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BIRCWH Scholars
The Tulane BIRCWH program has recruited a total of 22 scholars since its inception in 2002. Together, these individuals form a dynamic and diverse group of young researchers from a variety of backgrounds.
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| | Stacy Drury, MD, PhD
| Stacy Drury, MD, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at Tulane University. Dr. Drury completed her MD and PhD in Genetics at Louisiana State University School of Medicine and her adult and child and adolescent psychiatry training at Tulane University. Her translational research projects examine genetic/epigenetic interactions with negative early life experiences to define, at the neural and neural circuitry level, how early adversity shapes the developing brain. She has received research funding from the AACAP, APA, Harvard Center for the Developing Child, National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD), Louisiana Board of Regents, Hyundai, and the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Drury's clinical and translational research seeks to enhance the understanding of the biological mechanisms underlying the lasting impact of early adversity on children's health outcomes across the life span.
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Milton Hamblin, PhD 
| Milton Hamblin, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at Tulane University School of Medicine. Dr. Hamblin came to Tulane in 2012 after completing his postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Michigan. Dr. Hamblin's research focuses on gender-related differences in vascular biology and vascular remodeling-related pathophysiological diseases, including atherosclerosis and and vascular lesion formation.
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Lisa Molix, PhD
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Lisa Molix, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Tulane School of Science and Engineering. She came to Tulane in 2007, immediately following the completion of her PhD at the University of Missouri. Dr. Molix’s research focuses on examining an interdisciplinary model of intergroup stress that investigates the relationships between psychosocial and behavioral factors (e.g., prejudice, empowerment, social identity, intergroup interactions) and cardiovascular health risk factors and outcomes in women and ethnic minorities.
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Natalia Zhivan, PhD 
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Natalia A. Zhivan, PhD, is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Global Health Systems and Development at Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Dr. Zhivan came to Tulane in 2009 after the completion of her PhD in Economics at Boston College. At Tulane, Dr. Zhivan became a Healthcare Quality Scholar and received financial support from the Network for Multicultural Research on Health and Healthcare funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to examine race and ethnic health care utilization and health disparities. As a BIRCWH Scholar, Dr. Zhivan will examine sex differences in the utilization of health care related to cardiovascular disease. Dr. Zhivan's research interests focus on health disparities, women's health, research on aging, and efficiency of health care systems.
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BIRCWH Associates
BIRCWH Associates are the past Scholars that remain connected to the Tulane BIRCWH program even when they are not financially supported by the program. The Associates provide valuable feedback to the Steering Committee and Mentors regarding the program effectiveness. In addition, BIRCWH Associates provide much desired ‘peer mentoring’ of new scholars.
Lydia Bazzano, MD, PhD (BIRCWH training 2005-07) is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology in Tulane SPH and Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Tulane SOM. Her research focuses on the connection between diet, nutrition and cardiovascular disease in women. She has published over 50 peer reviewed manuscripts since the start of her BIRCWH training with special emphasis on the prevention and etiology of coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes. She is the Principal Investigator on 1R01 grant investigating the Role of Vascular Aging in Cognitive and Physical Function. She is also currently co-I on 2 U01 grants.
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Minolfa Prieto-Carrasquero, MD, PhD (BIRCWH training 2008-11) is an Assistant Professor of Physiology at Tulane SOM. She investigates the effects of high salt diet on gene expression in male and female rats. She has published more than 22 peer reviewed articles since onset of her BIRCWH training. She currently has 1R01 and 1 R21 pending a funding decision.
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Emily Harville, PhD (BIRCWH training 2008-10) is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. The focus of her research is reproductive epidemiology. She has published 26 peer reviewed manuscripts since the start of her BIRCWH training in the areas of pregnancy epidemiology, stress measurement and epidemiological methods. She is currently the Principal Investigator on 1 R01 grant investigating the Long-Term Burden of Maternal Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Birth Outcomes. Dr. Harville is also the PI on 1 U19, 1 R03 and Co-I on 1R03 with the National Children's Study-New Orleans Center. |
Jennifer McGee, MD (BIRCWH training 2008-10) is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Tulane SOM. Her research focus is on understanding racial and gender outcome disparities in kidney transplantation, particularly related to CVD risk factors as CVD is the leading cause of death following a kidney transplant. She has published 12 peer reviewed manuscripts since the start of her BIRCWH training, spanning the areas of abdominal transplantation and CVD and associated risk factors.
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Andrea Zsombok, PhD (BIRCWH training 2010-2012) is an Assistant Professor of Physiology and Medicine, Endocrinology Section. Dr. Zsombok's research focuses on the autonomic control of visceral organs during metabolic and cardiovascular diseases in rodents. Her investigations are conducted in hypothalamic and brainstem slices, using in vitro and in vivo approaches.
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