b'He says AIH is an incredibly useful tool to Meet the 2024 Class ofcouple with other healing techniques to Boettcher Investigators support patient recovery. If this works, we can really reduce the time in the clinic doing rehab, said Quesada Tan. COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY The dose were applying is just one hour a day for five consecutive days; when you Kathryn Wilsterman, Ph.D. combine that with walking training, a lot of Assistant Professor, Department of Biology: Using evolutionary innovationliterature is showing that we can achieve the to understand susceptibility and resilience to gestational complications. same performance as a six-to-eight-week rehab walking training.NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH Collaborating withLauren Zell-Baran, Ph.D., M.P.H. Colleagues and Patients Assistant Professor, Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Science: Classification of cardiopulmonary exercise testing patterns among deployedFor this 2024 Boettcher Investigator, being military veterans with respiratory symptoms: informing treatment options. all in means fostering collaboration across fields and areas of study to create the best UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO ANSCHUTZ MEDICAL CAMPUS possible outcomes for patients. This also means including and empowering patients, Benjamin J. Kopecky, M.D., Ph.D. whenever possible, to be active participants Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiology, Section of Heart Failure/Transplant:and advocates in the research process.Dissecting the smooth muscle cell pathobiology driving cardiac allograft vasculopathy.Jennifer McKey, Ph.D. All in is about collaboration across fields, he Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Developmentalsaid. To really tackle neurorehabilitation, we Biology: Investigating the contribution of follicle activation in theneed engineers, clinicians, basic scientists, perinatal ovary to the establishment of female fertility. and others working together to address Jessica Nelson, Ph.D. the problem, and not only that, but also Assistant Professor, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology: Molecular- expanding it to the participants who come genetic mechanisms underlying establishment of sensory thresholds. into our lab.UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER Personalizing Medicineto Improve Outcomes Andrew Quesada Tan, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Physiology and DirectorAt the University of Denver, another 2024 of the Sensorimotor Recovery and Neuroplasticity Lab: IdentifyingBoettcher Investigator, Allegra Aron, Ph.D., predictive biomarkers for intermittent hypoxia induced motor recoveryAssistant Professor in the Department of and learning in persons with incomplete spinal cord injury (isci).Chemistry, is working to understand metal- binding molecules and their role in microbial UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, COLORADO SPRINGS interactions within the body. Compared to Marissa Baranauskas, Ph.D. other biological molecules, less attention and research is often given to metals and the Assistant Professor, Department of Human Physiology and Nutrition: Implications for the timing of energy availability on menstrual cycle function. potential role they can play in therapeutics. Metals are essential in biology; every organism UNIVERSITY OF DENVER needs metals, said Aron. Even though metals may not be as appreciated as other elements, Allegra T. Aron, Ph.D. they are fundamental in biology. Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry: Targeting human-gutAron is using her Webb-Waring grant to pathobionts using native siderophore-antibiotic conjugates.research how microorganisms that switch from 42 BIOSCIENCE COLORADO 2024-2025'