HBCU Scholars Mentorship

Alabama

Birmingham

• Ryan Cantor, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, Kirklin Solutions, Inc.
• Andrea Gillis, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of General Surgery, Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
• James K. Kirklin, MD, President, Kirklin Solutions, Inc., Former Professor, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
• Devin Koehl, MS Data Science, Kirklin Solutions, Inc.
• Brandon Singletary, PhD, Statistician, Kirklin Solutions, Inc.
   

Tuscaloosa

• Lilanta Joy Bradley, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine and Population Health, The University of Alabama
• Shameka L. Cody, PhD, AGNP-C, PMHNP-BC, Associate Professor, Capstone College of Nursing, The University of Alabama
• Karen A. Johnson, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, The University of Alabama
   

Tuskegee

• Angela Calderon, PhD, Professor, Department of Drug Discovery and Development, Harrison School of Pharmacy, Auburn University
• Satyanarayana Pondugula, DVM, PhD, Professor, Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University
• Miranda Reed, PhD, Professor, Department of Drug Discovery and Development, Harrison College of Pharmacy and Co-Director, Center for Neuroscience Initiative, Auburn University
• Susan Teubner-Rhodes, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, Auburn University
• Bruce F. Smith, VMD, PhD, Professor and Director, Auburn University Research Initiative in Cancer (AURIC), Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine
   

Florida

Tallahassee

• Sylvie Naar, PhD, Distinguished and Endowed Professor, Department of Behavioral Science and Social Medicine, Florida State University College of Medicine and Director, Center for Translational Behavioral Research, Florida State University
• Karen MacDonell, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine, Florida State University College of Medicine, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine, Center for Translational Behavioral Science, Florida State University
   

Georgia

Atlanta

• Alvaro Alonso, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
• Shivani Patel, PhD, Assistant Professor, Hubert Department of Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
• Arshed Quyyumi, MD, FACC, FRCP, Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Director, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Emory University School of Medicine
• Tennille Leak-Johnson, PhD, Professor, Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine
• Charles Searles, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Associate Vice Chair, Research and Space Management; Director, Cardiology Fellowship, Emory University School of Medicine
• Robina Josiah Willock, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine
   

Louisiana

Baton Rouge

• Miranda Mitchell, MD, FACP, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Internal Medicine Residency (Baton Rouge) and Director, Office of Diversity and Community Engagement (Baton Rouge Branch Campus)
• Robert Newton, Jr., PhD, Associate Professor, Physical Activity and Ethnic Minority Health, Pennington Biotechnology Research Center, Louisiana State University
   

New Orleans

• Lydia Bazzano, MD, PhD, MPH, Lynda B and H. Leighton Stewart Professor of Epidemiology, Director of the Center for Lifespan Epidemiology, Medical Director of the Bogalusa Heart Study, Tulane University School of Public Health
• Ileana De Anda-Duran, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health
• Elizabeth Engler-Chiurazzi, PhD, Assistant Professor, Director of Community Outreach and Engagement, IF/THEN Ambassador, Clinical Neuroscience Research Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Tulane Brain Institute, Tulane University
• Prasad V.G. Katakam, MD, PhD, FCVS, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine
• Kevin Zwezdaryk, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Tulane University School of Medicine
   

Mississippi

Jackson

• Clifton Addison, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Senior Research Scientist, Jackson Heart Study Graduate Training and Education Center, Jackson State University School of Public Health
• Lorena Amaral, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology/Toxicology, University of Mississippi Medical Center
• Marinelle Payton, MD, PhD, MS, MPH, Chair and Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Director, Center of Excellence in Minority Health and Disparities, Director, Jackson Heart Study Graduate Training and Education Center, Jackson State University School of Public Health
• Junie Paula Warrington, PhD, FAHA, FANA, Associate Professor, Department of Neurology and Associate Director, Program in Neuroscience, Translational Research Center, University of Mississippi Medical Center
   

North Carolina

Durham

• Li Qian, PhD, Professor of Pathology, Associate Director of the McAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
• Jonathan Schisler, MS, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Medicine and member of the McAllister Heart Center
   

Greensboro

• Jaclyn P. Maher, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
• Jennifer Etnier, PhD, Julia Taylor Morton Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Kinesiology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
   

Winston-Salem

• Justin B. Moore, PhD, MS, FACSM, Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Implementation Science (primary), Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
• Dr. Michael Bancks, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest School of Medicine
   

Ohio

Dayton

• Hongmei Ren, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Wright State University
• Clintoria Williams, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology and Director, Small Animal Physiology (SAP) Core, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
   

South Carolina

Columbia

• Tisha Felder, PhD, MSW, Associate Professor, Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Arnold School of Public Health and Department of Behavioral Health and Nursing Science, College of Nursing, University of South Carolina
• Jewel Scott, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, Department of Biobehavioral Health and Nursing Science, College of Nursing, University of South Carolina
   

Tennessee

Memphis

• Aize Cao, MS, PhD, Associate Professor of Biomedical Data Science and Director, Population Health Informatics and Disparities Research Laboratory, School of Applied Computational Sciences, Meharry Medical College
• Zheng Fan, PhD, Professor and Chair, The Graduate Committee; Director of the Molecular Translational Physiology Track, Biomedical Science PhD Program, Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
• Djamel Lebeche, PhD, Professor, College of Medicine – Memphis, Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
• Gadiparthi N. Rao, PhD, FAHA, George and Elizabeth Malloy Professor, Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
   

Nashville

• Joey Barnett, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology Emeritus, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
• Antentor O. Hinton, Jr., PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt School of Medicine Basic Sciences, Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center
• Carla Gardner-Jones, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Tennessee State University
• Evangeline Motley, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Physiology, Meharry Medical College
   

Texas

San Antonio

• Karen A. Johnson, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, The University of Alabama