R38 Scholars

R38 and T32 scholars with Drs. Matt Nayor, Program Director
and Vanessa Xanthakis, Principal Investigator

Current R38 Scholars

Danielle Davis, MD
Research Mentor: Matthew G. Nayor, MD, MPH
Career Mentor: Naomi Hamburg, MD
Dr. Danielle Davis is a resident in Internal Medicine at Boston Medical Center and an NIH R38 grant recipient through the Promoting Research in Medical Residency (PRIMER) program. As a clinician-investigator, Dr. Davis leverages large databases to advance the understanding of heart failure epidemiology. Her research interests are prevention, cardio-obstetrics, health disparities, and metabolic health. Her projects aim to further understand the metabolic profile of heart failure to enhance early diagnosis and uncover disparities in clinical outcomes. Dr. Davis received her MD from the University of Colorado School of  Medicine

Katie McMenamin, MD
Research Mentor: Rick Ruberg, MD
Dr. Katie McMenamin is an internal medicine resident at Boston Medical Center and recipient of the Promoting Research in Residency (PRIMER) program NIH R38 grant. Her clinical and research interests are in cardiovascular disease, particularly improving the recognition and management of cardiac amyloidosis. She received her MD from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and BS from Swarthmore College in engineering.

Past R38 Scholars

Zachary Milstone, MD, PhD

Feven Ataklte, MBBS MPhil

Sophie Claudel, MD

Brian Schwartz, MD, MPH

P.J. Schnorr, MD