Jianguo Li, M.D., A postdoctoral fellow in 2003 – 2008., awarded with AHA Mid-Atlantic Affiliate Research Committee Fellowship, ‘The Impact of Intermittent Hypoxia on Hypercholesterolemia and Atherosclerosis’. Currently Senior Quality Assurance Engineer, Philips.
Vladimir Savransky, M.D., Ph.D., Research Associate; Currently a Principal Scientist, Emergent BioSolutions, Rockville, MD. Awarded University of Maryland, Pilot and Feasibility Grant of the Clinical Nutrition Research Unit (DK72488), ‘Sleep Apnea and Lipid Metabolism in Obesity,’ (11/01/2005 – 10/30/2007). 2005 - 2008
Jonathan Jun, M.D., a Postdoctoral Fellow in 2006-2011, Currently an Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Awarded American Lung Association-National Sleep Foundation Pickwick Fellowship, ‘Role of NADPH oxidase in Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia-Induced Atherosclerosis’, (2008-2010). Awarded Eudowood Board Baurenschmidt Fellowship, (2011-2012), Johns Hopkins Clinician Scientist Award (2011-2012), grant award P60DK079636 NIH/DRTC, (2011-2013), grant award NIH K08 HL109475, ‘Mechanisms and Consequences of Intermittent Hypoxia-Induced Lipolysis’, (2012-2017), and James B. Skatrud Young Investigator Award (ATS) (2013) . 2006 – 2017. Currently the PI on an R01 HL135483 ‘Lipolysis during sleep and cardiometabolic consequences of sleep apnea’
Christian Reinke, M.D, a postdoctoral fellow in 2008 - 2011 awarded Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Germany) ‘Effect of Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia on Pulmonary Inflammation in a Mouse Model’ (2008-2010). Currently a physician at Philipps University, Marburg, Germany.
Luciano Drager, M.D., Ph.D., A postdoctoral fellow in 2009-2011, awarded Brazilian Foundation CAPES ‘Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior ‘Molecular Mechanisms of Atherosclerosis Induced by Intermittent Hypoxia: Implications for Obstructive Sleep Apnea’ (2009-2010), and James B. Skatrud Young Investigator Award (ATS) (2011). 2009 – 2011, currently an Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of the Hypertension Unit, University of Saõ Paulo, Saõ Paulo, Brazil.
Qiaoling Yao, M.D., Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in 2011-2014, a recipient of American Thoracic Society Travel Awards (2012, 2013, 2014), currently a Professor, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China.
Omar Mesarwi, MD, A postdoctoral fellow, 2011-2014, funded by a T-32 ‘Multi-Institutional Training in Genetic/Genomic Approaches to Sleep Disorders’, currently an Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of California at San Diego School of Medicine.
Candelaria Caballero Eraso, MD, postdoctoral fellow, 2017-2018, European Respiratory Society, supported in part by Beca de estancias formativas de la Consejería de Salud de Andalucía 2017. Número de expediente: EF-0128-2016", Spain, currently a pulmonologist, University Virgen del Rocio Hospital, Sevilla, Spain.
Luu Pham, MD, postdoctoral fellow, 2014-2019 supported by an American Sleep Medicine Foundation Physician-Scientist Training Award 159-PA-16 ‘Epigenetic basis of glucose intolerance in sleep disordered breathing’ and an American Heart Association ‘Acute Effects of Nocturnal Hypoxemia on Cardiometabolic Stress and Gene Expression’, Mentored Clinical & Population Research Award 17MCPRP3367115. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, recipient of a K23 award HL155730 ‘Impact of Nocturnal Hypoxia on Glucose during Sleep in High Altitude Sleep Disordered Breathing’.
Thomaz Fleury Curado, MD, PhD, a pre- and postdoctoral research fellow, 2015-2021, supported by an American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship, grant 16POST31000017 ‘Chemogenetic approach to obstructive sleep apnea, American Thoracic Society Unrestricted Award and by an American Heart Association Career Development Award 19CDA34660245 ‘Chemogenetic Approach to Treat Obstructive Sleep Apnea’ (04/01/2019 – 03/31/2022). Currently an Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology, Case Western Reserve
Yaroslav (Slava) Berger, PhD, postdoctoral research fellow, 2016-2019, currently a Lecturer at Technion, Haifa, Israle
Lenise Kim, PhD, postdoctoral fellow, 2018-2023 supported by Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP), Brazil and by an American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship Award 828142 ‘Role of leptin-TRPM7 signaling in carotid bodies in the pathogenesis of sleep-disordered breathing in obesity’; currently she is a Principal Scientist at Apnimed, Inc
Carla Freire de Castro Lima, MD, PhD, predoctoral and postdoctoral fellow, 2018-2022 supported by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPQ), Brazil and by an American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship Award 827943 ‘Role of sleep disordered breathing with leptin loaded exosomes’ (07/01/2021 – 06/30/2023)
O Aung, BS, Post-Baccalaureate Student, 2021-2023 supported by JHU Doctoral Diversity Program, currently a medical student at the Medical College of Wisconsin
Michele Singer, PhD, postdoctotal fellow 2022 - 2024 supported by T32HL110952 Multi-Institutional Training in Genetic/Genomic Approaches to Sleep Disorders.