Southern Society for Clinical Investigation
@ssciweb.bsky.social
Academic society dedicated to the advancement of medically-related research. Society official journal: The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, established in 1820.
Congratulations to 2025 Tinsley Harrison Scholar Ruth Adekunle, MD, MSCR!
Dr. Adekunle is Assistant Professor at Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical University of South Carolina. Her research includes HIV and HCV care continuums and infections in immunocompromised hosts.
Dr. Adekunle is Assistant Professor at Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical University of South Carolina. Her research includes HIV and HCV care continuums and infections in immunocompromised hosts.
December 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Congratulations to 2025 Tinsley Harrison Scholar Ruth Adekunle, MD, MSCR!
Dr. Adekunle is Assistant Professor at Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical University of South Carolina. Her research includes HIV and HCV care continuums and infections in immunocompromised hosts.
Dr. Adekunle is Assistant Professor at Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical University of South Carolina. Her research includes HIV and HCV care continuums and infections in immunocompromised hosts.
Congratulations to Dr. Fabian Bock, recipient of the 2024 SSCI Research Scholar Award, on his new PNAS publication!
Read the paper here: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/....
We are proud of your outstanding accomplishment!
Read the paper here: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/....
We are proud of your outstanding accomplishment!
December 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Fabian Bock, recipient of the 2024 SSCI Research Scholar Award, on his new PNAS publication!
Read the paper here: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/....
We are proud of your outstanding accomplishment!
Read the paper here: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/....
We are proud of your outstanding accomplishment!
Congratulations to our Early Career Council Vice Chair, Dr. Clarissa Tio of the University of Mississippi Medical Center, for being named as a Nephrologist with Promising Work by the President of the American Society of Nephrology
@asnkidney.bsky.social
@asnkidney.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Congratulations to our Early Career Council Vice Chair, Dr. Clarissa Tio of the University of Mississippi Medical Center, for being named as a Nephrologist with Promising Work by the President of the American Society of Nephrology
@asnkidney.bsky.social
@asnkidney.bsky.social
🌟2025 Tinsley Harrison Scholars Highlight📷
Crystal Cobb, DO – Emory University School of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Lipids Dr. Cobb's research focuses on cystic fibrosis related endocrinopathies.
Crystal Cobb, DO – Emory University School of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Lipids Dr. Cobb's research focuses on cystic fibrosis related endocrinopathies.
October 20, 2025 at 10:43 AM
🌟2025 Tinsley Harrison Scholars Highlight📷
Crystal Cobb, DO – Emory University School of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Lipids Dr. Cobb's research focuses on cystic fibrosis related endocrinopathies.
Crystal Cobb, DO – Emory University School of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Lipids Dr. Cobb's research focuses on cystic fibrosis related endocrinopathies.
Early Career Council (ECC) Highlight
📷 Dr. Priyanka Majety is an Assistant Professor of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and serves as the Adult Outpatient Diabetes Director at VCU Health.
📷 Dr. Priyanka Majety is an Assistant Professor of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and serves as the Adult Outpatient Diabetes Director at VCU Health.
October 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Early Career Council (ECC) Highlight
📷 Dr. Priyanka Majety is an Assistant Professor of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and serves as the Adult Outpatient Diabetes Director at VCU Health.
📷 Dr. Priyanka Majety is an Assistant Professor of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and serves as the Adult Outpatient Diabetes Director at VCU Health.
🌟2025 Tinsley Harrison Scholars Highlight📷
1/
Dr. Deepshikha Ashana, MD, MBA, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine @dukemedschool.bsky.social
1/
Dr. Deepshikha Ashana, MD, MBA, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine @dukemedschool.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
🌟2025 Tinsley Harrison Scholars Highlight📷
1/
Dr. Deepshikha Ashana, MD, MBA, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine @dukemedschool.bsky.social
1/
Dr. Deepshikha Ashana, MD, MBA, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine @dukemedschool.bsky.social
💫 Early Career Council (ECC) Highlight 📷 Dr. Maria Clarissa Tio, ECC Vice-Chair, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Her research focuses on CKD epidemiology and the intersection of CV and kidney disease.
August 4, 2025 at 5:20 AM
💫 Early Career Council (ECC) Highlight 📷 Dr. Maria Clarissa Tio, ECC Vice-Chair, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Her research focuses on CKD epidemiology and the intersection of CV and kidney disease.
