Director's Message: July
![May 2024 funding recognition, left to right: E. Albert Reece, Gloria Reeves for Stephanie Hare, Matthew Frieman for Meagan Deming, Galya Bigman, Rachel Breman, Haley Miles-McLean, and Marey Shriver](https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/research/carti/images/directorbanner.jpg)
I hope everyone had a safe and restful holiday. We at CARTI have been hard at work closing out the last academic year and planning for the fall.
We had a great year at CARTI and were able to begin formally celebrating those who have successfully garnered federal funding after completing CARTI training. While we haven’t celebrated everyone yet--promise to do so moving forward--we recognized nine faculty members across four schools and the VA this past May. Congratulations to everyone who has worked so hard and seen their efforts pay off!
![Professor Yuk-Ming Dennis Lo at UMSOM](https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/research/carti/images/directorDLo.jpg)
We also hosted
our first CARTI Distinguished Research Lecturer, Professor Dennis Lo, who gave a truly inspirational presentation in May. Professor Lo shared with us the challenges and successes he has experienced in his career thus far, from his early days in the lab as a medical student, to receiving the 2022 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award.
In June, we celebrated the completion of our second CARTI Clinical/Public Health Training Track cohort with
eight amazing scholars. We had a fulfilling year and hope you did as well.
![June 2024 CARTI training track graduation, left to right: Nirav Shah, Dena Tran, Jason Rose, and E. Albert Reece](https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/research/carti/images/directordena.jpg)
Looking forward we are launching exciting new programming, including our
CARTI Basic Science Training Track, for which applications are due Friday, July 26. We have also been working on developing a new tool to help early-career faculty identify suitable research mentors and hope to launch that in the upcoming year, so please stay tuned.
Have a wonderful summer and we look forward to sharing our upcoming programming with you in this updated format!
Sincerely,
E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA