2024 Coleman Research Innovation Awardees

Dr. Maryam Hashemian

Maryam Hashemian, M.D., Ph.D.

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Project Title: Determine Barriers to Healthy Diet and Related Disparities Among Individuals With Preclinical Heart Failure in the U.S. South Atlantic States


Dr. Kristen Hamilton-Moseley

Kristen Hamilton-Moseley, Ph.D.

National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Project Title: An Experimental Paradigm to Examine the Psychological Effects of Vicarious Discrimination


Dr. Jamie Murkey

Jamie Murkey, Ph.D., M.P.H.

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Project Title: Investigating Environmental Toxicants and Racial and Ethnic Discrimination as Chemical and Non-Chemical Stressors of Biological Aging


Dr. Abhinav Saurabh

Abhinav Saurabh, Ph.D.

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Project Title: The Modifying Role of Chronic Psychosocial and Environmental Stress on Natural Killer Cell Function


Dr. Jessica T. Smith

Jessica T. Smith, Ph.D.

National Institute on Aging
Project Title: Interplay Among Mitochondrial DNA Haplogroups, Mitochondrial Function, Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, and Hypertension


Dr. Oliver Wilson

Oliver Wilson, Ph.D.

National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Project Title: Factors Influencing Physical Activity Among Medically Underserved and Underrepresented Female Breast Cancer Survivors in the United States: A Cognitive Interview Study


Dr. Rachel Zajdel

Rachel Zajdel, Ph.D.

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Project Title: Developing a Racialized Legal Status Stress Scale Among Latino Immigrants to Understand Health Disparities


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