Staff Clinician Mini-Symposium 2026

Featuring Professional Development Opportunities for Staff Clinicians
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)
    • 1:40–1:50 p.m. – Overview of Available Awards (BtB, RASCL, U01): From Opportunity to Application: Navigating External Funding Through the NHLBI Grant Clearinghouse
      Dr. Valentina Baez Sosa (NHLBI)
  • Bench to Bedside and Back Program (BtB)
    • 1:50–2:00 p.m. – History and Technical Aspects of the Bench to Bedside and Back Program
      Hana Smith, M.Sc. (OCRECO)
    • 2:00–2:10 p.m. – Turning a Clinical Question into a Funded Project: JAK/STAT Inhibitors for Systemic Köhlmeier-Degos Disease
      BtB Awardee Presentation
      Dr. Cornelia Cudrici (NHLBI)
  • Clinical Center Research Award for Staff Clinicians (RASCL)
    • 2:10–2:20 p.m. – History and Technical Aspects of the Clinical Center Research Award for Staff Clinicians
      Dr. Leighton Chan (CC)
    • 2:20–2:30 p.m. – Leveraging RASCL Awards to Expand a Translational Pulmonary Hypertension Research Program
      RASCL Awardee Presentation
      Dr. Michael Solomon (CC and NHLBI)
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 in Academic Medicine

Leadership Competencies and Leadership Pathways

Dr. Parker Ruhl (OIR, NIAID and NLHBI)

3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Round Table 

3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Coffee Break

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