Congratulations to Christian Capitini, MD, who was recently awarded a one-year grant from the UW Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education for his project entitled, “Enhancing the graft-versus-tumor effect against neuroblastoma.” …
Monica Gressett Awarded Research Scholarship
Congratulations to Monica Gressett, student researcher in the lab of Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, who was recently awarded the Ann Haney Senior Honors Research Scholarship from the UW School of Letter and Sciences. She is …
Thor Jeppson from PROKids Presents at National Dissemination and Implementation Conference
Thor Jeppson, research specialist for PROKids, recently presented at the 8th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health in Washington, DC. “Identifying barriers and solutions to research participation for chronically ill …
New Therapies for Inherited Retinal Disease LCA16?
A new grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Eye Institute Audacious Goals Initiative will allow Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, to identify new therapeutic pathways for Leber’s Congenital Amaurosis (LCA), an inherited retinal degenerative disease …
Gern Lab Graduate Student Receives NIH Travel Award
Congratulations to Sarmila Basnet, graduate student in the lab of James Gern, MD, for receiving a travel award from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH-NIAID). She presented a poster …
Sondel Lab Graduate Student Receives Award
Zulmarie Perez-Horta, PhD student in the lab of Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, was a recent recipient of the First Place Award for Graduate Student Research for her research poster at the 2nd Annual Puerto Rico …
Neonatology Researchers Receive $120,000 in Meriter Foundation Grants
Congratulations to five investigators from the Division of Neonatology & Newborn Nursery who were recently awarded nearly $120,000 in total funding from the Meriter Foundation Research and Education Grants Program. The awards will support four …
Robert Strait, MD, Awarded Endocrine Fellows Foundation Research Grant
Congratulations to Robert Strait, MD, Endocrinology/Diabetes fellow, who was recently awarded an Endocrine Fellows Foundation (EFF) Research Grant in the amount of $5,000, funded by the EFF. This 1-year award, for his project entitled, “HPA …
Remembering Nasrollah Shahidi, MD, First Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Division Head
Nasrollah (Nasr) Shahidi, MD, emeritus professor of pediatrics, died on November 30, 2015. He was the first head of the University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics’ Division of Hematology and Oncology, a world leader in …
Elizabeth Cox, MD, PhD, Consulting On Dr. Safdar’s PCORI-funded Research On Healthcare-Associated Infections
Dr. Elizabeth Cox will consult on new research on healthcare-associated infections (HAI), funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). Led by Dr. Nasia Safdar, Associate Chief of Staff for Research at the William S. Middleton VA …