Cohort 1

Zubair Ahmed, PhD

Zubair Ahmed, PhD

Professor of Otorhinolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery and Ophthalmology, University of Maryland School of Medicine
UM-BILD Translational Project: Gene Therapy for Age-related Macular Degeneration

For more information about this technology, please contact the UM Ventures, Baltimore team. Dr. Ahmed received his Bachelor and PhD degrees from the University of Punjab, Pakistan. He accompli... Read More

Yuxing Li, PhD

Yuxing Li, PhD

Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine
UM-BILD Translational Project: Novel Neutralizing Antibody Technology as Therapeutic Agents

For more information about this technology, please contact the UM Ventures, Baltimore team. Dr. Yuxing Li obtained her PhD degree from Iowa State University majored in Genetics. After a postd... Read More

Joseph Rabin, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine
UM-BILD Translational Project, Minimally invasive device to control hemorrhage

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Sarah Murthi, MD

Sarah Murthi, MD

Professor of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine
UM-BILD Translational Project, Virtual technology to reduce pain and promote recovery

For more information about this technology, please contact the UM Ventures, Baltimore team. Full Bio on the University of Maryland Medical System Read More

Rajabrata (Raj) Sarkar, MD, PhD

Rajabrata (Raj) Sarkar, MD, PhD

Barbara Baur Dunlap Professor of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine
UM-BILD Translational Project: Automated Vascular Access Device

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Kathie Seley-Radtke, PhD

Kathie Seley-Radtke, PhD

Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
UM-BILD Translational Project, Development of Broad-Spectrum Antiviral Inhibitors

Current Fields of Interest: Medicinal/Synthetic Bioorganic/Organic Chemistry and Drug Design: Discovery, design and synthesis of nucleoside/nucleotide and heterocyclic enzyme inhibitors with c... Read More

Yan Shu, MD, PhD

Yan Shu, MD, PhD

Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
UM-BILD Translational Project, Novel Small Molecule Development to Treat Colorectal Cancer

For more information about this technology, please contact the UM Ventures, Baltimore team. Dr. Yan Shu is a professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences. He received his medical deg... Read More

Ian Stockwell, PhD

Ian Stockwell, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Information Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
UM-BILD Translational Project, A Model Agnostic Prediction Infrastructure

Ian Stockwell, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor focusing on the use of data to improve healthcare systems. He joined academia after twenty years in healthcare operations where he lead the quantitati... Read More

UM-BILD/Maryland Innovation Initiative Project Award Winners

Paul Buehler, PharmD, PhD

Paul Buehler, PharmD, PhD

Professor of Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine
UM-BILD Translational Project, A novel device to measure blood gases

Dr. Buehler is a pharmacologist and toxicologist who utilizes both applied and mechanistic approaches to understand red blood cell hemolysis and the downstream effects extracellular hemoglobin, hem... Read More

Amal Isaiah, MBBS, DPhil, MBA

Amal Isaiah, MBBS, DPhil, MBA

Professor of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine
UM-BILD Translational Project, A device to monitor ophthalmic health

Dr Amal Isaiah graduated from St. John's Medical College in Bangalore, India. He was elected a Rhodes Scholar in 2006, following which he completed a DPhil (PhD) in Neurophysiology at Oxford Univer... Read More

Najma Jamaludeen, MS

Najma Jamaludeen, MS

Lecturer, Family & Consumer Sciences, Morgan State University
UM-BILD Translational Project, Novel apparel for diabetic patients

Eastern Michigan UniversityMaster of Science (MS) Apparel and Textile Merchandising Wayne State UniversityBachelor of Arts (BA) Apparel and Textile Merchandising Najma Jamaludeen is a lecturer in t... Read More