Dr. Megan Moreno, MD, MSEd, MPH, recently received a research project grant (R01) awarded at just under $2.5 million in total cost for her 5-year project, “Using Media to Explore Mechanisms of Behavior Change Among …
2010 News
Advanced Treatment and Neonatal Screening Save a Newborn’s Life
Tyler was the 8 1/2-pound, first-born child of a Baraboo, Wisconsin couple. His mother had a normal pregnancy and routine delivery, and after a standard hospital stay, the new family returned home. But on the …
Dr. Sondel and AFCH Awarded Grant for “Hope on Wheels”
Congratulations to Paul Sondel, MD, PhD and the American Family Children’s Hospital on their recent grant of $100,000 from Hyundai “Hope on Wheels” to support neuroblastoma research focusing on personalized medicine. On September 8, 2010 …
Education Helps Grow Fit Kids
Department of Pediatrics Associate Professor Aaron Carrel, MD, has a big mission: to prevent obesity and diabetes, and promote fitness, in children. As a physician, researcher, and ultimately an educator, he has found innovative ways …
Infants Exposed to Dogs Less Likely to Develop Allergic Diseases
For many children, a beloved cat or dog is as much a part of the family as Mom, Dad, brother, or sister. But for others, a furry pet means wheezing, eczema, rhinitis, or other allergic …
Tyler Schroeder Receives Two Research Awards
Congratulations to Tyler Schroeder, a Research Assistant in Dr. De-Ann Pillers’ lab, who recently received two research awards. He was awarded a $2,000 grant-in-aid award from Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, for his project …
Dr. De-Ann Pillers Awarded Hartwell Foundation Project Funding
De-Ann Pillers, MD, PhD, was recently awarded $300,000 from the Hartwell Foundation for her 3-year project, “Genetics of the Innate Immune Response of the Infant as a Potential Biomarker for Premature Birth.” The goal of …
Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, Awarded UW-ICTR Funding
Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, was awarded $50,000 from the University of Wisconsin-Institute of Clinical and Translational Research (UW-ICTR), funded by the National Institutes of Health, for his project, “Human RPE cell electrophysiology to model eye-disease.” This …
Dr. Ellen Wald Receives Thrasher Research Fund Project Funding
Ellen Wald, MD, received $355,569 from the Thrasher Research Fund for her 3-year project, “Short (5 days) versus Long (14 days) Duration of Antimicrobial Therapy for Acute Bacterial Sinusitis in Children. The objective of this …
Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, Receives the Professor Biswambar Rajguru Oration Award
Congratulations to Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, who was unanimously selected as the 2010 awardee of the Professor Biswambar Rajguru Oration award from the Orissa State Ophthalmological Society, India. This is only the second time this award …