Department of Medicine
University of Wisconsin
School of Medicine and Public Health

Research - Recent Awards

Drs. William Busse, Angela Byars-Winston, and Jane Mahoney

Three Department of Medicine faculty awarded at 2022 ACTS meeting

Dr. Nasia Safdar receives CDC contract to assess emerging influenza variants

Science lab

Hematology/Oncology Fellow Dr. Marina Sharifi awarded Doris Duke Physician Scientist Fellowship

Dr. Nasia Safdar receives CDC grant to evaluate COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness in health care personnel

Dr. Rogus Pulia

Dr. Rogus-Pulia receives prestigious award from the National Institute on Aging

File photo of lab

Department of Medicine members awarded funding from the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research

Dr. Christopher Crnich and collaborators receive ICTR COVID-19 Response Grant Award

Dr. Dudley Lamming in lab

Dr. Dudley Lamming receives UW2020: WARF Discovery Initiative Award

Department of Medicine research lab

Four Department of Medicine faculty awarded Wisconsin Partnership Program Research Grants to address COVID-19 challenges

Dr. Nasia Safdar in her lab

Dr. Nasia Safdar receives the Association for Professionals in Infection Control’s 2020 Distinguished Scientist Award

University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center

Dr. Kari Wisinski appointed chair of The Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium steering committee

Nasia Safdar, MD, PhD

Dr. Nasia Safdar elected into the American Academy of Microbiology

Dr. Lindsay Taylor receives Pearl M. Stetler Fellowship Award

Jeniel Nett, MD, PhD

Dr. Jeniel Nett receives funding for research on mechanisms of pathogenicity for Candida auris

Dudley Lamming, PhD, in his lab with former graduate student Deyang Yu

Dr. Dudley Lamming receives Vilas Early Career Investigator Award

Dr. Nasia Safdar in her lab

Dr. Nasia Safdar named a 2020 Wisconsin Academy Fellows Award Winner

Dr. Lisa Jones, pictured in clinic

Dr. Lisa Jones named a UW School of Medicine and Public Health Centennial Scholar

Photo of surgeon general's warning and putting out cigarette

With new NCI Grant, UW researchers to compare quit-smoking treatments in real-world clinics

Department of Medicine announces winners of Inaugural Cultivating Multidisciplinary Science Award

Dr. Ryan Westergaard receives funding for research on transitions of care for incarcerated people living with HIV, hepatitis C and opioid use disorder

Dr. Mark Burkard receives Vilas Faculty Mid-Career Investigator Award

2017 file photo of Jennifer Weiss, MD, MS

Dr. Jennifer Weiss receives collaborative health sciences program award to improve colorectal cancer screening

Research in a Department of Medicine laboratory

Hematology/Oncology Fellow Dr. Jeremy Kratz awarded Doris Duke Physician Scientist Fellowship

Nasia Safdar, MD, PhD, professor, Infectious Disease, and vice chair for research in the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Medicine

Dr. Nasia Safdar wins ISDA's 2019 Oswald Avery Award for Early Achievement

Lab image to accompany article: Department of Medicine Faculty, Staff to Lead Seven New Research Projects Funded by the 2019 UW ICTR Pilot Awards Program

Department of Medicine faculty, staff to lead seven new research projects funded by the 2019 UW ICTR Pilot Awards program

laboratory notebook

Department of Medicine climbs to 15th in nation for NIH funding

Alzheimer's disease research

Alzheimer's study renewal grant to focus on biomarkers

Dr. Miriam Shelef

Research seeks to shed light on how rheumatoid arthritis occurs

Dr. Nasia Safdar in her laboratory

Study investigates treatments for C diff infection in organ transplant recipients

Dr. Dudley Lamming

Study to evaluate compounds for protective effects in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease

Dr. Barbara Bendlin

Research aims to bring clearer view of synapse loss in Alzheimer's disease

e-cigarette research

Funding awarded for research on how vaping affects heart and lung disease

Dr. Sanjay Asthana

Research seeks to identify life experiences linked to Alzheimer's disease risk

Dr. Rogus-Pulia

Funding awarded to Dr. Nicole Rogus-Pulia for research on dysphagia and Alzheimer's disease

Dr. Nasia Safdar in her laboratory

Dr. Nasia Safdar receives funding for research on C diff prevention using antimicrobial stewardship strategy

department research funding

Departmental funding key to fostering investigators’ research success

Dr. Lee Eckhardt

Dr. Lee Eckhardt awarded funding for heart arrhythmia research

Dr. Nasia Safdar in her laboratory

UW-Madison faculty awarded funding for high-risk, high-reward research

Dr. Dustin Deming in research laboratory

Study aims to identify ways to personalize colon cancer therapy

cell culture

Research evaluates mesenchymal stromal cells as treatment for leukemia complication

Dr. Kara Goss

Research study investigates how preterm birth affects heart function in adulthood

Dr. Matthew Tattersall

Research study will investigate asthma and heart disease

Deyang Yu and Dr. Dudley Lamming

Translational research conference serves as launching point for researchers in the Midwest

electrocardiogram

Funding for atrial fibrillation research awarded to Dr. Nilay Kumar

medical research

Department of Medicine members receive UW2020 funding

Dr. Dudley Lamming

Dr. Dudley Lamming receives endocrinology research award

Dr. Miguel Leal

Dr. Miguel Leal awarded Dr. Benjamin and Marian Schuster Prize

Dr. David Andes - antimicrobial drug discovery

Funding awarded to Dr. David Andes for research on medical device biofilms

computer

Funding supports project to improve retrieval and organization of information in EHR systems

hemodialysis machine

Kidney dialysis clinical research recognized at nephrology scientific meeting