Awarded: Jun 01, 2013
$64,800 over one year
In 2013, ten teams of DDCF-funded investigators and medical students with an interest in becoming future clinician investigators received $64,800 each for one-year research projects.
Keith A. Choate, M.D., Ph.D., Clinical Scientist Development Award (2011)
Yale University
Mentee: Jonathan Levinsohn, Yale School of Medicine
Project: Genetics and Pathobiology of Mosaic Skin Disorders
Benjamin H. Chi, M.D., Clinical Scientist Development Award (2007)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Mentee: Bryan Carter, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Project: Validation of a Community Survey Methodology for Measuring PMTCT Impact
Pradipta Ghosh, M.D., M.B.B.S., Clinical Scientist Development Award (2010)
University of California, San Diego
Mentee: Gary Ma, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine
Project: Molecular Rheostats in Type II Diabetes - Novel Therapeutic Targets for Insulin Resistance
Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, M.D., Distinguished Clinical Scientist Award (2000)
University of Chicago
Mentee: Liese Pruitt, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago
Project: Understanding Social and System Delays That Lead to Late Diagnosis of Breast Cancer in Southwestern Nigeria
Sallie R. Permar, M.D., Ph.D., Clinical Scientist Development Award (2010)
Duke University
Mentee: Robin Mansour, Duke University School of Medicine
Project: Mapping the Antiviral Activity of a Novel HIV-Inhibitor Isolated from Breast Milk
Daniel J. Rader, M.D., Distinguished Clinical Scientist Award (2004)
University of Pennsylvania
Mentee: Daniel Larach, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Project: Deep Phenotyping of Patients with Novel Genetic Variants Associated With Unusual Lipid Levels
Philip J. Rosenthal, M.D., Distinguished Clinical Scientist Award (2004)
University of California, San Francisco
Mentee: Jennifer Hsu, Mayo Medical School
Project: Etiology of Non-Malarial Febrile Illnesses in Ugandan Children
David A. Scheinberg, M.D., Ph.D., Distinguished Clinical Scientist Award (1999)
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Mentee: James Han, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Project: Regulation of WT1 Peptide/ MHC Epitopes on Cancer Cells
Dorry L. Segev, M.D., Clinical Scientist Development Award (2008)
Johns Hopkins University
Mentee: Natasha Gupta, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Project: Geriatric-Specific Risk Assessment in Older Adults Undergoing Kidney Transplantation
Xu Yu, M.D., M.Sc., Clinical Scientist Development Award (2006)
Massachusetts General Hospital
Mentee: Patrick Burke, Tufts University School of Medicine
Project: Analysis of the Genetic Interplay between LILR/HLA Class I on Dendritic Cell Function