Current Fellows
![Thomas Agbaedeng](https://www.rdm.ox.ac.uk/images/work-with-us/thomas-agbaedeng-250x300.jpg/responsive_image?ratio=image&scale=w760)
Thomas Agbaedeng
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
‘Leveraging genomic approaches and genetic associations to identify potential new drug targets in cardiometabolic disease’.
PIs: Professor Chris O'Callaghan and Dr Joanna Howson (NNRCO).
![Jun Liu](https://www.rdm.ox.ac.uk/images/work-with-us/novo-nordisk-current-fellows/jun-liu-250x300.jpg/responsive_image?ratio=image&scale=w760)
Jun Liu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
'An integrative cross-omics study of NAFLD and NASH'.
PIs: Professor Cornelia van Duijn and Dr Joanna Howson (NNRCO).
![Jessica Kepple](https://www.rdm.ox.ac.uk/images/work-with-us/novo-nordisk-current-fellows/jessica-kepple-250x300-copy.jpg/responsive_image?ratio=image&scale=w760)
Jessica Kepple
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
'The cellular pathology of early kidney disease'.
PIs: Dr Katherine Bull, Professor Richard Cornall and Dr Ramneek Gupta (NNRCO).
![James Liu](https://www.rdm.ox.ac.uk/images/work-with-us/novo-nordisk-current-fellows/james-liu-250x300.jpg/responsive_image?ratio=image&scale=w760)
James Liu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
'Genomic approaches to improve understanding of T2D molecular phenotypes, mechanisms, and development of major complications in diverse populations'
PIs: Professor Zhengming Chen , Dr Joanna Howson (NNRCO)
![Gitalee Sarker](https://www.rdm.ox.ac.uk/images/work-with-us/novo-nordisk-current-fellows/gitalee-sarker-250x300.jpg/responsive_image?ratio=image&scale=w760)
Gitalee Sarker
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
‘Neuroimmunity in Obesity and Cardiac function’.
PIs: Associate Professor Ana Domingos, Professor Irina Udalova, Professor David Paterson and Dr Enrique Toledo Maldonado (NNRCO).
![Inhye Park](https://www.rdm.ox.ac.uk/images/work-with-us/novo-nordisk-current-fellows/inhye-park-250x300.jpg/responsive_image?ratio=image&scale=w760)
Inhye Park
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
'Deciphering the biology of resident vascular macrophages in atherosclerosis'
PIs: Professor Claudia Monaco, Professor Irina Udalova, Dr Alexey Epanchintsev (NNRCO) and Professor Paul Riley.
![Ali Shilleh](https://www.rdm.ox.ac.uk/images/work-with-us/novo-nordisk-current-fellows/ali-shilleh-250x300.jpg/responsive_image?ratio=image&scale=w760)
Ali Shilleh
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
"Leveraging the cell cytoskeleton to produce GLP1R agonists with improved efficacy for beta cell preservation, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis resolution and gene therapy"
PIs: Professor David Hodson and Carina Ämmälä (NNRCO)
![William Stockdale](https://www.rdm.ox.ac.uk/images/work-with-us/willliam-stockdale-250x300.jpg/responsive_image?ratio=image&scale=w760)
William Stockdale
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
‘Patient-specific bioinformatics linking coronary microvascular structure, function and gene expression.'
PIs: Professor Kim Dora and Professor Bill Haynes (NNRCO).
![Taiyu Zhu](https://www.rdm.ox.ac.uk/images/work-with-us/novo-nordisk-current-fellows/taiyu-zhu-250x300.jpg/responsive_image?ratio=image&scale=w760)
Taiyu Zhu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
"Integrating genetics and deep neural networks to identify future drug targets for cardiometabolic disease"
PIs: Associate Prof Alejo Nevado-Holgado, Dr Joanna Howson (NNRCO), Dr Sile Hu (NNRCO), Dr Robert Kitchen (NNRCO)