Trainees Appointed

2023-2025

 

Dillon Bohinc

Dillon Bohinc

Pre-Doc

Mentor: Dr. , ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ 

Research Summary: Determining the mechanisms linking diabetes mellitus (DM) to increased venous thromboembolism (VTE).

Distinguished Awards and Activities:

February 2024: 3rd place, Oral Presentation Award, Plasminogen Activation and Extracellular Proteolysis Gordon Research Seminar, Ventura, CA

February 2024: Elected Co-Chair for the 2026 Plasminogen Activation and Extracellular Proteolysis Gordon Research Seminar

Presenting at the 32nd Congress of the 

Sadiq Silbak

Sadiq Silbak

Pre-Doc

Mentor: Dr. Alvin Schmaier, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½

Research Summary: Blood-contacting medical devices (BCMDs) are biomaterials that are either indwelling, implanted, or associate extracorporeally with patients to aid their treatment or improve quality of life. 

Distinguished Awards and Activities:

 

Andrea Zuccaro

Andrea Zuccaro

Pre-Doc

Mentors: , CC and , CSU

Research Summary: Developing a piezoelectric platform for wireless mechano-electrical stimulation of the pudendal nerve to treat stress urinary incontinence.

Distinguished Awards and Activities:

Madison Kretzler

Madison Kretzler

Post-Doc

Mentor: Dr. Chris Flask, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½

Research Summary: Furthering the development of novel Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) methods to non-invasively detect and monitor the progression of chronic kidney diseases (CKD).

Conference Presentations:

  • Madison E. Kretzler, PhD Towards Prospective Free-Breathing Abdominal Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting, Digital-Poster, ISMRM 2023
  • Andrew Dupuis, Yong Chen, Madison E. Kretzler, Xinzhou Li, Kelvin Chow, Mark Griswold, and Rasim Boyacioglu Accepted ISMRM 2024, Oral presentation to be given by Andrew Dupuis
  • Adaptive Real-time Control and Online Reconstruction of Free-Breathing Abdominal MRF
  • Zhilang Qiu, Xinzhou Li, Madison E. Kretzler, Mark Griswold, Yong Chen, and Rasim Boyacioglu Evaluating Pilot Tone Navigator and BioMatrix Sensor for Motion Assessment using Sliding-Window MR Fingerprinting
  • Accepted ISMRM 2024, Oral Presentation to be given by Zhilang Qiu
  • Kidney MR Fingerprinting and Arterial Spin Labeling (ASL) Assessments of Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Christina J. MacAskill, BSE, Madison E. Kretzler, PhD, Chris A Flask, PhD Kidney Disease (ARPKD) Accepted ISMRM 2024, Digital-Poster to be presented by Christina J. MacAskill

Alexandra Schmidt

Alexandra Schmidt

Post-Doc

Mentor:  and Dr. Julian Stelzer, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½

Research Summary: Evaluation of the cardiorenal protective role of SGLT2 inhibition in mouse models of heart failure.

Distinguished Awards and Activities:

October 2023 Systemic and Cellular Metabolic Remodeling in a Mouse Model of HCM. Department of Physiology and Biophysics Annual Research Retreat, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH

Korey Bartolomeo

Korey Bartolomeo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Post-Doc

Mentor: 

Research Summary: Characterization of APOL1 variant local proteomes and the effect of the protective p.N264K substitution

Distinguished Awards and Activities:

 

2022-2024

 

Sarah Adams

Sara Adams

Pre-Doc

Mentor: , CSU

Research Summary: Investigating the role of ATRX mediated subtelomere cohesion on α-globin expression in ATRX syndrome

Distinguished Awards and Activities:

Brennan Flannery

Brennan Flannery

Pre-Doc

Mentor: Dr. Satish Viswanath, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½

Research Summary: Developing computer vision and machine learning methods to predict a patient's risk for kidney transplant rejection based on renal allograft biopsy images.

Distinguished Awards and Activities:

ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ BME Excellence in Mentorship, 2024
Excellence in ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ BME Departmental/External Service Activities, 2024Outstanding Supervising Scientist Award from Hathaway Brown SREP, 2024ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Translational Fellows Program 2023-24

AACR Poster 2024

Lauren Haines

Lauren Haines

Pre-Doc

Mentors: Oliver Wessely, John Sedor, John O'Toole, CCF

Research Summary: Investigating the role of high-risk APOL1 in associated kidney diseases using iPSC-derived podocytes

Ian Houlihan

Ian Houlihan

Post-Doc

Mentors: Vijay Krishna, Smita De, CCF

Research Summary: Nanotechnology Enabled Photoacoustic Lithotripsy

Distinguished Awards and Activities:

American Urological Association Presentation, May 2024

AUA Presentation
AUA Presentation

Daniel Martin

Daniel Martin

Post-Doc

Mentor: Phil Suneel, CCF

 

Research Summary: Determining the molecular mechanisms of the metalloprotease ADAMTS9 in kidney development and disease

Distinguished Awards and Activities:

Awarded at the Crossstalk between the ECM and Proteases from Destruction to Regeneration conference.

Phillip McClellan

Phillip McClellan

Post-Doc

Mentors: Ozan Akhus, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ and Adonis Hijaz, UH

Research Summary: Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence by Regenerative Macrophage Therapy

Annie Hubben

Anne Hubben CleCreateKUH Trainee

Post-Doc

Mentor: Dr. Keith McCrae, Cleveland Clinic

Research Summary: A novel 2023-2025 murine model of the antiphospholipid antibody syndrome and the role of complement in AP

Distinguished Awards and Activities:

Selected for the Hemostasis Thrombosis Research Society Mentored Research Award.