SCTR TL1 Trainee Wins

Congratulations to the 2023 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Awardees, which include SCTR TL1 trainees Jordan Carter and Heather Holman.

 

Jordan Carter

2022 – 2023 2nd Year TL1 Trainee
College of Graduate Studies (MSTP)
Project Title: Establishing sex-specific impacts of estrogen receptor beta signaling on heroin extinction memory retention.
Mentor: Carmela Reichel, Ph.D.

 

Heather Holman

2022 – 2023 1st Year TL1 Trainee
College of Graduate Studies (MSTP)
Project Title: Investigation of PTSD, neurogenic hypertension, and inflammation on TAA progression.
Mentor: Jeffrey Jones, Ph.D.

 

The Burroughs Wellcome Fund provides early career scholars and pre-doctoral trainees with travel awards to support participation in the annual Translational Science meeting. We are proud that two of our pre-doctoral TL1 trainees were included in the thirty awards given out this year.

The Association for Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS) hosts the annual Translational Science meeting, welcoming trainees, junior faculty, and senior investigators working in translational science and clinical research. Experts gather to share knowledge, promote innovation, explore research through a variety of disciplines, and facilitate research community building.

ACTS currently represents ~5,000 members engaged in academic institutions, industry, philanthropic agencies, and government. 

Founded in 2009, ACTS supports the needs of the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) program, the NIH funding mechanism supporting the South Carolina Clinical & Translational Research (SCTR) Institute.

The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) established SCTR in 2006 in response to the NIH CTSA Program. The CTSA Program focuses on developing the innovative approaches needed to increase the time and efficiency through which observations in the laboratory, clinic, and community can evolve into the interventions and clinical care needed to improve individual and public health outcomes. SCTR has received continuous NIH funding since 2009. 

SCTR’s TL1 (T32) Predoctoral Clinical & Translational Research Training Program provides mentored research training for pre-doctoral students in Ph.D. or dual-degree programs with a strong interest in pursuing a career in clinical and/or translational research. The program includes participation in a variety of professional development opportunities, including the ACTS Conference.

Congratulations Heather and Jordan, on your wins! We look forward to all your future successes.

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