Check out the new review in the August 2025 issue of The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, the official SSCI Journal
“The management of antiplatelet therapy in patients with coronary artery disease and thrombocytopenia” by Dr. Velibey and colleagues
www.amjmedsci.org/article/S000...
“The management of antiplatelet therapy in patients with coronary artery disease and thrombocytopenia” by Dr. Velibey and colleagues
www.amjmedsci.org/article/S000...
July 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Check out the new review in the August 2025 issue of The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, the official SSCI Journal
“The management of antiplatelet therapy in patients with coronary artery disease and thrombocytopenia” by Dr. Velibey and colleagues
www.amjmedsci.org/article/S000...
“The management of antiplatelet therapy in patients with coronary artery disease and thrombocytopenia” by Dr. Velibey and colleagues
www.amjmedsci.org/article/S000...
🌟Tinsley Harrison Scholars Update🌟
Congrats to previous 2024 T.H. Scholar Dr. Karen Cyndari
on her recently awarded NIH K08 grant! 👏👏
📸Dr. Cyndari and her mentoring/lab team: Dr. Mohr, Dr. Nugent, Dr. Petersen, Dr. Pessoa-Uhl, & Ms. Mulford
Congrats to previous 2024 T.H. Scholar Dr. Karen Cyndari
on her recently awarded NIH K08 grant! 👏👏
📸Dr. Cyndari and her mentoring/lab team: Dr. Mohr, Dr. Nugent, Dr. Petersen, Dr. Pessoa-Uhl, & Ms. Mulford
July 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
🌟Tinsley Harrison Scholars Update🌟
Congrats to previous 2024 T.H. Scholar Dr. Karen Cyndari
on her recently awarded NIH K08 grant! 👏👏
📸Dr. Cyndari and her mentoring/lab team: Dr. Mohr, Dr. Nugent, Dr. Petersen, Dr. Pessoa-Uhl, & Ms. Mulford
Congrats to previous 2024 T.H. Scholar Dr. Karen Cyndari
on her recently awarded NIH K08 grant! 👏👏
📸Dr. Cyndari and her mentoring/lab team: Dr. Mohr, Dr. Nugent, Dr. Petersen, Dr. Pessoa-Uhl, & Ms. Mulford
🌟2025 Tinsley Harrison Scholars Highlight🌟
1/ Dr. Ruth Adekunle, MD MSCR
Assistant Professor of Medicine at Medical University of South Carolina, Division of Infectious Diseases
@medunivsc.bsky.social
1/ Dr. Ruth Adekunle, MD MSCR
Assistant Professor of Medicine at Medical University of South Carolina, Division of Infectious Diseases
@medunivsc.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
🌟2025 Tinsley Harrison Scholars Highlight🌟
1/ Dr. Ruth Adekunle, MD MSCR
Assistant Professor of Medicine at Medical University of South Carolina, Division of Infectious Diseases
@medunivsc.bsky.social
1/ Dr. Ruth Adekunle, MD MSCR
Assistant Professor of Medicine at Medical University of South Carolina, Division of Infectious Diseases
@medunivsc.bsky.social
💫SSC Early Career Council (ECC) Highlight💫
Dr. Flor Alvarado @floralvarado.bsky.social, ECC Chair, is an Assistant Professor at @tulanemedicine.bsky.social
Her research focuses on addressing the SDoH and psycho-cultural factors affecting outcomes in kidney and CV diseases
Dr. Flor Alvarado @floralvarado.bsky.social, ECC Chair, is an Assistant Professor at @tulanemedicine.bsky.social
Her research focuses on addressing the SDoH and psycho-cultural factors affecting outcomes in kidney and CV diseases
June 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
💫SSC Early Career Council (ECC) Highlight💫
Dr. Flor Alvarado @floralvarado.bsky.social, ECC Chair, is an Assistant Professor at @tulanemedicine.bsky.social
Her research focuses on addressing the SDoH and psycho-cultural factors affecting outcomes in kidney and CV diseases
Dr. Flor Alvarado @floralvarado.bsky.social, ECC Chair, is an Assistant Professor at @tulanemedicine.bsky.social
Her research focuses on addressing the SDoH and psycho-cultural factors affecting outcomes in kidney and CV diseases
Arsalan Hamid, MD - University of Mississippi Medical Center Division of Cardiovascular Diseases
📌Dr. Hamid uses population-based cohorts to uncover modifiable risk factors for CHF. More recently, he has been exploring how inflammation drives CHF development
📌Dr. Hamid uses population-based cohorts to uncover modifiable risk factors for CHF. More recently, he has been exploring how inflammation drives CHF development
June 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Arsalan Hamid, MD - University of Mississippi Medical Center Division of Cardiovascular Diseases
📌Dr. Hamid uses population-based cohorts to uncover modifiable risk factors for CHF. More recently, he has been exploring how inflammation drives CHF development
📌Dr. Hamid uses population-based cohorts to uncover modifiable risk factors for CHF. More recently, he has been exploring how inflammation drives CHF development
Karen Cyndari, MD, PhD - University of Iowa
