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RISE - Dr. Meghan Lane-Fall's Research Featured in Penn Medicine News

October 16, 2023

Dr. Meghan Lane-Fall's, RISE Cohort 5, research was recently featured in Penn Medicine News. 

$19 Million from NIH Establishes Maternal Health Implementation Science Hub at Penn Medicine

CVD - Dr. Roger McIntosh Receives R01

October 11, 2023

Dr. Roger McIntosh, CVD Cohort 8, recently received the NOA from NHLBI for his R01 grant titled "Psycho-neuro-immune Mechanisms Linking Stigma and Discrimination to Carotid Plaque Formation in Persons living with HIV".

FTG - Dr. Martha Kenny Receives K01

October 11, 2023

Dr. Martha Kenney, FTG Cohort 7,  was recently awarded a K01.

 Title: Predictors of Pain Severity and Pain-Related Outcomes in Individuals with Sickle Cell Disease

Sponsor:  National Institutes of Health; National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Grant Number:  K01-HL169339-01

Award Date: 8/10/2023

Project Dates: 8/15/2023 – 7/31/2028

FOCUS – Dr. Francisco Contijoch Promoted to Associate Professor

October 11, 2023

Congratulations to Dr. Francisco Contijoch, FOCUS Cohort 7, on promotion to Associate Professor with tenure in the Department of Bioengineering and Department of Radiology at the University of California San Diego

CVD - Dr. Olamide Alabi Has 4 Recent Publications

August 07, 2023

Dr. Olamide Alabi, CVD Cohort 8, has had 4 recent publications, two of which were partially funded from her SRP.  

Health Equity Journal: Alabi O, Hunt KJ, Patzer RE, Henry Akintobi T, Massarweh NN. Racial Differences in Vascular Assessment Prior to Amputation in the Veterans Health Administration. Health Equity. 2023 May 26;7(1):346-350. doi: 10.1089/heq.2023.0004. PMID: 37284536

*this was partly funded by SRP

 JAMA Surgery: Alabi O, Beriwal S, Gallini JW, Cui X, Jasien C, Brewster L, Hunt KJ, Massarweh NN. Association of Health Care Utilization and Access to Care With Vascular Assessment Before Major Lower Extremity Amputation Among US Veterans. JAMA Surg. 2023 Jun 1;158(6):e230479. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2023.0479. Epub 2023 Jun 14. PMID: 37074700

*this was partly funded by SRP

 Seminars in Vascular Surgery Journal: Meena RA, Sharifpour M, Gaddh M, Cui X, Xie Y, Di M, Brewster LP, Duwayri Y, Alabi O. COVID-19-associated venous thromboembolism portends worse survival. Semin Vasc Surg. 2021 Sep;34(3):117-124. doi: 10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2021.08.001. Epub 2021 Aug 9. PMID: 34642031

 Journal of Vascular Surgery: Brathwaite S, West-Livingston L, Williams D, Blakely C, Rice J, Alabi O. Moving forward: Recommendations to overcome existing structural racism. J Vasc Surg. 2021 Aug;74(2S):47S-55S. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2021.03.053. PMID: 34303459

CVD - Dr. Olamide Alabi Promoted to Associate Professor

August 07, 2023

Dr. Olamide Alabi, CVD Cohort 8, was promoted to Associate Professor at Emory University effective September 2023.

Dr. Alabi also received Emory University School of Medicine, Dean's Teaching Award Recipient for 2023 

CVD - Dr. Wissam AbouAlaiwi Published in Brain Sciences Magazine

August 07, 2023

Wissam AbouAlaiwi, CVD Cohort 10,  recently had a paper titled "COVID-19 and Neurological Manifestations" published in Brain Sciences Magazine

AIRE - Dr. Jacqueline Stocking Receives K01

August 03, 2023

Dr. Jacqueline Stocking, AIRE cohort 8, recently received K01 funding, "Development of a predictive model and electronic health record-based probability scoring system and dashboard for postoperative respiratory failure", through the NIH NHLBI Select Pay/JIT method. 

Dr. Stocking also received the inaugural UC Davis Department of Medicine Chair's Research Award. 

CVD-CGE - Dr. Marc Cook Appointed Associate Director

August 03, 2023

Dr. Marc Cook, CVD-CGE cohort 10, was appointed Associate Director of Research for the Center of Integrative Health Disparities and Equity Research (CIHDER) in Hariston College of Health and Human Sciences at North Carolina A&T State University.

FTG - Dr. Stephanie Ibemere Chosen for NIH Fellowship Program

August 03, 2023

Dr. Stephanie Ibemere, FTG cohort 9, has been chosen to join the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory Fellowship Program. 

https://rethinkingclinicaltrials.org/news/july-17-2023-nih-pragmatic-trials-collaboratory-welcomes-first-class-of-fellows/

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