Congratulations to Christian M. Capitini, MD, for his recent award of $100,000 from the Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer (MACC fund) for “Inhibiting STAT1 as a platform for GVHD resistance and preservation of GVL.” This …
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Dr. Mario Otto Awarded MACC Funding
Mario Otto, MD, PhD, was recently awarded $100,000 from the Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer (MACC fund) for “Development of Multifunctional Superparamagnetic anti-GD2 Nanoparticles for Simultaneous Molecular Imaging, Cancer Cell Targeting and Drug Delivery.” This …
Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, Awarded Meriter Foundation Grant
Congratulations to Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, for his award of $17,000 from the Meriter Foundation for “The Role of Birth-Related Hormones in Retinopathy of Prematurity.” The overall goal of this project is to study how birth …
Dr. De-Ann Pillers Awarded Meriter Foundation Grant
Congratulations to De-Ann Pillers, MD, PhD, on her recent grant of $17,000 from the Meriter Foundation. This is for her project “Understanding the Contribution of Hyperoxia to Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia of the Premature Infant.” This study …
Dr. Pamela Kling Awarded Meriter Foundation Grant
Pamela J. Kling, MD, recently received a grant of $17,000 from the Meriter Foundation for her project, “The Interplay between Fetal Iron Status and Kidney Development.” The purpose of this research study is to examine …
Dr. Philip Farrell and Dr. Michael Rock Awarded Legacy of Angels Foundation Grant
Congratulations to Philip M. Farrell, MD, PhD, and Michael J. Rock, MD, who have been awarded $153,944 for their project, “Quality Improvement in Cystic Fibrosis Newborn Screening – Addressing the Sweat Test QNS Problem with …
Dr. Bruce Klein Receives Award from WARF Accelerator Program
Bruce Klein, MD, has been awarded $108,146 for the Accelerator Program “Drk-1 Antifungal.” Through the Graduate School, funding for this award has been provided by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF). The goals of this …
Adrian Grimes, PhD, Receives American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship Award
Congratulations to Adrian Grimes, PhD, who recently was awarded a two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship Award from the American Heart Association’s Midwest Affiliate. This award, totaling $102,000 will support Dr. Grimes’ work in the lab of his …
Pediatrics Residency Graduate, Researcher Improve Health Care in Rural Uganda
Implementing sustainable health care models in the developing world has become a way of life for Lisa Umphrey, MD, a 2010 graduate of the Pediatrics residency program, and her husband and former department research scientist …
Peter Wolfgram, MD, Awarded Marilyn Fishman Grant for Diabetes Research
Congratulations to Peter Wolfgram, MD, Diabetes/Endocrinology Fellow, a recent recipient of the Marilyn Fishman Grant for Diabetes Research from the Endocrine Fellows Foundation. Dr. Wolgram’s project, “The Role of Ethnicity and Race in Site Specific …