FELLOWS | Center for Cardiovascular Diseases & Sciences

Richa Aishwarya
Mentor: Shenuarin Bhuiyan
Department: Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow at LSUHS, Dr. Shenuarin Bhuiyan's Lab.

Zaki Al-Yafeai
Mentor: Wayne Orr
Department: Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Current Position: Internal Medicine Resident at LSUHS

Mahloud Al-Kofahi
Mentor: J. Steven Alexander
Department: Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Current Position:  Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota

Mansoureh Barzegar
Mentor: J. Steven Alexander
Department: Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, LSUHS, Dr. Steven Alexander's Lab

Cassidy Blackburn
Mentor: Matthew Woolard
Department: Microbiology and Immunology
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Virginia, Dr. Coleen McNamara's Lab

Jerry Brunson
Mentor: Karen Stokes
Department: Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Current Position:  Assistant Professor, 
School of Biological and Physical Sciences, Northwestern State University of Louisiana

Elodie Burlet
Mentor: Sushil Jain
Department: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Michelle Carroll-Turpin
Mentor: Tammy Dugas
Department: Pharmacology and Toxicology
Current Position:  Assistant Professor, 
College of Medicine, University of Houston, Texas

Donna Collins-McMillen
Mentor: Andrew Yurochko
Department: Microbiology & Immunology
Current Position:  Postdoctoral Fellow, 
University of Arizona

Alexandre Do Couto e Silva
Mentor: Kevin Lin
Department: Cellular Biology and Anatomy
Current Position: Medical Student, Oregon Health Sciences University

Heather Fulkerson
Mentor: Andrew Yurochko
Department: Microbiology and Immunology
Current Position: Medical Writer 1, Technical Resources Int'l in Maryland (working closely with NCI)

Steven D. Funk
Mentor: Wayne Orr
Departments: Pathology; Cellular Biology & Anatomy
Current Position:  Post-Doctoral Fellow, 
Washington University

Gaganpreet Kaur, PhD
Mentor: Norman Harris
Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Ashton Jorgensen
Mentor: Dr. Hyung "Hugh" Nam
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Arizona College of Medicine

Jiyu Li
Mentor: Dr. Hong Sun
Department: Cellular Biology and Anatomy

Aaron Navratil
Mentor: Mathew Woolard
Department: Microbiology & Immunology
Current Position:  Biology Scientist, 
Theravance Biopharma US, Inc, California

Chris Nguyen
Mentor: Jeremy Kamil
Department: Microbiology & Immunology

Mikhail V. Khoretonenko, PhD
Mentor: Karen Stokes
Department: Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Current Position:  Assistant Professor, 
Lakeland Community College, Ohio

Jung Heon Kim, PhD
Mentor: Andrew Yurochko
Department: Microbiology and Immunology
Current Position:  Assistant Professor, Seoul National University, South Korea

Minseong Kim, PhD
Mentor: Dr. Changwon Park
Department: Molecular and Cellular Physiology

Gopi Kolluru, PhD
Mentor: Christopher Kevil
Department: Pathology
Current Position:  Assistant Professor, 
Research in Pathology, LSU Health Shreveport

Chun (Mia) Li, MD
Mentors: William Mayhan and Hong Sun
Department: Cellular Biology and Anatomy
Current Position:  Postdoctoral Fellow, LSU Health Shreveport

We Li, PhD 
Mentor: Tak Yee Aw
Department: Molecular & Cellular Physiology

Yan Li, M.D., PhD
Mentor: Brent Reed
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Current Position:  House Officer, LSU Health Shreveport

Prasenjit Manna, PhD
Mentor: Sushil Jain
Department: Pediatrics
Current Position:  Assistant Professor – II, 
Life Science Division, Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology, Guwahati, Assam, India

Seiichi Omura, PhD
Mentor: Ikuo Tsunoda
Department: Microbiology and Immunology
Current Position:  Assistant Professor, 
Department of Microbiology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Japan

Ji Eun Park, PhD
Mentor: Dr. Hyung "Hugh" Nam
Department: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience

 

Elvis Peter, MD
Mentor: Jai Varma and Chris Kevil
Department: Medicine/Cardiology
Current Position:  Cardiologist, Marshfield Clinic, Wisconsin

Chun-Su Piao, PhD
Mentor: Li-Ru Zhao
Department: Neurology

Saranya Rajendran, PhD
Mentor: Chris Kevil
Department: Pathology