Dr. Elizabeth Cox has received a $2 million dollar award to implement and evaluate a patient-centered approach to improving outcomes for kids with Type I diabetes. She was awarded $2 million over three years by …
Advancing Therapy for LCA16
In his laboratory, Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, investigates potassium channel mutations in retinal cells—mutations that are associated with Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA), a genetic disease that causes blindness at birth. Now, thanks to a $1 million-plus …
David McCulley, MD, Receives UW-ICTR Grant
Congratulations to David McCulley, MD, for his recent award of $50,000 from the UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (UW-ICTR) type 1 pilot grant program. His project, “Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: Genetic Basis and Stem …
Dr. Paul Sondel Awarded UW-ICTR Grant
Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, was recently awarded a grant of $50,000 from the UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (UW-ICTR) type 1 pilot grant program for his project, “In Depth Delineation of FcyRIIc and …
Reducing CF ‘False Positives’
Thanks to universal screening protocols, newborns in every state are routinely tested for cystic fibrosis (CF)—a life-threatening disease that occurs in 1 of every 4,000 births—through a simple blood test. Most of the time, the …
Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, Awarded Funding for Pediatric Blindness Research
Congratulations to Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, and his Co-Investigators, David Gamm, MD, PhD (University of Wisconsin-Madison), and William Hauswirth, PhD (University of Florida), for their recent award of $400,000 from an unnamed donor. This gift is …
Peter Ferrazzano, MD, Receives NIH-NINDS Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award
Congratulations to Peter Ferrazzano, MD, on receiving a National Institutes of Health – National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NIH-NINDS) Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (K08) for his project entitled, “Age-dependent microglial …
Judy Smith, MD, PhD, Receives Graduate School Fall Competition Award
Judy Smith, MD, PhD, was recently awarded a Graduate School Fall Competition Award of $15,000 for her project, “The Role of the Unfolded Protein Response in Brucella Replication.” Brucellosis is a chronic debilitating bacterial disease …
ProKIDS Research Team Receives Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Award
Elizabeth Cox, MD, PhD, and her PROKids research team received a UW Institute for Clinical and Translational (ICTR) Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) award for their work, “Engaging Stakeholders to Deliver Family-Centered Diabetes Self-Management Resources.” The …
Children’s Hospital Safety Climate Questionnaire Featured in Health Care Innovations Exchange
The Children’s Hospital Safety Climate (CHSC) Questionnaire, developed by Elizabeth Cox, MD, PhD, and team members from the multidisciplinary Family-Centered Rounds Initiative, will be featured in the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Health …