{"id":2769,"date":"2023-05-24T10:22:50","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T14:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/dms\/?page_id=2769"},"modified":"2023-05-24T10:25:31","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T14:25:31","slug":"2021-2023","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/dms\/fellows\/previous-scholars\/2021-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 &#8211; 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Umer Ahmed<\/h3>\n<p>Hometown: Chapel Hill, North Carolina<br \/>\nAlma Mater: Duke University<br \/>\nUndergraduate Degree: B.S. Neuroscience<br \/>\nGraduate Degree: M.S. Biomedical Sciences from Duke University<br \/>\nMentor: Dr. Yueh Lee<br \/>\nResearch Focus: Developing cardiac-gated imaging approaches using carbon nanotube x-ray sources<br \/>\nSpecialty Interest: Diagnostic Radiology<\/p>\n<h3>Franklin Blum<\/h3>\n<p>Hometown: Asheville, North Carolina<br \/>\nAlma Mater: North Carolina State University<br \/>\nUndergraduate Degree: B.S. 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