Researchers from the University of Arizona Health Sciences and seven other institutions, including the UW Department of Pediatrics, were recently awarded a 5-year, $27 million cooperative agreement grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Heart, …
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Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, Named M.D. Matthews/Retina Research Foundation Research Professor
Congratulations to Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, who was recently named as the Retina Research Foundation M.D. Matthews Research Professor for 2016-2019. This professorship, with support from the McPherson Eye Research Institute, provides $50,000 annually in support …
Jennifer Rehm, MD, Awarded AHEAD Grant from ICTR
Jennifer Rehm, MD, Principal Investigator, and Brittany Allen, MD, Co-Investigator, were recently awarded a $10,000 pilot grant from the Advancing Health Equity and Diversity (AHEAD) program, of the UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research …
Krishanu Saha, PhD, Christian Capitini, MD, and David Beebe, PhD, Awarded NSF Grant
Congratulations to Krishanu Saha, Principal Investigator, UW Department of Biomedical Engineering, and Co-Principal Investigators Christian Capitini and David Beebe (Department of Biomedical Engineering), on funding of their National Science Foundation (NSF) proposal entitled, “EAGER BIOMANUFACTURING: …
Daniel Sklansky, MD, Selected for APPD LEAD Program
Dr. Daniel Sklansky has been selected to participate in a nationally-recognized leadership development program: the Association of Pediatric Program Director’s Leadership in Educational Academic Development (APPD LEAD). APPD LEAD is a program that provides a …
Norman Fost, MD, MPH, to Receive MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics Prize
Congratulations to Dr. Norman Fost, who has been chosen to receive the 2016 MacLean Center Prize in Clinical Ethics and Health Outcomes. The award, given by the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, is the …
Christina Barreda, MD Awarded Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Fellowship
Christina Barreda, MD, Pediatric resident, was recently awarded a Fellowship from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF). This two-year award, in the amount of $127,500 in direct costs, will support her comprehensive pulmonary fellowship training in …
Mario Otto, MD, PhD awarded AAI Fellowship to support Kyle Kloepping, PhD
Congratulations to Mario Otto, MD, PhD, who recently won a 2016 American Association of Immunologists (AAI) fellowship. The AAI Careers in Immunology Fellowship Program supports the career development of young scientists by providing eligible Principal …
U.S. News Ranks AFCH Among Top 50 Children’s Hospitals
American Family Children’s Hospital (AFCH) was ranked among the top 50 children’s hospitals in six medical and surgical specialties in the annual U.S. News and World Report Best Children’s Hospital rankings for 2016-2017. The following …
New Research Identifies a Genetic Cause for Mauriac Syndrome in Type 1 Diabetes
A research team led by Michael MacDonald, MD, has discovered a genetic cause of a Type I diabetes syndrome that has puzzled investigators for 85 years. In the July issue of the journal Diabetes, the …