Department of Emergency Medicine
📌Dr. Cyndari studies immune regulation in the joint space, uncovering how infectious arthritis evolves into chronic inflammatory arthritis and how synovial structure impacts function
Department of Emergency Medicine
📌Dr. Cyndari studies immune regulation in the joint space, uncovering how infectious arthritis evolves into chronic inflammatory arthritis and how synovial structure impacts function
June 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Karen Cyndari, MD, PhD - University of Iowa
Department of Emergency Medicine
📌Dr. Cyndari studies immune regulation in the joint space, uncovering how infectious arthritis evolves into chronic inflammatory arthritis and how synovial structure impacts function
Department of Emergency Medicine
📌Dr. Cyndari studies immune regulation in the joint space, uncovering how infectious arthritis evolves into chronic inflammatory arthritis and how synovial structure impacts function
Siyan Cao, MD, PhD - Washington University in St. Louis Division of Gastroenterology
📌Dr. Cao’s research explores how stress responses regulate innate immunity in IBD, defining single-cell landscapes of IBD-related complications, and identifying novel biomarkers
📌Dr. Cao’s research explores how stress responses regulate innate immunity in IBD, defining single-cell landscapes of IBD-related complications, and identifying novel biomarkers
June 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Siyan Cao, MD, PhD - Washington University in St. Louis Division of Gastroenterology
📌Dr. Cao’s research explores how stress responses regulate innate immunity in IBD, defining single-cell landscapes of IBD-related complications, and identifying novel biomarkers
📌Dr. Cao’s research explores how stress responses regulate innate immunity in IBD, defining single-cell landscapes of IBD-related complications, and identifying novel biomarkers
Anna Barker, MD, PhD - University of Michigan Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care
📌Dr. Barker’s research utilizes data analytics to study critical care delivery. She is particularly interested in finding novel ways to reduce prolonged mechanical ventilation
📌Dr. Barker’s research utilizes data analytics to study critical care delivery. She is particularly interested in finding novel ways to reduce prolonged mechanical ventilation
June 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Anna Barker, MD, PhD - University of Michigan Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care
📌Dr. Barker’s research utilizes data analytics to study critical care delivery. She is particularly interested in finding novel ways to reduce prolonged mechanical ventilation
📌Dr. Barker’s research utilizes data analytics to study critical care delivery. She is particularly interested in finding novel ways to reduce prolonged mechanical ventilation
Juheb Akhter, PhD - University of Alabama at Birmingham Division of Nephrology
📌Dr. Akhter studies the role of ferritin, an iron-storage protein, in regulating kidney injury through activation of inflammatory and ferroptosis pathways
📌Dr. Akhter studies the role of ferritin, an iron-storage protein, in regulating kidney injury through activation of inflammatory and ferroptosis pathways
June 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Juheb Akhter, PhD - University of Alabama at Birmingham Division of Nephrology
📌Dr. Akhter studies the role of ferritin, an iron-storage protein, in regulating kidney injury through activation of inflammatory and ferroptosis pathways
📌Dr. Akhter studies the role of ferritin, an iron-storage protein, in regulating kidney injury through activation of inflammatory and ferroptosis pathways
Samantha Adamson, MD, PhD - Washington University in St. Louis Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Lipid Research
📌Dr. Adamson’s research centers on primary cilia-based signaling mechanisms that underlie islet cell crosstalk and are important for regulating insulin secretion
📌Dr. Adamson’s research centers on primary cilia-based signaling mechanisms that underlie islet cell crosstalk and are important for regulating insulin secretion
June 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Samantha Adamson, MD, PhD - Washington University in St. Louis Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Lipid Research
📌Dr. Adamson’s research centers on primary cilia-based signaling mechanisms that underlie islet cell crosstalk and are important for regulating insulin secretion
📌Dr. Adamson’s research centers on primary cilia-based signaling mechanisms that underlie islet cell crosstalk and are important for regulating insulin secretion
Post 1/8
🚨 Calling early-career physician-scientists!
