Dean's Scholars

Quazim Alayo, MBBS, MSc, MMSc

Quazim Alayo, MBBS, MSc, MMSc

Clinical Fellow, Medicine-Gastroenterology

2025 Dean's Scholar

Mentor: Gwendolyn Randolph, PhD

Title of Project: Elucidating the role of B Cell-Derived LT⍺ in Sarcopenia Prevention in Crohn's Disease

Danielle Alfano, MD

Danielle Alfano, MD

Instructor, Pediatrics - Newborn Medicine

2020 Dean's Scholar

Mentor: Juliane Bubeck-Wardenburg, MD,PhD
Project Title: ADAM10 and endothelial dysfunction in sepsis

Amit Bery, MD

Amit Bery, MD

Instructor, Medicine - Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

2023 Dean's Scholar

Mentor: Daniel Kreisel, MD, PhD

Title of Project: Role of interleukin-1 beta in the prevention of lung allograft rejection

 

Whitney Brandt, MD

Whitney Brandt, MD

Assistant Professor, Surgery - Cardiothoracic

2025 Dean's Scholar

Mentor: Jason Weber, PhD

Title of Project: DExH-box 9 (DHX9) in lung squamous cell carcinoma

David M Brogan, MD, MSc

David M Brogan, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor, Orthopedic Surgery

2020 Dean's Scholar

Mentor: Samuel Achilefu, MD
Project Title: Intra-operative characterization of traumatic nerve injury using molecular probes and near-infrared fluorescence

David F Butler, MD

David F Butler, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Critical Care Medicine

2024 Dean's Scholar

Mentor: Andrew Yoo, PhD

Title of Project: Age-dependent mechanisms of hypoxic-ischemic/reperfusion injury in human neurons

R Alex Harbison, MD, MS

R Alex Harbison, MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery

2024 Dean's Scholar

Mentor: Guangyong Peng, MD, PhD

Title of Project: Polyamide transport and anti-tumor immunity in head and neck cancer

Miriam Jacobs, MD

Miriam Jacobs, MD

Fellow - Medicine, Oncology

2022 Dean's Scholar

Mentor: Todd Fehniger, MD, PhD
Project Title: Advancing memory-like natural killer cell therapy development for solid tumors

Carol M Kao, MD

Carol M Kao, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases

2024 Dean's Scholar

Mentor: Juliane Bubeck-Wardenburg, MD, PhD

Title of Project: Prevention of S. aureus infection through maternal immunization

Miriam Kim, MD

Miriam Kim, MD

Assistant Professor, Medicine - BMT

2020 Dean's Scholar

Mentor: John DiPersio, MD,PhD
Project Title: Defining the contribution of normal and malignant myeloid cells to chimeric antigen receptor T-cell function