James Conway, MD (Professor (CHS), Fellowship Program Director, Divisions of Global Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases) spoke with the Lodi Enterprise about how Wisconsin’s pandemic past offers clues to our coronavirus future. Full story.
Celebrating Scholarship and the Latest Advances in Pediatrics Research
Four lectures, ten faculty research vignettes, six oral presentations, 52 poster presentations, and a cumulative total of 725 attendees made up the Department of Pediatrics’ Annual Research Week, which took place virtually from May 26-29, …
NBC 15: UW study suggests people with respiratory allergies, asthma not as high-risk to COVID-19 as previously thought
Daniel Jackson, MD (Associate Professor, Division of Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology) spoke with NBC 15 about his study that found respiratory allergy, asthma and controlled allergen exposure were associated with significantly reduced gene expression in …
New Faculty Focus: a Q&A With Cathy Lee-Miller, MD
“There is value in true human interaction and every child, no matter their age, deserves a doctor who genuinely cares for them,” stated Cathy Lee-Miller, MD (Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology, Oncology & Bone Marrow Transplant), during …
Elizabeth Cox, MD PhD Advising UW Human Research Protection Program’s IRB Efficiency Project
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 …