Clinical Research Training Center
Postdoctoral Program

Current Scholars

Scholar Accomplishments as of July 2007
Research Symposium and Poster Session, October 2007

Ana Maria Arbelaez, MD
Instructor
Department of Pediatrics - Endocrinology and Diabetes
Research Interests: Mechanisms involved in Hypoglycemia-Associated Automatic Failure in diabetes

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Anjali Bhorade, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
Research Interests: Improvement of visual function and the reduction of functional impairment in glaucoma patients
Alison Cahill, MD
Clinical Fellow
Department of OBGYN - Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine
Research Interests: Prediction of neonatal morbidity in diabetic pregnancies

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Steffany Chleboun, PhD
Assistant Professor
Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville School of Education
Research Interests: Speech language pathology; cognitive impairments following traumatic brain injury


Susan Criswell, MD

Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
Research Interests: Clinical epidemiology as related to parkinsonism

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Josh Field, MD
Instructor
Department of Medicine - Hematology
Research Interests: Etiology and natural history of pulmonary disease in patients with sickle cell disease

Erin Foster, OTD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Psychiatry
Research Interests: Impact of cognitive dysfunction in Parkinson disease on everyday life

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Melissa Frei-Jones, MD
Clinical Fellow
Department of Pediatrics - Hematology and Oncology
Research Interests: Clinical manifestations of pain and vaso-occlusion in sickle cell patients

Marcie Harris Hayes, PT, DPT, OCS
Assistant Professor
Program in Physical Therapy
Research Interests: The relationships between impairments of the lower extremity and low back pain (LBP)

Katherine Hladky, MD
Fellow
OBGYN
Research Interests: Contraception - particularly the use of long-term methods such as IUDs and implants, and contraception for women with limited access to health care

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Sarah Jost, MD
Fellow
Department of Neurosurgery
Research Interests: Advanced imaging modalities for use in the diagnotics, surgical treatment and management of individuals with malignant brain tumors

John Kirby, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Reserach Interests: Wound assessment and evaluation
Stephanie Lutter, MD
Instructor
Department of Pediatrics - Infectious Diseases
Research Interests: Epidemiology of emerging infections and investigation of community-acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA)

Jonas Marschall, MD
Fellow
Medicine - Infectious Diseases
Research Interests: Epidemiology of blood stream infections

Peter Nagele, MD
Instructor
Anesthesiology
Research Interests: Pharmacogenetics of nitrous oxide toxicity

Prabha Ranganathan, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine - Rheumatology
Research Interests: Pharmacogenetics of methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis; pharmacovigilance with emphasis on outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis on tumor necrosis factor blocking agents

Katherine Rivera-Spoljaric, MD
Instructor
Department of Pediatrics - Allergy and Pulmonary Medicine
Research Interests: Early signs as predictors of asthma exacerbations.

Tanya Wildes, MD
Fellow
Department of Medicine - Hematology and Oncology
Research Interests: Geriatric assessment and formal assessment of comorbidities using the Adult Comorbidity Evaluation-27 (ACE-27) (3) prior to initiation of chemotherapy in predicting treatment tolerance

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