Alumni in the News

July 11, 2019

Dr. Colin Pritchard authors Nature editorial

Dr. Pritchard suggests that names that label certain cancer risk genes as sex- or organ-specific can dissuade people who need to be tested. Simplifying the name for cancer genetic syndromes could save lives.

August 2, 2016

Dr. Catherine Blish

UW MSTP alumni Dr. Catherine Blish (entered ’93, graduated ’01) and Dr. Adam Lauring (entered ’94, graduated ’02 ) were awarded Doris Duke Foundation 2013 Clinical Scientist Development Awards of $486,000 each over three years. A total of 16 physician-scientists were awardees this year. Both Blish and Lauring were trainees under MSTP Associate Director Dr….

Dr. Jared Baeten

UW MSTP alumni Dr. Jared Baeten (entered ’95, graduated ’03) was awarded the 2013 ASPPH/ Pfizer Young Investigator Research Award. Dr. Baeten has achieved international recognition for his contributions to HIV epidemiology and prevention. In 2012, he was first author on a New England Journal of Medicine, summarizing the efficacy results from the Partners PrEP…

April 2, 2013

Carl Stafstrom receives Distinguished Neurology Teacher Award

UW MSTP alumni Carl Stafstrom (entered ’76, graduated ’85) has received the 2012 Distinguished Neurology Teacher Award from the American Neurological Association. Dr. Stafstrom is a professor of neurology & pediatrics, as well as Chief of Pediatric Neurology, at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, WI

October 12, 2012

Dr. W. Conrad Liles

Dr. W. Conrad Liles (entered ’80, graduated ’87) recently returned to the UW as associate chair for research in the UW Department of Medicine. He maintains an active translational research program in sepsis, host defense, inflammation, innate immunity, immunodeficiency disorders, and immunomodulatory therapy. Following residency in internal medicine at Harvard/Massachusetts General Hospital, he returned to…

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