The UW Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) is launching a new effort called the “IRB Efficiency Project.” During this project, the HRPP will be evaluating its current procedures with the aim of improving the efficiency …
Capitini Student Receives Honors Summer Apprentice Award from UW
Congratulations to UW undergraduate student David Turicek, who was awarded a Welton Summer Sophomore Honors Apprenticeship for the project, “Treating post-transplant B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia with blinatumomab as a radiation sparing immunotherapy.” This project will …
Graduate Student Fernanda Szewc Awarded ICTR TL1 Traineeship
Congratulations to Fernanda Szewc, graduate research assistant in the Capitini Laboratory, who was recently appointed to the TL1 Clinical Investigation program supported by the UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR). This two-year award …
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Awarded to Aicha Quamine
Congratulations to Aicha Quamine, Hematology/Oncology & Bone Marrow Transplant Graduate Student in the Capitini Laboratory, who was recently awarded a 2020 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) for her project “Bioengineering and Characterization …
Meha Kabra, PhD, Receives Research Training Award
Congratulations to Meha Kabra, PhD, (Post-doctoral Research Associate in the lab of Bikash Pattnaik, PhD), who received a training award from the Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Center (SCRMC) for her research proposal, “CRISPR Base …
Two Pediatric Projects Awarded NIH “HEROS” Supplements for COVID-19 Research
A team in the lab of James Gern, MD, including co-investigators Christine Seroogy, MD, Daniel Jackson, MD, and Sima Ratnamam, MD, was recently awarded a supplement to their ongoing U19 grant from the National Institutes …
Bruce Klein, MD Awarded Renewal of Microbes in Health and Disease T32 Training Program
Congratulations to Bruce Klein, MD, PI of the “Microbes in Health and Disease” T32 Training Program, which was recently renewed by the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH/NIAID), for …
Madison.com: Spurred by COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth becomes mainstream at Madison clinics, hospitals
Tom Brazelton, MD, MPH (Professor (CHS), Division of Critical Care, and Vice Chair of Quality) and Maria Stanley, MD (Clinical Associate Professor and Division Chief, Division of Development Pediatrics and Rehabilitation Medicine) spoke with Madison.com about …
Wisconsin Health News: Wisconsin ERs See Decline in Visits
Joshua Ross, MD (Associate Professor (CHS), Interim Section Chief, Division of Emergency Medicine) spoke with Wisconsin Health News about the decline in ER visits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Full story.
Dr. Elizabeth Cox, Collaborators Receive Carbone Cancer Center’s Rural Cancer Pilot Award
Elizabeth Cox, MD, PhD (Director of the Program of Research on Outcomes for Kids (PROKids), and Professor, Division of General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine), in collaboration with Chris Queram (CEO and president of Wisconsin Collaborative for …