Keeps the wheels on the bus.

Focuses on fibroblasts and fibrosis.

Makes macrophage mechanisms.

Ms. Belcher is a GEMS (guaranteed entry to medical school) undergraduate from the University of Louisville. She is also a Fulbright Scholar.

Ms. Washington was an AHA-funded student from Appalachian State University. She presented her work at AHA BCVS Conference in Boston in July 2023.

Mr. Lukudu has accepted an offer to attend medical school at the University of Pennsylvania.

Ms. Smith is an M Eng student at the University of Louisville.

Dr. Audam is currently a postdoctoral research associate at the Broad Institute (MIT/Harvard).

Ms. Garrett is currently a Senior Bioengineer in the Center. She is responsible for the suite of advanced microscopy services the Center hosts.

Mr. Zhang currently works for Humana.

After completing his postdoctoral training, Dr. Muthusamy returned to India where he is now Head of Research and Development at Cologenesis Healthcare Products in Salem, Tamil Nadu.

Dr. Zafir was an American Heart Association-funded postdoctoral fellow while in the laboratory. She is now an Instructor at Sullivan University.

After graduating from the laboratory, Dr. Brainard completed a postdoctoral fellowship with Dr. Dan Kelly (Sanford-Burnham; currently at U Penn) before becoming Assistant Professor of Physiology at the University of Louisville.

After finishing his postdoctoral fellowship in the laboratory, Dr. Readnower has worked for several pharmaceutical companies, including as a Medical Science Liaison for Novartis.

After graduating from the laboratory, Dr. Watson joined Dr. Howard Rockman's group (Duke Univ) for a postdoctoral fellowship. Dr. Watson is currently Associate Professor of Pharmacology & Physiology at Georgetown University in Washington, DC.

Dr. Stoler worked in the lab one summer while he was a medical student at the University of Louisville.

Dr. Facundo was an American Heart Association-funded postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory. He now leads a Professor and leads his own research laboratory at Univ. Federal do Ceará—Campus Cairi (Brazil)

Dr. Lemma worked in the lab one summer while she was a medical student at the University of Louisville.

After graduating from the laboratory, Dr. Nchaw (Ngoh) was a postdoctoral fellow with Dr. Ken Walsh (Boston Univ; currently at Univ of Virginia). Dr. Nchaw (Ngoh) is now a Biomarker Scientist at Jansen Pharmaceuticals in Boston, MA.

Dr. Brown worked in the lab for one summer while he was a medical student at the University of Louisville.

Dr. Shirk worked in the lab one summer while she was an undergraduate at Indiana University.