State health department awards Ryan Coller grant to enhance goal-setting processes during Individualized Service Planning within the Children’s Long-Term Support waiver program

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) awarded Ryan Coller, MD, MPH, associate professor and chief, Division of Hospital Medicine, a $153,073 grand to expand the use of and enhance goal-setting processes during Individualized Service …

Novel non-mammalian adaptive immune system function revealed in study by post-doc researcher in Huttenlocher Research Group

An investigation using zebrafish genetically developed to remain transparent into adulthood by the laboratory of Anna Huttenlocher, MD, professor in the Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology and in the Department of Medical Microbiology and …

Pelin Cengiz awarded grant for non-invasive techniques to characterize eye function of neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE)

Principal Investigator Pelin Cengiz, MD, professor, Division of Critical Care, was awarded a grant for $50,000 from the UnityPoint Health — Meriter Foundation to fund the project “Healthy Little Eyes.” Cengiz joins co-investigators Bikash Pattnaik, …

Becky Richards awarded ASH Fellow Scholar Award and NIH K08 grant for research in new CAR T cell therapy

The American Society of Hematology (ASH) has awarded Rebecca “Becky” Richards, MD, PhD, assistant professor, Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplant, an ASH Fellow Scholar Award of $100,000 for the period October 1, …

Dinushan Kaluarachchi awarded grant to improve surfactant treatment for preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome

Dinushan Kaluarachchi, MBBS, associate professor, Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, has been awarded a $6,273 grant from the Cars Curing Kids Foundation for his research project, “Less invasive surfactant administration (LISA) for preterm infants …