2024 Symposium Speakers

Olurotimi Olorunfemi Mesubi, M.B.B.S., M.P.H

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Former K12 Scholar
Johns Hopkins University

Ryan Weiss, PhD

Assistant Professor
Former K12 Scholar
University of Georgia | Complex Carbohydrate Research Center

https://ccrc.uga.edu/team/ryan-weiss/

Rebekah Gundry, PhD, FAHA

Stokes-Shackelford Professor and Chair
Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology
Director, Center for Heart and Vascular Research
University of Nebraska Medical Center

https://www.gundrylab.com/

Anabel Gonzalez-Gil Alvarenga, PhD

Faculty Research Associate
Former K12 Scholar
Johns Hopkins University

Chad E. Slawson, PhD

Professor
Medical Center | The University of Kansas

https://www.kumc.edu/cslawson.html

Richard R. Drake, PhD

Professor
Medical University of South Carolina

https://education.musc.edu/MUSCApps/FacultyDirectory/Drake-Richard

Francesca Boscolo, PhD

Assistant Project Scientist
Former K12 Scholar
University of California San Diego

https://profiles.ucsd.edu/francesca.boscolosesillo

Aaron Petrey, PhD

Assistant Professor
Microbiology & Immunology
University of Utah School of Medicine

https://medicine.utah.edu/pathology/research-labs/aaron-petrey-lab

Priya Umapathi, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Former K12 Scholar
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/heart-vascular-institute/cardiovascular-research/umapathi-lab

Kevin Brown Chandler, PhD

Assistant Professor
Former K12 Scholar
Translational Glycobiology Institute
Florida International University

https://medicine.fiu.edu/about/faculty-and-staff/profiles/chandler-kevin-brown-phd.html

Steven D. Townsend, PhD

Professor of Chemistry
Professor of Pathology, Microbiology, & Immunology
Vanderbilt University

https://www.vumc.org/viiii/person/steven-d-townsend-phd

More young investigators, trainees, and scholars to come…