Tulane 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; T32 Awardee
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; T32 Awardee
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
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
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; T32 Awardee
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; T32 Awardee
Mina Hanna, MD, MS
Pediatric StARR Scholar (2023-2026)
Project Title: The Role of IL21R and IL21 in the Immune Response to Viral Vectors: Could it Impact Gene Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis?
Education: BS, University of Nebraska at Omaha (2012); MS, University of Nebraska Medical Center (2014); MD, University of Queensland School of Medicine (2021)
Research Interests: Immune response, IL-21 and IL-21R,
Current Position: Pediatric Cardiology Fellow, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Pediatric StARR Scholar (2023-2026)
Project Title: The Role of IL21R and IL21 in the Immune Response to Viral Vectors: Could it Impact Gene Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis?
Education: BS, University of Nebraska at Omaha (2012); MS, University of Nebraska Medical Center (2014); MD, University of Queensland School of Medicine (2021)
Research Interests: Immune response, IL-21 and IL-21R,
Current Position: Pediatric Cardiology Fellow, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
