Congratulation to Colleen Booth who was recently awarded an Honors Enrichment Grant.
Congratulations to Kavya Koneru an awardee of Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program award in 2022. Title: “Investigating the Proliferative Properties of the Novel Antibody-Suppressor CD8+ T Cell Subset.
Congratulations to Madison Hart who was awarded an Undergraduate Research Scholarship in 2020 and also is an awardee of an OSUCOM Student Research Scholarship. Title: “Investigating critical developmental factors for novel, antibody-suppressor CD8+ T cells”, and the OSUCOM Student Research Scholarship was “Investigating the role of CD4+ T cell subsets in the development of novel antibody-suppressor CD8+ T cells”.
The Ohio State University College of Medicine is an important leader in the broader effort to retain and support early-career physician scientists, support women and underrepresented faculty and address racism in the academic environment. The institution recently received funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation — in concert with the American Heart Association, the Burroughs Welcome Fund, the John Templeton Foundation, the Rita Allen Foundation, and the Walder Foundation — to specifically support physician scientists whose research and careers have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Ginny L. Bumgardner, MD, PhD, professor of Surgery and associate dean for Physician Scientist Education and Training at The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Rebecca Jackson MD, professor of Medicine, and director of the OSU Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences are the Principal Investigators of this $550,000 grant.
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Bumgardner on her new appointment as the Associate Dean for Physician Scientist Education and Training!! She will be responsible for providing vision and leadership for the education and training of clinician scientist learners and faculty in the College of Medicine.
“I am a second-year undergraduate pharmaceutical science major at the Ohio State College of Pharmacy. As a part of the Bumgardner Lab, I hope to learn more about immunology and how current research in the field can impact transplant surgery. I am excited to grow as a researcher and learn how to effectively investigate various research questions.”
“I’m a sophomore at Ohio State University, with a major in Health Sciences and a minor in International Relations and Diplomacy. My goal is to work in health equity and help decrease global health disparities. I believe understanding immunology is critical for this, as understanding the immune system helps us understand how we fight diseases, no matter who or where we are. In the Bumgardner lab, I hope to learn more about the intricacies of T cells’ functions and am excited to study the immune systems of living specimen.”
