Short-Term Research Experience Program to Unlock Potential (STEP-UP) R25
Nada Abumrad, PhD
Robert C. Atkins Professor of Obesity Research in Medicine
- Email: nabumrad@wustl.edu
Department: Internal Medicine
Division: Nutritional Science
Mentor for Program(s):
Summer Program for the Advancement of Research Relevant NIDDK (SPARK) (STEP UP R25)
KL2 Career Development Award
Beau M. Ances, MD, PhD
Daniel J. Brennan, MD Professor, WashU Neurology
- Email: bances@wustl.edu
Research keywords: Alzheimer disease, HIV, neuroimaging, biomarkers
Mentor for Program(s):
KL2 Career Development Award
TL1 Predoctoral Program
TL1 Postdoctoral Program
STEP-UP (Short-Term Research Experience Program to Unlock Potential)
John Beals, PhD
Instructor in Medicine, Department of Geriatrics and Nutritional Sciences
- Phone: 314-362-8199
- Fax: 314-362-8230
- Email: bealsjw@wustl.edu
Research keywords: metabolism, exercise, muscle, sleep, liver
Kevin M Bennett, PhD
Associate Professor of Radiology
- Phone: 314-273-6888
- Email: kmbennett@wustl.edu
Research keywords: imaging, MRI, kidney, physiology, and metabolism
Carlos Bernal-Mizrachi, MD
Philip E. & Carolyn E. Cryer Professor of Medicine
- Email: cbernal@wustl.edu
Department: Internal Medicine
Division: Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipid Research
Mentor for Program(s):
Summer Program for the Advancement of Research Relevant NIDDK (SPARK) (STEP UP R25)
The Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases (PRIDE R25)
KL2 Career Development Award
TL1 Predoctoral Program
TL1 Postdoctoral Program
Research keywords: Metabolic syndrome, atherosclerosis, cell innate immunity, vitamin D, insulin resistance
Rita Brookheart, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Phone: 314-273-1213
- Email: rbrookheart@wustl.edu
Department: Internal Medicine
Division: Nutritional Science & Obesity Medicine
Leadership Role(s):
Director, Summer Program for the Advancement of Research Relevant NIDDK (SPARK) (STEP UP R25)
Director, The Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases (PRIDE R25)
Mentor for Program(s):
Summer Program for the Advancement of Research Relevant NIDDK (SPARK) (STEP UP R25)
The Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases (PRIDE R25)
Research keywords: metabolism, skeletal, muscle, ER stress, mitochondria
Ross Brownson, PhD
Bernard Becker Professor of Public Health
Leadership
- Email: rbrownson@wustl.edu
Leadership Role(s):
Co-Director, K12 Mentored Training in Implementation Science
Department: Public Health
Division: Social Work
Mentor for Program(s):
Summer Program for the Advancement of Research Relevant NIDDK (SPARK) (STEP UP R25)
K12 Career Development Program in Substance Use and Substance Use Disorder
K12 Career Development Program for Clinical Oncology
KL2 Career Development Award
TL1 Predoctoral Program
TL1 Postdoctoral Program
Ebony Carter, MD,MPH
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Email: ebcarter@wustl.edu
Department: Obstetrics & Gynecology
Division: Clinical Research
Mentor for Program(s):
Summer Program for the Advancement of Research Relevant NIDDK (SPARK) (STEP UP R25)
KL2 Career Development Award
TL1 Predoctoral Program
TL1 Postdoctoral Program
Mentored Training Program in Clinical Investigation (MTPCI)
Daneil Castro, PhD
Assistant Professor, WashU Radiology
- Email: castro.d@wustl.edu
Research keywords: opioid, obesity, diabetes, molecular biology
Marco Colonna, MD
Robert Rock Belliveau M.D. Endowed Professor of Pathology & Immunology
- Phone: 314-362-0367
- Email: mcolonna@wustl.edu
Department: Pathology & Immunology
Division: Immunobiology
Mentor for Program(s):
Summer Program for the Advancement of Research Relevant NIDDK (SPARK) (STEP UP R25)
K12 Career Development Program for Clinical Oncology
T32 Training Program in Infectious Diseases