2022 Pauley Undergraduate Research Fellows
Zain Ahmad
University: The College of William and Mary
Faculty Mentor: Jose Huizar, MD
Research Project: Impairment of sympathetic neural adaptation to
exercise in Premature Ventricular Contraction-induced Cardiomyopathy
Lauren Daniel
University: The College of William and Mary
Faculty Mentor: Vanessa Sheppard, PhD
Research Project: Adherence to Antihypertensive Medications in Breast Cancer Survivors
Alexis Fletcher
University: Old Dominion University
Faculty Mentor: Greg Hundley, MD
Research Project: Breast Cancer therapy associated changes in aortic distensibility in those with or without hypertension 
Kwannya Foster
University: The College of William & Mary
Faculty Mentor: Bernard Fuemmeler, PhD
Research Project: The Influence of Prenatal Smoke Exposure on Child Cardiovascular Health using data from the Newborn Epigenetics Study (NEST) Cohort 
Riya Garg
University: The College of William and Mary
Faculty Mentor: Greg Hundley, MD
Research Project: Hypertension severity impacts left ventricular ejection fraction decline in women receiving adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer
William Hundley
University: Virginia Military Institute
Faculty Mentor: Arturo Cardounel, MD
Research Project: Myocardial Protection in Transplant
James Jamshid
University: VCU
Faculty Mentor: Patricia Sime, MD
Research Project: Developing a digital database for the VCU interstitial lung disease biobank
Chloe Kinderman
University: The College of William and Mary
Faculty Mentor: Cory Trankle, MD
Research Project: Atrial Function Across the Spectrum of Thyroid Disease
Yaaminata Koroma
University: VCU
Faculty Mentor: Jordana Kron, MD
Research Project: Delays to diagnosis and high rates of comorbidities are common in cardiac sarcoidosis patients from diverse geographic regions
Ericka Miller
University: The College of William and Mary
Faculty Mentor: Wendy Bottinor, MD
Research Project: The role of estrogen in hypertension among childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer survivors
Nanda Nana
University: VCU
Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Jordan, PhD
Research Project: Discordance between wall thickness as measured by cine and T1 maps in cohort of cancer survivors
Jackie Nguyen
University: VCU
Faculty Mentor: Bernard Fuemmeler, PhD
Research Project: Impact of Everyday Discrimination on Health Behaviors
Afrah Nirar
University: VCU
Faculty Mentor: Stefano Toldo, PhD
Research Project: Cannabidiol inhibits the NLRP3 inflammasome activity in macrophages
Emma Noyelle
University: The College of William and Mary
Faculty Mentor: Fadi Salloum, PhD
Research Project: Hydrogen sulfide donor protects against hypertensioninduced exacerbation of doxorubicin cardiotoxicity in
female mice
Dante Ntiganzwa
University: Chrisopher Newport University
Faculty Mentor: Salvatore Carbone, PhD
Research Project: Phase Angle, a Measure of Skeletal Muscle Quality, Predicts Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction and Obesity
James Owens
University: Old Dominion University
Faculty Mentor: Yaorong Ge, PhD
Research Project: Machine learning for Predicting Heart Failure Risks Using Detect and Prevent Datasets
Ashley Person
University: Old Dominion University
Faculty Mentor: John Wilson, MD, PhD
Research Project: In Vivo Assessment of Circumferential and Longitudinal Ascending Aortic Strain using Cine MRI
Christina Romano
University: The College of William and Mary
Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Jordan, PhD
Research Project: Associations of Myocardial Perfusion and Fibrosis in Cancer Survivors Treated with Anthracycline-based Chemotherapy
Priya Sharma
University: VCU
Faculty Mentor: Frank Raucci, MD
Research Project: Genetic Ablation of Pannexin 1 in Dystrophic Mice Leads to Phenotype Rescue
Lacey Thompson
University: University of Virginia
Faculty Mentor: Justin Canada, PhD
Research Project: Relationship Between Peak Exercise Oxygen Pulse and Cardiac Function in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease
Leah Tutton
University: The College of William and Mary
Faculty Mentor: Jose Huizar, MD
Research Project: The Role of Cardiac Fibroblasts in Premature Ventricle Contraction- Induced Cardiomyopathy
O. Eden Wong
University: Christopher Newport University
Faculty Mentor: Gregory Hundley, MD
Research Project: The impact of Statins on cognitive function in breast cancer patients receiving Anthracyclines