Current CTSC Postdoctoral T32 Fellows

Shelia Malone, DrPH, MPPA

Jackson State University

• Topic: Enhancing use of a referral platform to increase resources to disadvantaged patients and increase health equity
• Mentor: Shari Bolen, MD, MPH
• Location: Population Health and Equity Research Institute, MetroHealth Medical Center

Shannon Walker, PhD

Public & Community Health, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

• Topic: Racial disparities in maternal perinatal & postpartum outcomes
• Mentor: Darcy Freedman, PhD, MPH
• Location: Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health, Department: PQHS, CWRU

Brandon Smith, PhD

• Topic: Immune checkpoints on astrocytes as a protective therapeutic mechanism during chronic autoimmunity
• Mentor:Jessica Williams
• Location: Cleveland Clinic Lerner Institute

Kihwan Kim, PhD

• Topic: Developing fast phosphorus-31 magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging to assess metabolic function in heart failure patients with sarcopenia
• Mentor: Xiaojuan Li
• Location: Cleveland Clinic