Predoctoral Trainees
Dana Battle
RESEARCH TITLE:
Lipotoxic Tubular Injury in Diabetic Kidney Disease
MENTOR: Dr. Xueying Zhao
Dana's research is geared toward investigating the pathways through which Free Fatty Acids cause renal tubular atrophy, thereby advancing our understanding of Diabetic Kidney Disease.Carter Brzezinski
RESEARCH TITLE:
Repurposing of Approved Pharmaceuticals to Discovery Novel Antibacterial Drugs
MENTOR: Dr. Bill Wuest
Jennifer Okalova
RESEARCH TITLE:
Development of a Non-genotoxic Conditioning Approach for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation of Genetically Engineered Hematopoietic Stem Cells
MENTOR: Dr. Trent Spencer
Audrey Wang
RESEARCH TITLE:
A Low-Cost, “Physics-Based” Point-of-Care Platelet Counter for Thrombocytopenic Patients
MENTOR: Dr. Wilbur Lam
Audrey's research aims to develop a low-cost POC device to estimate platelet count using blood clot biophysics, enabling accessible and affordable monitoring for patients with low platelet count.Ryan Zenhausern
RESEARCH TITLE:
Identifying Novel Lipid Nanoparticles that Deliver mRNA to Hematopoietic Stem Cells in Vivo
MENTOR: Dr. James Dahlman
Ryan is advancing mRNA delivery to blood stem cells using lipid nanoparticles (LNPs). Identifying new particles that deliver mRNA specifically to these cells opens the door for delivering gene editing reagents and other nucleic acids to treat genetic blood disorders.Postdoctoral Trainees
Ryan Allen, PhD
RESEARCH TITLE:
Detection of Heme Storage and Trafficking Proteins and Pathways Throughout Erythropoiesis
MENTOR: Dr. Amit Reddi
Dr. Allen's research encompasses understanding how the large amount of potentially cytotoxic heme is trafficked and stored in developing erythrocytes.Matthew Gillen, MD
RESEARCH TITLE:
Post-operative Acute Kidney Injury in Surgical Neonates
MENTOR: Drs. Larry Greenbaum & Stella Shin
Dr. Gillen's research is focused on better understanding risk factors that contribute to post-operative acute kidney injury in surgical neonates, in addition to evaluating the utility of a pre-operative urine biomarker as a predictor of post-operative acute kidney injury.Jamie AG Hamilton, PhD
RESEARCH TITLE:
Delineating Vascular Endothelial Dysfunction in Transplant-Associated Thrombotic Microangiopathy Utilizing Transwell Methodology
MENTOR: Dr. Shuichi Takayama
Dr. Hamilton's research is focused on developing an in vitro model of TA-TMA to determine the key factors promoting vascular endothelial damage and delineate biomarkers for TA-TMA.Elizabeth Iffrig, MD, PhD
RESEARCH TITLE:
Red Blood Cell Aggregation in Sepsis - Not an Innocent Bystander
MENTOR: Dr. Wilbur Lam
Dr. Iffrig's research is focused on how acute critical illnesses like sepsis in adults affect changes in red blood cell biomechanics and microcirculatory fluid dynamics to cause microvascular endothelial cell damage.Melissa McGranahan, PhD
RESEARCH TITLE:
Impact of Comorbid Post-traumatic Stress Disorder on Sympathetic Activity in Chronic Kidney Disease
MENTOR: Dr. Jeanie Park
Tyrome Sweet, PhD
RESEARCH TITLE:
Pilot Study for the Role of Bacteriophages in Viral Infections Among Kidney Transplant Patients
MENTOR: Drs. Vicki Stover Hertzberg & Christian Larson
Dr. Sweet’s research is aimed towards exploring the impact of bacteriophages on renal transplant patients through machine learning techniques.
ATLANTIS Trainee Alumni
Benjamin Deprez
RESEARCH TITLE:
Total Synthesis and Target Identification of the Antibacterial Natural Product Pestalachloride B
MENTOR: Dr. Bill Wuest