Evan Dray is a student in the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), Division of Hematology, Oncology, Transplant, and Cellular Therapy, and member of the Capitini Research Group, received a three-month, $10,000 award from Kids Beating …
Grants
Sima Ramratnam awarded K08 award to study preschool-onset asthma
Sima Ramratnam, MD, MPH, associate professor, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, was awarded a five-year grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) in the amount of $881,055. This K08 Career Development …
NIH awards Robert Steiner grant for CLN1 Batten disease treatment research
Robert Steiner, MD, professor, Division of Genetics and Metabolism, will be on a subaward to Circumvent Pharmaceuticals, Incorporated for a project titled, “Development of N-tert-(butyl)hydroxylamine (NtBuHA) as a therapeutic agent for treating CLN1 Batten Disease,” …
Bruce Klein and Marcel Wuethrich awarded NIH grant to study fungal antigen resources for development of vaccines and diagnostics
Bruce Klein, MD, professor and chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, will be a part of a three-site R24 study, “Fungal Antigen Resources for Development of Vaccines and Diagnostics,” funded by the National Institute of Allergy …
Ellen Wald awarded NIH grant to study rhinovirus in children
Ellen Wald, MD, professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, has been awarded a $3,745,763 grant for the project, “Identifying the burden of hospitalization due to Rhinovirus (RV) in children and mechanisms of pathogenesis using airway molecular profiling,” …
NIH awards Bruce Klein grant to study link between bat hibernation, metabolism, and immunity in the setting of infection
Bruce Klein, MD, professor, chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, was awarded a $2,265,980 grant for the project, “Impact of bat hibernation on metabolism and immunity to infection,” from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious …
Amy Erbe-Gurel awarded grant to study treatment for high-risk neuroblastoma
Amy Erbe-Gurel, PhD, assistant professor, Division of Hematology, Oncology, Transplant, and Cellular Therapy, and co-investigator Josh Lang, MD, MS, professor, Division of Hematology, Medical Oncology, and Palliative Care, Department of Medicine, were awarded a one-year …
C-DART training grant supporting childhood diabetes and adiposity research renewed for five years
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) recently approved the renewal of the “Childhood Diabetes and Adiposity Research Training Program (C-DART)” T32 training grant. The five-year, $935,233 award, funding years 16–20 …
Paul Sondel awarded grant from CURE Childhood Cancer
Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, professor and research director, and co-PIs Amy Erbe-Gurel, PhD, assistant professor, and Alexander Rakhmilevich, MD, PhD, distinguished scientist, all in the Division of Hematology, Oncology, Transplant, and Cellular Therapy, have been awarded a …
Three students receive undergraduate research fellowships
Three undergraduate students mentored by Department of Pediatrics faculty members were recognized during the UW–Madison Chancellor’s Undergraduate Awards Ceremony on April 28. The ceremony is an opportunity to celebrate the university’s tremendously talented undergraduates and …