Congratulations to Dr. Paul Sondel and his research team as they were selected to receive $250,000 from Hyundai Hope On Wheels and Madison area Hyundai dealers. Since 1998, “Hope on Wheels” has donated more than …
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Mario Otto, MD, PhD, Receives Education Grant
Congratulations to Dr. Mario Otto for being selected as a recipient of an educational grant from Miltenyi Biotec, Inc. in the amount of $2,500. The grant will support his travel costs to the CliniMACS Prodigy …
Pediatric Faculty Ranked in Top Five Percent of UW Health Providers in Patient Survey
Congratulations to ten members of our Pediatrics faculty who have been recognized for their outstanding communication with patients and are in the top five percent of UW Health providers based on 2012 Avatar patient satisfaction …
Advancing Therapy for LCA16
In his laboratory, Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, investigates potassium channel mutations in retinal cells—mutations that are associated with Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA), a genetic disease that causes blindness at birth. Now, thanks to a $1 million-plus …
David McCulley, MD, Receives UW-ICTR Grant
Congratulations to David McCulley, MD, for his recent award of $50,000 from the UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (UW-ICTR) type 1 pilot grant program. His project, “Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: Genetic Basis and Stem …
Dr. Paul Sondel Awarded UW-ICTR Grant
Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, was recently awarded a grant of $50,000 from the UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (UW-ICTR) type 1 pilot grant program for his project, “In Depth Delineation of FcyRIIc and …
Reducing CF ‘False Positives’
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 …
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 …