StARR Graduates

Amy Meyer, MD, MS 
Internal Medicine StARR Scholar (2021-2024) 
Project Title: Effect of dmLT Adjuvanticity on Murine Immune Response to BCG Vaccination 
Education: BS, Truman State University (2014); MS, Tulane University School of Medicine (2016); MD,  University of Missouri School of Medicine (2020) 
Research Interests: Tuberculosis, Vaccine development 
Current Position:Infectious Disease Fellow, Washington University School of Medicine

Gita Chadalawada, DO, DIMPH 
Pediatric StARR Scholar (2022-2024) 
Project Title: Trauma screening in the pediatric emergency room  
Education: BS, Loyola University (2015); DO, A.T. Still University (2020) 
Research Interests: Childhood trauma and resilience, Neighborhood-level social determinants of health 
Current Position: Instructor, Pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Samuel Ficenec, MD, MPH 
Internal Medicine StARR Scholar (2022-2025) 
Project Title: Chronic Immune Dysfunction in Ebola Survivors
Education: BS, University of North Dakota (2014); MPH, Tulane University School of Public Health (2021); MD, Tulane University School of Medicine (2021) 
Research Interests: Viral Disease research, Health outcomes, Hemorrhagic fevers, Global health 
Current Position: Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine Fellow, Tulane University

Stephanie Shea, MD, MPH
Pediatric StARR Scholar (2022-2025) 
Project Title: What We Fail to Teach: Sexual Health Education in the Deep South
Education: BA, Tulane University (2016); MD, Tulane University School of Medicine (2021)  
Research Interests: Adolescent Medicine, Public health, Reproductive justice
Current Position: Adolescent Medicine Fellow, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine