The Johns Hopkins Doris Duke Early Clinician Investigator Award honors the academic achievements and potential of early career clinician scientists conducting original and rigorous clinical research projects. In order to be eligible for the awards, applicants must have extraprofessional caregiving responsibilities.
Each scholar receives up to $30,000 of supplemental research funds, in direct costs, over 12 months to support current or developing research. A second year of funding is possible depending on research progress, need for and availability of funds. Awardees are connected with helpful resources, have mentorship meetings with the program directors, and are welcomed into a community of program scholars.
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
