Current Clinician-Scientist Track Residents
Our residents have an array of research interests and backgrounds. An M.D./Ph.D. is not required of residents in this track, only an interest in research. While some residents have received traditional M.D./Ph.D.s, others were involved in research during their undergraduate or medical educations. Some residents pursue basic science and benchtop research, while others are involved in translational and clinical studies.
Meet our Residents
Class of 2023
Daniel Parrott, M.D.
- Medical School: University of South Dakota
- Research Project: Zinc-Responsive MRI Contrast Agents
- Research Mentor: Dean Sherry, Ph.D.
- Post-Grad Plan: Body MRI Fellowship
Robert Rasmussen, M.D., Ph.D.
- Graduate & Medical School: University of Pittsburgh
- Research Project: MRI Characterization of Solid Renal Masses via the Clear Cell Likelihood Score
- Research Mentor: Ivan Pedrosa, M.D., Ph.D.
- Post-Grad Plan: Body Imaging Fellowship
Class of 2024
Joseph Frankl, M.D.
- Medical School: University of Arizona, Tuscon
- Research Project: Comparison of Quantitative Molecular Imaging to a Tissue-Based Gold Standard for Brown Adipose Tissue Activity
- Research Mentor: Orhan Oz, M.D., Ph.D.
- Post-Grad Plan: TBD
Class of 2025
Shariq Ali, M.D., Ph.D.
- Graduate & Medical School: UT Medical Branch, Galveston
- Research Project: Detection of Renal Oxidative Stress by Ultrasound for Diagnosis of Acute Kidney Injury by Nanoparticle-Encapsulated Enzymes
- Research Mentor: Robert Mattrey, M.D.
- Post-Grad Plan: TBD
Zabecca Brinson, M.D., MPH
- Graduate: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Medical School: University of Maryland
- Research Project: Utilizing MEG to Develop a Risk Profile for the Prediction of Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer's Disease
- Research Mentors: Joseph Maldjian, M.D.; Fang Yu, M.D.; Elizabeth Davenport, Ph.D.
- Post-Grad Plan: TBD
Viktoria Topper, M.D., Ph.D.
- Graduate School: UT Austin
- Medical School: UT Medical Branch, Galveston
- Research Project: Prediction of Whole-Body 3D Adipose Volume by a Single Axial Abdominal Cross-Section 2D Adipose Area: The Dallas Heart Study Third Examination
- Research Mentor: Takeshi Yokoo, M.D., Ph.D.
- Post-Grad Plan: TBD
Class of 2026
Ruoqi Gao, M.D., Ph.D.
- Medical School: Northwestern University
- Research Project: Targeted Delivery of Small Molecules Using Acoustically-Responsive Material
- Research Mentors: Robert Mattrey, M.D.; Jacques Lux, Ph.D.; Caroline de Gracia Lux, Ph.D.
- Post-Grad Plan: Immunotherapy Research
Sujoy Mukherjee, M.D.
- Medical School: University of California, San Francisco
- Research Project: Liver Health Outcome of Longstanding Hepatic Steatosis: A Longitudinal Cohort Study of the Dallas Heart Study Population
- Research Mentor: Takeshi Yokoo, M.D., Ph.D.
- Post-Grad Plan: TBD
Pallavi Srivastava, MBBS, MPH
- Graduate: Stony Brook University, New York
- Medical School: Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences
- Research Project: MEG Signature of Cardiometabolic Risk Factors on Aging Brain
- Research Mentors: Joseph Maldjian, M.D.; Frank Yu, M.D.; Elizabeth Davenport, Ph.D.; Amy Proskovec, Ph.D.
- Post-Grad Plan: TBD
Class of 2027
Bryan Blakeney, M.D., Ph.D.
- Medical School: Virginia Commonwealth University
Andrew Cho, M.D., Ph.D.
- Medical School: Cornell University
Clive Musonza, M.D., M.P.H.
- Medical School: University of Medical Sciences Ciego de Avila