CVD Pre-doctoral Program Mentors
| Primary Mentor | Secondary Mentor | Content Mentor |
|---|---|---|
| Inmaculada Aban, PhD – Biostatistics | Olivia Affuso, PhD – Epidemiology | Pankaj Arora, MD – Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease |
| April Carson, PhD – Epidemiology | Mark Beasley, PhD – Biostatistics | Vera Bittner, MD – Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease |
| Lloyd Edwards, PhD – Biostatistics | Shakia Hardy, PhD – Epidemiology | Todd Brown, PhD – Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease |
| Kelley Gabriel, PhD – Epidemiology | Bertha Hidalgo, PhD – Epidemiology | Thomas Buford, PhD – Medicine, Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care |
| George Howard, DrPH – Biostatistics | Byron Jaeger, PhD – Biostatistics | Greer Burkholder, MD – Medicine, Infectious Diseases |
| Virginia Howard, PhD – Epidemiology | Dustin Long, PhD – Biostatistics | Jeffrey Curtis, MD – Medicine, Immunology and Rheumatology |
| Ryan Irvin, PhD (Marguerite Irvin) – Epidemiology | Leann Long, PhD – Biostatistics | Gareth Dutton, PhD – Medicine, Preventive Medicine |
| Suzanne Judd, PhD – Biostatistics | Charity Morgan, PhD – Biostatistics | W. Timothy Garvey, MD – Nutrition Sciences |
| Emily Levitan, PhD – Epidemiology | Fazlur Rahman, PhD – Biostatistics | Orlando Gutierrez, MD – Medicine, Nephrology |
| Cora (Beth) Lewis, MD – Epidemiology | Nicole Wright, PhD – Epidemiology | Elizabeth Jackson, MD – Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease |
| Paul Muntner, PhD – Epidemiology | Nengjun Yi, PhD – Biostatistics | Nita Limdi, PhD – Medicine, Neurology |
| David Redden, PhD – Biostatistics | Suzanne Oparil, MD – Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | |
| Jeff Szychowski, PhD – Biostatistics | Edgar (Turner) Overton, MD – Medicine, Infectious Diseases | |
| Sadeep Shrestha, PhD – Epidemiology | David Pollock, PhD – Medicine, Nephrology | |
| Hemant Tiwari, PhD – Biostatistics | Jennifer Pollock, PhD – Medicine, Nephrology | |
| Courtney Peterson, PhD – Nutrition Sciences | ||
| James Shikany, DrPH – Medicine, Preventive Medicine | ||
| Sumanth Prabhu, MD – Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease | ||
| Stephen (Justin) Thomas, PhD – Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy, & Critical Care Medicine | ||
| Martin Young, DPhil – Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease |
Expectations of Mentors
- Provide mentorship in the responsible conduct of scientific research.
- Provide mentorship on reproducibility, rigor and transparency.
- Provide trainees opportunities to publish as first author.
- Provide guidance in writing an external grant proposal.
- Provide opportunities to participate in grant preparation.
- Provide immersion in their research program
- Provide encouragement to develop an independent line of research.
- Provide networking opportunities.
- Participate in the mentoring mentors program.
