The ITHS KL2 Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Career Development program provides the time, funding, mentorship, and training necessary to foster the early career development of clinical and translational researchers. The program is funded by the NIH and welcomes scholars from all health professions.
KL2 scholars are appointed for three years of support. The program encourages all types of clinical research, including patient-oriented research, translational research, small- and large-scale clinical investigation and trials, epidemiologic and natural history studies, health services research, and health behavior research.
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"As I transition away from my KL2 experience, I do so far more confident in my ability to build and sustain a funded and impactful program of research, mentor future scholars, and meaningfully participate within the scholarly community."
"My experience as a KL2 scholar has changed the questions I want to answer in my research, I think further in the future to evaluate how my current research can be and will be applied to move the lung cancer field forward and actually help patients."
"The KL2 program has been a pivotal point in my research career—it helped me to exponentially build upon my foundation and presented opportunities that have launched new collaborations and ideas."
"The KL2 experience has resulted in measurable goals to develop a competitive K23 application to continue the skills and training critical to becoming an independent investigator."
ITHS is happy to announce the three scholars who make up the 2023 cohort of the KL2 Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Career Development Program: Julie Boiko, Omeid Heidari and James Lee. These early career investigators will benefit from the protected research time, salary support, research funding,......
28 February, 2023
The Institute of Translational Health Sciences is pleased to announce the ITHS KL2 Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Career Development Program is now requesting applications. This program provides the time, funding, mentorship, and training necessary to foster the early career development of clinical and translational researchers and......
31 August, 2022
The Institute of Translational Health Sciences is proud to announce its new cohort of scholars for the 2022 ITHS KL2 Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Career Development Program: Brittany Blanchard, Julie Crudele, and Kristopher Kerns. Candidates are selected from a large group of highly qualified junior faculty......
27 April, 2022