Thanks to universal screening protocols, newborns in every state are routinely tested for cystic fibrosis (CF)—a life-threatening disease that occurs in 1 of every 4,000 births—through a simple blood test. Most of the time, the …
2013 News
David Wargowski to Discuss the Human Genome Project’s 10th Anniversary on Indiana’s NPR Radio Show
Dr. David Wargowski is scheduled to appear Sunday on Indiana public radio’s Sound Medicine to talk about the 10th anniversary of the Human Genome Project. The radiocast will be available afterward at http://www.soundmedicine.org/. Sound Medicine …
Jennifer Rehm, MD, Awarded Appointment to the BIRCWH Scholars Program
Jennifer Rehm, MD, was recently awarded an appointment to the Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) Scholars Program, funded by the National Institutes of Health – Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child …
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 …
Dr. Bruce Klein Receives Graduate School Fall Competition Award
Bruce Klein, MD, was recently awarded a Graduate School Fall Competition Award of approximately $35,000 for his project, “Targeting hybrid histidine kinase for broad spectrum antifungal therapy.” With this funding, Dr. Klein and his lab …
Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, Awarded Funding for Pediatric Blindness Research
Congratulations to Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, and his Co-Investigators, David Gamm, MD, PhD (University of Wisconsin-Madison), and William Hauswirth, PhD (University of Florida), for their recent award of $400,000 from an unnamed donor. This gift is …
Peter Ferrazzano, MD, Receives NIH-NINDS Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award
Congratulations to Peter Ferrazzano, MD, on receiving a National Institutes of Health – National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NIH-NINDS) Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (K08) for his project entitled, “Age-dependent microglial …
Judy Smith, MD, PhD, Receives Graduate School Fall Competition Award
Judy Smith, MD, PhD, was recently awarded a Graduate School Fall Competition Award of $15,000 for her project, “The Role of the Unfolded Protein Response in Brucella Replication.” Brucellosis is a chronic debilitating bacterial disease …
ProKIDS Research Team Receives Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Award
Elizabeth Cox, MD, PhD, and her PROKids research team received a UW Institute for Clinical and Translational (ICTR) Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) award for their work, “Engaging Stakeholders to Deliver Family-Centered Diabetes Self-Management Resources.” The …
Children’s Hospital Safety Climate Questionnaire Featured in Health Care Innovations Exchange
The Children’s Hospital Safety Climate (CHSC) Questionnaire, developed by Elizabeth Cox, MD, PhD, and team members from the multidisciplinary Family-Centered Rounds Initiative, will be featured in the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Health …