Cathy Lee-Miller, MD, assistant professor and fellowship director, Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplant, has been awarded a grant from the Cars Curing Kids Foundation for $30,458. The grant started in fall 2022 …
Research
Tony Garcia-Prats awarded grant to assess new pediatric antituberculosis developments
Anthony Garcia-Prats, MD, MSc, PhD, associate professor, Divisions of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine and Global Pediatrics, has been awarded a seven-month grant for $50,000 from Unitaid and the World Health Organization. The grant period …
Dinushan Kaluarachchi earns UW ICTR clinical research certification
Dinushan Kaluarachchi, MBBS, associate professor and director of neonatal clinical research, Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, recently earned professional certification by completing the Certificate in the Fundamentals of Clinical Research. It is one of …
Study points to urban air pollution as asthma trigger
In a recently published study, researchers Daniel Jackson, MD, professor, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, and Matthew C. Altman, MD, University of Washington, two among the group of authors, showed that children with asthma …
Doug Dean part of Waisman Center research team that received $10 million NIH award to study aging in autistic adults
Researcher Douglas Dean, III, PhD, assistant professor, Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, and Department of Medical Physics, is a member of a Waisman Center research team that recently received $10 million in funding from …
Krisjon Olson appointed BIRCWH Scholar
Krisjon Olson, PhD, was recently appointed to the Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) Scholars Program. This program, funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) …
Health and Environmental Sciences Institute awards grant to Amy Erbe-Gurel
Congratulations to Principal Investigator Amy Erbe-Gurel, PhD, Department of Human Oncology and senior scientist in the Sondel Lab, and mentor Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, professor, Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplant, who were recently awarded a …
Paul Sondel and team awarded Cancer Research Institute grant
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 …
Bruce Klein granted second NIH MERIT award, continues investigation of pathological fungus in Wisconsin
In 1984, a new infectious disease fellow at the University of Wisconsin Medical School (as it was then called), Bruce Klein, MD, made his first visit to Eagle River, Wisconsin, leading a team of scientists …
Antibody treatment reduces asthma attacks in children living in disadvantaged urban areas
The team of investigators led by Daniel Jackson, MD, professor, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, found a monoclonal antibody drug called mepolizumab decreased asthma attacks by 27% in children and adolescents who have a …