Current & Previous KL2 Scholars
The OCTRI KL2 program is pleased to announce the recipients of an NIH supported KL2 career development award. The goal of this OCTRI initiative is to develop independent clinical investigators to conduct interdisciplinary research with scientists from diverse disciplines. The scholars will pursue clinical and translational research in a mentored environment for up to 2 years each and participate in ongoing training such as enrollment in the Master of Clinical Research program.
Scholars Awarded 2012
Laurie King, Ph.D., P.T., School of Medicine, NeurologyPrimary Mentor: Fay Horak, Ph.D., P.T. Professor, School of Medicine, Neurology and Biomedical Engineering; Director of Balance Disorder's Laboratory
Research Project: Wearable Sensor to Detect Postural Instability in People After Concussion
Nicole Marshall, M.D., M.C.R., School of Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Primary Mentor: Kent Thornburg, Ph.D., M. Lowell Edwards Chair, Professor and Chief, School of Medicine, Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine; Biomedical Engineering and Physiology and Pharmacology
Research Project: Maternal Body Composition Regulates Placental Function and Fetal Growth
Elie Traer, MD, PhD, School of Medicine, Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology
Primary Mentor: Brian Druker, MD, School of Medicine, Associate Dean for Oncology, JELD-WEN Chair of Leukemia Research; Director, Knight Cancer Institute
Research Project: Extrinsic Mechanisms of Kinase Resistance
Scholars Awarded 2011
Primary Mentor: Robert Steiner, M.D., Professor, School of Medicine, Pediatrics and Molecular and Medical Genetics
Research Project: Newborn Screening for Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis: A Parardigm for Screening in Newborns with Bile Acide Synthesis Disorders.
Seth O'Neal, M.D., M.P.H., School of Medicine, Medicine, Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Primary Mentor: William Lambert, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Research Project: Taenia Solium Infection Among Refugees from Burma
Scholar Awarded 2010
Eric Adler, M.D., School of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine (now at University of California, Davis)
Primary Mentor: Markus Grompe, M.D. Professor, School of Medicine, Molecular and Medical Genetics
Research Project: Identification of novel signatures of arrhythmia using induced pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocytes
Scholars Awarded 2008
Melissa Nyendak, M.D., M.H.S., School of Medicine, Medicine, Infectious Disease
Primary Mentor: David Lewinsohn, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Research Project: Definition of Human Immunodominant CD8 Antigens in Tuberculosis
Jessina McGregor, Ph.D., Oregon State University, School of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Practice
Primary Mentor: David H. Smith, Ph.D., M.H.A., R.Ph., Kaiser Permenente, Center for Health Research
Research Project: Antimicrobial resistance surveillance to improve empiric therapy in outpatients
Scholars Awarded 2007
Joshi Alumkal, M.D., School of Medicine, Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, Prostate Research Program
Primary Mentors: Tomasz Beer, M.D., Associate Professor, Director, Prostate Cancer Research, OHSU Cancer Institute; Grover C. Bagby, M.D., Professor, School of Medicine, Medicine and Medical and Molecular Genetics
Research Project: The Elucidation of Clinically Significant Mechanisms of Gene Silencing
Jessica Gregg, M.D., Ph.D., School of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine
Primary Mentor: Thomas Becker, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Chair, School of Medicine, Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Research Project: Health Beliefs, Level of Acculturation, and Pap Smear Use among Latinos from Mexico.
Anh Nguyen-Huynh, M.D., School of Medicine, Medicine, Otolaryngology
Primary Mentor: Peter Gillespie, Ph.D., Professor, School of Medicine, Otolaryngology and Cell Biology; Director, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Research Project: The Role of Endolymphatic Sac in the Pathophysiology of Meniere’s disease.
