Project Description This project provides an exciting opportunity for individuals passionate about advancing research in healthcare, AI, data science, biostatistics, clinical disparities, and genetics. Participants will be immersed in a dynamic research environment, actively contributing to data analysis, coding, literature review, and interdisciplinary collaboration to translate scientific discoveries into impactful clinical applications. The work will […]

Michael Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA (Psychology) Project Description Our lab conducts health psychology research aimed at 1) reducing the burden of cancer 2) reducing the burden of the COVID-19 pandemic Project Details Time, eligibility, and other details Expected workload varies (contact project organizer) Contact Info mhoerger@tulane.edu Who is eligible Students Additional Info Ideal lab for […]

Project Description This project uses a novel form of tissue culture to study the early events in pneumonia such as pathogen adherence and growth in the lung. This system can be used to study the role of lung and blood macrophages in pathogen killing as well as be used to test novel antibiotics and immune-based […]

T. Cooper Woods, PhD (Department of Physiology and Medicine) Project Description We are focused in a variety of ways in investigating the roles of non-coding RNAs in atherosclerosis. We have a focus on the the effects of diabeteson atherosclerosis. Project Details Time, eligibility, and other details Who is eligible? Some experience with PCR preferred Volunteer, […]

Project Description Aging and Prostate Cancer: Dr. Zhang has a long-standing interest in prostate cancer, particularly in aging’s contribution to prostate carcinogenesis and the efficacies of candidate aging-associated prostate cancer interventions. We are currently working on (1) identifying associations between Th17/Treg ratio alteration and human PCa progression associated with advanced aging; (2) defining how aging-associated […]

Asim B. Abdel-Mageed, DVM, PhD, School of Medicine Project Description While his long-standing translational research interests focus on molecular determinants of prostate cancer progression and prostate cancer health disparities, his current research also focuses on understanding the role of tumor-derived exosomes in mediating prostate cancer progression, with special emphasis on racial disparity of prostate cancer. Importantly, his research […]

James E Zadina, PhD, School of Medicine Lab Description Dr. Zadina’s research interests include the neurobiology of opioids and their role in alleviating pain and producing adverse effects, particularly opioid abuse. A current focus is on the development of novel, safer analgesics based on modifications (analogs) of naturally occurring opioids discovered in our laboratory (endomorphins). […]

Shigeki Saito, MD, Schol of Medicine Contact ssaito@tulane.edu

Derek Pociask, PhD, School of Medicine Lab Description Our lab is focused on immune responses in the lung during viral infections. We are particularly interested in how the immune system promotes specific epithelial cell types to help repair the lung after infection. We have a mix of undergraduate and graduate students and collaborate with PhD […]

Anil Mishra, PhD, School of Medicine Lab Description Dr. Mishra’s most important contribution was to establish that eosinophils are the resident cell that home prenatally in the gastrointestinal tract (Mishra et al. J. Clin. Invest. 1999, 103, 1719-27) and the gastrointestinal tract (esophagus to colon) constitutively expresses eotaxin-1(an eosinophil selective chemoattractant). Dr. Mishra developed a […]