{"id":6454,"date":"2025-01-08T12:07:20","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T17:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bloodresearchcenter\/?page_id=6454"},"modified":"2025-09-18T14:13:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T18:13:44","slug":"past-trainees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bloodresearchcenter\/trainees\/current-trainees\/past-trainees\/","title":{"rendered":"Past Trainees"},"content":{"rendered":"            <section>\n                <ul class=\"divisions-container multi-column\" aria-label=\"people-directory\">\n            <li class=\"row post entry\">\n    <div class=\"directory-gallery-thumbnail\">\n                                                                    \n                            <div class=\"entry-title\">\n                                    <a class=\"post-author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bloodresearchcenter\/people\/abigail-ballard\/\">\n                                        <div class=\"upd-image\">\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"upd_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bloodresearchcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1089\/2022\/05\/Abigail-Ballard.png\" alt=\" \" height=\"160\" width=\"120\"\/>\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"print_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bloodresearchcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1089\/2022\/05\/Abigail-Ballard.png\" alt=\" \" \/>\n                        <\/div>\n                                                    Abigail Ballard, PhD                                                            <\/a>\n                                <\/div>\n            \t\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"directory-gallery-content\">\n\n        \n\n        <div class=\"ud-gallery-view__positions\"><p class=\"ud-gallery-view__positions__title\">Past Trainee<\/p>            <\/div>\n                \n                                                <div class=\"som-directory-profile-single__contact\">\n                     \n                \n                                            <div class=\"ud-contact-label\">\n                            Email: \n                            <span class=\"ud-contact\">\n                                <a href=\"mailto:abigail.ballard@unc.med.edu\">\n                                    abigail.ballard@unc.med.edu                                <\/a>\n                            <\/span>\n                        <\/div>\n                    \n                <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"ud-gallery-view__summary\"><p>Previous trainee in the Bergmeier Lab | Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics<\/p>\n<\/div>    \n<\/li><li class=\"row post entry\">\n    <div class=\"directory-gallery-thumbnail\">\n                                                                    \n                            <div class=\"entry-title\">\n                                    <a class=\"post-author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bloodresearchcenter\/people\/beatriz-caceres-navario-md\/\">\n                                        <div class=\"upd-image\">\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"upd_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bloodresearchcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1089\/2023\/08\/Beatriz-Caceres-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\" \" height=\"160\" width=\"120\"\/>\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"print_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bloodresearchcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1089\/2023\/08\/Beatriz-Caceres-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\" \" \/>\n                        <\/div>\n                                                    Beatriz Caceres-Navario, MD                                                            <\/a>\n                                <\/div>\n            \t\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"directory-gallery-content\">\n\n        \n\n        <div class=\"ud-gallery-view__positions\"><p class=\"ud-gallery-view__positions__title\">T32 Research Trainee 2023-2025<\/p>            <\/div>\n                \n                                                <div class=\"som-directory-profile-single__contact\">\n                     \n                \n                                            <div class=\"ud-contact-label\">\n                            Email: \n                            <span class=\"ud-contact\">\n                                <a href=\"mailto: \">\n                                                                     <\/a>\n                            <\/span>\n                        <\/div>\n                    \n                <\/div>\n                                \n<\/li><li class=\"row post entry\">\n    <div class=\"directory-gallery-thumbnail\">\n                                                                    \n                            <div class=\"entry-title\">\n                                    <a class=\"post-author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bloodresearchcenter\/people\/harish-eswaran-md\/\">\n                                        <div class=\"upd-image\">\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"upd_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bloodresearchcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1089\/2023\/07\/H-Eswaran-2x2-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\" \" height=\"160\" width=\"120\"\/>\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"print_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bloodresearchcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1089\/2023\/07\/H-Eswaran-2x2-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\" \" \/>\n                        <\/div>\n                                                    Harish Eswaran, MD                                                            <\/a>\n                                <\/div>\n            \t\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"directory-gallery-content\">\n\n        \n\n        <div class=\"ud-gallery-view__positions\"><p class=\"ud-gallery-view__positions__title\">T32 Research Trainee 2023-2025<\/p><p class=\"ud-gallery-view__positions__title\"> <\/p>            <\/div>\n                \n                                                    \n<\/li><li class=\"row post entry\">\n    <div class=\"directory-gallery-thumbnail\">\n                                                                    \n                            <div class=\"entry-title\">\n                                    <a class=\"post-author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bloodresearchcenter\/people\/woosuk-steve-hur\/\">\n                                        <div class=\"upd-image\">\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"upd_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bloodresearchcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1089\/2022\/05\/Woosuk-Steve-Hur.jpg\" alt=\" \" height=\"160\" width=\"120\"\/>\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"print_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bloodresearchcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1089\/2022\/05\/Woosuk-Steve-Hur.jpg\" alt=\" \" \/>\n                        <\/div>\n                                                    Steve Hur, PhD                                                            <\/a>\n                                <\/div>\n            \t\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"directory-gallery-content\">\n\n        \n\n        <div class=\"ud-gallery-view__positions\"><p class=\"ud-gallery-view__positions__title\">Postdoctoral Research Associate<\/p>            <\/div>\n                \n                                                <div class=\"som-directory-profile-single__contact\">\n                     \n                \n                                            <div class=\"ud-contact-label\">\n                            Email: \n                            <span class=\"ud-contact\">\n                                <a href=\"mailto:steve_hur@med.unc.edu\">\n                                    steve_hur@med.unc.edu                                <\/a>\n                            <\/span>\n                        <\/div>\n                    \n                <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"ud-gallery-view__summary\"><p>Flick Lab | Pathology and Laboratory Medicine<\/p>\n<\/div>    \n<\/li><li class=\"row post entry\">\n    <div class=\"directory-gallery-thumbnail\">\n                                                                    \n                            <div class=\"entry-title\">\n                                    <a class=\"post-author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bloodresearchcenter\/people\/mofiyinfoluwa-obadina-md\/\">\n                                        <div class=\"upd-image\">\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"upd_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bloodresearchcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1089\/2023\/04\/Obadina_Mofiyinfoluwa-headshot-1022x1024.jpg\" alt=\" \" height=\"160\" width=\"120\"\/>\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"print_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bloodresearchcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1089\/2023\/04\/Obadina_Mofiyinfoluwa-headshot-1022x1024.jpg\" alt=\" \" \/>\n                        <\/div>\n                                                    Mofiyinfoluwa Obadina, MD                                                            <\/a>\n                                <\/div>\n            \t\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"directory-gallery-content\">\n\n        \n\n        <div class=\"ud-gallery-view__positions\"><p class=\"ud-gallery-view__positions__title\">T32 Research Trainee 2022-2025<\/p><p class=\"ud-gallery-view__positions__title\"><\/p>            <\/div>\n                \n                                                <div class=\"som-directory-profile-single__contact\">\n                     \n                \n                                            <div class=\"ud-contact-label\">\n                            Email: \n                            <span class=\"ud-contact\">\n                                <a href=\"mailto:mofiyin.obadina@unchealth.unc.edu\">\n                                    mofiyin.obadina@unchealth.unc.edu                                <\/a>\n                            <\/span>\n                        <\/div>\n                    \n                <\/div>\n                                \n<\/li><li class=\"row post entry\">\n    <div class=\"directory-gallery-thumbnail\">\n                                                                    \n                            <div class=\"entry-title\">\n                                    <a class=\"post-author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bloodresearchcenter\/people\/assem-patel\/\">\n                                        <div class=\"upd-image\">\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"upd_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bloodresearchcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1089\/2025\/04\/PatelAssem_Headshot-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\" \" height=\"160\" width=\"120\"\/>\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"print_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bloodresearchcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1089\/2025\/04\/PatelAssem_Headshot-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\" \" \/>\n                        <\/div>\n                                                    Assem Patel                                                            <\/a>\n                                <\/div>\n            \t\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"directory-gallery-content\">\n\n        \n\n        <div class=\"ud-gallery-view__positions\"><p class=\"ud-gallery-view__positions__title\">Graduate Researcher<\/p>            <\/div>\n                \n          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