The Clinical Research Scholar Program (KL2) is a three-year Career Development Award for fulltime JHU faculty focused on clinical and translational research training and career development.
Each scholar receives salary, research funds, and tuition support. Funding for the Clinical Research Scholars Program is provided by the Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) through a Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) administered by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS).
2022 Scholars
Brianna Aoyama, MD
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics, Pulmonary
Project Title: Role of Somatic Growth in Clinical Outcomes in bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
Primary Mentor: J. Michael Collaco, MD, MS, MBA, MPH, PhD
Richard Alexander Harbison, MD, MS
Assistant Professor
Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery
Project Title: Leveraging tumor metabolism to enhance anti-tumor immunity
Primary Mentor: Erika Pearce, PhD
Jessica LaRosa, MD
Assistant Professor
Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Project Title: Optimizing the Safety of Acute Physical Rehabilitation for Critically Ill Children
Primary Mentor: Sapna Kudchadkar, MD, PhD
Anum Minhas, MD, MHS
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Project Title: Coronary and peripheral endothelial function in preeclampsia
Primary Mentor: Allison Hays, MD
Christopher Morrow, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neuropsychiatry
Project Title: The neurobiology of neuropsychiatric symptoms in genetic forms of frontotemporal dementia: epidemiological and neuroimaging methods
Primary Mentor: Chiadi Onyike, MD, MHS
Yinin Hu, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery, Division of General and Oncologic Surgery
University of Maryland, School of Medicine
Project Title: Quality of Life and Utility in Thyroid Cancer
Primary Mentor: C. Daniel Mullins, PhD
Sarah B. Sunshine, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
University of Maryland, School of Medicine
Project Title: Identifying novel treatment targets and biomarkers for ocular surface disease in patients with ocular Graft vs Host Disease (oGVHD) a Biobank study
