{"id":5412,"date":"2025-10-30T09:15:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T13:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/mhi\/?p=5412"},"modified":"2025-12-31T09:36:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T14:36:21","slug":"mcallister-heart-institute-mhi-trainee-isaiah-ike-emerson-receives-journal-of-cardiovascular-development-and-disease-jcdd-best-doctor-of-philosophy-ph-d-thesis-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/mhi\/mcallister-heart-institute-mhi-trainee-isaiah-ike-emerson-receives-journal-of-cardiovascular-development-and-disease-jcdd-best-doctor-of-philosophy-ph-d-thesis-award\/","title":{"rendered":"McAllister Heart Institute (MHI) Trainee, Isaiah (Ike) Emerson, Receives Journal Of Cardiovascular Development And Disease (JCDD) Best Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Thesis Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3939 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/mhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2023\/06\/James-Ike-Emerson-200x300.jpeg\" alt=\"James Isaiah (Ike) Emerson\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/mhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2023\/06\/James-Ike-Emerson-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/mhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2023\/06\/James-Ike-Emerson-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/mhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2023\/06\/James-Ike-Emerson-768x1151.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/mhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2023\/06\/James-Ike-Emerson-1025x1536.jpeg 1025w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/mhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2023\/06\/James-Ike-Emerson-1366x2048.jpeg 1366w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/mhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2023\/06\/James-Ike-Emerson-600x899.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/mhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2023\/06\/James-Ike-Emerson.jpeg 1708w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/journal\/jcdd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5413 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/mhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2025\/12\/JCDD-logo-300x64.png\" alt=\"Journal Of Cardiovascular Development And Disease \" width=\"300\" height=\"64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/mhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2025\/12\/JCDD-logo-300x64.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/mhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2025\/12\/JCDD-logo.png 484w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Congratulations to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conlon-lab.com\/lab-members\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Isaiah (Ike) Emerson, Ph.D.<\/a>, a recent graduate from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conlon-lab.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Conlon Lab<\/a>, for receiving the international JCDD Best Ph.D. Thesis Award from JCDD.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1034 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/mhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2019\/10\/flc_2017.jpg\" alt=\"Frank Conlon, Ph.D.\" width=\"175\" height=\"265\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/journal\/jcdd\/announcements\/13587\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5414 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/mhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2025\/12\/Ike-Emerson-300x158.png\" alt=\"JCDD Best Ph.D. Thesis Award\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/mhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2025\/12\/Ike-Emerson-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/mhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2025\/12\/Ike-Emerson-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/mhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2025\/12\/Ike-Emerson-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/mhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2025\/12\/Ike-Emerson-1536x807.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/mhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2025\/12\/Ike-Emerson-2048x1076.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/mhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2025\/12\/Ike-Emerson-800x420.png 800w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/mhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2025\/12\/Ike-Emerson-600x315.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Emerson received this recognition for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.proquest.com\/docview\/3205843856?%20Theses&amp;fromopenview=true&amp;pq-origsite=gscholar&amp;sourcetype=Dissertations%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dissertation<\/a>, entitled \u201cPost-transcriptional mechanisms regulate cardiac sex differences.\u201d His research provides insights into sex-specific differences in heart development and disease susceptibility. 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