Scholars Mentorship
Andrea Gillis, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of General Surgery, Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery | University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
Angela Calderon, PhD
Professor, Department of Drug Discovery and Development, Harrison School of Pharmacy | Auburn University
Bruce F. Smith, VMD, PhD
Professor and Director, Auburn University Research Initiative in Cancer (AURIC) | Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine
Larrell Wilkinson, PhD
Associate Professor, Community Health and Human Services | University of Alabama at Birmingham
Lilanta Joy Bradley, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine and Population Health | The University of Alabama
Shameka L. Cody, PhD, AGNP-C, PMHNP-BC
Associate Professor, Capstone College of Nursing | The University of Alabama
Dahis Manzanares, PhD
Professor of Biology | Miami Dade College
Karen MacDonell, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine | Florida State University College of Medicine
Associate Professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine, Center for Translational Behavioral Science | Florida State University
Maria Monzon-Medina, PhD
Assistant Professor of Chemistry | Miami Dade College
Nan Hu, PhD
Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work | Florida International University
Olatokunbo Osibogun, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work | Florida International University
Silvia Torices Del Val, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | University of Miami School of Medicine
Sylvie Naar, PhD
Distinguished and Endowed Professor, Department of Behavioral Science and Social Medicine | Florida State University College of Medicine
Director, Center for Translational Behavioral Research | Florida State University
Trinidad Arguelles, PhD
Associate Professor Senior, Psychology and SLS | Miami Dade College
Trudy Gaillard, PhD
Associate Professor of Nursing | Florida International University
Alvaro Alonso, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health | Emory University
Arshed Quyyumi, MD, FACC, FRCP
Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology; Director, Cardiovascular Research Institute | Emory University School of Medicine
Dayna A. Johnson, PhD, MPH, MSW, MS
Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health | Emory University
Dr. Karen A. Johnson, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Social Work | The University of Georgia
Tennille Leak-Johnson, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute | Morehouse School of Medicine
José Biller, MD, FACP, FAAN, FANA, FÃå±±ÊÓÆµ
Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology | Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Medical Center
Paola C. Rosas, MD, PhD, RPh
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice | University of Illinois, College of Pharmacy
Rebecca Garcia Sosa, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Neurology, Epilepsy Center, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago; Pediatric Epilepsy Fellowship Site Director; Child Neurology Associate Program Director; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics & Neurology | Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Elizabeth Engler-Chiurazzi, PhD
Assistant Professor, Director of Community Outreach and Engagement; If/Then Ambassador, Clinical Neuroscience Research Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Tulane Brain Institute | Tulane University
Ileana De Anda-Duran, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology | Tulane University School of Public Health
Kevin Zwezdaryk, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology | Tulane University School of Medicine
Miranda Mitchell, MD, FACP
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Internal Medicine Residency (Baton Rouge)
Director, Office of Diversity and Community Engagement (Baton Rouge Branch Campus) | Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Prasad V.G. Katakam, MD, PhD, FCVS
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology | Tulane University School of Medicine
Robert Newton, Jr., PhD
Associate Professor, Physical Activity and Ethnic Minority Health, Pennington Biotechnology Research Center | Louisiana State University
Clifton Addison, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Senior Research Scientist, Jackson Heart Study Graduate Training and Education Center | Jackson State University School of Public Health
Junie Paula Warrington, PhD, FÃå±±ÊÓÆµ, FANA
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology and Associate Director, Program in Neuroscience, Translational Research Center | University of Mississippi Medical Center
Lorena Amaral, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology | University of Mississippi Medical Center
Marinelle Payton, MD, PhD, MS, MPH
Chair and Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Director, Center of Excellence in Minority Health and Disparities; Director, Jackson Heart Study Graduate Training and Education Center | Jackson State University School of Public Health
Ayana K. April-Sanders, PhD, MPH
Instructor, Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology | Rutgers School of Public Health
Carlos Molina, PhD
Professor, Department of Biology | Montclair State University
Scott L. Kight, PhD
Associate Dean, College of Science and Mathematics | Montclair State University
Christa Hartch, PhD, RN, FNP-C
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, School of Nursing and Health Sciences | Manhattanville University
Jaclyn P. Maher, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology | University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Jennifer Etnier, PhD
Julia Taylor Morton Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Kinesiology | University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Justin B. Moore, PhD, MS, FACSM
Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Implementation Science (primary), Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Division of Public Health Sciences | Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Justin Kramer, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Center for Health System Sciences (Chassis) | Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Li Qian, PhD
Professor of Pathology; Associate Director of the McAllister Heart Institute | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Shawnta L. Lloyd, PhD, MPH
Project Lead, Community Health Alliance for Men’s Health Promotion (Champ) and Co-PI, Inspiring Healthy Engagement and Learning for Vascular Disease (I-heal) | Wake Forest University School of Medicine
TanYa Gwathmey-Williams, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Section on Hypertension; Associate Director and Director of Research Education and Training, Maya Angelou Research Center for Healthy Communities and Director, Biomarker Analytical Core (Formerly Hypertension Core Laboratory) | Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Yashashwi Pokharel, MD, MSCR
Assistant Professor, Departments of Internal and Cardiovascular Medicine and Implementation Science, Maya Angelou Research Center for Healthy Communities, Office of Global Health | Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Priyanka Gudsoorkar, BDS, MBA, MPH
Assistant Professor Educator and Director of Global Health Concentration, BSPH | University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Elizabeth Padilla-Crespo, PhD
Distinguished Research Professor, Science and Technology Department; Internship and Student Mobility Coordinator, Internationalization Office | Interamericana University of Puerto Rico – Aguadilla
Keishla M. Rodríguez-Mártir, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Natural Sciences | University of Puerto Rico – Aguadilla
Jewel Scott, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor, Department of Biobehavioral Health and Nursing Science, College of Nursing | University of South Carolina
Tisha Felder, PhD, MSW
Associate Professor, Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Arnold School of Public Health and Department of Behavioral Health and Nursing Science, College of Nursing | University of South Carolina
Aaron Aday, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine; Co-Director, Vascular Medicine Section | Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Antentor O. Hinton, Jr., PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt School of Medicine Basic Sciences, Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center | Vanderbilt University
Carla Gardner-Jones, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences | Tennessee State University
Danielle Dean, PhD
Assistant Professor, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism; Assistant Professor, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics | Vanderbilt University
Elaine Shelton, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics and Pharmacology, Division of Neonatology | Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Evangeline Motley, PhD
Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Physiology | Meharry Medical College
Ioannis Dragatsis, PhD
Professor, Department of Physiology | University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Joey Barnett, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology Emeritus | Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Junwang Xu, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Physiology | University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Mulubrhan Mogos, PhD, MSc, FÃå±±ÊÓÆµ
Assistant Professor | Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
Zheng Fan, PhD
Professor and Chair, The Graduate Committee; Director of the Molecular Translational Physiology Track, Biomedical Science PhD Program, Department of Physiology, College of Medicine | University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Adriana Visbal, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Natural Sciences | University of Houston – Downtown
Laura Quiñones Camacho, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education | The University of Texas at Austin
Na Li, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Section of Cardiovascular Research; J.S. Abercrombie Chair - Atherosclerosis and Lipoprotein Research; Associate Section Chief, Section of Cardiovascular Research | Baylor College of Medicine
Rosenda Murillo, PhD
Associate Professor, Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences | University of Houston