Laboratory research in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery includes the use of computer modeling to investigate the mechanisms of valvular heart disease progression; lung cancer immunotherapy; and long-term assist for pulmonary and cardiac problems. Transplantation investigations include heart and lung preservation studies and novel approaches to detect lung transplant rejection.
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OHNS Faculty Member Awarded Prestigious NIH Career Development Award
Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Assistant Professor Ruth Davis, MD, was recently awarded a 5-year, $711,000 career development award from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. NIH career development awards provide …
Brown Lab Awarded Grant to Study Potential New Treatment for Type 1 Diabetes
The lab of Division of Transplantation Assistant Professor Matthew E. Brown, PhD, is hyper-focused on creating hypoimmune stem cells – cells that can evade recognition and destruction by the human immune system. Why? Because stem …
Wisconsin Surgery Research Roundup: March 2025
Wisconsin Department of Surgery members engage in remarkable research that yields many impactful publications every month. We’re highlighting several of these publications monthly to showcase the diversity of research in the department; see selections from …
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