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Dr. Pankaj Arora, MD, FAHA
Lab Director
Director, Cardiology Clinical and Translational Research Program
Director, Cardiovascular Genetics clinic program
Director, Arora Translational Lab, UAB School of Medicine, 2016-
Associate Scientist (C), Comprehensive Cardiovascular Center, UAB School of Medicine, 2016-
Associate Professor (P), Medicine- Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Medicine Chair Office, 2016-
Scientist (C), Comprehensive Diabetes Center, School of Medicine 2016
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Dr. Garima Arora, MD, MRCP (UK), FACC
Co- Director
Director, Interventional Echocardiography UAB Cardiovascular Institute
Co-Director, Echocardiography Lab, UAB
Co-Director, Cardiac MRI Lab, UAB
Co-Director, Arora Translational Lab
Director, Arora Translational Lab, UAB School of Medicine, 2016-
Associate Professor (P), Medicine- Cardio Vascular Disease, Department of Medicine Chair office 2015-
Associate Scientist (C), Comprehensive Cardiovascular Centre School of Medicine 2016
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Dr. Nirav Patel, MD
Fellow
PGY-4, Cardiology, ABIM Research Pathway, UAB Medicine
Instructor Fellow, Arora Translational Lab, UAB
Fellow, Cardiovascular Disease, UAB School of Medicine, 2016
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Nehal Vekariya, MS
Clinical Research Coordinator III
Clinical Research Coordinator, Arora Translational Lab, UAB
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Dr. Naman Shetty, MD
Fellow
Instructor Fellow, Arora Translational Lab, UAB
Clinical Research Fellow/Instructor, Cardiovascular Disease, UAB School of Medicine, 2022
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Dr. Ammar Hasnie, MD
Lab Associate
PGY-3, Internal Medicine, Arora Translational Lab, UAB
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Akhil Pampana, MS
Statistician I
Statistician, Arora Translational Lab, UAB
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Alexandra Kloss, BS
Clinical Research Coordinator I
Clinical Research Coordinator, Arora Translational Lab, UAB
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Haley Evans, MPH
Clinical Research Coordinator II
Clinical Research Coordinator, Arora Translational Lab, UAB
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Tiffany George, BS
Clinical Research Coordinator I
Clinical Research Coordinator, Arora Translational Lab, UAB
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Mokshad gaonkar, MS
Statistician II
PhD Candidate, Arora Translational Lab, UAB
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Chandan Basetty, BS
Lab Associate
Medical Student, Arora Translational Lab, UAB
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Gnyata Patal, BS
Lab Associate
Medical Student, Arora Translational Lab, UAB
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Ishant Yadav, BS
Lab Associate
Medical Student, Arora Translational Lab, UAB
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Krishin Yerabolu
Lab Associate
Undergraduate Student, Arora Translational Lab, UAB
EMSAP Class of 2025
Alumni
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Dr. Austin Glenn, MD
Lab Associate
Arora Translational Lab, UAB
UAB Heersink School of Medicine Class of 2022
Vanderbilt Radiology Resident
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Dr. Gargya Malla, MD, MPH, PhD
Lab Associate
Judy and Peter Blum Kovler Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellow (NIMHD). Dr Malla’s research focuses on social determinants of cardiovascular disease and includes a multilevel framework that assesses individual factors (e.g., education, race/ethnicity), as well as contextual and structural factors (e.g., rurality, built environment) as determinants of cardiovascular conditions (e.g., coronary heart disease, heart failure and stroke). She has also contributed to several other research projects focused on multilevel influences on health.
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Dr. Rajat Kalra, MBChB, MS
Lab Associate
Assistant Professor, Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, The University of Minnesota
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Monica Nandakumar, MS
Lab Associate
Arora Translational Lab, UAB
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Gina Josey
Lab Associate
ndergraduate Student, Arora Translational Lab, UAB
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Catherine Burley, BS
Clinical Research Coordinator I
Clinical Research Coordinator, Arora Translational Lab, UAB
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Samuel Cupp, BS
Lab Associate
Master’s Student, Arora Translational Lab, UAB
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Dr. Vibhu Parcha, md
Fellow
PGY-1, Internal Medicine, ABIM Research Pathway, UAB Medicine
Instructor Fellow, Arora Translational Lab, UAB
Clinical Research Fellow/Instructor, Cardiovascular Disease, UAB School of Medicine, 2019
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Peter Abdelmessih, BS
Lab Associate
Medical Student, Arora Translational Lab, UAB