Current/Past Scholars
Current BIRCWH Scholars
Junia de Brito, PhD, MPH, MBA
Assistant Professor, Dept. Family Medicine and Community Health, Medical School
Research: The Positive Deviance Approach to Childhood Obesity: A Way Toward Health Equity
Contact: [email protected]
Amy Noser, PhD
Assistant Professor, Dept. Family Medicine and Community Health, Medical School
Research: Understanding Modifiable Barriers to Treatment Adherence in Youth with Type 2 Diabetes
Contact: [email protected]
Mary Whipple, PhD, RN, PHN
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
Research: Sex Differences in the Effects of Breaking Up Sedentary Behavior on Vascular Function Among Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
Contact: [email protected]
Shannon Sullivan, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Medical School
Research: Exposure To Metal Mixtures And Their Role In Sex-Related Differences In Kidney Disease
Contact: [email protected]
Past Scholars
BIRCWH Scholars
Carolyn Porta, PhD, MPH, RN SANE-A, FAAN, FNAP, Population Health and Systems Cooperative, School of Nursing; Research: Coping intervention with Latina adolescents; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2008-2011; Contact: [email protected]
Jerica Berge, PhD, MPH, LMFT, CFLE, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Medical School; Research: Family and home environment in adolescent obesity: predictors and interventions; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2008-2011; Contact: [email protected]
Susanta Hui, PhD, MS, Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical School; Research: A novel long-lived 41 CA marker to assess bone turnover for breast cancer patients treated with aromatase inhibitor and bisphosphonate drugs; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2008-2011; Contact: [email protected]
Rahel Ghebre, MD, MPH, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health, Medical School; Research: Feasibility of home self-collection for cervical cancer screening utilizing human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA testing; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2008-2011; Contact: [email protected]
Daheia Barr-Anderson, PhD, Physical Activity and Health Promotion, School of Kinesiology; Research: A tailored physical activity and health eating intervention for African-American girls; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2010-2011; Contact: [email protected]
Kristine Talley, PhD, RN, GNP-BC, School of Nursing; Research: Disability Prevention in Frail Older Women; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2011-2014; Contact: [email protected]
Bharat Thyagarajan, MD, PhD, MPH, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, Medical School; Research: The Role of Mitochondria in Determining Breast Cancer Susceptibility; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2010-2013; Contact: [email protected]
Vishal Lamba, PhD; Research: Pharmacogenetic predictors of variability in expression of drug response (ADME) genes; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2011-2013; Contact: [email protected]
Katy Kozhimannil, PhD, MPA, Division of Health Policy & Management, School of Public Health; Research: Measuring Quality and Evaluating Strategies for the Care of Women with Diabetes in Pregnancy; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2010-2013; Contact: [email protected]
Anne Blaes, MD, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Medical School; Research: Vascular Assessment in Breast Cancer Survivors Taking Aromatase Inhibitors; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2013-2016; Contact: [email protected]
Susan Mason, PhD, MPH, Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health; Research: Psychological and Behavioral Mechanisms Linking Abuse Victimization to Obesity; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2013-2017; Contact: [email protected]
Alicia Allen, PhD, MPH, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine; Research: Effects of smoking on Stress-Induced Allopregnanolone responses in women by Menstrual Phase; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2014-2016; Contact: [email protected].
Rebekah Nagler, PhD, Hubbard School of Journalism & Mass Communication, College of Liberal Arts; Research: Effects of Media Exposure to Cancer Screening Controversy: A Mixed-Methods Study; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2014-2017; Contact: [email protected]
Deanna Teoh, MD, MS, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health, Medical School; Research: Improving Adherence to the 2012 Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines Research Areas; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2016 - 2019; Contact: [email protected]
Britt Erickson, MD, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health, Medical School; Research: Moving beyond estrogen: The role of cooperating steroid hormone receptors (progesterone, androgen and glucocorticoid) in endometrial cancer; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2018-2021; Contact: [email protected]
Sarah Hoffman, PhD, MPH, MSN, RN, Population Health and Systems Cooperative Unit, School of Nursing; Research: Intergenerational transmission of trauma between Karen women refugees who have survived torture and their children; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2018-2019; Contact: [email protected]
Linda Koehler,, PT, CLT-LANA, PhD, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Medical School; Research: Axillary Web Syndrome Ongoing Medical Evaluation and Intervention; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2017-2019; Contact: [email protected]
Megan Paulsen, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Medical School; Research: Maternal-Fetal Programming of Energy Homeostasis in the Development of Obesity and Metabolic Disease; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2019-2021; Contact: [email protected]
Catherine Burrows, PhD, LP, Department of Pediatrics, Medical School; Research: Sex Differences in Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Examination of the Female Brain and Behavioral Phenotype; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2021-2023; Contact: [email protected]
Angie S Lobo, MD, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Medical School; Research: Menopause and Chronic Kidney Disease; BIRCWH Scholar Appointment Dates: 2023-2024; Contact: [email protected]
Women’s Health Research and Powell Center Endowment Scholars
Melanie Nicol, PharmD, PhD, Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Award: 2016-2018; Research: Identifying Determinants of Efficacy in Female Genital Tissue to Optimize HIV Prevention for Women.
Masonic Cancer Center Women’s Health Research Scholars
Rachel Isaksson Vogel MS, PhD, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health, Medical School, Research: Cognitive Decline after Chemotherapy in Women with Ovarian Cancer; Award:2016-2019
Beshay Zordoky, PhD, Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy; Research: Molecular mechanisms of sexual dimorphism in delayed doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy; Award: 2018-2020