The Department of Pediatrics Research and Development Committee recently awarded grants to thirteen faculty members for the following projects: Awni Al-Subu, MD – Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Incidence and Epidemiology (PARDIE) Study Pelin Cengiz, MD …
Gern Research Group News
Gern Lab Graduate Student Receives NIH Travel Award
Congratulations to Sarmila Basnet, graduate student in the lab of James Gern, MD, for receiving a travel award from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH-NIAID). She presented a poster …
Seven Undergraduates Awarded Wisconsin Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowships
Congratulations to the following students and their mentors who have been awarded 2015-2016 Wisconsin Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowships. Award recipients receive $3,000 and faculty mentors $500 to sponsor a research project that will be presented …
Graduate Student Receives American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation Seed Grant
The research team led by James Gern, MD, has made a key discovery about a cold-causing virus that is strongly associated with severe asthma attacks. The findings point to a new target for reducing both …
First Year Allergy & Immunology Fellows Receive Recognition
Two of the first year Allergy & Immunology fellows received recognition for their outstanding abstracts at the 2015 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) annual meeting in Houston, TX in February. Alalia Berry, …
Drs. Gern and Jackson Receive Supplement to ICAC Contract
Congratulations to James Gern, MD and co-investigator, Daniel Jackson, MD for their recent supplement to the Inner City Asthma Consortium (ICAC) contract, entitled, “Pets and the Infant Microbiome: Effect on Immune Maturation & Atopic Asthma.” …
James Gern, MD, Collaborates on Largest Grant in SMPH History
James Gern, MD, is a co-director on a new seven-year, $70 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) — the largest grant ever received by the UW School of Medicine …
Dr. Robert Lemanske and His Co-Investigators Receive Competitive Renewal on COAST IV
Congratulations to Dr. Robert Lemanske and his Co-Investigators, Drs. James Gern, Daniel Jackson, Judith Smith, Christine Seroogy, Ron Gangnon, Yury Bochkov and Carole Ober, on the competitive renewal of their Program Project Grant (PPG), “Rhinovirus …
Dr. Jim Gern Receives Graduate School Fall Competition Award
Congratulations to Jim Gern, MD, for his recent award of approximately $12,000 from the Graduate School Fall Competition Program. His project, The Cholesterol-Lowering Drug, Simvastatin, Attenuates Rhinovirus-Induced IP-10 Release from Human Monocytic Cells,” will test …
James Gern, MD, Inducted Into AOA Honor Medical Society
Congratulations to James Gern, MD, who has been chosen as a faculty inductee to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society this March. Each year the AOA elects around 3000 students, alumni, house staff, and …