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Research Opportunities for Residents/ Fellows

Medicine & Subspecialties

Family Medicine

Name	Department	Title	Email	Interests	Willingness to mentor medical students, residents/fellows, or both?
John White	Family Medicine	MD, assistant professor	iwhite@uthsc.edu	patient oriented/Evidence, Based clinically significant. Quality improvement, Vitamin D, osteoarthritis	Both
Elly Riley	Family Medicine	Assistant Professor	eriley@uthsc.edu	outpatient medicine, diabetes, vaccinations, autism spectrum disorder	Medical Students
Scott Sadler	Family Medicine	Assistant Professor	ssadler@uthsc.edu	Applied Clinical Research, EMR functionality, Population-based Improvements	Both

Genetics, Genomics and Informatics

Name	Department	Title	Email	Interests	Willingness to mentor medical students, residents/fellows, or both?
Robert Williams	Genetics, Genomics and Informatics	professor		genetics, genomics, and informatics, precision health care, machine learning, neuroscience	Yes

Hematology & Oncology

Name	Department	Title	Email	Category	Interests	Opportunity available for Trainees?
D. Neil Hayes	Hem/Onc	Prof, Chief	neil.hayes@uthsc.edu	Lab research / Clinical Trials	Head and Neck Thoracic Oncology	Yes
Alwa Weir	Hem/Onc	Prof, Program Director	alva.weir@va.gov	Clinical	Sarcoma Melanoma, Neuro-oncology	Yes
Kenneth Ataga	Hem/Onc	Prof, Director Sickle Cell	kataga@uthsc.edu	Clinical Trials	Sickle Cell Disease	Yes
Sandeep Rajan	Hem/Onc	Associate Prof	srajan2@uthsc.edu	Clinical Trials	Bleeding and clotting disorders	Yes
Bilawal Ahmed	Hem/Onc	Asst. Prof	Bahmed4@uthsc.edu	Clinical / Quality improvement / Reviews	Thoracic GU Oncology	Yes
Saurin Chokshi	Hem/Onc	Asst. Prof	schokshi@uthsc.edu	Clinical trials/ Meta analysis	GI Oncology	Yes
Swapna Thota	Hem/Onc	Asst. Prof	sthota3@uthsc.edu	Lab research/ clinical research	Leukemias MDS MPN	Yes
Noura Elsedawy	Hem/Onc	Asst. Prof	nourabadr@hotmail.com	Lab research/Clinical Trials	Multiple Myeloma Bone Marrow transplant	Yes
Marquita Nelson	Hem/Onc	Asst. Prof	mnelso59@uthsc.edu	Quality improvement	Sickle Cell Disease	Yes
Ugocchi Ogu	Hem/Onc	Asst. Prof	uogu@uthsc.edu	Clinical Trials	Sickle Cell Disease Bleeding / Cloting disorder	Yes

Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry

Name	Department	Title	Email2	Interests	Willingness to mentor medical students, residents/fellows, or both?
Kui Li	Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry	Professor	kli1@uthsc.edu	Pathogenesis of viral infectious diseases, virus-host interactions and innate immunity	Yes
Kui Li	Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry	Professor	kli1@uthsc.edu	Viral Pathogenesis, virus-host interactions and innate immunity	Both
Tayebeh Pourmotabbed	Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry	Professor	tpourmot@uthsc.edu	Gene therapy	Both
Ae-Kyung Yi	Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry	Professor	ayi@uthsc.edu	Innate immunity, pattern recognition receptor signaling, Cell signaling, inflammation, chronic inflammatory diseases, Rheumatoid Arthritis	Both

Pulmonary Critical Care

Name	Department	Title	Email	Interests	Willingness to mentor medical students, residents/fellows, or both?
Dipen Kadaria	Pulmonary Critical Care	MD	dkadaria@uthsc.edu	Sepsis, ARDS, Interstitial Lung Disease,Sarcoidosis	Both
Amik Sodhi	Pulmonary Critical Care	MD	asodhi@uthsc.edu	Sepsis, Imaging, ARDS	Both

