Current Scholars
2022 scholars to be announced soon.
Former Scholars
Year | Scholar | Research Topic |
2017 | Jodi-Anne Stewart | Understanding the relationship between low body mass index (BMI) and lung function patterns in children with sickle cell disease |
2017 | Brittany Landry | Testing a novel way for physician extenders to provide diagnostic assessments for ASD in primary care settings |
2018 | Oluchi Nwoke | Natural history of reproductive challenges in men with sickle cell disease |
2018 | Jessica Do | VUMC retinoblastoma survivorship study with an emphasis on analyzing long-term adverse sequelae related to retinoblastoma therapies |
2018 | Nicole Leuthold | Defining abnormal cardiopulmonary phenotypes associated with TBX4 and other genetic variants associated with pulmonary hypertension |
2019 | Brittney Guy | Defining the Association of Timing of Extubation and Outcomes in Preterm Infants |
2019 | Kayla Massey | Implementation of a Hospital-wide Pediatric Acute Stroke Protocol |
2019 | Morgan O'Neal | Treatment of Asthma Exacerbation with Corticosteroids in Children with Sickle Cell Disease: Do corticosteroids really help? |
2020 | Micah Ernst Beasley | Food for thought: Many Americans are unable to access an adequate amount of food |
2020 | Ombeni Idassi | Late Effects Following Bone Marrow Transplants in Children and Adults Treated at Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
2020 | Kristin Malone | Following implantation, TNAP plays a critical role in protection of the pregnancy against pathogen-induced pregnancy defects/loss and preterm birth (PTB) |
2020 | Stephanie Smith | Clinical and molecular phenotyping of unsolved UDN patients with microcephaly, seizures, and neurodevelopmental delay |
2020 | Chastity Green | Examining Outcome Disparities in Children with Pneumonia |
2021 | David Ray | Comparing pIgR expression in tracheal epithelial cells from mice and determining their ability to transcytose SIgA in vitro |
2021 | Michael Feng | A year-long study of diverticulosis |
2021 | Mikaela Gold | Perform a systematic review of the available evidence examining the role of the respiratory microbiome on the development of childhood asthma and propose key future opportunities for research |
2021 | Nora Ofei | Identify psychophysiological markers of risk for stuttering onset and persistence and, in turn, potentially enhance clinical management |
2021 | James Eyer | Sensitivity of Skin Biopsies for Diagnosis of Transthyretin Amyloidosis |
2021 | Rebekah Kuhlman | Distant Relatedness for Identification and Variant Evaluation (DRIVE) of Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Neonatal Diabetes |
2021 | Maurielle Artis | Determine if SNPs in CXCL8 and CXCR1/2 genes are associated with DR susceptibility and progression to vision-threatening stages (diabetic macular edema and proliferative DR) |
2021 | Jacqueline Ike | LTRs that are poorer metabolizers would have an increased risk for voriconazole-associated SCC occurring sooner after exposure compared to normal and rapid metabolizers |
2021 | Jessica Todd | A history of asthma will be associated with severe pneumonia in children younger than 18 years old |