2025 R25 Fellows

The BDHSC would like to congratulate the 2025 R25 Fellows. Read on to learn more about our fellows, their mentors and proposed research.

Chao Cai

Assistant Professor, Clinical Pharmacy and Outcomes Sciences

Proposed Research: AI-Enabled Models for Predicting Medication Non-Adherence in Infectious Diseases Management

Primary Mentor: Qi Wang
Co-Mentor: Shan Qiao

Mitchel Colebank

Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics

Proposed Research: A Synergistic, Mechanistic and Data Informed Investigation of Neuroendocrine Modulated Allostasis, Inflammatory Equilibria, and Cerebrovascular Function

Primary Mentor: Jiajia Zhang
Co-Mentor: Sharon Weissman

Jessica Gonzalez

Assistant Professor, Professional Nursing Practice

Proposed Research: Intersection of health disparities, infectious disease and oncology outcomes

Primary Mentor: Banky Olatosi
Co-Mentor: Jiajia Zhang

Joeseph McQuail

Research Assistant Professor, Pharmacology, Physiology & Neuroscience

Proposed Research: Investigating the Impact of Long COVID on Age-Related Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer’s Disease

Primary Mentor: Leonardo Bonilha
Co-Mentor: Biplav Srivastava