UMB ICTR

2021 - 2022 KL2 Mentored Career Development Awardee

The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) is proud to announce the awardee for our third round of applications for the KL2 Mentored Career Development Awards. UMB KL2 awards are designed to develop the next generation of clinical investigators, guiding scholars toward independent clinical research careers. The UMB KL2 program provides mentored career development to outstanding junior faculty who have recently completed professional training and are performing high-impact translational and/or clinical research. Scholars receive up to three years of support with access to multi-disciplinary mentorship, formal coursework, and professional development opportunities.

The KL2 program is Funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA), Dr. Jonathan Baghdadi (School of Medicine), was recently selected as our UMB ICTR/CTSA KL2 Scholar. Dr. Baghdadi joins the UMB KL2 awardees from previous years which are both CTSA and Internally funded, as well as the KL2 awardees at Johns Hopkins University, our CTSA partner. Congratulations, Dr. Baghdadi!

The UMB ICTR CTSA KL2 Mentored Career Development Program is led by the Director Christy Chang, PhD and Associate Director Graziela Kalil, PharmD.

For more information about the ICTR Career Development Program, please visit ICTR Training and Career Development Core.

2021 - 2022 UMB ICTR TL1 Training Awardees

The UMB Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) is pleased to announce the recipients of the third round of UMB ICTR TL1 Clinical Research Training Awards. The TL1 Training Program is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) program. Funding for three awardees in this program is provided by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA), one additional awardee is funded internally by the ICTR.

The purpose of the TL1 Awards is to support the training of biomedical, behavioral, and clinical researchers through individual training across all UMB Schools. Pre-Doctoral students and Post-Doctoral Fellows from all seven UMB Schools (Dentistry, Law, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work and Graduate School) were invited to apply for this award. The TL1 Pre-doctoral awardees receive one year of stipend, tuition and training-related expenses support while the TL1 Post-Doctoral Awardees receive two years of support which also includes stipend, some tuition and training-related expenses. All trainees will complete additional formal training in a clinical research area.

The recipients of the TL1 Post-Doctoral Awards are Alysse Kowalski, MPH, PhD, and Joshua Leibowitz, MD. The recipients of the TL1 Pre-Doctoral Awards are Dami Onasanya, MBChB, MPH, PhD Candidate and Rachel Cundiff-O’Sullivan, MA, PhD Candidate. The UMB Trainees join the UMB second year Post-Doctoral trainees and the TL1 awardees at Johns Hopkins University, our CTSA partner. Congratulations to all!

The UMB ICTR TL1 Clinical Research Training Program is led by the Director Luana Colloca, MD, PhD, MS and Associate Director Graziela Kalil, PharmD.

For more information about the ICTR Career Development Program, please visit ICTR Training and Career Development Core. 

Jonathan Baghdadi, MD, PhD, CTSA KL2 Scholar

University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health

Project Title: Improving Use of Multiplex Molecular Panel Tests to Reduce Unnecessary Antibiotics

Alysse Kowalski PhD, MPH, TL1 Postdoctoral Scholar 

University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics

Project Title: Effectiveness of an Integrated Multiple Micronutrient Nutrition and Responsive Caregiving Intervention to Improve Child Development

Joshua Leibowitz, MD, TL1 Postdoctoral Scholar 

University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Surgery

Cardiothoracic Surgery Resident

Project Title: Extrapulmonary Gas Exchange Through Peritoneal Perfluorocarbon Perfusion

Oluwadamilola (Dami) Onasanya, MBChB, MPH, PhD Student, TL1 Predoctoral Scholar

University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences 

Project Title: Impact of Primary Cancer Diagnosis on Psychotropic Medication Utilization Trends and Outcomes Among Pediatric, Adolescent and Young Adults with Serious Mental Illness (SMI)

Rachel Cundiff-O'Sullivan, MA, PhD Student, TL1 Predoctoral Scholar

University of Maryland School of Medicine, Graduate Program in Life Sciences - PhD Program in Neuroscience

Project Title: The Neurobiological Mechanisms Underpinning Pain and Pain Catastrophization