Congratulations to Gwen McIntosh, MD, MPH, for being selected to join Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA), the prestigious national medical honor society by the 4th year AOA members. Founded in 1902, Alpha Omega Alpha recognizes scholarship, …
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Vivek Balasubramaniam, MD, Awarded NIH Funding with University of Kentucky
Vivek Balasubramaniam, MD, will serve as a Co-Investigator/Subaward Principal Investigator for a grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH-NHLBI) to the University of Kentucky entitled, “Specific Lysis for Large-Volume, …
Ellen Wald, MD, Awarded NIH Funding with University of Pittsburgh
Congratulations to Nader Shaikh, MD (University of Pittsburgh) and Ellen Wald, MD, Principal Investigators of a U01 grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH-NIAID). Their grant, entitled, “Efficacy …
Elizabeth Petty, MD, and Aaron Carrel, MD, Awarded Wisconsin Partnership Program Funding
Congratulations to Elizabeth Petty, MD (Principal Investigator) and Aaron Carrel, MD (Co-Investigator) for funding of their grant entitled, “Engaging Clinicians in Online Social Learning to Close Knowledge Gaps in Community Health: Pilot Focus on Obesity …
Pelin Cengiz, MD, Awarded ICTR Voucher Award
Pelin Cengiz, MD, was awarded a grant from the UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) in October for her proposal titled “Exploring a sex-based therapy: A novel approach for neuroprotection after neonatal brain …
Mario Otto, MD, PhD, Awarded Carbone Cancer Center Pilot Grant
Congratulations to Mario Otto, MD, PhD, who was awarded a one-year pilot award from the UW Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC) entitled, “TCRαβ+/CD19+ depleted HSCT + Zoledronate for Pediatric Cancers.” This $50,000 award ($40,000 from the …
Sheryl Henderson, MD, PhD, Awarded Waisman Grant
Congratulations to Sheryl L. Henderson, MD, PhD, who recently received a Youth Health Transition Quality Improvement Grant in the amount of $20,460, from the Waisman Center of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her one-year award, entitled …
The Right Rhythm for Young Hearts
Fifteen months ago, associate professor (CHS) and pediatric cardiac electrophysiologist Nicholas Von Bergen, MD, joined the UW Department of Pediatrics faculty after having served as a visiting professor for the previous four years. His presence …
M. Tracy Bekx, MD, Receives Waisman Grant
M. Tracy Bekx, MD received a Youth Health Transition Quality Improvement Grant in the amount of $20,250 from the Waisman Center of the University of Wisconsin- Madison. This one-year award, for her project entitled “Transition …
Michael Rock, MD, Receives Grant for Cystic Fibrosis Center
Michael Rock, MD, was recently awarded an Additional Research Coordinator (ARC) Award from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics, Inc. (CFFT). This two-year award, in the amount of $177,755, will provide support for an additional research …