Janet Legare, MD, clinical professor, Genetics and Metabolism, was named site Principal Investigator for the study, “A multi-center cohort study of achondroplasia.” The study, part of the Achondroplasia Natural History Study, was awarded $232,951 over three …
James Gern, MD, awarded U19 opportunity funds from NIAID
James Gern, MD, professor, Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, was recently awarded U19 Opportunity Funds from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) via the University of California-San Diego. His project, titled …
Christian Capitini, MD, will collaborate with Saha Lab on new award
Congratulations to Krishanu Saha, PhD, Department of Biomedical Engineering, and Christian Capitini, MD, associate professor, Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplant, who will serve as Co-PIs on a new project funded by the UW Grainger Institute for …
Sushant Srinivasan, MD, receives subaward funding from NHLBI
Sushant Srinivasan, MD, associate professor, Critical Care, was awarded a $7,200 subaward through collaborators from the University of Michigan, and supported by the National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). The five-year R01 …
Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, receives grant from Hubble Therapeutics
Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, assistant professor, Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, received a $106,823 award from Hubble Therapeutics for his project, “Assessment of ocular function in KCNJ13 conditional knockout mice administered subretinal HUB-101 and assessment of expression of …
UW to lead national research on pediatric asthma in low-income urban areas
The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health has been selected as the national leadership center for a new clinical research network that will conduct pediatric asthma research in low-income urban settings around …
Amy Peterson, MD, and team awarded R21 grant from NIH/NICHD
Principal Investigator Amy Peterson, MD, associate professor, Cardiology, along with Co-Investigators, Patrice Held, PhD, FACMG, associate professor, Genetics and Metabolism, Vanessa Horner, PhD, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Michael Lasarev, MS, Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, …
Pelin Cengiz, MD, receives Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research
There are more than 10,000 academic staff on the UW–Madison campus. Each year, the university honors a select group of them for their achievements and dedication to excellence. Pelin Cengiz, MD, associate professor, Critical Care, is …
David Evans, PhD, awarded NIH grant with Christian Capitini, MD
David Evans, PhD, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, was recently awarded a new R01 grant from NIH along with Co-Investigator Christian Capitini, MD, associate professor, Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplant. This five-year award (with Year …
Christian Capitini, MD, awarded two UWCCC pilot grants
Christian Capitini, MD, associate professor, Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplant, was recently awarded two separate grants through the 2020-2021 UW Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC) Support Grant Pilot Program competition. In the first, Capitini will serve …