StARR Scholars
Dr. Isabel Hardee is a pediatric resident at University of Colorado, interested in pursuing a career in pediatric emergency medicine with a focus on precision medicine and translational research. Dr. Hardee earned her BS in Chemistry from the College of William & Mary, and her MD from Emory University’s School of Medicine. She has also worked at the NIH, studying the genetic basis of rare diseases as a through the Undiagnosed Diseases Program.
Past StARR Scholar
Dr. Jayce Pangilinan was selected as the first scholar of the University of Colorado Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (StARR) program, which began July 1, 2020.
Dr. Pangilinan recently completed her internal medicine internship at the University of Colorado and plans to pursue a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine. Ultimately, she would like to pursue a career in academic medicine with a focus on translational research in mechanisms underlying critical illness. Dr. Pangilinan received her BA in human biology from Stanford University, and graduated from medical school at the University of Arizona.
For her StARR project, Dr. Pangilinan plans to characterize the inflammatory response in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) within the air spaces of critically ill patients with COVID-19. To achieve this, she will analyze immune cell populations and inflammatory markers in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid and serum of patients with COVID-19 ARDS during their clinical course. She will be working under the primary mentorship of Kara Mould, MD, in the laboratory and under the broader mentorship of William Janssen, MD, at National Jewish Health.