Congratulations to PL3 resident, Zachary Morris, MD, PhD, on his seed grant of $25,000 from the American Society of Radiation Oncology. His project, “Engaging antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity to augment the synergy of radiation and T …
2014 News
Dr. Pelin Cengiz, MD, Receives Award to Attend 2014 OSSD Meeting
Pelin Cengiz, MD, was recently awarded $500 to attend the OSSD (Organization for the Study of Sex Differences) 2014 meeting, for her abstract, “Crosstalk between the Estrogen receptor alpha and TrkB in mediating neuroprotection after …
MACC Fund Reaches $50 Million in Research Contributions
The MACC Fund, Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer, Inc., contributed $1.2 million on June 30 to its three beneficiaries, the Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin …
Drs. Coller and Henderson Awarded Grants Through Wisconsin Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Program
Congratulations to Ryan Coller, MD and Sheryl Henderson, MD as they were both awarded grants through the Wisconsin Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN), funded by the Maternal Child Health Title V …
Dennis Ea Receives Pediatric Oncology Student Training Award
Congratulations to Dennis Ea, a medical student in the laboratory of Christian Capitini, MD, for being awarded a Pediatric Oncology Student Training (POST) Award for $6000 from the Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation for his proposal …
Renata Lexova’s Holocaust Escape Story Profiled in State Journal
Renata Lexova, PhD, professor emeritus in the UW Department of Pediatrics and Medical Genetics, recently spoke to Wisconsin State Journal columnist Doug Moe about her experience as a child escaping Nazi persecution in Czechoslovakia. In …
Dr. Dipesh Navsaria Featured in Cap Times Story on Early Childhood Reading to Address Achievement Gap
Dipesh Navsaria, MPH, MSLIS, MD, was featured in a Cap Times article about the impact reading has on a child’s brain development. Dr. Navsaria is the medical director for Reach Out and Read Wisconsin. Research …
Research Assistant Receives Award From Sigma Xi
Congratulations to Michelle Chiu, an Undergraduate Research Assistant in Dr. De-Ann Pillers’ lab, on her $2,500 award from Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society. Her project, “Uncovering Oxytocin Signaling in a Single Cell,” will explore …
Improving Newborn Screening in Wisconsin’s Amish
On April 30, 2014, approximately 150 Amish and Mennonite family members—along with community practitioners and state and county health personnel—gathered at the Scenic Bluffs Community Health Center in Norwalk, WI, for a second community meeting …
Christian Capitini, MD, Receives NIH-NCI Award
Congratulations to Christian Capitini, MD on receiving a National Institutes of Health-National Cancer Institute (NIH-NCI) Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (K08) for his project entitled “Inhibiting STAT1 as a novel graft-versus-host/graft-versus-leukemia therapy”. This …