neurology K12 BIRCWH; K23 Gifford Katherine Adults Role of Genetics, Genetic Ancestry and Obesity Obstetrics & Gynecology K12 BIRCWH Giri Ayush in Gestational Diabetes Normalizing E:I Imbalance in Rett Syndrome by Pharmacology K01 Gogliotti Rocco Modulation of Late Response Genes
Investigating the Cross-Regulation of the Medicine/Gastroenterology K01 Goettel Jeremy Microbiome and Mucosal Immune System Using Humanized Mice SOX6 Role in Renin Expression During Medicine/Clinical Pharmacology K01 Gomez Jose Juxtaglomerular Cells Expansion Mapping the Genetic and Neural Architecture of Otolaryngology K18 Gordon Reyna Human Rhythm and Communication Traits
The Use of Hepatopreferential Insulin Analogs to Pediatrics/Endocrinology and Diabetes K12 Pediatrics Gregory Justin Mitigate Insulin Resistance in Type 1 Diabetes
The Natriuretic Peptide System in African Medicine/Cardiovascular Medicine K12 VEMRT ; K23 Gupta Deepak Americans Delirium in the Emergency Department: Novel Emergency Medicine VPSD; K23 Han Jin Screening and Natural Course Combatting Resistance to Combinations of HER2 Medicine/Hematology-Oncology K12 VCORCDP Hanker Ariella Inhibitors in Breast Cancer GROW Baby: Improving Maternal Gestational Pediatrics/General Pediatrics K23 Weight Gain and Infant Growth in the Growing Heerman William Right Onto Wellness (GROW) Trial
Identifying Small-Molecule Modulators (SMMs) Pediatrics/Neonatology VFRS Herington Jennifer to Alter the Regulation of Uterine Contractions
Enhancement of Innate Anti-microbial Immunity Anesthesiology K08 Hernandez Antonio Using Novel Synthetic TLR4 Agonists
Genetic Resilience to the Clinical Manifestation Neurology K12 BIRCWH; K01 Hohman Timothy of Dementia Viral-Bacterial Interactions in Pediatric Pediatrics/Infectious Diseases VFRS Howard Leigh Respiratory Illness Crosstalk of EGFR and Notch Signaling Pathways Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology VFRS Huh Won Jae in the Pathogenesis of Menetrier's Disease
Advanced Genetic and molecular Analysis of Surgery K12 VCORCDP; ACS Scholar Idrees Kamran Metastatic Peritoneal Colorectal Cancer Predicting and Profiling Long-Term Survival After Medicine/Hematology-Oncology K12 VCORCDP; K23 Johnson Douglas Immune Checkpoint Inhibition Pharmacogenetic Determinants of Variability in Medicine/Clinical Pharmacology VPSD; K23 Kawai Vivian Response to Glucocorticoids The Role of CD8+ T Cells in the Development of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics K01 Kennedy Arion Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Quality of Care for Dual-Eligible Benficiaries in Health Policy K01 Keohane Laura Managed Care Polyunsaturaed Fatty Acids and Colorectal Medicine/Epidemiology K99/R00 Khankari Nikhil Tumor Risk: A Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology Study Role of Salt, Isoketal-Modified Proteins and Medicine/Clinical Pharmacology K01 Kirabo Annet Dendritic Cells in Hypertension SCN5A (NAV1.5): Predicing the Consequence of Medicine/Clinical Pharmacology K99/R00 Kroncke Brett Missense Single-nucleotide Polymorphisms
DNA-damage Repair in Pulmonary Fibrosis Medicine/Allergy, Pulmonary & Critical VFRS; K08 Kropski Jonathan Care Medicine Human Papillomavirus-specific Biomarkers for Medicine/Epidemiology K12 VCORCDP; K07 Kuhs Krystle the Prediction of Oropharyngeal Cancer SignalingRecurrence Heterogeneity in Small Cell Lung Medicine/Allergy, Pulmonary & Critical LUNGevity CDA Lehman Jonathan Cancer Care Medicine Intrauterine Programming of Diabetes Induced Obstetrics & Gynecology K12 BIRCWH; K01 Lister Roland Cardiac Embryopathy Perioperative Oxygenation, Endothelial Anesthesiology VFRS Lopez Marcos Dysfunction, and Organ Injury in Cardiac Surgery
Enhancing Patient Activation in Diabetes Care Medicine/General Internal Medicine & K08 Martinez William Using Social and Goal-Based Comparisons Public Health
