Congratulations 2022 ICTR Scholar Awardees!
About the KL2 and TL1 Scholar Programs and Awardees
2022 KL2 Mentored Career Development Awardees
The UMB Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) is proud to announce the awardees for our fourth 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. Applicants from the six professional schools on the UMB campus (Dentistry, Law, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Social Work) were invited to apply.
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 UMB ICTR CTSA KL2 program is Funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA), and the UMB ICTR Internal KL2 program is funded by internal UMB funds.
Dr. Yinin Hu (School of Medicine) and Dr. Sarah Sunshine (School of Medicine) were recently selected as our UMB ICTR/CTSA KL2 Scholars. Dr. Mira Ghneim (School of Medicine), Dr. Doris Titus-Glover (School of Nursing), and Dr. Dana Weikel (School of Dentistry) were recently selected UMB ICTR Internal KL2 Scholars.
The 2022 awardees join 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 to all!
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.
2022 UMB ICTR TL1 Pre- and Post-Doctoral Training Awardees
The UMB Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) is pleased to announce the recipients of the fourth 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 Stephen Stachnik, MD (School of Medicine), and Matthew Woodward, DO (School of Medicine).
The recipients of the TL1 Pre-Doctoral Awards are Jonathan Lawton, PhD Candidate (School of Medicine), and Ruth Akinlosotu, PT, MPH, PhD Candidate (School of Medicine).
UMB Trainees will 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.
2022 KL2 Scholar Awardees
Yinin Hu, MD, Assistant Professor, CTSA KL2 Scholar, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery
Project Title: Quality of Life and Utility in Thyroid Cancer
Sarah Sunshine, MD, Assistant Professor, CTSA KL2 Scholar, School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Project Title: Identifying novel treatment targets and biomarkers for ocular surface disease in patients with ocular Graft vs Host Disease (oGVHD) a Biobank study
Mira Ghneim, MD, MS, Assistant Professor, Internal KL2 Scholar, School of Medicine, Program in Trauma, Acute Care Surgery, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma
Project Title: The Prospective Geriatric Patient Reported Outcomes (GERI-PRO) Study: Understanding Post-Traumatic Injury Recovery from the Patient’s Perspective
Doris Titus-Glover, PhD, MSN, Internal KL2 Scholar, School of Nursing
Project Title: Addressing Recovery Support, Social determinants of Health and Treatment Retention in Postpartum and Parenting women with Opioid Use Disorder
Dana Weikel, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Internal KL2 Scholar, School of Dentistry, Department of Oncology and Diagnostic Sciences
Project Title: Analysis of Clinical, Histologic, and Biomarker Characteristics in Proliferative Verrucous Leukoplakia
2022 TL1 Postdoctoral Scholar Awardees
Stephen Stachnik, MD, Cardiothoracic Surgery Resident, CTSA TL1 Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Surgery
Project Title: Pediatric cardiosurgery and the role of the omentum in myocardial regeneration
Matthew Woodward, DO, Neurocritical Fellow, CTSA TL1 Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Division of Neurocritical Care, Program in Trauma
Project Title: Defining differences in early management of status epilepticus in older adults
2022 TL1 Predoctoral Scholar Awardees
Ruth Akinlosotu, PT, MPH, PhD Student, Internal TL1 Predoctoral Scholar, School of Medicine, Program in Physical Rehabilitation Science
Project Title: Effect of practice schedule on motor learning of protective balance responses in patients with Parkinson’s disease
Jonathan Lawton, PhD Student, CTSA TL1 Predoctoral Scholar, School of Medicine, Program in Epidemiology and Human Genetics
Project Title: Identifying pathogenic P. falciparum antigens expressed in severe malaria infections in Malian children