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 …
Grants
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 …
Grant from Eurofins-Viracor will fund Rachel Engen’s work to study torque teno virus as a biomarker for immunological function in patients post-kidney transplant
Rachel Engen, MD, assistant professor, Division of Nephrology, recently secured a three-year grant in the amount of $621,000 for an investigator-initiated, industry-funded, multicenter study looking at torque teno virus (TTV) as a biomarker of immunosuppression …
Hartwell Foundation grants Becky Richards award to study CAR T cell therapy for children with acute myeloid leukemia
The Hartwell Foundation named Rebecca (Becky) Richards, MD, PhD, assistant professor, Division of Hematology, Oncology, Transplant, and Cellular Therapy, as one of 10 recipients of an Individual Biomedical Research Award. These awards aim to support …
Rosenau Family Research Foundation awards Hara Levy a grant to study a personalized approach to cystic fibrosis lung disease treatment
The Rosenau Family Research Foundation has awarded a research grant to Hara Levy, MD, MMSc, professor in the Division of Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, within the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine …
Taylor House awarded Pediatric Research Loan Repayment Award
Taylor House, MD, assistant professor, Division of Nephrology, was awarded a two-year Pediatric Research Loan Repayment Award from the National Institutes of Health that will help cover some of her medical education loans. The award was …
Benjamin Spector receives Wisconsin Partnership Program grant
Benjamin Spector, MD, MS, assistant professor, Division of Nephrology, has been awarded a two-year Wisconsin Partnership Program grant of $149,962 for a project called, “Identification of novel biomarkers and pathogenesis of kidney transplant rejection using …
Meha Kabra awarded Templar Award for CACNA1F therapeutic genome editing
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 …
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, …