Local Prostaglandin E2 Concentrations Control IL- Medicine/Rheumatology Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of Maseda Damian 17-mediated Immunological Colitogenic America CDA Responses Geriatric Palliative Care Frailty Communication Nursing VFRS Maxwell Cathy Aid (GPC-FCA) for Hospitalized Injured Older McKernan Lindsey Adults Psychiatry K12 V-POCKET A Randomized, ED-Based Intervention to Emergency Medicine K12 VEMRT; K23 McNaughton Candace Improve Antihypertensive Adherence Optimizing Medication Reconciliation for Older Medicine/General Internal Medicine & VA CDA Mixon Amanda Veterans in Home Health Care Public Health Harnessing B Lymphocytes as Antigen-Specific Pediatrics/Endocrinology and Diabetes K08 Moore Daniel Regulators of Islet Tolerance The Effect of Health Literacy and Numeracy on Urologic Surgery K12 VCORCDP Prostate Cancer Understanding and Treatment Moses Kelvin Decision Making Among Low-Income Men
Identifying Longitudinal Relationships among Medicine/Clinical Pharmacology AHA Fellow to Faculty CDA Mosley Jonathan Cardiovascular Phenotypes Using Cross-sectional Data Clostridium difficile Colonization, Disease, and Pediatrics/Gastroenterology KL2 VFRS Nicholson Maribeth Recurrence in the Pediatric Host Circadian Rhythms, 24-hour Blood Pressure Medicine/Clinical Pharmacology VPSD Okamoto Luis Regulation and the Autonomic Nervous System
Functional Impact of HDL Transport of MIRNA in Medicine/Rheumatology VA CDA Ormseth Michelle Rheumatoid Arthritis Novel Therapeutic Strategies for Retinal Vascular Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences K08 Padovani-Claudio Dolly Inflammation and Angiogenesis in Diabetic Retinopathy Interventions in Mechanisms of Disuse Medicine/Clinical Pharmacology VA CDA Perrien Daniel Osteopenia Interprofessional Perinatal Consults to Improve Nursing K08 Communication Quality, Satisfaction, and Team Cohesion: A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Phillippi Julia Collaboration for Antepartum Risk Evaluation (CARE) Model
Plosa Erin Beta 1 Integrin in the Lung Pediatrics/Neonatology K08 Poon Sabrina Emergency Medicine K12 VEMRT MicroRNA-23 Cluster Regulation of Helper T Cell Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology K08 Pua Heather Differentiation and Function
The HIV Care Continuum and Health Policy: Medicine/Infectious Diseases VFRS; K01 Rebeiro Peter Changes through Context and Geography Molecular Mechanisms of Resistance to HER2 Medicine/Hematology-Oncology VPSD; K08 Rexer Brent Inhibitors in Breast Cancer Afferent Hyperactivity Mechanisms in Overactive Urologic Surgery VPSD; K23 Reynolds W. Stuart Bladder Syndrome Gaps in Communications between Surgeon and Nursing K12 V-POCKET Rhoten Bethany Patient with Recurrent Head and Neck Cancer
Role of Secretory IgA in Gender-based Medicine/Allergy, Pulmonary & Critical K12 BIRCWH; K08 Richmond Bradley Differences in COPD Care Medicine Dyslexia in Post-Secondary Students: Imaging of Pediatrics/General Pediatrics K08 Rimrodt Sheryl Neural Circuits and Learning Parathyroid Hormone: Genetic Architecture and Medicine/Nephrology K01 Robinson-Cohen Cassianne Clinical Consequences The Association of Early-life Nasal Colonization Pediatrics/Allergy, Immunology & VFRS; Parker B. Francis Award; K12 Rosas-Salazar Christian with Lactobacillus with the Immune Response Pulmonary Pediatrics and the Risk of Childhood Asthma and Allergic DystrophicRhinitis Neurites and Lysosome Dysfunction Neurology VFRS Schrag Matthew in Alzheimer’s Disease: The Contribution of PLD3
Mechanisms of Therapeutic Non-Response to Medicine/Gastroenterology VFRS Scoville Elizabeth TNF- and IL-12p40 Inhibition in Crohn's Disease Salivary Cortisol as a Marker of Community- Emergency Medicine VCTRS; K23 Self Wesley acquired Pneumonia Severity in Adults Oxygen Saturation Targets during Mechanical Medicine/Allergy, Pulmonary & Critical K12 VEMRT; K23 Semler Matthew Ventilation of Critically Ill Adults: A Clinical Trial Care Medicine
Mechanisms of Airspace Inflammation Caused Medicine/Allergy, Pulmonary & Critical VFRS; K08 Shaver Ciara by Cell-free Hemoglobin during ARDS Care Medicine
