Precision Medicine Research Fellowships at FIMR

2025

• Allen Karottu
  Investigating Role of Neuroinflammation in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
  Mentor: Stravos Zanos
• Ellsa Wongso
  Investigating the Role of CCL5 in Th17 Cells of CLL Patients
  Mentor: Barbara Sherry

2024

• Reinhard Bartsch
  Azapeptide Synthesis
  Mentor: Dr. Yousef Al Abed
• Ashley Crotteau
  Developed a 3-D printed wound model
  Mentor: Dr. Betsy Barnes
• Anna Dray
  Studied Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia
  Mentor: Dr. Philippe Marambaud
• Nicholas Ross
  Mapped organs activated by Vagus Nerve stimutation
  Mentor: Dr. Stavros Zanos,

2023

• Lily Darmon
  Identification of Activated Neuronal Populations in Response to Dexamethasone
  Mentor: Kevin J. Tracey
• Grace Hsu
  Mentor: Lionel Blanc
• Adison Steinke
  Identification of Secondary Lung Cancer in Mice
  Mentor: Betsy Barnes

2022

• Christopher Aiello
  Exploration of neuropsychiatric manifestation of Lupus
  Mentor: Dr. Betty Diamond
• Noor Benham
  Mentor: Dr. Timir Datta-Chaudhuri
• Meng Chen
  Built regression model to predict therapeutic intervention maternal intrapartum fever
  Mentor: Dr. Theodoros Zanos
• Nilay Kumar
  Training DeepLabCut models for tracking mouse activity to study correlations between vagus nerve activity and mouse locomotion
  Mentor: Dr. Theodoros Zanos

2021

• Patricia Curtian
  Exploration of inflammation biomarkers post cardiac arrest
  Mentor: Dr. Lance Becker
• Venkata Varunbabu Mannan
  Quantification of unmyelinated nerve fibers in election microscopy images using deep learning
  Mentor: Dr. Theodoros Zanos
• Dharasan Soundarrajan
  Inhibition of IRF5 during M1 macrophage polarization in osteoarthritis and phagocytosis
  Mentor: Dr. Betsy Barnes
• Jing Tong
  Data analytics, statistics, and modeling of stroke and lung cancer treatments for healthcare optimization
  Mentor: Pina Sanelli

2019

• James Bathon
  Exploration of the role of monocyte to macrophage polarization in the treatment of inflammation
  Mentor: Dr. Betty Diamond
• Gail Fernandes
  Exploration of the relationship between Sepsis and the downregulation of Red Blood Cell production
  Mentor: Dr. Lionel Blanc
• Isabel Snee
  Redefinition of blue light parameters for inducing immune response
  Mentor: Dr. Kevin Tracey

2018

• Anne Iverson
  Development of blood based diagnostic tools used to determine the length of cardiac arrest
  Mentor: Dr. Lance Becker
• Siena Mantooth
  Development of therapeutics for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
  Mentor: Dr. Betsy Barnes
• Oyekola Oyekola
  Developed a treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension using Vagus nerve stimulation
  Mentor: Dr. Stayros Zaros
• Chase Soukup
  Exploration of the interaction between the immune system and the peripheral nervous system
  Mentor: Dr. Kevin Tracey

2017

• Christopher Ebsch
  Development of tools to study both noninvasive and invasive stimulation of the Vagus nerve
  Mentor: Chad Bouton
• Ju Young Kim
  Development of a method to visualize mouse brain cells using fluorescent dye
  Mentor: Dr. Patricio Huerta
• Esther Lee
  Development of a method to study the interaction between Vagus nerve stimulation and inflammation
  Mentor: Dr. Kevin Tracey
• James Shuttleworth
  Development of a diagnostic tool to determine the length of time a patient has been in cardiac arrest
  Mentor: Dr. Lance Becker

2016

• Anne Grisoli
  Development of a model to study the influence of the nervous system on antigen movement through the lymphatic system
  Mentor: Dr. Kevin Tracy
• Richard Felli
  Calibration of data from brain abnormalities that occur during sepsis in mice
  Mentor: Dr. Patricio Huerta
• Kate Ludwig
  Project Title: Optimization of an assay for the phosphorylation of a protein involved in Lupus and breast cancer tumor development
  Mentor: Dr. Betsy Barnes
• 2016: Steven Marczak
  Project Title: Development of a portable sensor for fluorescent biomarkers related to cardiac arrest
  Mentor: Dr. Lance Burton