Jo Wilson, MD, assistant professor, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, was recently awarded an Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) KL2 grant for her research project, “Understanding the Impact of GSDMB Asthma Risk …
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Anne Marie Singh and Jim Gern receive awards from NIH to continue their research investigating early-life environmental exposures and childhood asthma
The Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program in the Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) made 49 awards in support of the second seven-year cycle of the ECHO …
Anne Marie Singh becomes new interim chief of the Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology
In September, Anne Marie Singh, MD, associate professor, took on the responsibilities of her new position of interim chief of the Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology. She will lead the division’s successful programs that …
Jo Wilson receives grant to study Gasdermin B and its role in respiratory epithelial wound healing
Jo Wilson, MD, instructor, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, was recently awarded a grant from the 2023 Opportunity Fund of the NIH-funded Asthma and Allergic Diseases Cooperative Research Centers (U19) Program (AADCRC) for her project, …
James Gern and Christine Seroogy receive grant to study microbiome and respiratory health
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) awarded James Gern, MD, professor, vice chair of research, and chief, and Christine Seroogy, MD, professor, both from the Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, a five-year grant expected to total $7 …
Study finds higher asthma rates among Black and Hispanic children regardless of neighborhood income or density
A new, large study found that although there is a correlation between childhood asthma and being born into a densely populated or lower-income neighborhood, Black and Hispanic children had consistently higher rates of asthma than …
James Gern named 2022 AAAAI Distinguished Scientist
James “Jim” Gern, MD, vice chair of research and professor and division chief of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, has received the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI) 2022 Distinguished Scientist Award. The AAAAI awards …
James Gern, MD, awarded U19 opportunity funds from NIAID
James Gern, MD, professor, Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, was recently awarded U19 Opportunity Funds from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) via the University of California-San Diego. His project, titled …
UW to lead national research on pediatric asthma in low-income urban areas
The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health has been selected as the national leadership center for a new clinical research network that will conduct pediatric asthma research in low-income urban settings around …
Yury Bochkov, PhD, Awarded Subaward Contract from NHLBI and Rutgers
Yury Bochkov, PhD, was recently awarded a $194,250 subaward through collaborators from The Rutgers State University, and supported by the National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH/NHLBI). Their five-year R56 project, titled …