The Cotswold Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship is intended to foster the career development of postdoctoral researchers at Drexel University who are pursuing a career in academic research and are seeking long-term employment at a US educational and/or research institution. The fellowship will provide $83,234 for one year and Cotswold Postdoctoral Fellows will also augment instruction at Drexel University by providing additional teaching resources in a key scientific, engineering, or clinical field.
Dr. Opeyemi Babajide (Mentor: Alex Ezeh, PhD)
Urban Health Collaborative
Dornsife School of Public Health
Project: “The Impact of The Social Determinants of Health on Disparities in Maternal Health for African Immigrant Women in Philadelphia”
Dr. Biplab Sarkar (Mentor: Christopher B. Rodell, PhD)
School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems
Project: “Localized regulation of the innate immune response in the context of ischemic heart failure”
Dr. Chetan Sharma (Mentor: Jonathan Deutsch, PhD)
Food and Hospitality Management, College of Nursing and Health Professions
Project: "Aroma as a Capacity to Mellow the Feeling of Disgust”
Dr. Ruocun (John) Wang (Mentor: Yury Gogotsi, PhD, DSc, Drhc)
Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
Project: "Investigating Simultaneous Hydrogen Production and Storage in Mxenes”
Emanuela Piermarini, PhD (Mentor: Peter Baas, PhD)
Neurobiology and Anatomy, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies
Project: "Gene therapy approach for SPG4-based Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia"
Hua Zhang, PhD (Mentor: Karen Miu, PhD)
Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
Project: "High Efficiency Medium Voltage Power Conversion Technology Leveraging the Next Generation Wide Bandgap Semiconductors for Grid Integration"
Stephanie Matt, PhD (Mentor: Peter Gaskill, PhD)
Pharmacology and Physiology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies
Project: "Epigenetic regulation of dopamine induced by substance abuse and HIV-associated neuroinflammation"
Josiah Kephart, PhD, MPH (Mentor: Ana Diez Roux, MD, PhD, MPH)
Urban Health Collaborative, Dornsife School of Public Health
Project: "The impacts of climate-related extreme flood events on health and health disparities in Latin American cities"
Dr. Pricila Mullachery
Urban Health Collaborative, Dornsife School of Public Health
Project: “The relationship between state-level Medicaid policies and access to treatment for substance use disorders”
Dr. Karolina Bryl
Creative Arts Therapies, College of Nursing and Health Professions
Project: “COVID-19, social isolation, and schizophrenia: A mixed-methods feasibility study on the effects of telehealth dance/movement therapy to promote activation in chronic schizophrenia”
Dr. Paakhi Srivastava
Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Project: “The BODY+ Study: Using Just-in-time, Adaptive Interventions (JITAI) to Address Body Dissatisfaction in Bulimia Nervosa”
Dr. Victor Rovira Zambrana
Neurobiology and Anatomy, College of Medicine
Project: “Involvement of Dorsal Rot Ganglia nociceptors phenotypic switch in the development of neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury”
Dr. Ipsita Mohanty
Pharmacology and Physiology, College of Medicine
Project: “Role of AT1R-integrin signaling in hypertension and chronic kidney disease development in elastin insufficiency”
Dr. Xuehang Wang
Material Sciences, College of Engineering
Project: “Electrochemical energy storage in 2D materials”
Dr. Diana Norden
Biology, College of Arts and Sciences
Project: “Spinal cord injury-induced deficits in antiviral immunity: the role of sTNF”