Current and Previous Dean’s Scholars

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Portrait of 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

Portrait of Iris Lee, MD

Iris Lee, MD

Postdoctoral Fellow – Medicine, Rheumatology

2022 Dean’s Scholar

Mentor: Peggy Kendall, MD and Christine Pham, MD

Project Title: Complement-mediated regulation of B-cell activation in autoimmunity

Portrait of Kim Liss, MD

Kim Liss, MD

Instructor, Pediatrics – GI

2020 Dean’s Scholar

Mentor: Brian Fink, PhD

Project Title: Importance of lipid metabolism in steatotic livers exposed to ischemia repercussion injury

Portrait of Dzmitry Matsiukevich, MD

Dzmitry Matsiukevich, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Critical Care Medicine; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Cardiology

2024 Dean’s Scholar

Mentor: David Ornitz, MD, PhD

Title of Project: Mechanisms regulating perivascular and interstitial smooth muscle plasticity in the AngII/PE model of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF)

Portrait of Mary (Maggie) Mullen, MD

Mary (Maggie) Mullen, MD

Fellow- Obstetrics & Gynecology, Gynecological Oncology

2021 Dean’s Scholar

Mentor: Katherine Fuh, MD, PhD

Project Title: Utilizing DNA Damage to Identify and Target Chemoresistance in Ovarian Cancer

Portrait of Grace Niziolek, MD

Grace Niziolek, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Section of Acute and Critical Care Surgery

2026 Dean’s Scholar

Mentor: Matthew Rosengart, MD, MPH

Title of Project: Investigating the role of protein-sensing G-protein coupled receptors in trauma and hemorrhagic shock

Portrait of Lila Nolan, MD

Lila Nolan, MD

Instructor – Pediatrics, Newborn Medicine

2023 Dean’s Scholar

Mentor: Megan Baldridge, MD, PhD

Title of Project: Interferon signaling in microbiota-mediated regulation of bone marrow hematopoiesis

Portrait of Roheena Panni, MBBS, MPHS Panni, MBBS, MPHS

Roheena Panni, MBBS, MPHS Panni, MBBS, MPHS

Assistant Professor, Surgery – Surgical Oncology

2025 Dean’s Scholar

Mentor: David DeNardo, PhD

Title of Project: Exploring T Cell Diversity, Phenotypic Changes, and the Role of Immune Adjuncts in Neoantigen-Specific Vaccination for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

Portrait of Marilia Pinzone, MD

Marilia Pinzone, MD

Clinical Fellow, Medicine – Infectious Diseases

2023 Dean’s Scholar

Mentor: Liang Shan, PhD

Title of Project: Low-level viremia as a driver of myeloid immune activation and chronic inflammation in HIV infection

Portrait of Ignacio Portales Castillo, MD

Ignacio Portales Castillo, MD

Assistant Professor, Medicine – Nephrology

2025 Dean’s Scholar

Mentor: Roberto Civitelli, MD

Title of Project: Beta arrestin mediated desensitization of PTHrP actions at the growth plate and adipose tissue