Meet our Scholars

Cohort 1 (2021-2024)

Name: Amy Meyer, MD, MS
Training Level: PGY-4 Internal Medicine
Institution: University of Missouri-Columbia
Project Title:
Effect of dmLT Adjuvanticity on Murine Immune Response to BCG Vaccination
Name: Gita Chadalawada, DO
Training Level: PGY-4 Pediatrics
Institution: A.T. Still University Kirksville College
Project Title:
Trauma screening in the pediatric emergency room

 

 

Cohort 2 (2022-2025)

Samuel Ficence
Name: Samuel Ficence, MD, MPH
Training Level: PGY-3 Internal Medicine
Institution: Tulane University
Project Title:
Chronic Immune Dysfunction in Ebola Survivors
Stephanie Shea
Name: Stephanie Shea, MD, MPH
Training Level: PGY-3 Pediatrics
Institution: Tulane University
Project Title:
What We Fail to Teach: A Systematic Review of Sexual Health Education in the Deep South

 

Cohort 3 (2023-2026)

Mina Hanna
Name: Mina Hanna, MD, MSTraining Level: PGY-2 Pediatrics
Institution: University of Queensland
Project Title:
The role of IL-21 in immune response: Could it impact gene therapy for Cystic Fibrosis?

 

Cohort 4 (2024-2027)

Leon Sanders
Name: Leon Sanders III, MD, MS
Training Level: PGY-1 Internal Medicine
Institution: Louisiana State University - New Orleans 
Project Title: TBD
Anna Sanford
Name: Anna Sanford, MD, MPH
Training Level: PGY-1 Pediatrics 
Institution: Tulane University
Project Title: TBD