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Current Research Mentors

The Research Mentors listed below currently have a FIRST postdoctoral fellow(s) working in their laboratory. Click here for the full list of Program Faculty or click the FACULTY button above.

Frank Anania, M.D., Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Digestive Diseases Division (Mentee: Jeffrey Handy)
Gilda A. Barabino, Ph.D., Emory/Georgia Tech Biomedical Engineering Department (Mentee: Juana Mendenhall)
Thomas Barker, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine/Georgia Institute of Technology, Department of Biomedical Engineering (Mentee: Sarah Stabenfeldt)
Robert J. Butera, Jr., Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Computer & Electrical Engineering (Mentee: Ian Joseph)
Ralph DiClemente, Ph.D., Emory School of Public Health, Associate Director for Prevention Sciences, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education (Mentee: Colleen Crittenden)
Ikhide Imumorin, Ph.D., Spelman College, Department of Biology (Mentee: Chris Bates)
K. Sean Kimbro, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Winship Cancer Institute (Mentee: Kesmic Jackson)
Ward Kirlin, Ph.D., Morehouse School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology (Mentee: Montreka Dansby)
Andrew Kowalczyk, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Cell Biology (Mentee: Drew Kohlhorst)
Amy Lee, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology (Mentee: Frederick Gregory)
Robert Liu, Ph.D., Emory College, Department of Biology (Mentee: Jason Miranda)
Solomon Ofori-Acquah, M.D., Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics (Mentee: Joy Owen)
David C. Pallas, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry (Mentee: Candace Jones)
Subhabrata Sanyal, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Cell Biology (Mentee: Amanda Freeman)
Stephanie Sherman, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Human Genetics (Mentee: Emmanuel Peprah and Tiffany Oliver))
Dipali Sharma, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Winship Cancer Institute, Department of Hematology/Oncology (Mentee: Brandi Brandon and LaTonia Taliaferro-Smith)
Hyunsuk Shim, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Winship Cancer Institute (Mentee: Joann Brooks)
Paul Spearman, M.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics (Mentee: Danso Ako-Adjei)
W. Robert Taylor, M.D., Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Dept. of Medicine, Cardiology Division (Mentee: Elethia Woolfolk-Tillman)
Lena H. Ting, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine/Georgia Institute of Technology, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering (Mentee: Kyla Ross)
Thomas Wichmann, M.D., Emory School of Medicine, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Department of Neurology (Mentee: Otis Smart)
Keith Wilkinson, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry (Mentee: Nela Moffatt)
Gina M. Wingood, Sc.D., Emory School of Public Health, Department of Behavioral Science & Health Education (Mentee: Jerris Raiford)
Vincent Yang, M.D., Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Medicine (Mentee: Sharon Ngwenya and Engda Hagos)
Chris Yun, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Digestive Diseases Division (Mentee: M. Berenice Duran)

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