Mentor: Dr. Elena Volpi
Co-Mentor: Dr. Blake Rasmussen
Kseniya Masterova graduated from Loyola University Chicago in 2016 with Bachelor of Science degrees in Physics, Biology, and Biophysics and a minor in Mathematics. During her undergraduate education she interned with NASA Johnson Space Center with the Space Medicine Division on a project with the Lifetime Surveillance of Astronaut Health group. Following graduation, she spent a year working as a Research Assistant in the Space Medicine Innovations Lab at Dartmouth College studying the use of portable autorefractors to detect space flight-associated neuro-ocular syndrome vision changes. Currently, she is in the M.D./Ph.D. dual degree program in the Aerospace Medicine Track in the School of Medicine and in the Rehabilitation Sciences Ph.D. program. Her dissertation work focuses on the effects of short duration bed rest on arterial structure and function in older adults with type 2 diabetes.
Awards/Scholarships
2022: NIH/NCATS TL1 Institutional Training Core (TL1TR001440) “UTMB Clinical and Translational Science Award”
2022: Samuel N. Kolmen, PhD and Barbara Kass Kolmen, MD Travel Scholarship, UTMB
2022: Sealy Center for Aging Scholarship, UTMB
2021: Student Excellence in Research Award, UTMB Sealy Center on Aging
2020: Arthur V. Simmang Scholarship, UTMB
2020: Jeffrey R. Davis Endowed Scholarship, Aerospace Medicine Association
2019: Arthur V. Simmang Scholarship, UTMB
2019: Eva Yznaga Seger MD Presidential Scholarship, UTMB
2019: Texas Space Grant Consortium Graduate Fellowship
2018: Aerospace Medicine Association Fellows Scholarship
2017: Jeffrey R. Davis Space Medicine Scholarship, Space Medicine Association