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CTSI K Scholars
Current CTSI K Scholars
July 2020 - Present
Shipra Gandhi
MD
CTSI K Scholar
KL2 Funding Source, Assistant Professor of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Hyuk-Jae Edward Kwon
DDS, PhD
CTSI K Scholar
KL2 Funding Source, Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University at Buffalo
Kathleen Kokolus
PhD
CTSI K Scholar
BTC Funding Source, Assistant Professor of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Qian Liu
PhD
CTSI K Scholar
BTC Funding Source, Assistant Professor of Oncology, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Jason Sprowl
PhD
CTSI K Scholar
BTC Funding Source, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo
CTSI K Scholar Alumni
JANUARY 2018 - DECEMBER 2019
Bonnie Vest
PhD
CTSI K Scholar Alumni/CTSI K Scholar Program Leadership Team
BTC Funding Source, Research Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo
JANUARY 2018 - DECEMBER 2019
Swapna Thota
MD
CTSI K Scholar Alumni
BTC Funding Source, Assistant Professor, Department of Oncology, University of Tennessee Health Sciences and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Maximiliano Rapanelli
PhD
CTSI K Scholar Alumni
KL2 Funding Source, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo
FEBRUARY 2018 - APRIL 2019
David Jacobs
PharmD, PhD
CTSI K Scholar Alumni
BTC Funding Source, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo
FEBRUARY 2018 - SEPTEMBER 2018
Hilliard Kutscher
PhD
CTSI K Scholar Alumni
BTC Funding Source, Research Assistant Professor, Institute for Lasers Photonics and Biophotonics, Department of Anesthesiology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo
October 2016 - SEPTEMBER 2018
Jason Muhitch
PhD
CTSI K Scholar Alumni
BTC Funding Source, Assistant Professor of Oncology, Department of Urology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
March 2017 - July 2019
Jason Davies
MD, PhD
CTSI K Scholar Alumni
KL2/BTC Funding Source, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Bioinformatics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo
OCTOBER 2016 – SEPTEMBER 2017
Umesh Sharma
MD, PhD
CTSI K Scholar Alumni Scholar/CTSI K Scholar Program Leadership Team Member
BTC Funding Source, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo
January 2016 - December 2017
Nikhil Satchidanand
PhD
CTSI K Scholar Alumni
KL2 Funding Source, Assistant Professor, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo
January 2016 - June 2017 (Deceased)
Ellen Volpe
PhD
CTSI K Scholar Alumni
Kl2 Funding Source, Assistant Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing, University at Buffalo