This award provides financial and mentoring resources for one to two years to junior physician scientists working to have a productive career while also facing significant extra-professional care-giving demands.
2023 Awardees
Jennifer Dantzer, MD, MHS
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins, Department of Pediatrics
Project: Patient-Centered Outcomes for Food Allergy Treatments
Mentor: Robert A. Wood, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Elisa Ignatius, MD, MSc.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Project: Early Bactericidal Activity of Standard Drugs Used to Treat Mycobacterium Avium Complex: a Pilot Study
Mentor: Kelly Dooley, MD, PhD, MPH, Addison B. Scoville Jr. Professor of Medicine
Anum Minhas, MD, MHS
Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Project: Non-invasive Assessment of Coronary Endothelial Function in Healthy Individuals and People with Proinflammatory Conditions
Mentors: Allison Hays, MD, FACC and Josef Coresh, MD, PhD
Sarath Raju, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care
Project: The Combined Impacts of HIV and Air Pollution on Lung Aging
Mentor: Meredith McCormack, MD, MHS, Associate Professor of Medicine
Karisa Schreck, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Oncology
Project: Supporting SHP2-dependent adaptive resistance to RAF inhibition in BRAF-mutated glioma
Mentor: Christine Pratilas, M.D., Associate Professor of Oncology
2022
Lydia Pecker, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology
Project: “Ovarian Reserve in Women with Sickle Cell Disease”
Mentor: Sophie Lanzkron, MD, MHS
Catherine Simpson, MD, MHS
Assistant Professor
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Project: “Understanding Dysregulated Metabolism in Pulmonary Hypertension”
Mentor: Paul M. Hassoun, MD
Ann Parker, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Project: “A Pilot, Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial of a Behavioral Activation and Rehabilitation Intervention to Improve Psychological and Physical Impairments in Acute Respiratory Failure Survivors”
Mentor: Dale M. Needham, FCPA, MD, PhD
Joanna Melia, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology
Project: “Manganese homeostasis in inflammatory bowel disease”
Mentor: Cynthia L. Sears M.D.2021
Christopher Hammond, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Project: “Abstinence-related Changes in Functional Connectivity of Resting-state Brain Networks Following Substance Use Treatment in Adolescents with Cannabis Use” disorders
Mentor: Elliot A. Stein, PhD
Christy Sadreameli, MD, MHS
Assistant Professor
Pediatric Pulmonary, School of Medicine
Project: “The role of PDGFR in Pediatric Emphysema/Pulmonary Hemorrhage Syndrome”
Mentor: Sharon McGrath-Morrow, MD, MBA
Rheanna Platt MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Project: “Addressing Maternal Mental Health via a Virtual Group Intervention: Implementation in Maryland’s Early Learning Centers”
Mentor: Tamar Mendelson, Ph.D
2019
Nakiya Showell, MD, MPH, MHS
Assistant Professor, General Pediatrics Adolescent Medicine
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Project: “Development of a Novel Parent Activation Intervention to Address Early Obesity and Lifetime Cardiovascular Disease Risk among Low-income Racial/Ethnic Minority Preschoolers”
Mentor: Lisa A. Cooper, MD, MPH
Tina Doshi, MD, MHS
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Whiting School of Engineering
Project:“Novel Biomarkers and Pain Phenotypes in Trigeminal Neuralgia”
Mentors: Srinivasa Raja, MD; Michael Lim, MD; Claudia Campbell, PhD; Seena Ajit, PhD
Samantha Pitts, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, General Internal Medicine
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Project: “Harnessing health information technology to engage patients with diabetes and community-based organizations to improve diabetes clinical outcomes and promote health care equity”
Mentors: Nisa Maruthur, MD, MHS; Jeanne Clark, MD, MPH
2018
Julius Birnbaum, MD, MHS
Assistant Professor, Rheumatology Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Project: “Novel Anti-Satellite Cell Antibodies Associated with Sjögren’s Syndrome Neuropathic Pain” Mentor: Ahmet Hoke
Oluwaseun O. Falade-Nwulia, MBBS, MPH
Assistant Professor, Infectious Disease
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Whiting School of Engineering
Project: “The impact of social networks on hepatitis C transmission and hepatitis C care uptake in people who inject drugs”
Mentors: Mark Sulkowski; Carl Latkin; Shruti Mehta; Stuart Ray
Michael H. Johnson, MD
