Meet our Scholars

Cohort 4 (2024-2027)

StARR Scholar Leon Sanders
Name: Leon Sanders III, MD, MS
Training Level: PGY-4 Internal Medicine
Institution: Louisiana State University - New Orleans 
Project Title: The Role of Covid-19/ACE2 in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Function
Anna Sanford, MD
Name: Anna Sanford, MD, MPH
Training Level: PGY-4 Pediatrics 
Institution: Tulane University
Project Title: Metabolic and Immune Basis of Post-infectious Sequelae After Ebola Virus Disease

 

Cohort 5 (2025-2028)

StARR Scholar Daniel Irelan
Name: Daniel Irelan, MD
Training Level: PGY-3 Internal Medicine
Institution: University of South Alabama College of Medicine
Project Title: Comparative Analysis of Neutrophil-mediated Mucosal Immunity in the Oral and Nasal Cavities During Respiratory Viral Infection in Adults and Children
Elizabeth Tsuying Chang, MD, PhD
Name: Elizabeth Chang, MD, PhD
Training Level: PGY-3 Pediatrics
Institution: Trinity School of Medicine
Project Title: Neogene Biomarkers for Pediatric Leukemia

 

Cohort 6 (2026-2029)

C6 StARR Scholar Charles Peper
Name: Charles Peper, MD
Training Level: PGY-2 Internal Medicine
Institution: Tulane University
Project Title: TBD