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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

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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

Pubmed


Yoshitsugu Obi, MD

Assistant Professor, Nephorology
University of Mississippi Medical Center

Empagliflozen in ESRD: a Feasibility Study

September 2021 to Present

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Carolann Risley, PhD, MSN, WHNP-C

Professor, School of Nursing
University 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 

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Maria Clarissa Tio, MD 

Assistant Professor, Nephrology
University of Mississippi Medical Center 

The Epidemiology and Pathophysiology of Kidney Disease in HFpEF with Obesity 

January 2022 to Present

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Timothy Yen, MD

Assistant Professor, Nephrology
University of Mississippi Medical Center

Optimizing Volume Management in Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis

August 2023 to Present 

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Past Investigators

Kelsey Bonfils, PhD

Assistant Professor, Clinical PsychologyUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Sleep 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 

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Abigail Gamble, PhDDr. Abigail Gamble

Assistant Professor, Preventive Medicine
UMMC

Exploring exercise behavior in pregnant and postpartum adolescents in Mississippi

August 2017 to July 2023

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Candace Howard, MD, PhDCandace Howard

Assistant Professor, Radiology
UMMC

Body Composition as a Biomarker of Obesity-Related Diseases in African-Americans

January 2018 to April 2022

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Susan Mayfield-Johnson, PhDSusan Mayfield-Johnson

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

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Xiuquan Wang, PhDXiuquan Wang

Professor, Mathematics
Tougaloo College

Uncovering and Understanding Population Differences with Topological Methods

January 2018 to July 2021

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Sarah Sterling, MDPortrait of Dr. Sarah Sterling

Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
UMMC

The Chronic State of Obesity and the Acute Response to Sepsis

November 2016 to December 2020

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Matthew Kutcher, MDDr. Matthew Kutcher

Assistant Professor, Surgery
University of Mississippi Medical Center

Obesity-Associated Hypercoagulability in Trauma Patients

September 2017 to August 2018

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Marcus Zachariah, MD, PhDMarcus Zachariah

Neurosurgeon
Neurosurgical Medical Clinic, San Diego, CA

Modeling Leptomeningeal Metastasis using Breast Circulating Tumor Cell Xenografts

September 2021 to September 2022

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