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CTRS Program Investigators
Current Investigators
Cooper Brookshire, MS, DVM
Assistant Clinical Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine
Mississippi State University
One Health Analysis of Antimicrobial Resistant Klebsiella Pneumoniae
October 202 to Present
Peter Mittwede, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Immediate versus delayed weight bearing after fixation of pelvis and acetabulum fractures: a randomized controlled trial
October 2024 to Present
Yoshitsugu Obi, MD
Assistant Professor, Nephorology
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Empagliflozen in ESRD: a Feasibility Study
September 2021 to Present
Carolann Risley, PhD, MSN, WHNP-C
Professor, School of NursingUniversity of Mississippi Medical Center
Risk of Premalignant dysplasia and Cancer of the Uterine Cervix in Women in Mississippi who are Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinated vs. HPV unvaccinated
January 2022 to Present
Pubmed
Maria Clarissa Tio, MD
Assistant Professor, NephrologyUniversity of Mississippi Medical Center
The Epidemiology and Pathophysiology of Kidney Disease in HFpEF with Obesity
January 2022 to Present
Pubmed
Timothy Yen, MD
Assistant Professor, Nephrology
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Optimizing Volume Management in Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis
August 2023 to Present
Pubmed
Past Investigators
Kelsey Bonfils, PhD
Assistant Professor, Clinical PsychologyUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillSleep disturbance and inflammation as determinants of social cognition and behavior: An intensive longitudinal study of adults with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders
January 2022 to December 2024
Pubmed
Abigail Gamble, PhD
Assistant Professor, Preventive MedicineUMMC
Exploring exercise behavior in pregnant and postpartum adolescents in Mississippi
August 2017 to July 2023
Pubmed
Candace Howard, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Radiology
UMMC
Body Composition as a Biomarker of Obesity-Related Diseases in African-Americans
January 2018 to April 2022
Pubmed
Susan Mayfield-Johnson, PhD
Assistant Professor, Public Health
University of Southern Mississippi
Effectiveness of Community Health Workers in Reducing CVD in the Mississippi Delta
November 2016 to July 2021
Pubmed
Xiuquan Wang, PhD
Professor, Mathematics
Tougaloo College
Uncovering and Understanding Population Differences with Topological Methods
January 2018 to July 2021
Pubmed
Sarah Sterling, MD
Assistant Professor, Emergency MedicineUMMC
The Chronic State of Obesity and the Acute Response to Sepsis
November 2016 to December 2020
Pubmed
Matthew Kutcher, MD
Assistant Professor, SurgeryUniversity of Mississippi Medical Center
Obesity-Associated Hypercoagulability in Trauma Patients
September 2017 to August 2018
Pubmed
Marcus Zachariah, MD, PhD
Neurosurgeon
Neurosurgical Medical Clinic, San Diego, CA
Modeling Leptomeningeal Metastasis using Breast Circulating Tumor Cell Xenografts
September 2021 to September 2022