A reopened clinical trial led by Department of Pediatrics Associate Professor Kenneth DeSantes, MD, may offer hope for children with life-threatening cancer that hasn’t responded to conventional treatment. The trial uses an experimental therapy called …
Month: March 2012
Dr. Christian Capitini Accepted into the University of Wisconsin Centennial Scholars Program
Congratulations to Christian Capitini, MD, for his acceptance into the University of Wisconsin Centennial Scholars Program. This program provides a 3-year award of $75,000/year + fringe benefits and offers at least 50% protected research time. …
Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, Receives Mirus Research Award
Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, was recently received a Mirus Research Award in the amount of $2,000 for his project, “Inwardly rectifying potassium channel dysfunction in retina.” The grant is for the use of Mirus Bio’s transfection …
Dr. Ellen Wald Awarded NIH-NICHD Grant Funding
Ellen Wald, MD, was recently awarded a National Institutes of Health-Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NIH-NICHD) R21 grant entitled, “An interactive web-based intervention to achieve healthy weight in young …
Greg Rice, MD, Receives School of Medicine & Public Health Dean’s Teaching Award
Congratulations to Greg Rice, MD, recently awarded one of the School of Medicine & Public Health Dean’s Teaching Awards. Established in 1992 to honor outstanding contributions to student education in medical school programs, recipients are …