Elizabeth Cox MD PhD is collaborating with Dr. Karla Ausderau, an Assistant Professor in Kinesiology in the UW School of Education, to develop processes and tools that engage people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in …
Alex Pieper, Graduate Student in Sondel Laboratory, Appointed to ICTR TL1 Program
Congratulations to Alex Pieper, graduate student in the Sondel Laboratory, who was recently appointed to the TL1 program supported by the UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR). This award provides an annual stipend, …
Peter Carlson Awarded Fellowship from NIH
Congratulations to Peter Carlson, graduate student in the Sondel Laboratory, on funding of his Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F30) for MD/PhD and Other Dual Degrees from the National …
Jasmine Zapata, MD, MPH, Receives New Investigator Grant from Wisconsin Partnership Program
Congratulations to Jasmine Zapata, MD, MPH, who was recently awarded a New Investigator Grant from the Partnership Education and Research Committee (PERC) of the Wisconsin Partnership Program. This 2-year grant in the amount of $150,000, …
Supporting Children with Medical Complexity
Mary Ehlenbach, MD (Assistant Professor [CHS], Division of Hospital Medicine), received the inaugural Paster Family Foundation Innovation Award for her work to design and implement the Pediatric Complex Care Program (PCCP) at American Family Children’ …
HuiChuan Lai, PhD, RD, Awarded NIH Funding with Emory University
Congratulations to HuiChuan Lai, PhD, RD, who will serve as a Co-Investigator/Subaward Principal Investigator for a grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH-NHLBI) to Emory University, entitled, “Method Development …
Pediatric Faculty Members Help Lead Two Collaborative Health Sciences Grants
Jacques Galipeau, MD (Principal Investigator, Department of Medicine) and Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, Co-Principal Investigator, along with Collaborators Douglas McNeel, MD, PhD (Medicine) and David Beebe, PhD (Biomedical Engineering) and investigators from their labs, were …
Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, Collaborates on NIH Grant
Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, will take part in a U01 grant recently awarded to Principal Investigators Zachary Morris, MD, PhD, (Human Oncology) and Jamey Weichert, PhD, (Radiology). Their grant, entitled, “Immunomodulation of the Tumor Microenvironment …
The Caffeine-Kidney Connection
A medication derived from caffeine that neonatologists routinely use to prevent respiratory problems in premature babies may also help improve the health of their kidneys. Earlier research led by Matthew Harer, MD, an assistant professor …
Dr. Inga Hofmann’s Research Team Discovers Cause for Myelofibrosis
An eight-year quest to find the cause of a disease has apparently ended now that scientists at UW-Madison have identified the mutations that produce a form of myelofibrosis, a rare genetic blood disorder. Mutations in …