University of Wisconsin, UChicago and NIH-led study sheds light on childhood asthma gene
A study published today in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal sheds light on the most common genetic region associated with childhood-onset asthma in African Americans. “While people of African ancestry tend to have more asthma and more …
Christian Capitini, MD, Awarded ICTR Pilot Grant with Jenny Gumperz, PhD
Congratulations to Principal Investigator Christian Capitini, MD, along with Co-PI Jenny Gumperz, PhD, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, and Fellow Nicholas Hess, PhD, on the funding of their pilot grant entitled, “Uncovering Predictive Cellular …
September 1, 2020
Emma Mohr, MD, PhD, Awarded NIH Supplement
Emma Mohr, MD, PhD, was recently awarded a Critical Life Supplement from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIH/NIAID) to her mentored clinical scientist research career development award (K08 AI139341). …
September 1, 2020
Dr. Elizabeth Cox Receives PCORI Grant to Study Domestic Abuse During Pandemic
Elizabeth Cox, along with collaborators from West Virginia University School of Public Health and the West Virginia Coalition Against Domestic Violence, received a $103,000 grant from the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute to develop best …
August 20, 2020
Inga Hofmann, MD and Jane Churpek, MD, MS, Awarded Seed Grant
Congratulations to Principal Investigator Inga Hofmann, MD, and Co-PI Jane Churpek, MD, MS (Medicine), who were recently awarded a one-year, $50,000 Clinical Implementation Grant from the UW Center for Human Genomics and Precision Medicine. Their …
August 5, 2020COVID-19 Supplement Awarded to Team
A second supplement to the ongoing U19 grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIH/NIAID) was recently awarded to Principal Investigator James Gern, MD and an inter-departmental team including …
August 5, 2020
Graduate Student Monica Cho Receives Cancer Biology Training Grant Support
Congratulations to Monica Cho, Graduate Research Assistant in the lab of Christian Capitini, MD, who was recently selected as a Trainee on the National Institutes of Health-funded T32 Cancer Biology Training Grant, directed by Bill …
July 2, 2020Childhood Diabetes and Adiposity Research Training Program Renewed by NIH
Congratulations to HuiChuan Lai, PhD, RD, who will serve as a Principal Investigator/Program Director along with co-Program Director Scott Reeder, MD, PhD, UW Department of Radiology, for renewal of a T32 Training grant from the …
July 2, 2020Emma Mohr, MD, and Karla Ausderau Awarded R01 from NIH
Emma Mohr, MD, and Co-Principal Investigator, Karla Ausderau, OTR/L, PhD in the UW Department of Kinesiology, were recently awarded a $3.8 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and …
July 2, 2020Drs. Tonya Roberts and Elizabeth Cox Receive ICTR-CAP Stakeholder and Patient Engaged Research (SPER) Award to Improve Resident and Family Engagement in Nursing Homes
Tonya Roberts, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor in the UW School of Nursing, and Elizabeth Cox, MD, PhD, Director of the Program of Research on Outcomes for Kids (PROKids) recently received an ICTR-CAP Stakeholder and Patient …
June 26, 2020What We Published In May 2020
Al Dhaheri N, Wu N, Zhao S, Wu Z, Blank RD, Zhang J, Raggio C, Halanski M, Shen J, Noonan K, Qiu G, Nemeth B, Sund S, Dunwoodie SL, Chapman G, Glurich I, Steiner RD, Wohler …
June 24, 2020WSJ: Pregnant Amid a Pandemic: Not What They Were Expecting
Jasmine Zapata, MD, MPH (Assistant Professor (CHS), Division of Neonatology & Newborn Nursery) spoke with WSJ on navigating pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Full story.
June 24, 2020WSJ: Face Masks Becoming a Political Symbol of the COVID-19 Era
James Conway, MD (Professor (CHS), Fellowship Program Director, Divisions of Global Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases) spoke with WSJ on face masks becoming a political system of the COVID-19 era. Full story.
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