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Study Title	Principle Investigator	Co-Investigator(s)	IRB Number	Status	Expiration Date	Presentation Type	Journal Name	Conference Presented
Oral-Genital Microbial Expression in relation to Fetal- Maternal cardiometabolic and Obstetric Outcomes	Ramona Phinehas	Ashitey Hannah, Franklin Garcia-Gooday, Yanhui Zhang,	18-06076-XP	Study completed
Menopause Clinic Database	Pallavi Khanna	Joshua Morris, Cassidy Clark, Anita Pershad, Diane Pace	19-07048-XP	IRB approved	2029
Essure Removal for treatment of pelvic pain	Ben Abdu	Joshua Morris, Mary Best, Jennifer Gordon	18-062920XP	Study Completed		Manuscript In Preparation		Abstract Submitted - SGS 2021
Low Dose Vaginal Estrogen - Provider Knowledge, Trends, Treatments	Pallavi Khanna	Joshua Morris, Cassidy Clark, Diane Pace, Laura Reed	19-07025-XM	Study Completed		Manuscript In Preparation	Target - "Menopause" or "Mauritas"	Presented - NAMS 2020
IUFD rate during a pandemic	Danielle Tate	Combs, Willingham, Vandillen	20-07370-XP	Study complete	2020	Abstract submitted		SMFM
Pregnancy Outcomes in COVID (+) Patients	Danielle Tate	Combs, Willingham, Vandillen, Beyer, Multi-Institution	20-07370-XP	IRB approved	2030
Renal changes in S-Rupp Rats Treated with Etanercept	Danielle Tate	Combs		IRB in progress
Stress and PTL in Mouse Model	Mari	Schenone, Barr, Combs, Cammock	19-023.0B	Study complete	2020	Abstract submitted		SMFM
Glucose Monitoring	Houser	Barr, Combs, Cammock	20-07560-XP	IRB approved
SFLT:PLGF in CHTN Pregnant Patients	Mari	Aziz, Combs....	16-04377-XP	Study complete	2021	Abstract submitted
Severe Maternal Hypertension – Optimizing Obstetrical Care	Tate	Willingham, Miller, Combs, Vandillen, Lyons, multi-institution		IRB in progress
Pregnancy outcomes in high crime neighborhoods	Willingham	Willingham, Tarsi	19-06656-XP UM	Study complete		Abstract submitted		ACOG ACSM
Educator Development Series:	Khanna	Khanna, Tarsi		Study complete		Abstract accepted		APGO 2021 Faculty Development Round Table
Food Deserts and Pregnancy Outcomes	Willingham	Gordon, Stokes, Scott	18-05868-XP	Study complete		Manuscript in preparation		Presented - SMFM 2020
Interdelivery Interval and VBAC Success Rates	Willingham	Racine	19-07004-XP	IRB approved
Cesarean Wound Closure (Dermabond vs Steri Strips)	Willingham	Dean, Enty	20-07302-FB	IRB approved
Placental Cord Drainage and Postpartum Blood Loss	Willingham	Vaschiko, Santa Cruz, Morris, Pezzillo, Tarsi, Zhang	20-07483-XP	IRB in progress

Name	Department	Title	Email2	Interests
Samir Shah	Pediatric Critical Care Medicine	Professor	Sshah7@uthsc.edu	Severe sepsis, MODS, Artificial Intelligence- Medical Applications, ECMO
Elisabeth Adderson	Pediatrics	Associate Member	elisabeth.adderson@stjude.org	Pediatric infectious diseases, infectious in immunocompromised children, quality improvement
Amber Smith	Pediatrics	Assistant Professor	amber.smith@uthsc.edu	Respiratory viral and bacterial infections
Mark Corkins	Pediatrics	Professor of Pediatrics	mcorkins@uthsc.edu	pediatric nutrition, intestinal rehab, nutrition support
Michael Rebolledo	Pediatrics (Cardiology)	Associate Professor	mrebolle@uthsc.edu	Pediatric Cardiology; Quality Improvement; Echocardiography; Pediatric Cardiovascular Disease in Developing World; Medical Education
Ankush Gosain	Pediatric Surgery	Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics	agosain@uthsc.edu	Pediatric Surgery
Ying Weatherall	Pediatric Surgery	Assistant Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics	yzhuge@uthsc.edu	Pediatric Surgery
James Eubanks	Pediatric Surgery	Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics	jeubank1@uthsc.edu	Pediatric Surgery
Regan Williams	Pediatric Surgery	Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics	rfwillia@uthsc.edu	Pediatric Surgery
Tim Jancelewicz	Pediatric Surgery	Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics	tjancele@uthsc.edu	Pediatric Surgery
Alexander Feliz	Pediatric Surgery	Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics	afeliz@uthsc.edu	Pediatric Surgery

May 26, 2022