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