Funded Scholars 2023-2024
Aaliyah Gray, PhD
Project Title: Examining inadequacies in sexual education and the loss of Roe v. Wade as multilevel barriers to sexual wellbeing
Amber Sophus, PhD, MPH
Project Title: Identifying key ways to increase PrEP use among Black women vulnerable to HIV
Rumi Agarwal, PhD, MPH, MBA
Project Title: Social determinants of parenting and racial/ethnic disparities in outcomes among families of transition-age youth with ASD and/or ID
Genevieve Reid, PhD
Project Title: Ethical data principles for health disparity collaborative research with community-based organizations
Funded Scholars 2021-2022
Ananda Mohan Mondal, PhD
Project Title: Deep learning to discover the disparities in lung cancer between African American and European American males
Asahi Tomitaka, PhD
Project Title: Triple-negative breast cancer screening system using magnetic nanoparticle-based probe
Daisy Ramírez-Ortiz, PhD, MPH
Project Title: Multilevel barriers to retention and re-engagement in HIV care among Latino immigrants with HIV in Miami-Dade County, Florida: A multi-method study
Gabriel J. Odom, PhD, ThD
Project Title: CTNote: A software tool to standardize outcomes and measure algorithmic racial bias in opioid clinical trials
Michael Anastario, PhD
Project Title: Developing a culturally appropriate life history calendar to measure substance use trajectories among Indigenous people who use injection drugs
Funded Scholars 2020-2021
Venkadesh Sarkarai Nadar, M.Sc., PhD
Project Title: A potential novel arsenic-containing anti-cancer drug for triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC)
Natalia Bourguignon, PhD
Project Title: Development of Lab on Chip devices to evaluate trypanocidal drug activity individually and/or combined for the treatment of Chagas Disease
Sheila Clemens, PT, MPT, PhD
Project Title: Examining racial/ethnic disparities in functional outcomes of people with dysvascular lower limb amputation and the effect of socioenvironmental factors
Bret Eschman, M.S., PhD
Project Title: The role of socioeconomic status in predicting language, social, and cognitive outcomes: New insights from multisensory attention skills
Funded Scholars 2019-2020
Shanna Burke, PhD, MSW, MPH
Project Title: The differential impact of apolipoprotein E genotype on cognitive and mental health among minorities with HIV and HCV
Melissa Ward, PhD, MPH
Project Title: Examining barriers to accessing medication-assisted treatment among women with opioid use disorder: A mixed-methods pilot study
Michael Tobia, PhD, MA
Project Title: Olfactory function and brain connectivity as biomarkers for senescent racial/ethnic health disparities
Veronica Del Prete Perez, MD
Project Title: Brain-based mechanisms for risk and resilience in postpartum recovery among Hispanic/Latina women
Funded Scholars 2018-2019
Sabrina Sales Martinez, MS, PhD, RDN
Project Title: Effect of Cocaine Use on the Intestinal Microbiome and Metabolome and Inflammation in HIV-Infected Adults in the Miami Adult Studies in HIV (MASH) Cohort
Hui Huang, MSW, PhD
Project Title: Substance-using parents’ needs and receipt for ancillary services, their relationship to substance use treatment compliance and new child maltreatment reports
Karina Villalba, MPH, PhD
Project Title: Effects of childhood abuse on emotion and cognition and health-risk behaviors among alcohol using women of color at risk for HIV