Vedant Gupta, M.D. Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine
Project Title: Role of coronary artery calcification in predicting cardiovascular event rates after sepsis
Project Mentor: Susan Smyth, M.D., Ph.D.
Vashisht Madabhushi, M.D., Resident, Department of Surgery
Project Title: Barriers to surgical colon and lung cancer treatment in Kentucky's Appalachia patients
Primary Mentor: Roberto Cardarelli, D.O, M.H.A., M.P.H.
Jennifer Miller, R.N., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
Project Title: Health literacy and end-of-life choices in heart failure patients with life-saving/extending devices
Primary Mentor: Debra Moser, R.N., Ph.D.
Vihang Patel, M.D., Fellow, Digestive Diseases and Nutrition
Project Title: Evaluating the role of exosomes as a biomarker in patient's with inflammatory bowel disease
Project Mentor: Terrence Barrett, M.D.
Courtney Perry, D.O., Fellow, Digestive Disease and Nutrition
Project Title: Peripheral Blood Exosomes as a novel biomarker for Sorafenib induced GI toxicity
Primary Mentor: Terrence Barrett, M.D.
Kshitij Thakur, MD, GI Fellow, College of Medicine
Project: Role of palliative care in decompensated cirrhosis
Mentor: Jerod Stapleton, PhD
Hailey Traxler, PHD, BCBA, Postdoctoral Fellow, College of Arts & Sciences
Project: Development of optimal financial incentive amount to maximizeffectiveness and cost-efficiency in contingency management with behavioral economics
Mentor: Mikhail Koffarnus, PhD
Matthew Sousa, M.D., Fellow Cardiology
Project Title: The influence of coronary calcium noted on non-gated CT scans on preoperative morality and major adverse cardiac events
Primary Mentor: Vedant Gupta, M.D.
Yuan Wen, M.D., PhD, Research Fellow, College of Medicine
Project Title: Identification of novel small molecule modulators of skeletal muscle hypertrophy
Primary Mentor: Charlotte Peterson, Ph.D.
