Staff Clinician Mini-Symposium 2026

Staff Clinicians & NIH Clinical Faculty
1:30 p.m. – 1:35 p.m.

Opening Remarks- Dr. Gina Montealegre (NIAID)

1:40 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Research Funding Awards 

  • Overview of available awards (BtB, RASCL, U01) – why this matters; NHLBI project - an example to follow
    • 1:40 - 1:50 pm Dr. Valentina Baez Sosa (NHLBI)
      • Bench to Bedside and Back Program (BtB)
        • 1:50 - 2:00 pm History and Technical aspects - Ahmed Gharib – PENDING
        • 2:00 - 2:10 pm 2025 Awardee: Turning a Clinical Question into a Funded Project: JAK/STAT Inhibitors for Systemic Köhlmeier-Degos Disease – Dr. Cornelia Cudrici (NHLBI)
      • Clinical Center Research Award for Staff Clinicians Program (RASCL)
        • 2:10 - 2:20 pm RASCL Awardee:  Leveraging RASCL Awards to Expand a Translational Pulmonary Hypertension Research Program – Dr. Michael Solomon (CC)
2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Partnership Model 

  • InterAgency Collaboration
    • 2:30 - 2:40 pm Project IN-DEPTH: Understanding Gulf War Veteran Health through Investigative Deep Phenotyping – Dr. Brian Walitt (NINDS)
      • Clinical Collaboration
        • 2:40 - 3:00 pm Complex comorbidities in AUD: a case illustrating the comprehensive approach taken on a NIAAA natural history protocol – Dr. Suma Singh (CC) 
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

Leadership 

  • Leadership Competencies and Leadership Pathways
    • 3:00 - 3:15 pm Dr. Parker Ruhl (NIAID) 
3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Round Table 

3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Coffee Break

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