Happy New Year! 

I trust everyone had a great holiday season and you are all rejuvenated and ready for the new year.  

We are excited to welcome our newest Clinical/Translational Research Training Track cohort, which starts orientation this week: 

• Meaghan E. Broderick, MD, Visiting Instructor, Surgery 

• Shishir Dahal, MD, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Neurology 

• Sheng Feng, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pathology 

• Simon K. Ho, PT, DPT, Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science 

• Priyam Jani, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Comprehensive Dentistry, UM School of Dentistry 

• Marcel B. Lanza, PhD, Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science 

• Kerri E. Lopez, MD, Assistant Professor, Surgery 

• Arissa M. Torrie, MD, MHS, Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology 

• Chenchen Zhang, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Medicine 

Looking ahead, we are busy planning our second annual CARTI/ObGYN Distinguished Lecture, which will be held again in May. As we did last year, we will celebrate faculty scholars who successfully secured their first federal research funding. Information about this event will be forthcoming.  

Please visit our website for more information about upcoming seminars and classes. We look forward to working with you. 

I wish each of you a healthy, happy, productive, and rewarding New Year. 

Sincerely,