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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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