February 28th 2025 was National Rare Disease Day with several local stations covering the impact of Rare Diseases and the work of the Undiagnosed Disease Program. ABC WKOW 27 | Madison, WI WIFR News | …
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After 14 years of searching family has diagnosis for son’s rare condition
MADISON, Wis. – Imagine experiencing your child born seemingly healthy, but then struggle to grow, walk, learn or talk – and not be able to tell what is causing it. Danelle McGuire felt this despair …
Congratulations to Jessica Lang on the publication of “Super-enhancers and efficacy of triptolide in small cell carcinoma of the ovary hypercalcemic type”
Congratulations to Jessica Lang on the recent publication of “Super-enhancers and efficacy of triptolide in small cell carcinoma of the ovary hypercalcemic type” in iScience: A Cell Press open access journal. Full article available here.
Congratulations to Muhammed Murtaza who was awarded a a three-year, $1 million Exploratory/Developmental Cooperative Agreement Phase II (UH3) Award from the National Cancer Institute.
Congratulations to Muhammed Murtaza who was recently awarded a three-year, $1 million Exploratory/Developmental Cooperative Agreement Phase II (UH3) Award from the National Cancer Institute. The grant will support his study titled “Treatment monitoring in early and …
Dr. Webb awarded Gerard B. Odell Award
This year’s Gerard B. Odell Award winner is Bryn Webb, MD, associate professor, Division of Genetics and Metabolism. She is also associated as core faculty with the UW Center for Human Genomics and Precision Medicine. Webb’s …
Dr. Kratz Awarded Career Development Award from U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs
Dr. Jeremy Kratz was awarded a Career Development Award for his research on the translation of patient-derived cancer organoids in cholangiocarcinoma. The VA’s Career Development Program was established to provide mentoring for junior researchers so …
Dr. Lang Awarded WPP New Investigator Program award!
Dr. Lang was awarded the New Investigator Program award from The Wisconsin Partnership Program (WPP). The grants were awarded to eight SMPH investigators for projects across the spectrum of basic, clinical, and translational research. Dr. …
Advocacy in action: Three members of the Division of Genetics and Metabolism attend Rare Disease Week on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
February 25 through 28 marked Rare Disease Week on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Hosted by Rare Disease Legislative Advocates, a program of the EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases, it is a weeklong event that invites rare …
Dr. Lang Awarded DOD Ovarian Cancer Research Program Pilot Award!
Dr. Jessica Lang was recently awarded a Department of Defense Ovarian Cancer Research Program Pilot Award focused on oncogene over-expression through the intersection of copy number amplifications and super-enhancer gains in ovarian cancer. High-grade serous ovarian …
Bryn Webb’s research on Moebius Syndrome published in Nature Genetics
Congratulations to Dr. Bryn Webb and her colleagues for their recent publication in Nature Genetics! The paper, titled “Noncoding variants alter GATA2 expression in rhombomere 4 motor neurons and cause dominant hereditary congenital facial paresis”, …