Network Core

The overall goal of the KUH PRIME Network Core (NC) is to provide the diverse KUH PRIME scholars strategies to help develop their networking and communication skills and apply them to a range of networking opportunities.

Networking Social Hours

August - Getting Involved with Advocacy

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Prior Social Hour Recordings

“How to Build your Brand” – Dr. Nicole Beachum
Assistant professor of Marketing at UAB.  She is a digital marketing expert and co-founded the marketing company UpTick Marketing.
Learn how to engage your “why” to present your professional brand on LinkedIn and more. 

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“How to Tell Your Story” – Dr. Stephanie Franzen
Associate Professor, Division of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Department of Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.  She is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor, Cardio-Renal Physiology and Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine | Heersink School of Medicine UAB.  This is a great opportunity to meet Dr. Franzen who works with porcine models of acute kidney injury and is a renal physiologist.  She is a dynamic speaker and uses social media as a networking tool. She created The Body Podcast https://thebodypodcast.podbean.com .  If you are interested in research training in Europe she is a great person to talk to!

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Meet Abby Brooks

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...

Meet Dr. Lance Benson

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...

Meet Dr. Megan Rhoads

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...

Meet Rebecca Horowitz

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...

Meet Tha Luong

Tha Luong is a Ph.D. student in Immunology, Graduate Biomedical Science program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). She received a master’s degree in microbiology from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa in 2020. Her master project was to examine a...

Meet Huy Nguyen

Huy Nguyen is a Ph.D. student in Biomedical Science at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) under Dr. Hyndman's mentorship. With a background in organic chemistry from HCMC University of Education, Vietnam, Huy transitioned to biotechnology, earning a...

Meet Arushi Kotru

Arushi Kotru, an alumnus from the KURE program, is a current post-baccalaureate IRTA fellow at the NIH. We reached out to her to gain more insight into her experiences as an emerging scientist. Q: Do you have any particular experiences, interests, or passions that...

Meet Connor Sisk

Connor Sisk, a KURE 2022 Scholar, is a current post-baccalaureate IRTA fellow at the NIH. We reached out to Connor to gain more insight into his experiences as an emerging scientist. "Research has continued to be an influential component of my premedical journey,...

Meet Dr. Maggie Jones-Carr

Dr. Maggie E. Jones-Carr is a post-doctoral trainee at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation. Dr. Jones-Carr works under the mentorship of Dr. Jayme Locke, who is supported under a TL1 KUH PRIME training...

Meet Dr. Stephanie Rakestraw

Dr. Stephanie Rakestraw is a general surgery resident at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) currently completing a post-doctoral fellowship studying outcomes of patients with End-Stage Kidney Disease who undergo revascularization for Chronic...

Ongoing KUH Seminars

CAIRIBU Graduate Student Seminars

VIRTUAL, 3rd Wednesday every month unless otherwise specified, 2:00 PM Eastern (1 PM Central | 11 AM Pacific).

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CAIRIBU K12 Scholar Seminars

VIRTUAL, 2nd Thursday every month, 5:00 PM Eastern (4 PM Central | 2 PM Pacific). 

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UAB NRTC Seminars

Mondays at 12:00 PM CT, In person or Hybrid 

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THRCE Seminar Series

Thursdays, Monthly, irregular – In person at Tulane, Recordings available.

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TIPS Physician Scientist Seminar Series

April 16, 2024 (12:00pm – 1:00pm)
Hutchinson Building, Rm 6065

M. “Tonette” Krousel-Wood, MD, MSPH 
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Tulane University School of Medicine


April 30, 2024 (12:00pm – 1:00pm)
Zoom

Brian Campfield, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Tulane University School of Medicine

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Network Core Leadership

Dr. Kelly Hyndman

Dr. Kelly Hyndman

Co-Director

Dr. Julie Kanter

Dr. Julie Kanter

Co-Director

Dr. Rhea Bhargava

Dr. Rhea Bhargava

Co-Director

Dr. Richard McIndoe

Dr. Richard McIndoe

Associate Director

Dr. Tanecia Mitchell

Dr. Tanecia Mitchell

Associate Director

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Network Core Inquiry

We are happy to answer any questions you have about the programs offered through the Network core of Deep South KUH PRIME. Please Email Monica Vasiliu for General Questions.

Monica Vasiliu, PhD

Monica Vasiliu, PhD

Program Director KUH PRIME