Endocrinology, Metabolism, & Cardiovascular Disease Scholars

Kaitlin Kiernan 

PhD Candidate 

Mentor: Nancie MacIver 

Department: Pediatrics 

Diana Li 

Postdoctoral Associate 

Mentor: Jatin Roper 

Department: Department of Medicine, Gastroenterology Division 

Yihan Liao 

PhD Candidate 

Mentor: Matthew J. Hilton 

Department: Orthopaedic Surgery 

Matthew Ruis 

PhD Candidate 

Mentor: Heather Stapleton 

Department: Nicholas School of the Environment 

Fei Sun 

PhD Candidate 

Mentor: Kenneth Poss 

Department: Cell Biology 

Alexis Waddail, PhD (Ceasrine) 

Postdoctoral Associate 

Mentor: Staci Bilbo 

Department: Psychology & Neuroscience 

Wei Duan 
PostDoc 
Mentor: Dennis Abraham 
Department: Cardiology 

Jason Long 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Matthew Hilton 
Department: Orthopaedics 

​Nora Spencer Peterson 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Donald Fox 
Department: Pharmacology & Cancer Biology 

Hongyuan (Hazel) Zhang 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Ben Alman 
Department: Orthopaedics 

In 2018, the Cardiovascular Disease, Nutrition & Metabolism, and the Endocrine & Bone Scholars Programs were joined to form the Duke Scholars in Endocrine and Cardiometabolic Disease Program. The track became Duke Scholars in Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular Disease (DSEC).

Hasan Abbas 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Christopher Kontos 
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology 

Ruwan Gunaratne 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Bruce Sullenger 
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology/MSTP 

MengMeng Xu 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Chris Counter 
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology/MSTP 

Sarah E. Wetzel-Strong 
PostDoc 
Mentor: Douglas Marchuk 
Department:  MGM 

Adejoke Ojewole 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor:  Bruce Donald 
Department:  Computational Biology and Bioinformatics 

Angelo C. Moreno 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor:  Bruce Sullenger 
Department:  MGM 

Akshay Bareja 
Post-Doctoral Associate 
Mentor: Victor Dzau 
Department: Cardiology 

Aaron Goldman 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Kenneth Poss 
Department: Cell Biology 

Maryam Vejdani-Jahromi 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Patrick Wolfe 
Department: Biomedical Engineering 

Kathleen Hershberger 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Matthew Hirschey 
Department: Pharmacology 

Wen-Yee Choi 
Post-Doctoral Associate 
Mentor: Kenneth Poss 
Department: Cell Biology 

Erin Elizabeth Soule 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Bruce Sullenger 
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology 

Anna Luise Keyte 
Post-Doctoral Associate 
Mentor: Mary Hutson 
Department: Pediatrics 

David Gerard Ousterout, Jr. 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Charles A Gersbach 
Department: Biomedical Engineering 

Hikmat Nassralla Daghestani 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Virginia Kraus 
Department: Medicine, Rheumatology & Immunology 

Josh Doherty 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Gregg Trahey 
Department: Biomedical Engineering 

Brett Byram 
Post-Doctoral Associate 
Mentor: Gregg Trahey 
Department: Biomedical Engineering 

Hao Tang 
Post-Doctoral Associate 
Mentor: Doug Marchuk 
Department: Molecular Genetics & Microbiology 

Chris Grigsby 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Kam Leong 
Department: Biomedical Engineering 

Peter Hollender 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Gregg Trahey 
Department: Biomedical Engineering 

Dave McDonald 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Doug Marchuk 
Department: Molecular Genetics & Microbiology 

Yazan Alwarawrah 
Post Doc 
Mentor: Nancie MacIver 
Department: Pediatrics 

Sarah Gray 
Post Doc 
Mentor: Dave D'Alessio 
Department: Endocrinology & Metabolism 

Jonathan Warren 
Post Doc 
Mentor: Nancie MacIver 
Department: Pediatrics 

Kelly Luginbuhl 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Dr. Ashutosh Chilkoti 
Department: Biomedical Engineering 

Lifeng Yuan 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Xiao-Fan Wang 
Department: Pharmacology 

Jonathan Douros II 
Post-Doctoral 
Mentor: David D’Alessio, M.D. 
Department: Endocrinology/DMPI 

Angelical S. Martin 
PhD 
Mentor: Matt Hirschey 
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology 
  

Parisa Yousef 
PhD 
Mentor: Ashutosh Chilkoti 
Department: Biomedical Engineering 
  

Tiffani White 
PostDoc 
Mentor: Susan Gurley 
Department: Nephrology 
  

Lu Zhang 
PostDoc 
Mentor: Chris Newgard 
Department: DMPI 

Jonathan Halderman 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Chris Newgard 
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology 

Brett Peterson 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Chris Newgard 
Department: Pharmacology 

Gregg Wagner 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Chris Newgard 
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology 

Kelly Lindblom 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Sally Kornbluth 
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology 

Michael Davies 
Post-Doctoral Associate 
Mentor: Deborah Muoio 
Department: Pharmacology 

Frank Khan Huynh 
Post-Doctoral Associate 
Mentor: Matthew Hirschey 
Department: Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition and Metabolism Center 

Erica Seager Johnson 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Sally Kornbluth 
Department: Molecular Cancer Biology 

Valerie Tornini 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Ken Poss 
Department: Cell Biology 

Val Gerriets 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Jeff Rathmell 
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology 

Antonio Chavez 
Post-Doctoral Associate 
Mentor: Scott Summers 
Department: Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition and Metabolism Center 

Andrew Macintyre 
Post-Doctoral Associate 
Mentor: Jeff Rathmell 
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology 

Kristi Norris 
Post-Doctoral Associate 
Mentor: Tso-Pang Yao 
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology 

Kari Wong 
Post-Doctoral Associate 
Mentor: Deb Muoio 
Department: Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition and Metabolism Center