Our Team
Key Personnel
Nancy Schoenberg
Co-director and co-developer
Associate Vice President for Research, Research Professional Development; Behavioral Science, College of Medicine
Kevin Pearson
Co-director and Faculty Advisory Committee member
Director of Inclusive Research Initiatives, College of Medicine; Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, College of Medicine
Stephanie White
Co-developer
Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, College of Medicine
Jimmy Robinson
Project coordinator
Keith B. Wilson
Coaching committee co-chair and Faculty Advisory Committee member
Early Childhood, Special Education, and Counselor Education, College of Education
Carrie Oser
Coaching committee co-chair and Faculty Advisory Committee member
Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences
Donna Wilcock
Mentor training and Grant Writing Workshop lead; Faculty Advisory Committee member
Physiology, College of Medicine
Hilary Surratt
Evaluator
Behavioral Science, College of Medicine
Lisa Tannock
Professional development support and Faculty Advisory Committee member
Endocrinology & Metabolism Medicine, College of Medicine
Michael Rowland
Professional development support and Faculty Advisory Committee member
Internal Medicine, College of Medicine
Joel Thompson
REDCap specialist and PI 101 developer
Center for Clinical and Translational Science
Chana Akins
Faculty Advisory Committee member
Office of Faculty Advancement; Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Kathryn Cardarelli
Faculty Advisory Committee member
Office of Faculty Advancement; Health, Behavior & Society, College of Public Health
Linda Dwoskin
Faculty Advisory Committee member
Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy
Candice Hargons
Faculty Advisory Committee member
Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology, College of Education
Debra Harley
Faculty Advisory Committee member
Early Childhood, Special Education and Counselor Education, College of Education
Kathy Grzech
Faculty Advisory Committee member
Proposal Development Office
Brittany Smalls
Faculty Advisory Committee member
Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine
Greg Smith
Faculty Advisory Committee member
Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Guigen Zhang
Faculty Advisory Committee member
Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
Scientific Mentors for Cohort 3
Aaron Kruse-Diehr
Mentee: Dee Dlugonski
Health, Behavior & Society, UK College of Public Health
Hunter Moseley
Mentee: Sasha Jakubek
Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, UK College of Medicine
Jill Turner
Mentee: Anel Jaramillo
Pharmaceutical Sciences, UK College of Pharmacy
Jeffery Talbert
Mentee: Jayani Jayawardhana
Internal Medicine and Biomedical Informatics, UK College of Medicine
Matthew Bush
Mentee: Courtney Perry
Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, UK College of Medicine
Jeremy Van Cleve
Mentee: Rosana Zenil-Ferguson
Biology, UK College of Arts & Sciences
Near-Peer Mentors for Cohort 3
Jean Fry
Clinical Nutrition, College of Health Sciences
Cetewayo Rashid
Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, College of Medicine
Shyanika Rose
Behavioral Science, College of Medicine