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Clinical and Translational Science Institute
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CTSI K Scholar Program Leadership Team
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Margarita L. Dubocovich
PhD
KL2 Principal Investigator/CTSI K Scholar Program Lead/CTSI K Scholar Program Steering Committee Member
SUNY Distinguished Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology; Senior Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion; Director, Workforce Development Core, CTSI; Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Oscar Gomez
MD, PhD
KL2 Co-Investigator/Associate Program Lead/CTSI K Scholar Program Steering Committee Member
Associate Professor and Division Chief, Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo
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Jessica Reynolds
PhD
Associate Director, Workforce Development/KL2 Co-Investigator
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
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Pawel Kalinski
MD, PhD
CTSI K Scholar Program Associate Member
Vice Chair for Translational Research, Department of Medicine; Director of Cancer Vaccine and Dendritic Cell Therapies, Center for Immunotherapy; Co-Leader, Tumor Immunology & Immunotherapy Program; Rustum Family Professor for Molecular Therapeutics and Translational Research; Professor of Oncology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
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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
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Bonnie Vest
PhD
CTSI K Scholar Alumni
Research Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo
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Hannah Norris
PhD
CTSI Scientific Workforce Specialist
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Marchelle Brooks
MPH
CTSI Education Workforce Assistant
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Victoria Neu
Graduate Assistant
Educational Psychology and Quantitative Methods
