Congratulations 2020 ICTR Scholar Awardees
Left to Right, Top Row: Christy (Yen-Pei) Chang, PhD, Director, ICTR Internal KL2 Program; Meghan Banchero, MS, MBA, Administrative Director, ICTR; Stephen Davis, MBBS, Director, ICTR
Middle Row: Ana Coutinho, PhD Student, TL1 Predoctoral Scholar; Luana Colloca, MD, PhD, Director, CTSA TL1 Pre- and Postdoctoral Training Program; Sydney Stern, PhD Student, TL1 Predoctoral Scholar
Bottom Row: Askash Shah, MD, TL1 Postdoctoral Scholar; Lydia Tang, MBBCh, KL2 Scholar; Ann Kuhn, PhD, TL1 Postdoctoral Scholar
2020 KL2 Scholar
Lydia Tang, MBBCh, KL2 Scholar
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Institute of Human Virology
Project Title: HIV infection and hepatitis B disease stage as determinants of response to toll like receptor 8 agonism
2020 TL1 Postdoctoral Scholars
Aakash Shah, MD, TL1 Postdoctoral Scholar
University of Maryland School of Medicine, General Surgery Resident
Research Interests: Cardiac surgery, Mechanical circulatory support
Ann Pulling Kuhn, PhD, TL1 Postdoctoral Scholar
University of Maryland School of Medicine,
Department of Pediatrics, Growth and Nutrition Division
Research Interests: Physical activity, obesity prevention, geographic health disparities
2020 TL1 Predoctoral Scholars
Sydney Stern, PhD Student, TL1 Predoctoral Scholar
University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences Department
Research Interests: Rare diseases, specifically in oncology and hemophilia
Ana Moreira Coutinho, PhD Student, TL1 Predoctoral Scholar
University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences Department
Research Interests: Formulation strategies to improve oral delivery of poorly water-soluble drugs, and laboratory methods to assess the performance of such formulations.