TOP-TIER Trainees
Trainee: Andrew Chang, MD
Department: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Resident
Project: Assessing the Relationship Between Head and Neck Adiposity and Glioblastoma Outcomes
Primary Mentor: Joseph Ippolito, MD PhD, Associate Professor of Radiology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biophysics
Secondary Mentor: Joel Garbow, PhD, Professor of Radiology
Trainee: Abdulmunaim Eid, MD
Department: Neurology, Fellow
Project: The Neurobiological Basis of Parkinson Disease Clinical Subtype
Primary Mentor: Meghan Campbell, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurology and Radiology
Secondary Mentor: Joel Perlmutter, MD, Elliot Stein Family Professor of Neurology, Radiology, Neuroscience, Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy
Trainee: Hamidreza Moheimani, MD *
Department: Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, McKelvey School of Engineering, Research Fellow
Project: Quantitative Imaging of Microtubule Mechanobiology In Vitro
Primary Mentor: Guy Genin, PhD, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Secondary Mentor: Eliot Elson, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Physics (TBN)
Trainee: Hani Nakhoul, MD PhD
Department: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Resident
Project: Machine Learning Models for Tumoral Heterogeneity in Prostate Cancer
Primary Mentor: Joseph Ippolito, MD PhD, Associate Professor of Radiology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biophysics
Secondary Mentor: Pamela Woodard, MD, Director, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology,
Trainee: Ifeanyickukwu Okereke, MD
Department: Surgery, Resident
Project: Chemokine and Natriuretic Peptide Receptors as Targets for Imaging Carotid Atherosclerosis
Primary Mentor: Mohamed Zayed, MD PhD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Radiology, Molecular Cell Biology, and Biomedical Engineering
Secondary Mentor: Pamela Woodard, MD, Director, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology
*Moheimani is a second-year trainee in the TOP-TIER program.