Shelia Barnhart, PhD, MSW
Associate Professor, College of Social Work
PROJECT: The Family Stress Model and Hispanic/Latinx Families
Primary Mentor: Antonio Garcia, PhD, MSW
Joseph Benitez, DMD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Health Management and Policy, College of Public Health
Primary Mentor: Teresa Waters, PhD
Cheavar Blair, PhD
Assistant Professor, College of Medicine, Department of Physiology
Project: Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocyte to Study Racial Inequities in Cardiac Cancer Drug Toxicity
Mentor: Brian Delisle, PhD
Ian Boggero, PhD
Assistant Professor, College of Dentistry, Department of Oral Health Science/Orafacial Pain
Project: Establishing the Acceptability of a Psychological Telehealth Intervention for Chronic Orofacial Pain in Rural Kentucky
Primary Mentor: Ty Borders, PhD
Shavonnie Carthens, JD
Assistant Professor, J. David Rosenberg College of Law
Project: Contaminated Wells: Safe Drinking Water, Legal Silence and Health Inequity in Rural Minority Communities
Mentor: Zachary Bray, JD
Zakary Clements, BS
Predoctoral Student, Counseling Psychology, College of Education
Primary Mentor: Sharon Rostosky, PhD
Laneshia Conner, PhD, MSW
Assistant Professor, College of Social Work
Project: Feasibility Study of an Adapted HIV Behavioral Intervention for Older Women: Woman to Woman (W2W)
Primary Mentor: Carrie Oser, PhD
Jessica Flores, PhD, MS
College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Psychology
Project: Understanding the Sexual Health and Intimate Relationships of Young Adult Latinas
Primary Mentor: Christal Badour, PhD
Diane Francis, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, College of Communication and Information
Primary Mentor: Nancy Harrington, PhD
Brittany Givens, PhD
Assistant Professor, College of Engineering, Chemical & Materials Engineering
Project: Efficacy of Sustained-release Chemotherapeutic Formulations for Addressing Racial Disparities in Endometrial Cancer Deaths
Primary Mentor: Nancy Schoenberg, PhD
Morgan Jones, MD
Assistant Professor, College of Medicine, Department of Surgery
Project: Racial Differences in Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes in Triple Negative Breast Cancer: An Outcomes Analysis of Keynote-522 Patients
Mentor: Pam Hull, PhD
Kaitlin Voigts Key, R.N., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Student, Nursing, College of Nursing
Primary Mentor: Gia Mudd-Martin, PhD, MPH
Oluwatosin Leshi, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar, College of Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Project: Feasibility Study on the Use of Board-Games to Improve the Knowledge on the Prevention and Self-Management of Diabetes Among Underserved Households
Mentor: Brittany Smalls, PhD
Myles Moody, MA
Predoctoral Student, Department of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences
Primary Mentor: Carrie Oser, PhD
Monica Mundy, MPH
Predoctoral Student, Education Science, College of Education
Primary Mentor: Melinda Ickes, PhD
Melinda Murdock, MS
PhD Candidate, College of Agriculture, Department of Family Sciences
Project: Contextual Theory: A Framework for Relational and Racial Equity in Relationships
Primary Mentor: Nathan Wood, PhD, LMFT
Firaz Peer, PhD
Assistant Professor, College of Communication & Information, School of Information Science
Project: Exploring Religio-cultural Interventions in Substance Abuse Treatment Information infrastructures
Primary Mentor: Hilary Surratt, PhD
Rayven Peterson, MS
PhD Candidate, College of Education, Department of Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology
Project: Cultural Mistrust Through the Lens of Emerging Black Adults
Mentor: Candice Hargons, PhD
Jessica Rivera-Rivera, MS, MPH
Predoctoral Student, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Primary Mentor: Jessica Burris, PhD
Jillian Silva-Jones, MA
PhD Candidate, College of Arts & Sciences, Experimental Psychology, Development, Social and Health Psychology
Project: The Impact of Stress and Racial Identity on Sleep in Black Americans
Mentor: Lauren Whitehurst, PhD
Brittany Smalls, PhD
Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, Center for Health Services Research
Primary Mentor: Nancy Schoenberg, PhD
Anna-Maria South, MD
College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine
Project: Educating Clinicians, Peer Support Specialists and Patients on the Americans with Disabilities Act
Mentor: Michelle Lofwall, MD
Paris Wheeler, BS
Predoctoral Student, Educational, School and Counseling Psychology, College of Education
Primary Mentor: Danelle Stevens-Watkins, PhD
Brandi M. White, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences
Primary Mentor: Charles Ellis, PhD, East Carolina University
Xian Wu, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar
College of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics
Project: Genetic Association Analyses of Longitudinal Cognitive Changes to Improve Research on Diverse Populations
Mentor: Yuriko Katsumata, PhD
