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 …
Gern Research Group News
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 …
Collaborative Project Awarded NIH-NIAID Funding
Drs. James Gern with Co-Investigator Dr. Christine Seroogy were recently awarded a U19 Program Project Grant by the National Institutes of Health – National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH-NIAID) to test the hypothesis …
Celebrating Research & Learning in Pediatrics
Pediatrics faculty, residents, fellows, and students came together again to celebrate research accomplishments during the department’s annual Spring Research Day, held Friday, April 13, 2012, at the Health Sciences Learning Center (HSLC). Grand Rounds and …