Meha Kabra, PhD, Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, has been awarded a one-year Knights Templar Eye Foundation Career Starter Research Grant of $90,000 for a project called, “Therapeutic genome editing of the large CACNA1F …
Grants
NIH funding supports innovative research and life-saving treatments in the Department of Pediatrics
Last year, the Department of Pediatrics received more than $25 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support a wide range of research projects that will help improve child health in Wisconsin and …
Christian Capitini awarded three-year Robert Connor Dawes Foundation Fellowship
The Robert Connor Dawes Foundation awarded Christian Capitini, MD, professor and chief, Division of Hematology, Oncology, Transplant, and Cellular Therapy, and acting director at the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, the Robert Connor Dawes Award, …
Award from Retina Research Foundation will fund Chris Sorenson’s work to improve vision outcomes in patients with proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR)
The Retina Research Foundation awarded Chris Sorenson, PhD, distinguished scientist III in the Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, with a $50,000 grant for her ongoing project “Treatment and Prevention of PVR and Retinal Detachment.” This …
Ryan Coller wins Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development grant for his project Caregiving Network Contribution to Children with Medical Complexity’s Health
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development awarded Ryan Coller, MD, MPH, associate professor and chief, Division of Hospital Medicine and Complex Care, with an R01 in the amount of $3,320,095 …
National Institute of Mental Health awards Ellen Wald an R21 to study pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS)
The National Institute of Mental Health awarded Ellen Wald, MD, professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, with an R21 in the amount of $441,016 for her project, “Feasibility of a Study to Determine the Incidence, Spectrum, …
Krisjon Olson wins Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research’s Fall Competition for HEART-WISE research
Krisjon Olson, PhD, assistant professor, Division of Cardiology, was a recent recipient of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research’s Fall Competition. An award in the amount of $65,481 will support her project, “Insuring …
Ellen Selkie wins Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research’s Fall Competition for adolescent technology and digital media (TDM) research
Ellen Selkie, MD, MPH, assistant professor, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, was a recent recipient of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research’s Fall Competition. An award in the amount of $57,545 …
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service grant will support Bruce Klein’s research in white nose syndrome
Millions of hibernating bats across North America have died from white-nose syndrome, a disease caused by a cold-loving fungus, Pseudogymnoascus destructans, that invades their skin. Bruce Klein, MD, professor and chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, recently received …
Pelin Cengiz and team wins Meriter Foundation Grant for Healthy Little Eyes project
Pelin Cengiz, MD, professor, Division of Critical Care, and her team members Bikash Pattnaik, MD, associate professor, and Ryan McAdams, MD, professor, both in the Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, have been awarded $99,970 from the …