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Research interest / current research work

My current research examines the impact of menopause on knee osteoarthritis pathogenesis. Long term, I am interested in studying how sex and gender impact joint diseases and injuries.

Field of clinical interest
Orthopaedic Surgery

Undergrad institution
Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama

Research interest / current research work
I am interested in applying functional genomics to studying how dysfunctions in the cardiovascular system lead to disease

Field of clinical interest
Cardiology

Undergrad institution
University of California, Davis

Research interest / current research work
My research ultimately seeks to improve our understanding of neurodevelopmental and pediatric neurological disorders to improve diagnostic and treatment practices.

Field of clinical interest
Pediatric neurology

Undergrad institution:
Princeton University

Research interest / current research work
I focus on studying how T-regulatory cells respond during chronic viral infection

Field of clinical interest
Oncology, Infectious Diseases

Undergrad institution 
Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus

Research interest / current research work
I am interested in the cellular and molecular links connecting metabolic dysfunction to the development of endocrine and cardiometabolic diseases.

Field of clinical interest
Internal Medicine - Cardiology

Undergrad institution 
Southern Methodist University

Research interest / current research work
Broadly, my research focuses on endothelial cell dysfunction in pulmonary vascular disease as it relates to genetic, metabolic, and infectious origins. 

Field of clinical interest
Currently, I’m most interested in pursuing a career as a cardiologist or a medical geneticist.

Undergrad institution
University of Pittsburgh

Research interest / current research work
My PhD work is focused on understanding the role of inhibition in the inferior colliculus (IC) after noise exposure. I am interested in characterizing the fate of transplanted embryonic medial ganglionic eminence (MGE) cells in the IC as a means to increase inhibition in naïve and noise-exposed mice.

Field of clinical interest
Surgery

Undergrad institution
Worcester State University, Worcester Massachusetts

Research interest / current research work
The intersection of cancer biology, tumor immunology, and multi-omic data to improve our understanding of the brain tumor microenvironment, use these insights to develop novel pre-clinical models for clinical risk-stratification. 

Field of clinical interest
Neurosurgery or Head and Neck Surgery(ENT)

Undergrad institution
University of California, Irvine

Research interest / current research work
I study how the brain and spinal cord control itch and pain!

Field of clinical interest
Anesthesia (sub-interests: obstetric anesthesia, pain, and addiction medicine)

Undergrad institution
UCLA

Research interest / current research work
I work at the intersection of aging & breast cancer and why so many women get large indolent ER+ tumors in elderly age.

Field of clinical interest
Probably medical or surgical oncology.

Undergrad institution
Carnegie Mellon University