Assistant Professor, Urology Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Project: “Molecular Analysis and Precision Medicine in Renal Cell Carcinoma” Mentor: Charles Drake
Lauren M. Osborne, MD
Assistant Professor, Urology Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Gynecology & Obstetrics Johns Hopkins Medicine Project: “Biological Underpinnings of Perinatal Anxiety” Mentors: Jennifer Payne; Sabra Klein; Janet DiPietro; Gayane Yenokyan Project: “Biological Underpinnings of Perinatal Anxiety” Mentors: Jennifer Payne; Sabra Klein; Janet DiPietro; Gayane Yenokyan2017
Jennifer Coughlin, MD
Assistant Professor Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Radiology and Radiological Science
Undergraduate: Johns Hopkins University
Medical School: University of Maryland
Residency: Johns Hopkins University
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University
Project: “Molecular Imaging of Neuroinflammation in Psychiatric Disease”
Mentors: Akira Sawa, MD, PhD and Martin Pomper, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor: General Internal Medicine
Undergraduate: University of Maryland, College Park
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University
Residency: Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
Fellowship: General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
Project: “Improving Health Care Quality and Equity for Patients with CKD”
Mentors: Ebony Boulware, MD, MPH (Duke University) and Lisa Cooper, MD, MPH
Research Focus: Dr. Greer’s research program focuses on identifying and addressing the ethnic and racial disparities in care and clinical outcomes of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and CKD risk factors.
Dr. Coughlin’s research is focused on molecular neuroimaging, particularly positron emission tomography (PET) to study the role of immune response in the pathogenesis of diseases with cognitive and affective symptoms. Ultimately, she hopes to impact outcomes in neuropsychiatric clinical care through guiding use of molecular imaging to promote early intervention, therapeutic monitoring, and development of new therapeutic strategies.
Raquel Greer, MD, MHS
Assistant Professor General Internal Medicine
Undergraduate: University of Maryland, College Park
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University
Residency: Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
Fellowship: General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
Project: “Improving Health Care Quality and Equity for Patients with CKD”
Mentors: Ebony Boulware, MD, MPH (Duke University) and Lisa Cooper, MD, MPH
Research Focus: Dr. Greer’s research program focuses on identifying and addressing the ethnic and racial disparities in care and clinical outcomes of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and CKD risk factors.
Jin Hui Joo, MD, MA
Assistant Professor Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Mental Health
Undergraduate: University of Chicago
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh
Residency: University of Pennsylvania
Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania
Project: “Patterns of Communication in Peer Mentor and Patient Dyads in a Depression Care Delivery Interventions”
Mentors: Joseph Gallo, MD, MPH and Debra Roter, DrPH, MPH
Research Focus: Dr. Joo’s work is focused on developing an intervention to engage minority older adults in depression care by integrating both informal care such as peer counselors and formal care such as mental health professionals. The intent is to blend experiential knowledge and clinical knowledge, community and health system, in a way that pays attention to minority older adults’ ways of thinking about depression and methods of help seeking.
Julie Paik, MD
Assistant Professor Rheumatology
Undergraduate: Johns Hopkins University
Medical School: George Washington University
Residency: University of California, Los Angeles
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University
Project: “Skeletal Myopathy in Systemic Sclerosis: It’s Identification, Treatment, and Long Term Outcomes”
Mentors: Laura Hummers, MD, ScM, Fredrick Wigley, MD, and Andrew Mammen, MD, PhD
Research Focus: Dr. Paik’s clinical and research interests are focused on neuromuscular manifestations of autoimmune diseases, particularly in the areas of myositis and scleroderma. The focus of Dr. Paik’s current research efforts is in determining the prevalence of neuropathy and myopathy in scleroderma patients. Whereas her clinical practice is focused on the broad range of autoimmune and inflammatory muscle disease in rheumatology, there is a particular emphasis on the neuromuscular manifestations of scleroderma.
