2012 Wendy Altman, PhD

Project: Microsystems and Methodologies for the Study of Cardiomyocyte Mechanotransduction

Mentor: Beth Pruitt, PhD
Co-Mentor: Dan Bernstein, MD

Kelly Downing, PhD

Project: The Role of CDKN2B in Angiogenesis

Mentor: Nick Leeper, MD
Co-Mentor: TBD

Stephanie M. Piecewicz, PhD

Project: Endothelial-Hepatocyte Signaling Crosstalk Regulates Glucose Metabolism

Mentor: Calvin Kuo, MD, PhD
Co-Mentor: John Cooke, MD, PhD

Sharla Powell-White, PhD

Project: The Effect of Glycemic conditions on Vascular Dysfunction and Associated Treatments

Mentor: Wei Zhou, MD
Co-Mentor: Phil Tsao, PhD

Nazish Sayed, MD, PhD

Project: Role of Innate Immunity in Nuclear Reprogramming

Mentor: John Cooke, MD, PhD
Co-Mentor: Ed Morcaski, PhD; Karla Kierkegaard, PhD

Zhifei Shao, MD, PhD

Project: Thrombomodulin in Vascular Inflammation and Adaptive Immunity: a Role beyond Anti-coagulation

Mentor: Lawrence Leung, MD
Co-Mentor: Phil Tsao, PhD; John Morser, PhD

2011 Jordan Plews, PhD

Project: Study of Molecular Mechanisms of Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Using an iPSC Model

Mentor: Joseph Wu, MD, PhD
Co-Mentor: Marlene Rabinovitch, MD

Ranjan Ray, MD, PhD

Project: The Role of TCF21 in Coronary Vascular Development and Disease

Mentor: Thomas Quertermous, MD
Co-Mentor: Pilar Ruiz-Lozano, PhD

2010 Nazish Sayed, MD, PhD

Project: Role of Innate Immunity in Nuclear Reprogramming

Mentor: John Cooke, MD, PhD
Co-Mentors: Edward Mocarski, PhD; Karla Kierkegaard, PhD

Hui Xu, PhD

Project: Engineering Microenvironments to Study and Manipulate Cell Migration

Mentor: Sarah Heilshorn, PhD
Co-Mentor: John Cooke, MD, PhD