Corrine Voils, PhD, was selected as Director of the UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research KL2 Scholar program, along with fellow Director Manish Shah, MD, PhD, of the Department of Emergency Medicine. The KL2 Scholar …
Honors and Awards
Dr. Rebecca Sippel’s 2018 AAS Presidential Address
Dr. Rebecca Sippel, Associate Professor and Chief of our Endocrine Surgery Division, recently gave a moving Presidential Address at the Association for Academic Surgery (AAS). As one audience member put it, “Absolutely blown away by address …
Newly Appointed Leaders for Association for Academic Surgery
Congratulations to Luke Funk, MD, MPH, and Susan Pitt, MD, MPHS, who were recently appointed to leadership positions in the Association for Academic Surgery. Dr. Funk will be the Publications Committee Co-Chair, will serve on the …
NIH R01 Grant awarded to Jack Jiang, MD
Jack Jiang, MD, has been awarded a five-year NIH R01 grant for his project, “Optimization And Therapeutic Translation of Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract Techniques,” through the National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. Dr. Jiang …
Dr. Redfield honored with Vilas Faculty Early Career Investigator Award
Congratulations to Robert Redfield III, MD, who has been awarded a Vilas Faculty Early Career Investigator Award by the Office of the Provost at UW-Madison. This honor recognizes research and teaching excellence in faculty across …
Dr. Angela Gibson awarded 2017 New Investigator Program Grant
Angela Gibson, MD, PhD, FACS, has been awarded a 2017 New Investigator Program grant for her project “Autologous Regeneration in Burn Injured Patients.” Awarded by the Partnership Education and Research Committee of the University of …
Otolaryngology researcher Cynthia Kelm-Nelson receives NIH R21 grant
Cynthia Kelm-Nelson, PhD, received a three-year NIH R21 grant for $153,000 annually, awarded through The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. This grant supports her project “Communication dysfunction in Parkinson disease: Integrated genetic …
Dr. Schwarze honored as National Academy of Medicine Emerging Leader
Gretchen Schwarze, MD, MPP, FACS, was selected as an inaugural member of the National Academy of Medicine’s Emerging Leaders Forum. This program honors and supports early-career leaders in health and medicine who are poised to …
Dr. Heather Neuman awarded NIH R01 grant
Heather Neuman, MD, MS has been awarded a $1.2 million, 5-year NIH R01 grant through the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) for her project titled “Increasing Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Patients’ Engagement in Breast Cancer …
Dr. Luke Funk awarded Clowes Memorial Research Career Development Award
Congratulations to Luke Funk, MD, MPH, who has been awarded the 2018 George H. A. Clowes, Jr., MD, FACS, Memorial Research Career Development Award from the American College of Surgeons. This competitive, five-year funding award …