Congratulations to Scott Fites, PhD, and his mentor, Bruce Klein, MD, for their recent fellowship award from the Hartwell Foundation. This 2-year grant, titled “Harnessing a long-lived neutrophil to fight systemic fungal infections,” awards $100,000 …
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Bruce Klein, MD, Awarded Grant from US Geological Survey
Bruce Klein, MD, was recently awarded a 1-year grant for $49,527 from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) National Wildlife Health Center for his project entitled, “The novel method for assessing vaccines against White Nose …
Dr. Bruce Klein Awarded NIH/NIAID Grant
Congrats to Bruce Klein, MD, on his recent R01 research grant funding from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH/NIAID). His 4-year, $1.85 million project is entitled, “Lung epithelial …
Students Awarded 2018-2019 Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowships
Congratulations to the following undergraduate students and their Pediatric mentors who were awarded 2018-2019 Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowships from the University of Wisconsin. Students receive a stipend of $3,000 and the associated faculty mentor receives …
James Muse Davis, MD, PhD, Awarded Career Development Grant from NIH
Congratulations to J. Muse Davis, MD, PhD, who was recently awarded a 5-year, K08 grant from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH/NIAID), for his project entitled, “Fungal and …
Marcel Wüthrich, PhD, Awarded NIH R01 Renewal Funding
Congratulations to Principal Investigator Marcel Wüthrich, PhD, on his recent R01 award of over $2.2 million for his grant, “Regulation of vaccine-induced anti-fungal Th17 cells,” from the National Institutes of Health – National Institute of …
Richard Merkhofer Receives F30 Grant from NIH
Congratulations to Richard Merkhofer, graduate student in the Klein Laboratory, on funding of his Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F30) for MD/PhD and Other Dual Degrees from the National …
James Gern, MD, and Bruce Klein, MD Collaborate on UW2020 Grant
Cameron Currie, PhD, will lead a team of investigators, including Co-PIs Andrew Alexander, PhD; Rozalyn Anderson, PhD; David Andes, MD; Barbara Bendlin, PhD; Christopher Coe, PhD; James Gern, MD; Pamela Herd, PhD; Bruce Klein, MD; …
Research & Development Committee Awards Announced
The Department of Pediatrics Research and Development Committee recently awarded grants to six faculty members for the following projects: Awni Al-Subu, MD – UW Pediatric Critical Care Point-of-Care Ultrasound Program Pelin Cengiz, MD – Epigenetic …
Bruce Klein, MD, Awarded R21 from NIH
Bruce Klein, MD, recently received a new R21 award in the amount of $408,030 for his project entitled, “Hybrid histidine kinase: a drug target and path to anti-fungal drug development”. In this 2-year grant from …