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CTSI K Scholars
Current CTSI K Scholars
March 2023 - Present
Gillian Franklin
MD, PhD, MPH, MS
March 2023 - Present
NCATS Supplement Funding Source, Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
July 2022 - Present
Ajay Gupta
MD, MS
July 2022 - Present
BTC Funding Source, Pediatric Oncologist, Roswell Park Oishei Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Program, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
July 2022 - Present
David E. Heppner
PhD
July 2022 - Present
BTC Funding Source, Jere Solo Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences
July 2022 - Present
John C. Hu
MD, PhD
July 2022 - Present
KL2 Funding Source, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences; Physician, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, VA Western New York Health Care System
July 2022 - Present
Denise Lillvis
PhD, MPA
July 2022 - Present
KL2 Funding Source, Assistant Professor, Division of Health Services Policy and Practice, Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, School of Public Health and Health Professions
July 2022 - Present
John Lillvis
MD, PhD
July 2022 - Present
BTC Funding Source, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
CTSI K Scholar Alumni
JULY 2020 – SEPTEMBER 2022
Shipra Gandhi
MD
July 2020 – September 2022
KL2 Funding Source, Assistant Professor of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Qian Liu
PhD
July 2020 - September 2022
BTC Funding Source, Assistant Professor of Oncology, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
July 2020 - June 2022
Hyuk-Jae Edward Kwon
DDS, PhD
July 2020 - June 2022
KL2 Funding Source, Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University at Buffalo
Kathleen Kokolus
PhD
July 2020 - June 2022
BTC Funding Source, Assistant Professor of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Jason Sprowl
PhD
July 2020 - June 2022
BTC Funding Source, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo
Remi Adelaiye-Ogala
PhD
July 2020 - June 2022
Jacobs School Funding Source, Assistant Professor of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
JANUARY 2018 - DECEMBER 2019
Bonnie Vest
PhD
January 2018 - December 2019
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
January 2018 - December 2019
BTC Funding Source, Assistant Professor, Department of Oncology, University of Tennessee Health Sciences and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
JANUARY 2018 - DECEMBER 2019 (DECEASED)
Maximiliano Rapanelli
PhD
January 2018 - December 2019 (Deceased)
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
February 2018 - April 2019
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
February 2018 - September 2018
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
October 2016 - September 2018
BTC Funding Source, Assistant Professor of Oncology, Department of Urology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
March 2017 - July 2019
Jason Davies
MD, PhD
March 2017 - July 2019
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
October 2016 - September 2017
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
January 2016 - December 2017
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
January 2016 - June 2017 (Deceased)
Kl2 Funding Source, Assistant Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing, University at Buffalo