James Gern, MD, and Bruce Klein, MD Collaborate on UW2020 Grant

Cameron Currie, PhD, will lead a team of investigators, including Co-PIs Andrew Alexander, PhD; Rozalyn Anderson, PhD; David Andes, MD; Barbara Bendlin, PhD; Christopher Coe, PhD; James Gern, MD; Pamela Herd, PhD; Bruce Klein, MD; Janet Lainhart, MD; Lingjun Li, PhD; Vatsan Raman, PhD; Federico Rey, PhD; Garret Suen, PhD; and Brittany Travers, PhD, to study the Human Microbiome in their recently awarded UW2020 grant entitled, “The Human Microbiome in Health and Disease.” This 2-year WARF Discovery Initiative award leverages two UW-Madison population health cohort studies: the Children’s Respiratory Research and Environment Workgroup (CREW) – led by Dr. Gern – which is tracking the early health and development of about 7,000 children; and the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS), one of the longest-running investigations of human health. Support for this research was provided by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education with funding from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. More about the award can be found here: https://research.wisc.edu/funding/uw2020/round-3-projects/the-human-microbiome-in-health-and-disease/