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Two medical students win Shapiro Excellence in Student Research awards

Posted on December 11, 2019

Two medical students mentored by Department members recently won Shapiro Excellence in Student Research awards at the 18th Annual Medical Student Research Forum. Christina Dudley, who is mentored by Heather Neuman, MD, MS, presented “Rates …

Posted in Education, Honors and Awards, News, Research, WiSORTagged medical students, plastic, surgical oncology

November Publications from the Department of Surgery

Posted on December 5, 2019

Congratulations to our faculty, fellows, residents, and staff who were published in November: Looking Ahead: the SSAT Strategic Plan Version 2.0 for the Next Decade Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery Anne Lidor, MD, MPH Office-Based Steroid Injections …

Posted in Research

Using stem cells to develop vocal folds in a dish

Posted on September 25, 2019

A team of researchers, led by Susan Thibeault, PhD, CCC-SLP, have created an in vitro 3-D model of human vocal fold tissue (called mucosa) that could improve our understanding and treatment of disorders affecting the …

Posted in News, ResearchTagged otolaryngology, SLP, voice and swallow

Will Burlingham awarded grant for immunosuppression research

Posted on September 10, 2019

Congratulations to Will Burlingham, PhD, who received an NIH R21 grant for his project, “Exosome-mediated Tolerance in Combined Kidney and Stem Cell Transplantation.” This research will study whether renal transplant patients make tolerogenic virus-sized particles (known …

Posted in Honors and Awards, News, ResearchTagged transplant

Can fruits and vegetables be the solution?

Posted on July 22, 2019

Recovering from heart surgery is serious work, especially for our youngest patients. What if there was a way to make that process easier–with watermelon? The UW pediatric cardiac surgery team is currently participating in a …

Posted in News, ResearchTagged cardiothoracic, clinical trials, pediatric

A tragic fire prompts career shift to surgeon-scientist

Posted on July 22, 2019

Five months after finishing nursing school, Angela Gibson reported to UW Hospital’s burn unit for a night shift that changed her career and her life. A Madison Metro bus had been set afire when a …

Posted in Alumni News, Giving, News, ResearchTagged burn

Bringing surgery to the world

Posted on July 22, 2019

Five billion. That’s the number of people in the world who have no access to basic surgical care according to the Lancet Commission Report on Global Surgery. Historically, the Western medical community tried to address …

Posted in Global Surgery, News, ResearchTagged endocrine, residency, trauma

Department Summer Medical Student Researchers

Posted on July 17, 2019

This summer 25 medical students joined us for short-term mentored research experiences with faculty members under the Shapiro Summer Research Program, T32 grants, and T35 grants. Learn what they studied below. Kathy Bach (Mentor: David …

Posted in Education, News, ResearchTagged medical students

Doris Duke Clinical Research Continuum: High School to College

Posted on July 17, 2019

The Doris Duke Clinical Research Continuum (funded through the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation) offers minority high school students the opportunity to participate in a six-week clinical research experience.  This year 10 students from around Wisconsin …

Posted in Education, Honors and Awards, News, Research

Dr. Nadine Connor recieves NIH RO1 grant for tongue muscle research

Posted on July 16, 2019

Nadine Connor, PhD, received an NIH R01 grant from the National Institute on Deafnessand Other Communication Disorders. The $2 million grant will fund her project “Bioenergetic Mechanisms of Tongue Muscle Fatigue.” Muscle fatigue is widely …

Posted in Honors and Awards, News, ResearchTagged otolaryngology, voice and swallow
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