TL1 Participants

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TL1 Participants

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

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.”

Leanne Dumeny

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

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”

Current TL1 Trainees and Projects

Investigating altered mitogen activated protein kinase signaling pathways in skeletal muscle diseases for therapeutic intervention utilizing a human skeletal muscle platform.

TL1 2023 Trainee Team

Karly Caples, PhD Candidate; Biomedical Sciences, Medicine

Zehra Fasih, PhD Candidate; Pharmacodynamics, Pharm

Mentors

Elizabeth Barton, PhD
Siobhan Malany, PhD

Integrating Molecular Biological and Epidemiological Approaches in Assessing differences in Treatment and Survival of Advanced-Stage Laryngeal Cancer by race

TL1 2023 Trainee Team

Chayil Lattimore, PhD Candidate; Cancer Biology, Medicine

Caretia Washington, MD-PhD Candidate; Epidemiology, PHHP

Mentors

Dejana Braithwaite, PhD, MSc
Kristianna M Fredenburg, MD, PhD

Combinatorial Utility of Novel Immunotherapeutic and Nanoparticle Imaging Platforms in Pre-clinical Brain Cancer Models

TL1 2023 Trainee Team

Jack Figg, MD-PhD Candidate; Cancer Biology, Medicine

Matthew Frain, PhD Candidate; Medical Physics, Medicine

Mentors

Catherine Flores, PhD
Frank J. Bova, PhD

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

Carolin Hoeflich, PhD Candidate; Psychiatric Epidemiology, PHHP

Michelle Kuntz, PhD Candidate; Pharmaceutics, Pharm

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

TL1 2022 Trainee Team

Aditya Mahadevan, MD-PhD Candidate; COM

Jennifer Pruitt, PhD Candidate; Nursing 

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

TL1 2022 Trainee Team

 
Amber Leigh O’Connor, PhD Candidate; Environmental and Global Health; PHHP

Mentors

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