Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, principal investigator and professor, Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplant, and Amy Erbe-Gurel, PhD, co-principal investigator, Department of Human Oncology, and senior scientist in the Sondel Lab, were recently awarded a …
Grants
Mei Baker to develop sickle cell data registry
Mei Baker, MD, FACMG, the Wynne Mateffy Professor of Pediatrics and co-director of the Wisconsin Newborn Screening Laboratory, was awarded a $15,000 subaward for her project, “Sickle cell data collection program in Wisconsin.” The project will develop the …
Pamela Kling expands study of SSRIs and beta blocker use during pregnancy
Pamela Kling, MD, professor, Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, received a $13,524 one-year award from the UnityPoint Health–Meriter Foundation for her project, “SSRI exposure during gestation: Earlier birth, low birth weight or small for gestational age …
Christian Capitini awarded Hyundai Hope Scholar Grant to improve CAR T-cell therapy
Christian Capitini, MD, associate professor, Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplant, along with co-investigator Krishanu Saha, PhD, associate professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, were recently awarded a $300,000 Hyundai Hope …
Lauren Zebertavage awarded fellowship from the Hartwell Foundation
Congratulations to Lauren Zebertavage, PhD, post-doctoral fellow, and her mentor, Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, professor, Hematology, Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant, for their recent fellowship award from the Hartwell Foundation. The two-year grant, “Developing effective immunotherapy combinations for …
Robert Steiner, co-investigators developing new therapeutic for INCL
Congratulations to Robert Steiner, MD, clinical professor, Genetics and Metabolism, who will serve as a Principal Investigator on a collaborative Small Business Innovation Research grant for the study, “Development of N-tert-(Butyl)hydroxylamine (NtBuHA) as a therapeutic agent for …
Anna Huttenlocher receives $3.3M NIH award to further cell migration research
Anna Huttenlocher, MD, professor, Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, is the recipient of an over $3.3 million Maximizing Investigator Research Award, or MIRA, from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) / National Institute of General Medical …
Christian Capitini and team awarded UW Research Forward grant
Congratulations to Principal Investigator Christian Capitini, MD, associate professor, Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplant, along with co-PIs Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, professor, Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplant, and Reinier Hernandez, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of …
Janet Legare, MD, awarded funding from Johns Hopkins University for achondroplasia study
Janet Legare, MD, clinical professor, Genetics and Metabolism, was named site Principal Investigator for the study, “A multi-center cohort study of achondroplasia.” The study, part of the Achondroplasia Natural History Study, was awarded $232,951 over three …
James Gern, MD, awarded U19 opportunity funds from NIAID
James Gern, MD, professor, Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, was recently awarded U19 Opportunity Funds from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) via the University of California-San Diego. His project, titled …