A University of Chicago Medicine physician scientist went from clinic work to pursuing both patient care and health research fueled by more than $200,000 in funding – career leaps that she credits to the training, mentorship, funding, and protected research time she received from the University of Chicago Rush University Institute for Translational Medicine’s (ITM) trainee and junior faculty programs.
“When I came to the University of Chicago and got the TL1 and KL2 funding through the ITM, that is how I began my journey as a physician scientist,” said Maylyn Martinez, M.D., M.Sc., Assistant Professor of Medicine. “And without the ITM, I wouldn’t have had those opportunities and that time to have this very closely mentored training and skill development that has allowed me to take my career to a completely different place that has given it so much meaning…”
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