by Kelsi Hancock | Oct 16, 2024 | TL1 Scholar Highlights
TL1 Scholars have been hard at work over the past few months. Several have submitted/are submitting grants, and manuscripts and preparing for talks. Below are highlights reported from our TL1 Scholars. We are really looking forward to hearing about their work at the...
by Kelsi Hancock | Sep 11, 2024 | TL1 Scholar Highlights
Denisha Spires was born and raised in Jackson, MS where she attended Tougaloo College, a noteworthy HBCU. While earning her bachelor’s degree in biology, she focused on the pathophysiology of type 1 and type 2 diabetic nephropathy in relation to endothelin 1 working...
by Cheyenne | May 1, 2024 | TL1 Scholar Highlights
Abby Brooks holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) and an M.S. in Biotechnology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Driven by a profound passion for research, she is currently pursuing a PhD within the...
by Cheyenne | Apr 15, 2024 | TL1 Scholar Highlights
Currently residing in Childersburg AL, Lance is a postdoctoral trainee conducting research in the Division of Nephrology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Heersink School of Medicine under the mentorship of Jennifer Pollock, Ph.D. Lance obtained his...
by Cheyenne | Apr 4, 2024 | TL1 Scholar Highlights
Dr. Megan Rhoads is an integrative physiologist interested in how time of day and the molecular clock contribute to cardiovascular and renal function and disease. During graduate school at the University of Kentucky, she studied spontaneous high blood pressure in...
by Cheyenne | Mar 27, 2024 | TL1 Scholar Highlights
Rebecca was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, but raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. After graduating high school, Rebecca was accepted into Tulane’s Accelerated Physician Training Program (TAP-TP). In her last year of undergraduate studies, Rebecca discovered her love of...