Christian Capitini, MD, is leading a new clinical trial that will test a promising method of immunotherapy for children with relapsed acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL). The multi-site trial just opened at the University of Wisconsin …
Capitini Research Group News
Drs. Capitini and Cengiz Awarded Pilot Grants From UW-ICTR
Congratulations to Christian Capitini, MD, and Pelin Cengiz, MD, who were both awarded $50,000 pilot grants from the UW-ICTR, funded by NIH-NCATS UL1 TR0000427. Christian Capitini, MD is collaborating with Peiman Hematti, MD (Medicine-Hematology/Oncology), on …
Christian Capitini, MD, Receives NIH-NCI Award
Congratulations to Christian Capitini, MD on receiving a National Institutes of Health-National Cancer Institute (NIH-NCI) Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (K08) for his project entitled “Inhibiting STAT1 as a novel graft-versus-host/graft-versus-leukemia therapy”. This …
Myriam Bouchlaka, PhD, Receives Cayman’s Women in Research Travel Grant
Congratulations to Myriam Bouchlaka, PhD, (Capitini lab) for getting the $250 Cayman’s Women in Research Travel Grant for her abstract that will be presented at the 2014 American Association for Immunologists Annual Meeting. Nice work …
Christian Capitini, MD, Earns Early Career Faculty Travel Grant from the American Association of Immunologists
Christian Capitini, MD, recently earned a $1250 Early Career Faculty Travel Grant from the American Association of Immunologists for his abstract entitled “19F-MRI for tracking NK Cells after adoptive transfer” at their 2014 annual meeting. …
Medical Student Receives St. Baldrick’s Summer Fellowship
Matthew Kutz, a medical student and Shapiro Summer Research Fellow working in the laboratory of Christian Capitini, MD, was recently awarded a St. Baldrick’s Summer Fellowship. This $5000 award is for his project “Monitoring of …
Pediatrics Faculty and Scientists Named to Cancer ‘Dream Team’
Six Department of Pediatrics faculty and scientists are part of a national pediatric cancer research “Dream Team” that was awarded a multimillion dollar grant to develop new therapies for high-risk childhood cancers. Team members from …
Dr. Christian Capitini Awarded UWCCC Funding
Dr. Christian Capitini has received an award of $48,942 from the UWCCC to pursue pilot studies of “Monitoring of 19F-labeled NK cell trafficking for cancer immunotherapy using MRI”. This work is developing a new way …
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. …
Christian Capitini, MD, Selected as a Hyundai’s Hope on Wheels 2011 Scholar Grant Recipient
Congratulations to Christian Capitini, MD, who was selected as a recipient of Hyundai’s Hope on Wheels 2011 Scholar Grant. This $50,000 award is for Dr. Capitini’s 1-year project, “Development of STAT1 inhibitors for treating pediatric …