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Initial position after K12 program: Research Associate, Cleveland Clinic
Career Development Site: Johns Hopkins / Cleveland Clinic (2018-2020) Program Mentors: Vincent Hascall & George Muschler, Cleveland Clinic, Lerner Research Institute
K12 Project: The role of Intracellular hyaluronan and TSG-6 in monocyte/macrophage biology and differentiation under a hyperglycemic stress.
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Initial position after K12 program: Assistant Professor, Washington & Lee University
Career Development Site: BloodCenter of Wisconsin (2018-2021) Program Mentor: Umesh Desai, Virginia Commonwealth University
K12 Project: Isolation and structural characterization of Glycosaminoglycan.
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 | Initial position after K12 program: Medical Officer, Canadian Blood Services
Career Development Site: BloodCenter of Wisconsin (2018-2020) Program Mentor: Karin Hoffmeister, Translational Glycomics Center
K12 Project: Glycomics in transfusion medicine - Defining glycans in outcomes.
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| Initial position after K12 program: Hematology and Medical Oncology, Cleveland Clinic
Career Development Site: BloodCenter of Wisconsin (2021) Program Mentor: Joseph Lau, Roswell Park Division, State University of New York
K12 Project: Investigating the Role of Extrinsic ST6GAL1 in MDS associated dyspoiesis.
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Initial position after K12 program: Scientist I, Codex DNA
Career Development Site: UC San Diego (2018-2021) Program Mentor: Yitzhak Tor, University of California, San Diego
K12 Project: Developing Guanidinylated Neomycin-Enzyme Conjugates to Treat Lyososomal Storage Disorders Linked to Parkinson’s Disease.
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K12 Project: Manipulating PrP glycan structure to understand toxic signaling pathways driving prion-incused neurodegeneration |
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Initial position after K12 program:
Professor, LSU
Career Development Site: BloodCenter of Wisconsin (2020) Program Mentor: Nancy Dahms, Medical College of Wisconsin
K12 Project: Therapeutic peptides based on carbohydrate-binding against neutrophil migration.
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| Initial position after K12 program: Assistant Professor Division of Child Neurology, Department of Neurosciences
Career Development Site: UC San Diego (2019-2022) Program Mentor: Ajit Varki, UC San Diego
K12 Project: Characterize the roles of polysialic acids and Sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-type lectins (SIGLECs) in the brain
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| Jiaxuan Chen, PhDInitial position after K12 program: TBD
Career Development Site: Harvard (2019-2022) Program Mentor: Elliot Chaikof, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
K12 Project: Podoplanin Glycopeptide Mimetics for Treatment of Venous Thrombosis
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Initial position after K12 program: General Surgery Resident, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Career Development Site: Harvard
(2019-2021) Program Mentor: Richard Cummings, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
K12 Project: Identification of carbohydrate antigens and its application in human diseases and disorders.
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Sun-Mi Choi, MD, PhD
Initial position after K12 program: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pathology Immunogenetics, UCLA
Career Development Site: UC San Diego (2018-2021) Program Mentor: Victor Nizet, University of California, San Diego
K12 Project: Upper airway mucosal responses to MRSA in CRS.
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Dorothy Contiguglia-Akcan, MD
Initial position after K12 program: Family Medicine Specialist in Miami, FL
Career Development Site: Harvard (2020-2021) Program Mentor: Robert Sackstein, MD, PhD, Florida International University
K12 Project: Glycobiology of exosome.
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Michelle (Gloria) Ducasa, PhD
Initial position after K12 program:
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Miami
Career Development Site: UC San Diego (2019-2020)Program Mentor: Philip Gordts, University of California, San Diego
K12 Project: The role of heparan sulfate proteoglycans in non-shivering thermogenesis. |
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Adam Kanack, PhD
Initial position after K12 program: Postdoctoral Fellow, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Career Development Site: BloodCenter of Wisconsin (2019-2021)Program Mentor: Nancy Dahms, Medical College of Wisconsin
K12 Project: Platelet and myeloid cell phenotypes in a rat model of Fabry disease.
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Initial position after K12 program: Scientist I, OncoC4, Inc.
