The American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ABMGG) has granted accreditation approval for the Department of Pediatrics’ new Laboratory Genetics and Genomics (LGG) fellowship. The ABMGG accredits medical genetics and genomics laboratory training programs, …
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Dr. Dipesh Navsaria Named Affiliate of the UW Institute for Research on Poverty
Congratulations to Dipesh Navsaria, MPH, MSLIS, MD, who has been formally named an affiliate of the UW Institute for Research on Poverty, the sole federally-funded Poverty Research Center in the United States at this time. …
HuiChuan Lai, PhD, and Cystic Fibrosis Investigators Secure NIH R01 Funding
The investigative team led by Principal Investigator HuiChuan Lai, PhD (Nutritional Sciences), and Co-Investigators Philip Farrell, MD, PhD, and Michael Rock, MD, were recently awarded an R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute …
Jamie Limjoco, MD, Receives Innovation Award from UW Health
Congratulations to Jamie Limjoco, MD, for her grant from UW Health for the project, “Establishing a Regional Virtual Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (vNICU) at the American Family Children’s Hospital.” This 2-year Innovation Award, in the …
James Gern, MD, Leads the CREW
A new national consortium led by James Gern, MD, will work to better understand how genetic and environmental factors interact to cause specific types of childhood asthma. Supported by a new $15 million grant from …
David McCulley, MD, Wins Sutherland Award
Congratulations to David McCulley, MD, for winning the James Sutherland Junior Faculty Award at the 2016 Midwest Society for Pediatric Research Scientific Meeting, held September 22-23, 2016 in Chicago. The Sutherland Award recognizes the best …
Paul Sondel, MD, and Team Win UW2020 WARF Discovery Initiative Award
Congratulations to Paul Sondel, MD, Principal Investigator, and Co-Principal Investigators, Mario Otto, MD, PhD, Jamey Weichert, PhD, Zachary Morris, MD, PhD, and Bryan Bednarz, PhD, for receiving a UW2020 WARF Discovery Initiative grant for their …
Improving Care for Inherited Cholesterol Disorders
A Genetic Disorder Requiring Early Diagnosis Thanks to funding support from a Wisconsin Partnership Program Opportunity Grant, Dr. Peterson will lead the Wisconsin Pediatric Lipid Consortium, a partnership between UW Health, Dean Health Systems, Gundersen …
James Gern, MD, Leads $15 Million Grant to Study How Environmental Exposures Affect Childhood Asthma
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health a two-year, $15 million grant to establish and oversee the Children’s Respiratory Research and Environment Workgroup (CREW) …
Shedding Light on Rare Kidney Diseases
The Division of Nephrology’s Sharon Bartosh, MD, along with her colleagues, is part of a national, multi-site, National Institutes of Health-sponsored trial that aims to understand more fully and improve treatment for a set of …