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, Pharmacology

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

Rita Berndt, M.D.                                SOM, Neurology         

Carol J. Blaisdell, M.D.                        SOM, Pediatrics         

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 

Lisa Dixon, M.D., M.P.H.                    SOM, Psychiatry        

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.           

Alessio Fasano, M.D.                         SOM, Pediatrics & Mucosal Biology

Matthew J. Fenton, Ph.D.                   SOM, Pulmonary & Mucosal Biology

Jodi Anne Flaws, Ph.D.                      SOM, Epidemiology

C. Craig Formby, Ph.D.                      SOM, Otolaryngology

Claire Fraser-Liggett, Ph.D.                 The Institute for Genome Sciences

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

Gloria E. Hoffman, Ph.D.                    SOM, Anatomy & Neurobiology

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, Physiology

Timothy F. Meiller, D.D.S., Ph.D.       UMB, Dental School

Stephen J. Meltzer, M.D.                   SOM, GI & Cancer Center

Braxton Mitchell, Ph.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

Ligia Peralta, M.D.                           SOM, Pediatrics

Eli N. Perencevich, M.D.                   SOM, Epidemiology

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 Genome Sciences 

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