Career Development Site: UC San Diego (2019-2021)Program Mentor: Mark Fuster, University of California, San Diego
K12 Project: Glycosaminoglycan-based lung cancer immunotherapy. |
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Initial position after K12 program: Senior Manager, Clinical Science and Translational Research, Vor Biopharma
Career Development Site: BloodCenter of Wisconsin (2018-2021)
Program Mentor: Karin Hoffmeister, Wisconsin Blood Research Institute
K12 Project: The Role of Sialylation and Lectin Receptors in Blood Production in the Bone Marrow. |
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Samuel Merrill, MD, PhD
Initial position after K12 program:
Physician, Unknown
Career Development Site: Johns Hopkins / Cleveland Clinic (2018-2019)
Program Mentors: Ronald Schnaar & Robert Brodsky, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
K12 Project: The role of complement in sickle cell disease and hyper hemolysis. |
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Initial position after K12 program: Senior Director of Clinical Research, Sanofi Pharmaceutical
Career Development Site: Harvard (2018-2019) Program Mentor: Robert Sackstein, Brigham and Women's Hospital
K12 Project: Defining the glycosignature of E-selectin ligands in skin-tropic hematologic malignancies.
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| Pavani Pingali, PhD Initial position after K12 program: Postdoctoral Fellow, UnknownCareer Development Site: BloodCenter of Wisconsin (2022) Program Mentors: Umesh R. Desai & Bhaumik B. Patel, Virginia Commonwealth University
K12 Project: Role of Glycosaminoglycans in Anti-Cancer Immunity
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Initial position after K12 program: Technical Manager, Macromolecules Innovation Institute/GlycoMIP FacilityCareer Development Site: UC San Diego (2018-2021) Program Mentor: Kamil Godula, University of California, San Diego
K12 Project: Design and Synthesis of Fluorogenic Proteoglycan Mimetic Polymers. |

| Initial position after K12 program: Postdoc, UC San DiegoCareer Development Site: UC San Diego (2019-2020) Program Mentor: Gulcin Pekkurnaz, University of California, San Diego K12 Project: O-GlcNAc dependent cytoskeletal influences on mitochondrial localization under varying cellular metabolic states. |
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Initial position after K12 program: Principal Scientist, Dupixent Research, Sanofi
Career Development Site: Harvard (2018-2020) Program Mentor: Robert Anthony, Massachusetts General Hospital
K12 Project: Novel Role of Sialic Acids in IgE Biology.
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Initial position after K12 program: Assistant Professor, UC San Francisco
Career Development Site: UC San Diego (2019-2022) Program Mentor: Victor Nizet, University of California, San Diego
K12 Project: Sialic acid interactions in cystic fibrosis. |
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Kathryn Stackhouse, MD
Initial position after K12 program:
General Surgery Residency at Cleveland Clinic
Career Development Site: Harvard
(2018-2019) Program Mentor: Richard Cummings, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
K12 Project: Glycans as Early Detection Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.
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Initial position after K12 program: Sr. Research Scientist, Trailhead Biosystems Inc.
Career Development Site: Johns Hopkins / Cleveland Clinic (2018-2020) Program Mentors: Mark Aronica & Vincent Hascall, Cleveland Clinic, Lerner Research Institute
K12 Project: Hyaluronan function in adipogenesis and metabolism.
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| Priya Umapathi, MD
Initial Position after K12 program: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure, Cardiac Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Career Development Site: Johns Hopkins / Cleveland Clinic (2020-2022)Program Mentors: Mark Anderson, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine & Gerald Hart, University of Georgia
K12 Project: O-GlcNAcylation and YAP: Defining a novel pathway in heart failure.
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Initial position after K12 program: Assistant Professor, CCRC, UGA
Career Development Site: UC San Diego
(2018-2020) Program Mentor: Jeffrey D. Esko, University of California, San Diego
K12 Project: CRISPR-Cas9 Dissection of Heparan Sulfate.
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Initial position after K12 program: Mentored Researcher on a K08 in the Dasarathy Lab, Cleveland Clinic, Lerner Research Institute
K08 Project Title: Mechanisms of HIF1 alpha mediated dysregulated skeletal muscle proteostasis in alcoholic liver disease
Career Development Site: Johns Hopkins / Cleveland Clinic (2018-2021) Program Mentors: Srinivasan Dasarathy & Vincent Hascall, Cleveland Clinic, Lerner Research Institute
K12 Project: Hyaluronan 35 prevents endotoxin mediated dysregulated skeletal muscle proteostasis during ethanol exposure.
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Initial position after K12 program: Postdotoral Fellow, Unknown
Career Development Site: BloodCenter of Wisconsin
(2019-2020) Program Mentor: Joseph Lau,
Roswell Park Division, State University of New York
K12 Project: Glycobiology in Hematopoietic Stem Cells.
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Initial position after K12 program: Postdotoral Fellow, Unknown
Career Development Site: BloodCenter of Wisconsin (2018-2020) Program Mentor: Joseph Lau, Roswell Park Division, State University of New York
K12 Project: The role of the sialyltransferases and sugar donors from platelets
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