TL1 Participants

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TL1 Participants

Learn more about the TL1 program through the experiences and achievements of past and present participants.

Research Day

Testimonials

Henrietta Fasanya

“I have the opportunity to work with an engineering team and learn how mechanical engineers contribute to translational science. Through our project specifically, I’m learning about obtaining patents and understanding how, when, and in what direction you push projects forward for translational science.”

Henrietta Fasanya

Leanne Dumeny

“The team aspect was particularly motivating for me. Working in a collaboration added a different blend to my work.”

Leanne Dumeny

Robert Eisinger

“It has opened opportunities and collaborations that I otherwise would not have pursued. The team-based approach is novel and enriching and by far the highlight of this program”

Robert Eisinger

Current TL1 Trainees and Projects

A TL1 Team Approach to Kratom & Health Outcomes for Pregnant Women (Kratom HOPe): Utilizing a back-translational approach to examining perinatal kratom use in humans and rodents

TL1 2022 Trainee Team

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Carolin Hoeflich, PhD Candidate; Psychiatric Epidemiology, PHHP
Michelle Kuntz - TL1 2022
Michelle Kuntz, PhD Candidate; Pharmaceutics, PH

Carolin Hoeflich, PhD Candidate
Michelle Kuntz, PhD Candidate

Mentors

Catherine W. Striley, PhD, MSW, MPE
Christopher R. McCurdy,PhD, FAAPS




A TL1 Team Approach Fetal Hyperinsulinemia in Diabetic Pregnancy: Effects on the Vasculature and Early Life Metabolism

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Jennifer Pruitt, PhD Candidate; UF College of Nursing
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Aditya Mahadevan, MD-PhD Candidate, UF College of Medicine

TL1 2022 Trainee Team

Aditya Mahadevan, MD-PhD Candidate 
Jennifer Pruitt, PhD Candidate 

Mentors

Helen James, PhD
Leslie Parker, PhD



Advancing preclinical research using a robust in vitro exposure model for aerosol delivery to co-cultured primary human cells

Amber O'Connor TL12022
Amber Leigh O’connor, PhD Candidate; UF College of PHHP
Environmental and Global Health
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Sriprya Nannu Shankar, PhD Candidate; UHWCOE, Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment

TL1 2022 Trainee Team

Sripriya Nannu Shankar, PhD Candidate 
Amber Leigh O’connor, PhD Candidate

Mentors

Chang-Yu Wu, PhD
Tara Sabo-Attwood, PhD




A CTS team approach to isolate diverse NTS strains, compare the virulence of laboratory and community NTS, and investigate the potential of a novel exosome-derived vaccine strategy against NTS community isolates.

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Andrew Rainey, PhD Candidate
College of Public Health and Health Professions, Environmental and Global Health
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Lisa Emerson, PhD Candidate
College of Arts and Liberal Sciences,
Microbiology and Cell Science

TL1 2021 Trainee Team

Lisa Emerson, PhD Candidate
Andrew Rainey, PhD Candidate

Mentors

Mariola Edelmann, PhD
Anthony Maurelli, PhD


Research Description:

Florida has an incidence of NTS twice the national average. Clinical surveillance is the current standard for community surveillance of NTS. Only 28% of NTS cases are identified in a clinical setting, leaving a major gap in community surveillance. The goal of this project is to apply wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) to determine the trends of NTS through analysis of influent wastewater, and to isolate and identify circulating serotypes among samples that are representative of the human population in Gainesville, FL. Overall, 81/106 (76%) samples tested positive for NTS between September 2020 – September 2021. Of those 81 samples that tested positive for NTS, we were able to isolate viable NTS from 56 (69%) of those samples. Through WBE, we can better understand NTS disease dynamics to fill the gap left by clinical surveillance and provide a more comprehensive community-level assessment of NTS.


A CTS Team Approach on Team approach to Establishing Steps towards Reconciliation and Trust among Black Women toward Reproductive Health Providers.

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Karen Coker PhD Candidate: College of Public Health and Health Professions, Environmental and Global Health
TL1 2021 Nesbit
Tyler Nesbit, PhD Candidate College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Family, Youth and Community Sciences

TL1 2021 Trainee Team

Tyler Nesbit, PhD Candidate
Karen Awura Adjoa Ronke Coker, PhD Candidate

Mentors

Larry Forthun, PhD
Sarah McKune, MPH, PhD


Research Description:

The goals of the proposed project are to 1) identify the critical components of trust required by Black Women to build a visible expression of trust within their reproductive health space, and 2) incorporate the elements of trust identified into a mindfulness-based communication tool; for reproductive health care providers. We are applying a mixed-methods approach inclusive of questionnaires and focus groups. Our study populations include of persons who identify as 18+ Black Women in Alachua County, and reproductive healthcare providers (e.g., Ob-Gyn, midwives, nurse practitioners) at UF Health Shands Hospital.


A TL1 Team Approach to Topological Data Analysis for Interpretation of Medical Images and Risk Stratification in COVID-19

Yara Skaff,  MD-PhD Candidate
Yara Skaf, MD-PhD Candidate, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Mathematics
Osama Dasa, PhD Candidate
Osama Dasa, PhD Candidate, College of Medicine, Hospital Medicine Division

TL1 2021 Trainee Team

Osama Dasa, PhD Candidate 
Yara Skaf,  MD-PhD Candidate

Mentors

Thomas Pearson, MD, PhD, MPH
Reinhard Laubenbacher, PhD


Research Description

Topological data analysis (TDA), a set of computational tools stemming from an area of mathematics called topology, can be used to enhance traditional analytic techniques for biomedical image analysis and patient stratification by mortality risk.



All TL1 Participants

Name (Last,first) TL1 Years degree program
Phelan, Dane 2014-2016 Medical Sciences – Genetics (PhD)
Walejko, Jacquelyn 2014-2016 Medical Sciences – Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Medicine, PhD)
Bray, Julie 2015-2017 Medical Sciences, Cancer Biology, Medicine (PhD)
Burke, Sarah 2015-2017 Neuroscience Medicine, Medical Sciences (PhD)
Lin, Andrea 2015-2017 Immunology, Medicine, Medical Sciences (PhD)
Molina, Rene 2015-2017 Electrical and Computer Engineering,Engineering (PhD)
Nosacka, Rachel 2015-2017 Cancer Biology, Medicine, Medical Sciences (PhD)
Varillas, Jose 2015-2017 Biomedical Engineering, Engineering (PhD)
Koutzoumis, Dimitri 2016-2018 Physiology and Pharmacology, Medicine, Medical Sciences (PhD)
Lomelino, Carrie 2016-2018 Biochemistry, Medicine, Medical Sciences (PhD)

Important documents

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