Current TARDIS Trainees
Ashwini Arvind, M.D.
Residency Program: Internal Medicine
TARDIS Program: 2024-2026
PI Mentor: Amit Singal, M.D.
Project: Identify predictors of HCC in patients with cirrhosis and indeterminate liver observations
Ryan Heslin
General Surgery
TARDIS Program: 2024-2026
PI Mentor: Sam Wang, M.D.
Project: Understanding the role of obesity in promoting gastric cancer formation and progression
Madysen Hunter
Medical Student
TARDIS Program: 2023-2025
PI Mentor: Benjamin Levi, M.D.
Project: Investigating cell to cell communication in trauma induced heterotopic ossification and exploring the role for neural-based surgical and pharmacologic strategies for HO prevention.
Kevin Mutore, M.D.
Residency Program: Surgery
TARDIS Program: 2023-2025
PI Mentor: Natasha Corbitt, M.D.
Project: Exploring the role of cfc1 in the pathogenesis of syndromic biliary atresia
Natalie Williams, M.D.
Residency Program: Surgery
TARDIS Program: 2023-2025
PI Mentor: Rolf Brekken, Ph.D.
Project: Understanding and exploiting the transcriptomic and proteomic difference in Smad4 WT vs Smad4-deficient pancreatic cancer
Haitao Xu, M.D., M.S.
Residency Program: Internal Medicine
TARDIS Program: 2023-2025
PI Mentor: James Brugarolas, M.D., Ph.D.
Project: Pancreatic tropism of metastatic renal cell carcinoma