Meet Our TL1 Trainees
TL1 Translational Research Training ProgramThe ITHS TL1 Program supports up to 20 Trainees each year. The unique makeup of each cohort encourages multidisciplinary interaction and enables Trainees to learn in a truly diverse environment.
2024-2025 Cohort
2024-2025 Cohort
Harsha Amaravadi
UW School of Public Health
Evaluating the Impact of the Patient Driven Payment Model on Access, Service Provision, Outcomes, and Coding Practices for Advanced Cancer Patients in Skilled Nursing Facilities
Adam Babitts
UW School of Medicine
Expectations and socioeconomic predictors for the ability to exercise among patients with lumbar spinal stenosis
Hannah Barton
UW Department of Speech and Hearing Science
Stakeholder Perspectives on Autistic Children’s Word Learning and Assessment
Mar Borrego
UW School of Medicine
Gonadal hormone dysregulation and locomotor sensitization across chronic heroin treatment
Ryan Brady
UW Department of Chemical Engineering
Independent Grayscale Modulation of 4D Biomaterial Mechanics and Biochemistry
Lauren Brown
UW Department of Chemistry
Generating a 3D spatially patterned skeletal msucle construct for disease modeling using suspended tissue open microfluidic patterning
Hunter Charles
MSU Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology
Elucidating viral molecular pattern triggered defense mechanisms in honey bees
Sophie Freije
UW School of Public Health
Burden, Correlates, and Cardiometabolic Health Outcomes of Loneliness
Naomi Kaku
MSU College of Agriculture
Quantifying the impacts of sublethal virus infections at cellular and organismal levels in honey bees
Eleanor I. Lamont
UW Department of Microbiology
The transcriptional activity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in vivo and its influence on treatment outcome
Thomas Madden
MSU Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
A wearable sensor approach to assess walking mechanics in individuals with lower limb amputation
Gygeria Manuel
UW School of Medicine
Investigating Host Determinants of Group B Streptococcus Invasion at the Maternal-Fetal Interface
Keera Paull
MSU Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology
Determining the immune stimulating and virus limiting efficacy of thyme oil/thymol in virally infected honey bees
Sarah Fatemeh Porter
UW School of Social Work
Supporting Mental Health Crisis Care Training for Peer Workers
Aileen Sun
UW Department of Bioengineering
Development of an automated, user-friendly microfluidic immunoassay for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) subphenotyping
Jeffrey Thiele
MSU Department of Human Development & Community Health
A mixed-methods study to examine cultural connectedness, mental health, and the arts: the integration of Bayesian and qualitative methods using community-based participatory research
Bhargav Vemuri
UW School of Medicine
Deep learning to reveal multivariate developmental trajectory subgroups in adolescents
Trenton M. Wolfe
MSU Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology
Acute inorganic arsenic exposure and antibiotic perturbation of the murine gut microbiome induce interindividual susceptibility to a sepsis-like disease
Mia Hoffman
UW Department of Mechanical Engineering
Quantifying the impact of mobility devices to support exploration and play for young children with Down syndrome
TL1 INCLUDE Supplement Recipient
Projected Program Dates: 2024–2027
