Mentors
The following faculty members from the University of Maryland Baltimore, The Institute for Genomic Research and The Institute of Human Virology committed their time and expertise to serve as potential mentors when the initial application for the K12 program was made to NIH.
Scholars are not limited to selecting one of the Mentors listed here.
| Edson X. Albuquerque, M.D., Ph.D | SOM, Translational Toxicology |
| Richard B. Alexander, M.D. | SOM, Surgery/Urology |
| Claudia R. Baquet, M.D. | SOM, Racial Health Disparities & Public Policy |
| Stephen T. Bartlett, M.D. | SOM, Surgery |
| Alan S. Bellack, Ph.D. | SOM, Psychiatry |
| Brian M. Berman, M.D. | SOM, Integrative Medicine |
| William A. Blattner, M.D. | SOM & IHV, Geographic Medicine |
| Mordecai P. Blaustein, M.D. | SOM, Physiology |
| Robert J. Bloch, Ph.D. | SOM, Physiology |
| Angela M. Brodie, Ph.D. | SOM, Pharmacology & Cancer Ctr. |
| William T. Carpenter, Jr., M.D. | SOM, Psychiatry |
| Toby C. Chai, M.D. | SOM, Surgery/Urology |
| Hegang Chen, Ph.D. | SOM, Epidemiology |
| Deborah Counts, M.D. | SOM, Pediatrics |
| Kevin Cullen, M.D., F.A.C.S. | SOM, Cancer Center |
| Michael S. Donnenberg, M.D. | SOM, Infectious Diseases |
| Thomas C. Dowling, Pharm.D., | School of Pharmacy |
| Ronald Dubner, DDS, Ph.D. | Dental School Primary Mentor |
| Natalie D. Eddington, Ph.D. | School of Pharmacy |
| Robert Edelman, M.D. | SOM, Geographic Medicine |
| John J. Farley, M.D. | SOM, Pediatrics & Clinical Trials Ctr. |
| Matthew J. Fenton, Ph.D. | SOM, Pulmonary & Mucosal Biology |
| C. Craig Formby, Ph.D. | SOM, Otolaryngology |
| Claire Fraser-Liggett, Ph.D. | The Institute for GenomeSciences |
| Susan K. Fried, Ph.D. | SOM, Gerontology |
| Douglas O. Frost, Ph.D. | SOM, Pharmacology & Neuroscience |
| Amy M. Fulton, Ph.D. | SOM, Pathology & Cancer Center |
| Adele M. Kaplan Gilpin, J.D., Ph.D. | SOM, Integrative Medicine |
| Averell L. Gnatt, Ph.D. | SOM, Pharmacology |
| Andrew P. Goldberg, M.D. | SOM, Gerontology |
| Simeon Goldblum, M.D. | SOM, Infectious Disease |
| Da Wei Gong, M.D., Ph.D. | SOM, Endocrinology |
| Joel Greenspan, Ph.D. | UMB, Dental School |
| Bartley P. Griffith, M.D. | SOM, Transplant Surgery |
| Gregg A. Hadley, M.D. | SOM, Surgery |
| Jeffrey D. Hasday, M.D. | SOM, Pulmonary & Mucosal Biology |
| Marc C. Hochberg, M.D., M.P.H. | SOM, Rheumatology & Epidemiology |
| Charles D. Howell, M.D. | SOM, Gastroenterology |
| James B. Kaper, Ph.D. | SOM, Center for Vaccine Development |
| Leslie I. Katzel, M.D., Ph.D. | SOM, Gerontology |
| Susan Keay, M.D. | SOM, Infectious Diseases |
| Asaf Keller, Ph.D. | SOM, Microbiology |
| Brian Kirkpatrick, M.D. | SOM, Psychiatry |
| Steven J. Kittner, M.D. | SOM, Neurology and Stroke |
| H. Moo Kwon, Ph.D. | SOM, Nephrology |
| Patricia W. Langenberg, Ph.D. | SOM, Epidemiology & Women’s Health Studies |
| Lixing Lao, M.D., Ph.D. | SOM, Integrative Medicine |
| Anthony F. Lehman, M.D. | SOM, Psychiatry |
| Myron M. Levine, M.D., DTPH | SOM, Center for Vaccine Development |
| Richard Macko, M.D. | SOM, Neurology & Gerontology |
| Jay S. Magaziner, Ph.D. | SOM, Epidemiology & Geriatrics |
| Laurence S. Magder, Ph.D. | SOM, Epidemiology Biostatistician |
| Frank L. Margolis, Ph.D. | SOM, Anatomy & Neurobiology |
| Daniel J. McBride, Ph.D. | SOM, Endocrinology & Genetics |
| Margaret M. McCarthy, Ph.D. | SOM, Pharmacology |
| Timothy F. Meiller, D.D.S., Ph.D. | UMB, Dental School |
| Stephen J. Meltzer, M.D. | SOM, Endocrinology & Genetics |
| James P. Nataro, M.D., Ph.D. | SOM, Vaccine Development & Pediatrics |
| David Oldach, M.D. | SOM & IHV, Infectious Diseases |
| Thomas Pallone, M.D. | SOM, Nephrology |
| David Pauza, M.D., Ph.D. | Institute for Human Virology |
| Christopher Plowe, M.D. | SOM, Center for Vaccine Development |
| Suzanna Radulovic, M.D., Ph.D. | SOM, Microbiology |
| Jean-Pierre Raufman, M.D. | SOM, Gastroenterology |
| Robert R. Redfield, M.D. | SOM & IHV, Infectious Diseases |
| Mary Rodgers, Ph.D. | SOM, Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation |
| Violeta Rus, M.D., Ph.D. | SOM, Rheumatology & Lupus |
| Alice Ryan, Ph.D. | SOM, Gerontology |
| Elijah Saunders, M.D. | SOM, Cardiology & Hypertension |
| Edward A. Sausville, M.D., Ph.D. | SOM, Cancer Center |
| Steven M. Scharf, M.D. | SOM, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine |
| Roberta W. Scherer, Ph.D. | SOM, Epidemiology |
| Dan H. Schulze, Ph.D. | SOM, Microbiology |
| Julie B. Schweitzer, Ph.D. | SOM, Psychiatry |
| David W. Scott, Ph.D. | SOM, Surgery |
| Terez Shea-Donahue, Ph.D. | SOM, GI & Mucosal Biology |
| Michael T. Shipley, M.D., Ph.D. | SOM, Anatomy & Neurobiology |
| Kristi D. Silver, M.D. | SOM, Endocrinology & GCRC |
| J. Marc Simard, M.D., Ph.D. | SOM, Neurosurgery |
| Barbara A. Smith, Ph.D., RN | UMB, School of Nursing |
| Dudley K. Strickland, Ph.D. | SOM, Surgery |
| G. Thomas Strickland, M.D., Ph.D. | SOM, Epidemiology |
| Scott Strome, M.D. | SOM, Surgery, Head & Neck Cancer |
| Peter W. Swaan, Ph.D. | UMB, School of Pharmacy |
| Lydia R. Temoshok, Ph.D. | SOM & IHV, Epidemiology |
| Herve S.G. Tettelin, Ph.D. | The Institute for GenomeSciences |
| Gunvant Thaker, M.D. | SOM, Psychiatry |
| Stephanie N. Vogel, Ph.D. | SOM, Microbiology |
| John W. Warren, M.D. | SOM, Infectious Diseases |
| Jill Whitall, Ph.D. | SOM, Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation |
| Ilene H. Zuckerman, Pharm. D. | UMB, School of Pharmacy |