The SSCI is now accepting applications for the Tinsley Harrison Scholars Program—a unique opportunity to grow your research career in academic medicine. #MedEd #PhysicianScientist
🚨 Calling early-career physician-scientists!
The SSCI is now accepting applications for the Tinsley Harrison Scholars Program—a unique opportunity to grow your research career in academic medicine. #MedEd #PhysicianScientist
June 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Post 1/8
🚨 Calling early-career physician-scientists!
The SSCI is now accepting applications for the Tinsley Harrison Scholars Program—a unique opportunity to grow your research career in academic medicine. #MedEd #PhysicianScientist
🚨 Calling early-career physician-scientists!
The SSCI is now accepting applications for the Tinsley Harrison Scholars Program—a unique opportunity to grow your research career in academic medicine. #MedEd #PhysicianScientist
📌 Check out the latest review article in this month’s issue of The American Journal of the Medical Sciences (SSCI Journal) by Dr. Charles E. Grogan, et al.
“Changing paradigms in asthma management”
amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-…
“Changing paradigms in asthma management”
amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-…
June 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
📌 Check out the latest review article in this month’s issue of The American Journal of the Medical Sciences (SSCI Journal) by Dr. Charles E. Grogan, et al.
“Changing paradigms in asthma management”
amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-…
“Changing paradigms in asthma management”
amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-…
🎉🎉 Join the 80 for 80 Club to celebrate SSCI’s 8⃣0⃣th ANNIVERSARY!!
📍Donate $800 (one-time or in 4 installments) to help endow travel awards. Link below:
ssciweb.org/index.php
We hope to continue to grow and strengthen our organization. We appreciate your support!
📍Donate $800 (one-time or in 4 installments) to help endow travel awards. Link below:
ssciweb.org/index.php
We hope to continue to grow and strengthen our organization. We appreciate your support!
June 5, 2025 at 11:05 PM
🎉🎉 Join the 80 for 80 Club to celebrate SSCI’s 8⃣0⃣th ANNIVERSARY!!
📍Donate $800 (one-time or in 4 installments) to help endow travel awards. Link below:
ssciweb.org/index.php
We hope to continue to grow and strengthen our organization. We appreciate your support!
📍Donate $800 (one-time or in 4 installments) to help endow travel awards. Link below:
ssciweb.org/index.php
We hope to continue to grow and strengthen our organization. We appreciate your support!
It’s a wrap for the 2025 SSCI Mid-Year Retreat! It was certainly a productive meeting. Great things ahead for SSCI! Stay tuned for upcoming events, awards and other opportunities to get involved with the society.
June 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
It’s a wrap for the 2025 SSCI Mid-Year Retreat! It was certainly a productive meeting. Great things ahead for SSCI! Stay tuned for upcoming events, awards and other opportunities to get involved with the society.
Our Saturday Joint Plenary Session continues with Dr. Mary Beth Humphrey as she presents
“Osteoimmunology: The little niche with a big impact”
#SRM2025
“Osteoimmunology: The little niche with a big impact”
#SRM2025
February 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Our Saturday Joint Plenary Session continues with Dr. Mary Beth Humphrey as she presents
“Osteoimmunology: The little niche with a big impact”
#SRM2025
“Osteoimmunology: The little niche with a big impact”
#SRM2025
Happening now: Special workshop “Career Advancement for Clinician Educators: Creating and Navigating Your Career Roadmap” 1-5 pm Frenchman II, 2nd Floor
Dr. S. Calvin Thigpen kicking it off with his talk “Creating a Career Roadmap”
#SRM2025
Dr. S. Calvin Thigpen kicking it off with his talk “Creating a Career Roadmap”
#SRM2025
February 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Happening now: Special workshop “Career Advancement for Clinician Educators: Creating and Navigating Your Career Roadmap” 1-5 pm Frenchman II, 2nd Floor
Dr. S. Calvin Thigpen kicking it off with his talk “Creating a Career Roadmap”
#SRM2025
Dr. S. Calvin Thigpen kicking it off with his talk “Creating a Career Roadmap”
#SRM2025