Current Scholars
2025 scholars to be announced soon.
Former Scholars
| Year | Scholar | Research Topic |
| 2024 | Amanda Brechko | Body composition changes in children with sickle cell anemia during treatment for severe acute malnutrition |
| 2024 | Zuhalla Hired | Hereditary Pulmonary Hypertension |
| 2024 | Miriam Kalds | Defining the Relationship of Venous Thromboembolism and Tricuspid Regurgitant Jet Velocity in Automated Electronic Health Record-derived Chohort of Patients with Sickle Cell Disease |
| 2024 | Jeiel Iyawe | Characteristics of Black JIA Patients in Middle Tennessee |
| 2024 | Gabrielle Quinn | Building Respectful Integrated Doula care as a Gateway for improving maternal Experience (BRIDGE) |
| 2023 | Francisco Alvarado | Long term brain dysfunction in patients who have suffered traumatic brain injury |
| 2023 | Pierce Creighton | Study of lung development and the role of the |
| 2023 | Yewande Dada | Context: Intersectionality of Race, Ethnicity, and the Autism Diagnostic Journeys of Black Families |
| 2023 | Mauricio Downer | Osteopontin Reduces Foreign Body Response in Humans and Mice |
| 2023 | Alejandro Gonzalez | Risk factors for aneurysms in sickle cell disease |
| 2023 | Jose Mejas | Evaluation of current protocols for Transcranial Doppler for preventing strokes in children with Sickle Cell Disease in Puerto Rico |
| 2023 | Kirolos Michael | Contemporary Classification of Myocardial Injury Events in MESA |
| 2023 | Hannah Claire Ritter | An Investigation of the Disparity in Healthcare Access Faced by Publicly Insured Patients with Sickle Cell Disease Living in Rural Counties in Tennessee |
| 2022 | Alake Myers | Lung Epithelial Repair |
| 2022 | Ari Marsh | Osteomyelitis in the hypoxic bone environment |
| 2022 | Carter Burns | Subclinical Signs of Emotional Disturbance |
| 2022 | Collin Stirpe | Cohort to Augment the Understanding of Sarcoma Survivorship Across the Lifespan |
| 2022 | Gabriel Haire | Lung Development - Alveologenesis |
| 2022 | Genesis James | Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis |
| 2022 | Josephs Anudokem | The impact of aging on mitochondrial morphology |
| 2022 | Mikaela Gay | Pancreas Cell Composition in Relation to Diabetes |
| 2022 | Karen Ezenne | Incarcerated juveniles and SCD |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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? |
| 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 |
| 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 |