University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: In The News

Alexey Glukhov, PhD, MS, Associate Professor of Medicine, honored for incredible mentorship

Glukhov has been selected to receive a UW–Madison Award for Mentoring Undergraduates in Research, Scholarly and Creative Activities. The award recognizes the important role mentors play in fostering undergraduates’ intellectual, personal and professional growth through participation in high-impact practices including research, scholarly and creative endeavors.

Dr. Ting Fu Fighting Tumors with Microbial Bile Acid

MCP Faculty Kamp, Sridharan, Audhya, and Li receive 2025-26 WARF Named Professorships, Kellett Fellowships, and Romnes Awards

Dr. Randall Kimple: Mentor Award Winner

Randall Kimple is both a researcher and a physician. In the lab, he works with undergraduates on cellular therapies to reverse radiation-induced damage to the salivary glands in patients with head and neck cancers. He also wants students to see cancer from the patient’s perspective, so he invites them into the clinic as he cares …

Dr. Lingjun Li lab researchers reveal the crucial role of neuropeptides in cocaine addiction, paving the way for novel therapies

Natasha Mendez Albelo awarded 2025 Friends of the Waisman Center IDDRC Graduate Student Award

Natasha Mendez Albelo (Zhao Lab) was recently recognized with an award by the Friends of the Waisman Center. She is the recipient of a Waisman Center Intellectual and Development Disabilities Research Center Graduate Student Award. This award acknowledges outstanding research achievement at the Waisman Center in conjunction with Intellectual and Development Disabilities Research Center (IDDRC) …

Drs. Beth Weaver, Xinyu Zhao, Jiaoyang Jiang, and Wei Xu Honored with Vilas professorships and awards

Lingjun Li and Ying Ge named to Analytical Scientist Power List

Li, a UW professor of pharmaceutical sciences and chemistry and member of the MCP faculty, joins the list of 60 leaders and influencers in analytical science. “I believe that with the rapid development of more sensitive and high-resolution and precision measurement tools, analytical science can make personalized medicine a reality,” Li says. Ge, Vilas Distinguished …

Natasha Mendez selected as a mentor for Rachel Disher who is awarded Simons Foundation’s Shenoy Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience (SURFiN) scholarship

Natasha has been selected as a mentor for Rachel Disher who is awarded Simons Foundation’s Shenoy Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience (SURFiN) scholarship. Both mentees and mentors will attend SURFiN conference in New York City to report their projects in April 2025.

Dr. Michelle Kimple – Impact Award Winner in the 2024 SMPH Group on Women in Medicine & Science (GWIMS)