T32 Mentors

Health promotion, preventive medicine, & healthy weight management

Functional genomics and computational biology of trauma and inflammation

Complex interactions between inflammatory mediators, leukocyte migration & endothelial injury, & shear stress in neointimal hyperplasia following vascular injury

The role of acute kidney injury in outcome to severe trauma and sepsis Outcome studies secondary to peri‐operative and post‐ operative management

Persisent inflammation, immunosuppression & catabolism & its effect on long term functional outcomes after sepsis

Events that control T cell activation & expansion

Murine models of polytrauma and sepsis, effect of aging on the myelopoietic response to trauma & sepsis

Therapeutic approaches to neurodegenerative disease

Dysfunctional high density lipoprotein & dysregulation of lipoprotein metabolism in sepsis

Immune systems of premature infants during inflammation & infection

Effects of aging on muscle mass & sarcopenia

Genetic factors expressed at the level of the pancreatic islet that provide resistance to autoimmune diabetes

Properties of novel adjuvants that induce the activation of mucosal dendritic cells

Role of chronic adrenergic stimulation following traumatic injury on bone marrow dysfunction and persistent anemia

Genomics and systems biology based approaches to severe sepsis, trauma and burns

Multiorgan failure and PICS in severely traumatized and septic patients

Role of microparticles after burn injury on activation of innate immunity

Development & modulation of the intestinal microbiome & early nutrition & adult health

Role of regulatory cell populations in the regulation of innate and acquired immune responses,

Increased cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes, chronic kidney disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, & women who have preeclampsia

Aortic & vascular disease

Neonatal sepsis

Ischemia/reperfusion injury as source of organ damage in transplantation, myocardial infarction, stroke, and peripheral vascular disease