News

AIRE - Dr. Jacqueline Stocking and Dr. Christian Bime Published Research Square

May 10, 2022

Congratulations to Dr. Jacqueline Stocking, AIRE Cohort 8, and Dr. Christian Bime, AIRE Cohort 4, on recently have a paper accepted. 

BSM - Dr. T A McDonald Inducted into Golden Key and Phi Kappa Phi

May 10, 2022

Congratulations to Dr. T A McDonald, BSM Cohort 8, on being inducted into Golden Key and Phi Kappa Phi at the graduate level. The GPAs required for these honors this year were 4.0 and 3.85 respectively. 

To add to the list of accomplishments, Dr. McDonald also graduated with a 3rd graduate degree in Counseling Psychology from Tennessee State University. 

OHD - Dr. Natasha Brown Promoted to Associate Professor

May 02, 2022

Congratulations to Dr. Natasha Brown, OHD Cohort 7, on being promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure at Indiana University  Northwest. 

OHD - Dr. Desmond Delk Receives Grant from Meta

May 02, 2022

Congratulations to Dr. Desmond Delk, OHD Cohort 6, and a colleague at the University of Houston on being awarded a 50k grant from Meta on safety and community. The principal investigators will explore the impact of Instagram social support communities in addressing physical fitness adherence of BIPOC college women. For the announcement, please see https://research.facebook.com/blog/2021/12/announcing-the-recipients-of-instagram-research-awards-on-safety-and-community-health/

RISE - Dr. April Mohanty Receives VA Health Services Research & Development Grant

April 27, 2022

Congratulations to Dr. April Mohanty, RISE Cohort 8, on receiving a VA Health Services Research & Development (HSR&D) Investigator Initiated Research (IIR) funded grant of $1.2M, a 4 year project.

RISE - Dr. Sharmilee M. Nyenhuis Published in Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology - In Practice

April 26, 2022

Congratulations to Dr. Sharmilee M. Nyenhuis, RISE  Cohort 6, on recently being  published in Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology-In Practice.

 https://www.jaci-inpractice.org/article/S2213-2198(22)00039-3/fulltext

Director, Cardiometabolic Research Center - Wake Forest School of Medicine/Atrium Health

April 25, 2022

Wake Forest School of Medicine is recruiting for a center director clinician with research in the area of –omics and precision medicine in the field of cardiometabolic diseases, preferably a focus on cardiovascular disease.  Once that hire is identified, the plan is to hire a clinician associate director, likely with a more basic science focus in diabetes research.  Subsequently, there will be additional hires at assistant and associate professor ranks who will likely be PhD researchers with interests aligned with the new center and who will be hired into some of our established departments. 

Full Job Posting 

Vice Dean for Research - Duke University School of Nursing

April 25, 2022

Faculty Opportunity: Vice Dean for Research

The Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) is at the forefront of nursing education, research and clinical practice. The university’s collegial and collaborative academic community particularly around scientific inquiry has allowed the school’s research center and programs to thrive locally, nationally and globally and DUSON is now ranked #5 among schools of nursing receiving NIH funding (2021). Our tradition of research excellence is directly linked to continuing the steadfast leadership of the school’s research priorities.

Full Job Posting 

CVD- Dr. Youssef Roman Published in American Heart Journal Plus: Cardiology Research and Practice

April 21, 2022

Congratulations to Dr. Youssef Roman, CVD Cohort 9, on recently being published in the American Heart Journal Plus: Cardiology Research and Practice: "Cardiometabolic Genomics and Pharmacogenomics Investigations in Filipino Americans: Steps Towards Precision Health and Reducing Health Disparities"

FTG - Dr. Keesha Powell-Roach Published in Experimental Biology and Medicine

April 21, 2022

Congratulations to Dr. Keesha Powell-Roach, FTG Cohort 8, on being published in Experimental Biology and Medicine. 

Powell-Roach, Keesha L., Yingwei Yao, Margaret R. Wallace, Srikar Chamala, Yenisel Cruz-Almeida, Ellie Jhun, Robert E. Molokie, Zajie Jim Wang, and Diana J. Wilkie. "COMT and DRD3 haplotype-associated pain intensity and acute care utilization in adult sickle cell disease." Experimental Biology and Medicine (2022): 15353702221080716.

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