CCTST K Scholars Career Development Award Program Welcomes New Cohort
- May 11
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The CCTST K Scholars Career Development Award program will welcome a new cohort of K Scholars beginning June 1, 2026.
The K Scholars program is an institutional K award program that is focused on developing cohorts of exceptional early-career investigators from a broad range of disciplines across the academic health system who aspire to lead clinical and translational programs of research.
Please join us in welcoming our newest K Scholars!

Assistant Professor, Cincinnati Children's Division of Hospital Medicine
Project Title: "Outcomes in Febrile Infants and Young Children with Bacteriuria without Pyuria”
Mentored by:
Patrick Brady, MD, MSc, James M. Ewell Endowed Chair, Co-Director and Professor, Cincinnati Children's Division of Hospital Medicine

Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati Department of Internal Medicine
Project Title: “The role of bone resorption in musculoskeletal pain in sickle cell disease Individuals with sickle cell disease”
Mentored by:
Hyacinth Hyacinth, MD, PHD, MPH, FAHA, Professor, University of Cincinnati Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine & Michael Jankowski, PhD, Professor, Cincinnati Children's Division of Anesthesiology

Instructor, University of Cincinnati Department of Internal Medicine
Project Title: "Neutrophil Heterogeneity and Lung Injury during Pneumocystis Pneumonia”
Mentored by:
George G. Smulian, MD, Professor, Division Chief, and Ward E. Bullock Endowed Chair, University of Cincinnati Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor, Cincinnati Children's Division of Emergency Medicine
Project Title: "Rural and Urban Implementation for Seizure Excellence in EMS (RISE-EMS)”
Mentored by:
Lynn Babcock, MD, MS, FAAP, Professor and Associate Division Director for Research, Cincinnati Children's Division of Emergency Medicine



