2006 Scholars

Jeanne Huddleston, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine (General Internal Medicine)

K12 Appointment Dates: July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2011

Project: Hospital Readmission as an outcome measure of health system failure in patients with congestive heart failure: A population-based study

Multidisciplinary Expertise Utilized: Clinical Information Systems, Internal Medicine, Health Sciences

• Place of Birth: United States     
• B.S.:  Psychology; Michigan State University
• M.D.:  Michigan State University
• Residency: Internal Medicine; Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota
• Fellowship: Advanced General Medicine; Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota
• Fellowship: Hospitalist; Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota

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Selamawit Negash, Ph.D.
Research Fellow, Department of Neurology

K12 Appointment Dates: July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2010

Project: Learning and memory systems in mild cognitive impairment (MCI)

Multidisciplinary Expertise Utilized: Neurology, Neuropsychology, Epidemiology, Neuroimaging, Biostatistics

• Place of Birth: Ethiopia
• Ph.D.: Neuroscience; Georgetown University
• Research Fellowship: Cognitive Neuroscience; Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota

Farah Ramirez-Marrero, Ph.D.
Visiting Scientist, Department of Anesthesiology

K12 Appointment Dates: July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2010

Project: The effect on aerobic and resistance exercise on lipid oxidation, insulin sensitivity and mitochondrial energy production in Hispanic HIV+ Adults

Multidisciplinary Expertise Utilized: Anesthesiology, Endocrinology

• Place of Birth: Puerto Rico
• Ph.D.: Exercise Physiology; Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

Jasvinder Singh, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Minnesota  
Faculty, Minneapolis VA Medical Center       

K12 Appointment Dates: July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2010

Project: Intra-articular botulinum toxin A for painful prosthetic knee and hip joint

Multidisciplinary Expertise Utilized: Rheumatology, Orthopedics, health services research, Biostatistics, Cost Utility and Quality of life, econometric analyses

• Place of Birth: India
• M.D.: University College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
• Residency: Internal Medicine; Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York
• Fellowship: Rheumatology; Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

Jayant Talwalkar, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Consultant, Department of Internal Medicine (Gastroenterology)

K12 Appointment Dates: July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2009

Project: Magnetic resonance elastography for detection of hepatic fibrosis

Multidisciplinary Expertise Utilized: Gastroenterology/Hepatology, Radiology, Biomedical Engineering, Biostatistics

• Place of Birth: United States
• B.S.: Biochemistry; University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois
• M.D.: University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois
• Residency: Internal Medicine; Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota
• Fellowship: Gastroenterology; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
  Hepatology/Liver Transplant; Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota

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Sencan Solay Unal, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (Tenure Track Faculty)

K12 Appointment Dates: July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2010

Project: Neurometabolic effects of the essential polyunsaturated fatty acids in early-onset bipolar disorder: A magnetic resonance spectroscopy study

Multidisciplinary Expertise Utilized: Pharmacology, cell biology, affective neuroscience, biophysics, biomedical imaging, biostatistics

• Place of Birth: Turkey
• M.D.: University of Hacettepe, Turkey
• Residency: Psychiatry and Psychology; University of Ankara, Turkey
  Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; State University of New York at Stony Brook, Long Island, New York 
• Fellowship: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota

Susanne Breuer Votruba, Ph.D.
Senior Research Fellow, Endocrine Research Unit

K12 Appointment Dates: July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2010

Project: The effect of sex, exercise, and obesity on regional meal fat uptake and utilization

Multidisciplinary Expertise Utilized: Endocrinology, Anesthesiology, Physiology, Nutrition

• Place of Birth: Germany
• B.A.: Biology, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota  
• R.D.: University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin
• Ph.D.: Nutritional Sciences; University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

2005 Scholars

Keith A. Josephs, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Consultant, Department of Neurology

K12 Appointment Dates: April 1, 2005 - March 31, 2010

Project: Biochemical, clinical and imaging reclassification of neurodegenerative disorders

Multidisciplinary Expertise Utilized: Neurology, Behavioral Science, Molecular Pathology, Imaging -
MR spectroscopy, Biostatistics, Clinical Epidemiology

• Place of Birth: Jamaica
• B.S.: Mathematics; University of Florida
• M.D.: Medical College of Pennsylvania
• Residency: Neurology; Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota
• Fellowship: National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, (Queens Square) London

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Kejal Kantarci, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Radiology
Associate Consultant, Department of Radiology

K12 Appointment Dates: April 1, 2005 - March 31, 2008

Project: 1H MR spectroscopy markers of mild cognitive impairment and dementia

Multidisciplinary Expertise Utilized: Neurology, Behavioral Science, Imaging - MR spectroscopy, Clinical Dementia, Biostatistics, Clinical Epidemiology, Radiation physics

• Place of Birth: Turkey
• M.D.: Marmara University Medical School, Turkey
• Residency: Radiology; Istanbul University
• Research Fellowship: Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota

Karthik Ghosh, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Consultant, Department of Internal Medicine (General Internal Medicine)

K12 Appointment Dates: July 1, 2005 - June 30, 2008

Project: Breast density as a predictive risk factor for the development of breast cancer

Multidisciplinary Expertise Utilized: General Internal Medicine - Women's Health, Clinical Epidemiology, Oncology, Biostatistics, Radiology

• Place of Birth: India
• M.D.: Lady Harding Medical College, New Delhi, India
• Residency: Obstetrics & Gynecology; Postgrad Institute of Medical Education & Research, India
• Residency: Internal Medicine; University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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David Holmes, Ph.D.
Research Associate, Biomedical Imaging Resource

K12 Appointment Dates: July 1, 2005 - December 31, 2007

Project: Population-based 3D shape characterization of vertebrae in ostioporosis patients

Multidisciplinary Expertise Utilized: Biomedical Imaging, Biomechanics, Engineering/Technology, Radiology - Image Analysis, Musculoskeletal Surgery, Biostatistics

• Place of Birth: United States
• Ph.D.: Biomedical Imaging; Mayo Graduate School, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota

Monica Jones, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Senior Associate Consultant, Dept of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Division of Gynecologic Surgery

K12 Appointment Dates: July 1, 2005 - June 30, 2008

Project: Characterization of GEP as a predictor of chemoresponce

Multidisciplinary Expertise Utilized: Obstetrics & Gynecology, Cell Biology, Physiology, Biochemistry, Pharmacology, Oncology, Pathology, Biostatistics

• Place of Birth: United States
• B.S.: Biology; University of Dayton, Ohio
• M.D.: University of Cincinnati, Ohio
• Residency: Obstetrics & Gynecology; University of Cincinnati, Ohio
• Fellowship: National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland

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Serguei Pakhomov, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medical Informatics
Research Associate, Deptartment of Health Sciences Research
Division of Biomedical Informatics

K12 Appointment Dates: July 1, 2005 - June 30, 2007

Project: Using the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) to identify cases of angina pectoris.

Multidisciplinary Expertise Utilized: Computational Linguistics, Biomedical Informatics, Cardiovascular Diseases, Clinical Epidemiology

• Place of Birth: Russia
• M.A.: English Studies/Linguistics; University of Minnesota
• Ph.D.: Linguistics;University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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Jennifer St. Sauver, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Research Associate, Department of Health Sciences Research
Division of Epidemiology

K12 Appointment Dates: July 1, 2005 - May 321, 2006

Project: Association of molecular genetic abnormalities (polymorphisms) with benign prostatic hyperplasia

Multidisciplinary Expertise Utilized: Clinical Epidemiology, Urology, Infectious Diseases, Neurophysiology, Genomics

• Place of Birth: United States
• B.S.: Biology; University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
• MPH: Molecular Epidemiology; University of Michigan
• Ph.D.: Epidemiology/Infectious Disease; University of Michigan

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Douglas Wiegmann, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Tenure Track Faculty, Department of Surgery
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery

K12 Appointment Dates: September 1, 2005 - August 31, 2009

Project: Empirical investigation of human error and patient safety in the operating room

Multidisciplinary Expertise Utilized: Experimental Cognitive Psychology, Cardiovascular Surgical research, Anesthesia, Nursing Processes, Clinical Information Systems

• Place of Birth: United States
• B.S.: Psychology/Anthropology; University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
• M.S./Ph.D.: Experimental Psychology: Cognition; Texas Christian University, Texas