Institutional KL2 Physician Scientist Career Development Program- Past Awardees

  • Eli Abu Jawdeh, MD, PhD

    Associate Professor, UK College of Medicine, Department Pediatrics, Neonatology

    Project: Intermittent Hypoxemia in Preterm Infants: Identifying Bio-mediators and Bio-markers of Brain Injury​

    Mentors: Henrietta Bada, MD; Jerry Supinski, MD; Richard Bain, MD

    Headshot of Elie Abu Jawdeh, MD, PhD. He's has short dark hair, a bit of a widow's peak, and a faint mustache and goatee. He's wearing a dark suit with a white collared shirt and a dark tie with subtle diagonal stripes.

  • Ana Bastos de Carvalho, MD

    Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

    Project Title:  Development of an implementation strategy to optimize uptake of telemedicine diabetic retinopathy screening in primary care

    Mentors:  Christina Studts, PhD, LCSW and Jamie Studts, PhD

    Bastos de Carvalho

  • Vikas Bhalla, MD, MPH

    Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine

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    Primary Mentor:  Susan Smyth, MD, PhD

    Bhalla

  • Aman Chauhan, MD

    Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division Hematology/Medical Oncology

    Project Title: PRECISION-NEC: A phase II study of next generation sequencing based stratification of front line treatment of high grade neuroendocrine carcinoma

    Primary Mentor:  Susanne Arnold, MD

    Chauhan

  • Roman Deniskin, MD, PhD

    Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pulmonology, Allergy, Immunology, and Sleep Medicine

    Project: Intersection of small molecule inhibitors, macrophage polarization and gut immunobiology

    Mentors: Ilhem Messaoudi PhD; Mark Wurth, MD, PhD; Thomas Prisinzano, PhD

  • Justin Huber, MD, MS

    Assistant Professor, Department Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 

    Project: Escaping the Motion Lab: Post-Stroke Assessment of the Upper Extremity with RGB Cameras​

    Mentors: Babak Bazrgari, PhD; Flora Hammond, MD; Fan Gao, PhD​

    Huber

  • Eva Kalaitzoglou, MD

    Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics - Endocrinology

    Project Title:  The role of myostatin in muscle bone interaction and diabetic bone disease in Type 1 diabetes

    Primary Mentor:  John Fowlkes, MD and Charlotte Peterson, PhD

    Kalaitzoglou

  • Amy Meadows, MD, PhD

    Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine

    Project Title: The effect of Adverse childhood experiences on impulsivity and adherence to treatment in adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

    Primary Mentor: Craig Rush, PhD

    Meadows

  • Mary Sheppard, MD

    Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine

    Project Title:  Investigation of a novel pharmacologic approach for Marfan Syndrome 

    Primary Mentor:  Alan Daugherty, PhD, DSc

    Sheppard MD

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