Mayo Clinic announces new K12 BIRCWH Program scholars

Aoife Egan, M.B., B.Ch., Ph.D. (ENDO ’20)
Robert and Elizabeth Strickland Career Development Award in Endocrinology, Metabolism, Diabetes and Nutrition
“Estimating Proinsulin Clearance in Humans to Enable Measurement of Proinsulin Secretion in Women With a History of Gestational Diabetes”

Emma Fortune Ngufor, Ph.D. (OR ’14), Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery
Research focus: Development of novel methodologies for use with wearable sensor technology for physical activity monitoring in postmenopausal women to maintain or improve bone and muscle health for healthy aging.

Elizabeth Ann Enninga, Ph.D. (CTSA ’16), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Research focus: Developing a comprehensive understanding of maternal immune system and how it interacts with the semi-allogeneic fetus during normal and complicated pregnancies.

Arvin Forghanian-Arani, Ph.D. (RD ’16), Department of Radiology
Research focus: Developing new clinical applications of magnetic resonance elastography to explore sexual dimorphisms in tissue biomechanics as a function of natural aging, therapy response and disease.

Joshua R. Smith, Ph.D. (CV ’17), Cardiovascular Research
Research focus: Investigating how sex- and menopause-specific mechanisms contribute to blood pressure regulation in health and in patients with cardiovascular disease.