Network Core

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

Networking Social Hours

Prior Social Hour Recordings

“Practical Tips for Building Your Brand and Network at Conferences” – Dr. Miriam Rose Lee

Dr. Miriam Rose Lee, digital marketing expert and co-founder of UpTick Marketing presents tips on building your brand and network at conferences.

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“How to Get Involved in Advocacy” – Ellen Riker and Leslie Brady 
Principal and Senior Policy Advisor of the Artemis Policy Group. Experts in health policy and lobbying. Learn about the government’s reach in physician practice at federal, state, and local levels.

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“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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Travel Funds

OKRA Travel Award
The OKRA Outreach and Training committee are excited to provide $500 travel expense reimbursement awards to trainees and early-stage career faculty (ESI status) to help support training and networking at kidney research related conferences. Example conferences are the American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week and the American Physiological Society Summit. Other smaller conferences, like the AKI Bench to Bedside, or APS Kidney Camp are also eligible.

Eligibility 
Trainees (graduate and medical students, post-doctoral fellows, clinical fellows and residents) and early stage faculty (Instructors and Assistant Professors with ESI status). K awardees are eligible but R01/R00 or equivalent are ineligible. The applicant must be the first and presenting author on the submitted abstract.

Fall 2024/Spring 2025 Application Deadline Dates:
Monday, September 9th by 5 pm Central is the last time to submit for consideration for conferences in October-Feb.
Monday, February 10th by 5 pm Central is the last time to submit for consideration for conferences March-Sept.

Training at UAB Continues to Influence Former Student

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39526571 This work brings together efforts for MD and PhD scholars, in an interdisciplinary and multi-institutional effort. Dr. J. Miller Allan is an MD graduate of the Heersink School of Medicine 2023 class. He is currently a Resident...

Additional Scholar Highlights

Pre and postdoctoral scholars are continuing to achieve many impressive accolades over the past quarter. Please join us in congratulating their work and follow us on social media for the most up to date achievements. Mary Latimer, PhD., University of Alabama at...

Quarterly TL1 Trainee 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...

ESTEEM 2024-2025

The ESTEEM program is designed to develop mentoring and training skills for the early-stage faculty member and gap year intern. Funds will be utilized to offset the salary/stipend of a gap year intern. The ESTEEM program includes providing a career coach for the...

Meet Dr. Denisha Spires

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...

Faculty Friday

Dr. Cheng (Jack) Song joined the Department of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology on February 1, 2024, as an Assistant Professor, bringing a distinguished background in polycystic kidney disease (PKD) research. His...

Faculty Friday

Dr. John Henry Dasinger is an assistant professor in the Department of Physiology at Tulane University School of Medicine. Dr. Dasinger received his doctorate in Physiology and Biophysics from the University of Mississippi Medical Center in the laboratory of Dr....

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...

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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National KUHR - TN

Our program is proud to be a part of the Kidney Urology Hematology Research Training Network (KUHR-TN), “Network of Networks”. This collaborative community spans multiple institutions nationwide. While we provide unique and distinctive opportunities within our own program, we are also part of a larger network comprising similar NIH-sponsored U2C-TL1 programs. This affiliation offers trainees access to a wide range of resources and opportunities.

Links to our companion institutions, describing their specific resources, opportunities and research interests, include:

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 Kelsi Hancock for General Questions.

Kelsi Hancock

Kelsi Hancock

Program Coordinator

KUH PRIME