Accelerator Awardees
Zubair Ahmed, PhD
Professor of Otorhinolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery and Ophthalmology, University of Maryland School of MedicineUM-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
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of MedicineUM-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 MedicineUM-BILD Translational Project, Minimally invasive device to control hemorrhage
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Sarah Murthi, MD
Professor of Surgery, University of Maryland School of MedicineUM-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
Barbara Baur Dunlap Professor of Surgery, University of Maryland School of MedicineUM-BILD Translational Project: Automated Vascular Access Device
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Kathie Seley-Radtke, PhD
Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore CountyUM-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
Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland School of PharmacyUM-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
Associate Professor, Department of Information Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore CountyUM-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
Professor of Pathology, University of Maryland School of MedicineUM-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
Professor of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Maryland School of MedicineUM-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
Lecturer, Family & Consumer Sciences, Morgan State UniversityUM-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