Three early-career University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty have received ICTR’s KL2 Career Development Award. The award period began July 1, 2023. These promising investigators will receive 75% protected time for research, state-of-the-art mentoring and career development training over the next two years. They will join eight continuing scholars from previous award cycles who continue to be supported by ICTR KL2 awards, an NIH-funded initiative through the Clinical and Translational Science Awards program (CTSA).
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Scott Crawford, PhD, CSCS, is an assistant professor with a joint appointment in the departments of Kinesiology and Orthopedics & Rehabilitation. His KL2 award will support a study of neural plasticity and muscle mechanics following hamstring injury. His research aims to provide evidence of altered central nervous system responses following hamstring strain injury—a currently unaddressed factor in muscle recovery—and motivate future studies toward novel rehabilitation strategies.
Farhan Raza, MD, is an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine. His KL2 award will support research on right ventricular-vascular uncoupling and exercise intolerance in pulmonary hypertension due to heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, a condition with few proven therapies. He will develop bioengineering methods of ventricular-vascular mechanics and catalyze phenotype-based therapies.
Matthew Tattersall, DO, MS, is an associate professor of medicine in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine. His KL2 award will support investigation of systemic inflammation in asthma that may reduce deleterious end-organ effects. The result of this could be a paradigm shift in asthma care to include monitoring and therapeutic targeting of extrapulmonary inflammation.
Applications are currently open for the next round of KL2 Career Development Awards, starting in July 2024. Candidates must be nominated by their department, and nomination letters from deans or department chairs are due by July 31, 2023. Full applications are due Oct. 2, 2023. For more information, visit ICTR’s Career Development page.