KATP Channels as Biomechanical Sensors in the Pediatrics/Neonatology VFRS Shelton Elaine Regulation of Ductus Arteriosus Tone
The SCOPE Trial: Surgery for Cancer with Option General Surgery K12 VCORCDP of Palliative Care Expert, A Randomized Trial of Shinall Ricky an Early Palliative Care Intervention for Patients Undergoing Surgery for Cancer
Early Onset Obesity and Cognitive Impairment in Pediatrics/Endocrinology and Diabetes VFRS; K23 Shoemaker Ashley Pseudohypoparathyroidism Atrial Fibrillation Susceptibility Due to Genetic Medicine/Cardiovascular Medicine K23 Shoemaker M. Benjamin Variation at Chromosome 4Q25 Endocannabinoids in Social and Repetitive Molecular Physiology and Biophysics K01 Shonesy Brian Behavioral Domains Quantitative Assessment of Cardiac Disease in Pediatrics/Cardiology K23 Soslow Jonathan Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Prevention of Endothelial Injury by Toll-like Pediatrics/Critical Care Medicine VFRS; K08 Stark Ryan Receptor 4 Modulators Implementing and Sustaining Complex Nursing K12 VEMRT; K01 Stolldorf Deonni Interdisciplinary Healthcare Interventions: Learning from Medication Reconciliation High-Throughput Analysis of Mutations Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology K08 Stricker Thomas Identified by RNA-Sequencing Triple Negative
Developing 3-Dimensional Human Models of Pediatrics/Neonatology K12 Pediatrics Sucre Jennifer Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes in Anal Cancer Medicine/Epidemiology K07 Sudenga Staci and Pre-malignant Anal Lesions Risk and Resiliency for Youth with Autism During Pediatrics/General Pediatrics K01 Taylor Julie the Transition to Adulthood Evaluating the Functional Antibody Response to Pediatrics/Infectious Diseases VPSD; K23 Thomsen Isaac Pediatric S. aureus Infections Tkaczyk Eric Dermatology K12 VCORCDP Culturally Sensitive Tactics to Address Dialysis Medicine/Nephrology K12 BIRCWH Umeukeje Ebele Adherence in African Americans Developing New Approaches to Chronic Disease Biomedical Informatics K22 Unertl Kim Care: Collaborative Team Workflow Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Patients with Medicine/Infectious Diseases VFRS; K08 van der Heijden Yuri Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis Pharmacogenomics of Acute Kidney Injury in Pediatrics/General Pediatrics VFRS; PhARMA Foundation Award; Van Driest Sara Children Doris Duke Clinical Scholar Award Enhancing Interfacility Transfer for Patients with Emergency Medicine K12 VEMRT; K23 Ward Michael Myocardial Infarction Vitamin D and Colorectal Cancer Risk: An Medicine/Epidemiology K99/R00 Warren Andersen Shaneda Integrated Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology
Multi-scale Biomechanical Modeling of Tumor Biomechanical Engineering K25 Weis Jared Growth and Response in Breast Cancer
increased Cardiovascular Risk and Early Natural Medicine/Diabetes, Endocrinology & K23 Wellons Melissa Menopause in a Biracial Cohort Metabolism Characterizing Drug and Tissue Specific Immune Medicine/Infectious Diseases VFRS White Katie Signatures in Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Catatonia in Critical Illness: Exploring Risk Psychiatry KL2 VFRS Wilson Jo Ellen Factors and Clinical Outcomes In Situ Reprogramming of Induced Nephron Medicine/Nephrology VA CDA Woodard Lauren Progenitor Cells for Kidney Regeneration Temporal Facilitation of Audiovisual Speech Hearing and Speech Sciences KL2 VFRS Woynaroski Tiffany Processing and Language in Kindergarteners with Autism Spectrum Disorder (TALK ASD) Uncovering Roles of Polynsaturaed Fatty Acids in Medicine/Epidemiology K99/R00 Wu Lang Pancreatic Cancer Etiology Assessment of Tumor Early Response to Radiology & Radiological Sciences K12 VICMIC; K25 Xu Junzhong Treatment by Diffusion MRI Improving the Screening Criteria that Trigger an Emergency Medicine K12 VEMRT; K23 Yiadom Maya Early ECG to Diagnose STEMI